Emerson Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Local Tales
Former Sheriff Will Tubbs and son Lester arrive in Emerson for a couple weeks from Santa Anna California. Lester plans to enter Shattuck military school at Paribault this fall. Art Sowers, acting Emerson police chief during the reunion, vanished briefly Wednesday. Wesley Buck of Des Moines visits Miss Ethel McFadon this week and will teach at Sioux City high school next year. Mr and Mrs Charles Abel of Glenwood visit Emerson relatives. Charley Abel enjoys returning to old neighbors. John Sturgeon and wife visit from Omaha at daughter Mrs James Durbin home. Rey G W Maine attends Methodist conference at Clarinda and plans to pastor elsewhere next year. Silas Douglas trades Nebraska farm for Leadville Colorado properties generating 165 monthly income. Glenwood and Emerson youths serenade the town from the depot steps. George Gilmore drums. Emerson Millinery opens pattern hats. shoppers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Tubbs
Lester
Emerson
Shattuck Military School
Paribault
Mr. Tubbs
Mills Country
Santa Anna
Cal
Art Sowers
Wesley Buck
Des Moines
Ethel McFadon
Sioux City
Charles Abel
Glenwood
Charley
John Sturgeon
Omaha
James Durbin
Rey
Maine
Colo
Feo
Leadville
Hastings School opens with Johnson as principal
Hastings began the week with Prof Vernon Johnson as principal and Misses Wilson Rhoads and Luther assisting. Several local residents headed to the state fair in Lincoln, visited relatives, or hosted callers, including Mrs Colling, Mrs Annie Campbell, and Clyde S Edmonson. Attendees included Ddr Besore and daughter Gladys, Mr and Mrs Wilmott Bowman, Attorney Clyde Genung, Mr Hartman, Mr and Mrs Si Adkins, Rev and Mrs Tally, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Vernon Johnson
Wilson
Rhoads
Luther
W Colling
Lincoln
Colling
Annie Campbell
Charles Baxter
Clyde S. Edmonson
Martin
Des Moines
Ddr
Besore
Gladys
Macedonia
Thomas Young
Tally
Shaulhammer
Tingerey
Omaha
Emerson
DavettcMillen
Anna Cross
Helle Plain
Kansas
Thos Young
Local Family Travel and Visits Reported Across Counties
The article lists multiple family movements and visits: Will Young and wife accompany a sister to Council Bluffs. Galen Parcel family and Frank Carey family visit Missouri Valley. 8 Flatchings return from St Louis to see Mrs James Sawyer. JW Shaulhammer of Lingley visits daughter Mrs M R Talley for a week. T Herbert Luther from near Henderson clerks in Purcell's during Galen’s absence. Mrs Alva Williams and relatives head to Washington to relocate westward. W R R Bruce and family visit MEP parsonage between trains. Mrs Oliver of Henderson visits Flastings. J D Robbins family are surprised at their farm home as they move to Malvern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Young
Council Bluffs
Galen Parcel
Frank Carey
Missouri Valley
8 Flatchings
St Louis
James Sawyer
JW Shaulhammer
Washington
Alva
W RR Bruce
Glenwood Granite Works
MEP
Rev Talleys
Oliver
Henderson
Wesley Chapel
J D Robbins
Robbinses
Malvern
Silver City Community Notes and Moves
Louis Saar returns from Idaho Falls where he was employed. A son born to Mr and Mrs Ramsey Aug 28. Pullmans visit George P Pullman in Sidney. Local residents attend Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln. Russell Jackson of Omaha visits Silver City. HG Koekenderfer moves his family to the Hada dwelling. Mrs Will Tucker of Tobias Neb visits at Parker home. Viva Tilton of Walnut, ex Silver City teacher, visits. WE Walker buys 80 acre farm near Glenwood. to move next spring. Mrs M C G Christy and Beulah back from Colorado Springs. Spelman and Schoening head to Alberta for prospecting trip. Meeting for Silver City lecture course elects Flanagan president and Reeve secretary. Silver City band plays at Emmerson old soldiers reunion. J M Miller, recently home from Jennie Edmundson, continues recovery after four operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Saar
Idaho Falls
F. Ramsey
Pullman
Ed Pullman
George P Pullman
Sidney
Lincoln
Russell Jackson
Omaha
Silver City
HG Koekenderfer
Hada
Will Tucker
Tobias
Neb
John Parker
Silverity
Viva Tilton
Walnut
WE Walker
Glenwood
M CG Christy
Beulah
Colorado Springs
Spelman
Adolph Schoening Af Treynor
Alberta
Canada
J G Flanagan
A P Reeve
Emerson
J M Miller
Marion
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Tabor Topics Highlights New Tabor College Teacher
About thirty young ladies attended a Rice home gathering to meet Louise Langland the newly elected voice and music teacher of Tabor college arriving from Minneapolis. Tabor public school opened with around 40 primary children and new teachers Bess Tourtelette Bess Winchell Grace Nims and Wyndfred Byrne join staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Home
Louise Langland
Tabor College
Minneapolis
Peter Jacobs
Silver City
Tabor
Baggs
W M Myers
Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
James Todd
Carpenter
Piper
Atchison
Kaw
Lizzie Forrester
Emerson
YW Alley
Mrs Rice
Hazel Ramsey
Malvern
Hermie Howard
Sheldon, In
Royal Barnes
Dell Rapids, & C
Tabor Public School
Bess Tourtelette
Bess Winchell
Grace Nims
Wyndfred Byrne
Mills County Board Proceedings Aug 26 1908
Mills County Iowa board meets in auditor's office with supervisors Brandt Greig Creech. Claims listed include bridge and poor expenses, jail costs, quarantine feed, and miscellaneous items. audits authorize duplicate warrants for two lost checks. Includes names of various claimants and per diem, totals show 525.98 for guttering and crossings and 210.82 for insane commitment transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor's
Mills County
Glenwood
Iowa
Board of Supervisors of
Mills
County
J B Brandt
James Greig
S W Creech
Poor Claims
Jamison
Stattler
Agan
Town Tel Co
Ridgeway & Son
Conan
Ada Hughes
Sid Wegasties
Mattley
Reesees
L Waterman
Seanapasietick
GM Agan MD
Creech
Vankirk
Sal
Louis Schoening
GOGS
R Gilmore
John Thorson
C E Parmiey
McFadon & Strickler
H Eaton
F Maynes
Hay
Emma McLain
Jail
Court House
Clyde Hardy
J Johnson
Mdse
John Sandiland
Community Moves and Teaching Assignments Across Towns
Corning and Louise Langland a Minneapolis music teacher. Miss Anna Toward left for Northwood to teach science. Mrs Mary Stiles and daughter Jennie move to Sidney as Jennie is elected to teach. Margaret Lawrence and her mother arrived Tuesday. Margaret studies at the University of Chicago this summer and Mrs Lawrence visits her sister in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Corning
Louise Langland
Minneapolis
Anna
Northwood
Mary Stiles
Jennie
Sidney
Margaret Lawrence
University of Chicago
Lawrence
Michigan
Malvern and area notes shift through lightning, travels, and town events
Carl Nelson of Malvern reports two cows killed by lightning. David City appoints Claude Kearney as principal. Baptist Sunday school held a large picnic. Lewis Ireland visits Shelbyville Missouri with daughter Maude. Reed Graves buys a Cadilllac and drives about. Uncle Tommy Aistrope attends Emerson soldiers reunion. Mrs H H Woodrow visits daughter in Carlton. Frank Pullman upgrades home with bathroom cement walks. Lou Allensworth oversees the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nelson
Malvern
Claude Kearney
David City
Leon
The
Baptist Sunday School
Lewis Ireland
Mrs Bennett
Shelbyville
Maude
Reed Graves
Tommy Aistrope
Emerson
H H Woodrow
H W Wearin
Carlton
Neb
Frank Pullman
Center Township
Lou Allensworth
Board denies Rether petition and orders Pony Creek ditch bridge
Mills County Iowa board denies John F Rether petition to cancel taxes and agrees to fund a Pony Creek ditch bridge from ditch district funds. Engineer J L Smith submits survey and cost estimates for ditch route, levees, and three bridges totaling about 20000 dollars. commission to assess lands benefited to follow. Meeting adjourns to August 26 and resumes September 7 1908 with all members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F Rether
W C DeLashmutt
Board of Supervisors
Mills County
Towa
Iowa
Jil Smith
Pony Creek
Section 16
Township 75
Watkins Ditch
Kez
Key Creek
Gost
TL Smouse
Marion Anthony
J L Smith
Bradley's Island Camp and the Hidden Romance
On a private lake island Bradley the playwright hides from society while building his rustic camp. Nannette Cowdrey, a fashionably free spirit, discovers the island, challenges his deception, and the pair connect over the woods. A magazine misstep threatens their budding bond until a hopeful reunion answer arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Nannette Cowdrey
Nannette
Fun Is a Necessity in Life and Career
A Success Magazine excerpt argues that fun and humor are essential, not optional, reshaping physical and mental energy. It cites a tired person attending a funny play and returning home rejuvenated, stressing humor’s transformative effect on thinking and motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Costly Compliments
A foolish little wife returns to Ferndale from the dentist in dread, claiming she will be awfully stupid after having wisdom teeth pulled. Her husband counters that teeth do not affect wisdom, and to ease tension he buys a new dress for his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferndale
Ancient Dentistry Origins and Early Dental Artifacts
The earliest literary reference to tooth extraction appears in Cicero naming Aesculapius as inventor of purges and tooth extraction about 1300 years before Christ. Hippocrates, four centuries before Christ, wrote on dental care and a Tanagta tomb displays a set of false teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Aesculapius
Christ
Hippocratea
Tanagta
Lost Arts and Secrets of Ancient Inventions
The piece recounts legends of Linnaeus and oyster pearl making, ancient methods of artificial gold, unbreakable glass, and unfading colors. It notes a Swede sentenced to death who revealed a gold secret to Charles XI, the king’s refusal, and a Roman inventor executed for alchemical progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnaeus
Charles XI
Charles
Tiberius
One Use For Chalk
A young man recalls reading about a shipload of chalk and wonders its purpose. His roommate shows how chalk can cover mud stains on fabric, proving a simple practical use. The anecdote ends with the narrator noting chalk’s usefulness beyond expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chall
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George Gilmore
Gilly
Johnny
Tmerson Millinery
Tabor Topics
County Board Proceedings
Irwin
A Farrington
Bach & Murphy
Dashner
Piliog
Robert Knieht
Eee Et Co
D Hawkins
Frank Miller
John Cozad
Geo Mathews
Chas Allen
Lafe Scott
JL Smith
Eoginger
Frank Hines
Daadvareene Deen
Ed Reed
H Karr
Virgil Kare
Allan- Gous Cosus
B T Agan
Bradley's Building
Associated Literary Press
Idaadaa
Iee
HOD
Ek Staley
Barton Bradles
Little Island
Staley
Eden
New York
Newport
Rhode Island
Aas
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