Local residents and visitors frequent Alvo area events
Alvo area residents and guests are listed from Sunday through Monday with names visiting relatives and attending events. Detours include Kansas land trips, chautauqua in David City, and gatherings in Murdock and Lincoln. Several births, travel to Lincoln for assemblies, and social visits of families such as Boyles, Foreman, Gullion, Linch, and Stone are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & Foreman
Murdock
P. J. Linch
Kansas
Eunice Warnes
Chicago
Vyra Wolfe
James Gullion
Greenwood
Carlton
Leonard Muir
E. H. Boyles
Elmwood
C. Boyles
Firman Grove
Eagle
J. E. Grove
G. P. Foreman
Joe
Grace
Alfred Stroemer
Flameston
Neb
F. E. Linch
Lincoln
Amanda Linch
S. C. Boyles
A. F. Skiles
C. R. Jordan
Lena Hedke
Trenton
Nebr
Wm. Kitzel
J. P. Rouse
Alletha
Harry Marshall
Albert Brunkow
Elda Quellhorst
David City
Eagle Band
Jordan
Local Citizens Attend Meetings and Socials in Alvo
News items note visits by Pearl Clites and others from Lincoln and nearby towns to family events and assemblies. Local social life includes a dancing club’s first dance with Bruse’s orchestra and new village school plans. Listings mention ball game spectators and residents traveling to Greenwood and Cairo for outings and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ff. L. Froley
Alvo Dancing Club
Carlton Gullion
Messrs
Chas. Jordan, Jr
D. B. Williams
Arther Klyver
F. E
Kidney health ad and local society notes mix
An old newspaper page blends an advertisement for Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root with numerous short society items. It touts kidney health as foundational to overall wellness and lists local arrivals and visitors in Omaha and nearby towns, plus church and club notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Local residents seen in city scenes and travels
Local notes record Ed and Ross Collins as morning passengers for Cedar Creek while FE Parmele tends to business in the metropolis. Many residents visit or travel to Omaha and Lincoln, hear Innes band performances, and attend social events including a Lloyd-Jeans wedding. osteopathic physician C W Farwell plans a Riley Hotel office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Collins
Cedar Creek
FE. Parmele
C. W. Farwell
Omaha
Riley Hotel
Still College of Osteopathy
Des Moines
Iowa
Brantner
Journal
Eddie
George Faber
Wescott’s
Six Oclock Train Helps Old Settlers Reunion Visitors
Plattsmouth residents attending the Union old settlers reunion can stay until 6 pm each day when Missouri Pacific will run a train to bring them home. The arrangement lets attendees spend the full day at the annual Union picnic without worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Union
Missouri Pacific
No Services at Mynard Sunday Due to Pastor's Vacation
No preaching at Mynard and Eight Mile Grove on Sunday August 16 because Rev. A. E. Wachtel is on a short vacation visiting Lincoln and Aurora. The absence of the pastor cancels the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mynard
Eight Mile Grove
A. E. Wachtel
Lincoln
Aurora
Peaches For Sale Near Mynard By Wetenkamp
Free stone budded peaches for sale at 75 cents per bushel. Mrs. WM Wetenkamp operates near Mynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Wetenkamp
Mynard
Boston Millionaire Sears Killed in Auto Crash
J Montgomery Sears Boston's top taxpayer and Harvard graduate, aged 33, died at Rhode Island Hospital after an August 123 accident on the Appenaug road near Norwood. Chauffeur George Saunders survived with serious injuries. Sears had announced a candidacy for the Massachusetts Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
J. Montgomery Sears
Boston
Appenoug
Norwood
Rhode Island Hospital
Sears
Harvard University
Back Bay
Senate
Massachusetts Senate
George Saunders
Appenaug
A. Albert Sack, Jr
Charles Webster
Saunders
Norwood House
Rhode Island
A Deserving Citizen Mahlon A Dickson Dies at 64
Mahlon A Dickson died at his Plattsmouth Nebraska home on August 13 1908 of heart disease after a long illness dating back ten years. A Civil War veteran of the 30th Iowa Infantry he served under General Sherman and later worked 38 years for the Burlington railroad as a bridge watchman. He leaves a widow two sisters and a brother and was a charter member of local G A R and Knights of Security bodies. Funeral Saturday August 15 under G A K auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickson
Mahlon A. Dickson
Shelby
Ind
30Th
Iowa Infantry
Wm. T. Sherman
Sherman
Mahlon Dickson
Burlington
Emily
Burlington Road
Big Bridge
The
Rozell Davis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mary M. Cress
Indianapolis
Chiron L. Dickson
Portland
Knights and Ladies of Security
John McCohnshie
la Grippe
Andy Snyder visits city amid county rainfall plea
Andy Snyder, formerly of this county and now in Ulysses, Butler county, visits relatives and reports Butler county flourishing. Both counties suffer drought but residents can endure the dry spell a while longer. He plans to stay about a week. H. J. Streight is recovering at home and able to eat with family. Aug Bradley and John J. Cloidt ride the fast mail to Denver for a few days of pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Jurgensen
LaPlatte
Carl Kunsman
Henry Evers
Louise
Plainview
Neb
Omaha
Chas. A. Miller
Thurman
P. D. Bates
Whitey
Geo. Hartung
Miss Windham
Greenwood
H. J. Streight
Lincoln
Otto Schaich
Coshocton, O
Phil. Thierolf
Andy Snyder
Ulysses
Butler County
Andy
Bradley
John J.cloidt
Denver
Col
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Alvo
Dale S. Boyles
Morris Cashner
Mrs. Jessestone
George Foreman
Arzilla Bennett
Board of Commissioners
Miss Pearl Clites
Mrs
J. J. Clites
Bina Kitzel
Wm. Uptegrove
Redfield
S. D
E. L. Uptegrove
John Gerry Stark
Floyd Wolcott
Pearl
Pauline Keefer
Flora Boyles
South Bend
Lulu Stone
Minervia Toole
Nehawka
Walter Hardknock
Cairo
Mr. Hardknock
Clyde Newkirk
Frank
Lydia Maves
Bennett
J. L. Baker
Percy McAllister
Agnes O'Brien
Alpha Rouse
Grace Tolhurst
John Newkirk
Elmer Klyver
Cora Stout
Arthur Klyver
Bert Kitzel
A. S. Hatfield
Panama
A. W. Gove
South Omaha
M. T. Ramsey
Mr. Hatfield
Ramsey
John Lutz
W. F. Ransel
Seward
R. H. Ransel
Edgemont
Lee Conner
Laura Tower
John Geiser
Geiser
S. E. Lloyd
C. W. Lloyd
Lloyd-Jeans
John Hiber, Jr
O'Neil
Henry Meisinger
Maggie Bloompot
Will
Illinois
Henry
C. A. Phillips
Metropolia
A. P. Barnes
John Albert
Rs. C. Neff
Stepp
A. Heath
Pacific Junction
Mr. Heath
Mamie Monroe
Turner
Brookfield
Wis
Mr. Bailey
Otto Herold
Council Bluffs
G. C. Lindsay
South Park
H. W. Morrow
Tom Blackett
M. Applegate
Old Settlers
Mr. Applegate
Bryan
C. E. Wescott
Council Bluffs, Ia
Ella Smith
George Lamphere
Byron H. Joy
Palmer Lake
Glenwood
Innes
Will Fitzgerald
Louisville
Halfish
Wabash
W. Fleshman
Daily Journal
Mr. Fleshman
Gottfried Fickler
Carl Herger
Jas. McCullough
Near
Murray
A. W. White
His Band
G. R. Westcott
Brookings, S. D
California
Fic Syrup Co
Cas Tomear Price Vette
Young Millionaire
Massachusetts
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