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E. E. HELDRIDGE, Editor and Proprieor. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. hscription prine, per year. ARNOLD'S ARE. Peter Ockenfels and two children of Avoca, Minnesota, visited sever al days last. week at the home of J., R. Brecht. Mr. Ockenfels is a brother of Mrs. Brecht. The W. B. Arnold estate has been bought by Dr. and Mrs. Peek and they will have charge of the Park this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith are the pround parents of a nine pound boy born February 19th. The mother and baby are doing nicely. The railroad company is getting more ice and both ice companies are again busy. H. W. Herrick was a delegate to the homesteaders convention at Des Moines the 22d and returned Satur day night. Phil and Rob Hail ac companied him and took in the con vention and will remain a few days and see the city. Mrs. Stevens visited in Milford Saturday and Mr. Stevens drove down and returned Sunday evening. Mrs. Herrick visited in Spencer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Geissinger, over Sunday. The W. G. T. 0. contest Tuesday evening was well attended and the contestants did splendidly. Mrs. Louek received the prize though it was closely contested. ~ Mr. Elliott, of Marshalltown, will give a lecture at the church next Monday night. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. BE. Orr Wednesday, February 27, a ten pound boy. George Coleman and family have moved to Spencer. He will work in the tile factory this summer. WESTERN DLGHX SON, Mike Klotz and GC. Graves visited at Spirit Lake last Monday. Will Yeager visited friends in Spirit Lake last week. But Owens moved his family to his home near Sibley this week. M. Spencer purchased a fine horse of Wm. Warburton for $225 last week, Clark Nicol and Allie Walker each are a new separator. The Ladies Aid Society will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. I. W. Gowen, . J. A. Spohn leaves this week for his new home in Dakota. Among the sick this week are Mrs. Shaffér, Mrs. Hy Bruns, Miss Ida Freendt, Miss Selma Péterson and Roy Cook. Miss Eva Spohn finished her term of school last Friday. 8. 5. Cook was a Spirit Late bus iness visitor last Thursday George Barlow left last week for Minneapolis to visit a brouser. Everything sold well at thei r Shatler sale last Wedonaday. M. Webster, of Lake Park, was [buying stock in this vicinity last week. Beacon: The recent death of Col. F. A. Blake, at Denver, Colorado, brought to the memory of a con tributor to the Denver Republican ‘the excellent army record and un usual engagements of the deceased. Col. Blake was a brother of Brs. W. B. Arnold and Mrs. Emma Hul lett.In 185T he homesteaded the property where The Inn now stands. He married Miss Julia Prescott, ‘daughter of J. S. Prescott, well known to early settlers. The con tributor to the Republican Say S: Pletcher Americus . Blake, who died at his residence, 2078 8 Penn sylvania avenue, January 31, 1907, Was born August, 1834, near Erie, Pa. He enlisted August 41, 1861, ‘as second sergeant, Company A, Eleventh , Pennsylvania cavalry, ‘mustered October 19, 1861, at Du buque, Iowa. He was promoted ‘first sergeant August 20, 186%, and its second lieutenant June 1, 1863, resigning September 10, 1863. In the winter of 1862 Col. Blake was on staff duty at Fortress Mon roe, Va... in charge of Gen. Wood's lcorps of orderlies. .He witnessed the battle between the Minnesota Cumberland and Censcress and the Monitor and Merrimac. He was the first man to step on the timbers for the Mercimae the day after she blew up in Hampton Roads. Col. Blake was present at the battle at Yorktown, Williamshbure station, Banover Junction and Grainesville and carried dispatches to Gen. Mc Clellan at Yorktown and was at the capiarn of Norfolk the same year. To 1862 and 1863 he was in the cav alry raids in the peninsula and south of Richmond and was in com mand of detachments which cap tured Geo. FitzHugh Lee, July 3, 1868. He was tn Geo. Corcoran's stall during the siege of Suffolk and at the battle of Kelley's fare. Later he was on staff of Gol, Fal lambee, Sixth Massachusetts, com manding the brigade during opera tings against, on and sear, the Black Water in 1963. Col. Blake had an independent commmand against guerrillas in southern Virginia and North Caro lina. He was in the Weldon cavalry raid in southern Virginia and North Carolina, and was honorably dis charged from service, by reason of disability, September 21, 1863. He had considerable ‘to do with closing up the Indian troubles on the border and received his title of colonel subsequent to close of civil war from militia service. Col. Blake settled in New Mexico, and was a sufferer from the great food which swept away the reser voir of his ranch some two years prior to his coming to Colorado. His comsnionship with the Colo rado and Wyoming commandery dated from December 35,1905. As a companion he was modest in man ner but evinced to those who knew him best reserved force of character that won its way in the affection of his companions. As a father and husband he was duly considerate. A Hawarden editor has noticed _that any time you see a man finding a fault with his local paper, the chances are ten to one that he Hash an advertisement in it; five tiw one he does not take the paper, ‘ise to one that if he is subscriber he is delinquent, even that he never wave anyhiliy to assist the pub- lisher to ran a good paper, and forty to one he is the most eager to f ace Uhe paper when it comes out.
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Milford, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 28, 1907
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