Thanksgiving Eve Rejection Ends in Silent Grief
In Upper Village Jane Ward refuses to keep Thanksgiving after her son Asa is lost at sea, clashing with Esther Pike who urges the feast. Jane recalls the vanished Asa, tears fall as she memories a once generous table, then vows permanent fasting on the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Ward
Jane
Jane Ward
Boston
Ester Pike
Providence
Esther Pike
Miss Pike
Asa
Esther
Upper Village
Ste
Ann
Wsther
Captain Smith
Asa Ward
Cape
South Sea Islands
China
Yangtse
Thanksgiving Feast Reunites Ward Family After Storm
Jane Ward keeps a solitary Thanksgiving as she prepares a feast for the hungry and needy. A storm, a vision of Asa Ward, and a returned son bring a poignant reunion, transforming sorrow into reverent gratitude in the old home.
Malvern Leader Notes Local Events and Moves
Rev Black will preach the annual Thanksgiving sermon at 7:30 PM in the Baptist church. Miss Edna Scott visits in Council Bluffs. A son arrived Nov 12 at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Barkus. J D Robbins and HG Robbins returned from Omaha with two autos to stock, now eight machines. Mr Davis plans selling land to a railway for the Deaf and Dumb Institution extension near Council Bluffs. A White Cloud township family reunion in honor of Mary Naylor and England-born relatives. Mrs Elmer Stone trips to Ninco Oklahoma. County education meeting prep with Superintendent Moore and Manifold. Geo Mellor to Wayne Neb for corn work. 1300 acres. Mrs Mellor’s land. Malvern ME church sends box to Des Moines Deaconess Home for Thanksgiving. CD Swisher and Ed Tang move to Marshalltown to run a big elevator. Mr Lang leases Colorado land for next year. Merrill Johnson stocks 1100 sheep from Omaha to his farm northeast of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev Black
Edna Scott
Council Bluffs
Fred Barkus
J D Robbins
Roy
HG Robbins
Omaha
M T Davis
Deaf and Dumb Institution
Davis
White Cloud Township
John Naylor
Mary Naylor
Gladys
Garthorpe
Lincolnshire
England
Elmer Stone
Ninco
Oklahoma
Moore
Manifold
Geo Mellor
Wayne
Neb
Mellor
Malvern ME
Des Moines
CD Swisher
Colorado
Ed Tang
Mills County
Wellington
Marshalltown
Lang
Merrill Johnson
Town
Land deals and wedding anniversaries in Hastings county
The report notes B Christy buying land near Denver via B Barnes, hoping to feed and market within three months. It also highlights a Colorado land sale profiting Barnes. Three Hastings couples share Nov 14 anniversaries: Wearin Graham VanAusdale, with Graham hosting this year at Malvern and Uncle John Morse acting as chaperone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy
Colorado
Barnes
Denver
Joe Wearin
J R. Graham
WE VanAusdale
Hastings
Grahams
Malvern
VanAusdale
John Morse
Morse
John
Emerson News Roundup from Emerson and Nearby Areas
Yeoman lodge begins push for 100 new members at Timerson under District Manager Henry Mitchell. Mrs Crawford Jr returns from Denver after her father J B Rogers illness and death. Carditts plan to make a ranch near Little Nebraska their future home. Edith Evans returns from Des Moines visit. Hazel Carr plans to stay in Walsenberg Colorado for the winter. John Taylor handles land matters at Fort Collins. Mrs J M Carson returns from Des Moines to her daughter’s home. Baptist ladies raise 27 for missions. Mrs Siby J Tubbs to Los Angeles for winter with Mrs Henry Coolidge of Columbus. Four Emerson ladies attend entertainment in Glenwood. Union Thanksgiving service 10:30 at Baptist church. Rev. Edward R Kelley to preach. Four-year-old son of Mrs L Shepard dies of peritonitis. burial to Lorimer Iowa. Prot Ensign praises Emerson school for high credits ability to transfer to Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B Birdsall
Omaha
Yeoman Lodge
Timerson
Henry Mitchell
Wm Crawford Jr
Denver
J B Rogers
Carditt
Emerson
Little, Neb
Edith Evans
Patrick
Des Moines
Hazel Carr
Mrs Short
Walsenberg
Colo
John Taylor
Fort Collins
J M Carson
O Hf Malm
Cause of Missions
Siby
J Tubbs
Los Angeles
Henry Coolidge
Columbus
Neb
Baptist Church
Edward R Kelley
Methodist Church
L . Shepard
John Salmons
Lorimer
Prot Ensign
State University
Iowa City
Henderson News Highlights and Local Happenings
Elmer Evans and family plan to move to Kingfisher Oklahoma soon. Marion Osborn and sister visited Emerson relatives at uncle A J Huntsman’s. Lee Noe and brother Ed thrive in their Emerson restaurant business. Ollie Coppock visited Red Oak recently. Cecil Graves filmed Henderson for post cards. Elder Thos A Hougas worked on Sunday school paper in Dalmoni. Yeoman lodge to be organized in Henderson soon as District Deputy Purdy of Neola advances the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Evans
Kingfisher
Oklo
Marion Osborn
J B Clites
Emerson
A J Huntsman
Lee Noe
Ollie Coppock
Cecil Graves
Malvern
Flenderson
Local Items Include Bequest and Family Moves
Notes show a man recently inheriting property from an aunt and plans to visit relatives. George Wells becomes Evans shop’s new blacksmith after L Triplet bought it. J L Graham returns from Saskatchewan with farm plans near Regina to move next spring. Mrs Will Oliver of Henderson area ill. LaDell Fox concert company to perform Thursday December 3 for a ladies club. White Wyandotte cockerels for sale via Mrs Geo Galbraith Henderson La. Original notice in Mills County Iowa District Court 1908: Cora West seeks divorce from William Vest for adultery. deadline set for November term in Glenwood. Genung & Genung, attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wells
Evans
J L Graham
Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina
Will Oliver
Henderson
LaDell-Fox Concert Company
Miss LaDell
Mr. Fox
Miss Crawford
A. D
Cora West
Willian Vest
William Vest
District Court
State of
Iowa
Mills County
Glenwood
Genung & Genung
For Sale and Exchange in Mills County Iowa
J B Winkler advertises land for sale and exchange in Mills County Iowa with claims of unbeatable prices for a ninety day period ending March 1st. He notes ten years of experience and invites prompt correspondence, offering an office at the Lamb Bank rear in Glenwood Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Iowa
Jands
J. B. Winkler
Lamb Bank
Glenwood
Lowa
Six Farms and Properties for Exchange in Mills County Iowa
Listings offer six properties ranging from 40 to 230 acres in Mills County Iowa. No.1 forty acres near county seat with rich land and water at 765 per acre. No.2 forty acres near county seat with income from improvements and rent worth 2200 and 7 per acre rent. No.3 76 acres 24 miles out with hard orchard and creek bottom land at 100 per acre. No.4 73 acre suburban tract with brick house, two stories, barns and water at 7000. No.5 28 acres inside town limits with modern house and orchard at 8000, exchange for hardware stock. No.6 444x80 brick business building in county seat town at 12000, cross fenced. Additional: No.2 farm 146 acres outside city with 90 acres orchard, 10 alfalfa, sidewalk to farm. No.3 40 acres near courthouse at 3600 with mortgage. No.4 40 acres 14 miles from Glenwood at 2700 rent 87 per acre to canning factory. No.4 204 acres near main road with fruit trees at 80 per acre. No.6 230 acres best Mills County stock and grain farm at 100 per acre with extensive improvements and manufacturing business nearby. Potential buyers urged to send propositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Glenwood
Canning Factory
Cash Propositions No 1 A Farm for Sale North of County Seat
Farm of 102 acres five miles north of the county seat featuring a large seven room house with closets pantry and cellar a six head horse barn and hay storage for ten tons a hay shed for twenty tons two cattle sheds a sixty barrel cistern an extra good well and windmill stock cistern piped to feed yards a fine pasture spring in pasture fine saw timber good hay meadows a productive orchard and ample corn land all fenced.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. Galbraith
Henderson, la
Court House
Towa
Nebraska
Township 16
Range 32
Lincoln County
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