Norway Bulletin Brief Community News From Local District
John Packwood left Monday for Kansas City. Fred Hanson went hunting Thursday and shot a crane. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Wm Brewer on Tuesday March 3. A new house is being erected in Norway, to be occupied by Mr Chester Lewis. School 1 in District 98 closed Tuesday for a dinner. Mrs Lillie McGregor visits her mother near Courtland. Mrs Lalla Thompson and child go to Oklahoma to a new home. A dance at Andy Moore's Thursday night was well attended. Andrew Mellen and Mark Stephens visited Jamestown with C I Dutton. Jap a lac advertised for refinishing old furniture and woodwork by Nywatu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Hanson
Norway
Chester Lewis
District 98
Local Notes of Scandia and Nearby Towns
Robt J Nichol of Norton county visits Belleville friends while Belleville residents visit relatives there. Thomas Hay returns from Cloud county to farm. Maxton Brothers and Wm Berry sell cattle to Scandia buyers. Mix of visitors from White City and Rydal. Dr Baker remedies agent D J Churchill now in Concordia. Henry Johnson returns to duties after illness. Emma West visits Scandia for dental work. Maggie McGowan and friends host sewing at the West home. John Hay and wife visit Scandia and Thos West home. John Aspegren and Swedish visitor travel to Belleville on business. Poplar Grove Cemetery meeting reelects officers. Mrs L A Scrivner travels to Winchester, Oregon. Adams, Cowle and painter Brantz visit from Lincoln area. T Hammond and family plan overland trip to New Mexico via southwestern Kansas. Carrie Keith teaches Poplar Grove school a second term ending this week. John Christie stays with daughter Mrs E Jamison in Belleville. grandson Harlie does painting work. Wm Davis of Republic County west of Belleville. Norway and Union areas noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hay
Gloud
Maxton Brothers
Wm. F. Berry
Cora
Minnie Bowling
Faun
White City
Kansas
D. J. Churchill
Concordia
of Rydal
John Hay
Scandia
Thos West
John Aspegren
Courtland
Sweden
Belleville
Poplar Grove Cemetery Association
Providence Chapel
L. A. Scrivner
Colorado
Winchester
Oregon
Joe Blosser
Norway
Messrs
Wm. Adams
Wm.Cowle
Lincoln
A. B. Brantz
George W. Cowle
T. Hammond
New Mexico
Poplar Grove
Carrie Keith
John
Christie
Grant
E. Jamison
Harlie
Belleville Families Attend Obituary Funeral Services
The funeral held Friday was well attended. John Hay Jr. visited from Hoxie with his parents in Belleville through Sunday night. His sisters and families arrived Sunday, with T Hay R E Scrivner H McGowan C W Jones and families and Mrs W A McHenry and son present, while Mrs McGlashan visited Saturday. Marriage licenses issued include Henry Ptacek and Julia Pelicky, Robt M Kelley and Jessie Boyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toway
John Hay, Jr
Hoxie
Belleville
T. Hay
R.E Scrivner
H. McGowan
C. W. Jones
Henry Ptacek
Omaha
Nebr
Julia Pelicky
Guba
Kansas
Robt. M. Kelley
Jessie Boyes
Bellevillé
District 93 closes seven months of school. teachers and patrons bid farewell
In Fairview District 93 the March report shows 25 enrolled with 24 average attendance. Teacher Lavinia Garman led a last day program as about forty patrons visited the schoolhouse to share a dinner and farewell expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Smith
Herington
Earl Martin
Garmanip
Fairview
Walter Brewer
Lawrence
Orvil Eastvedt
Laura
Jo’a Eastvedt
Oscar Krogstad
Allen Kullberg
Elles Larsen
Mildred
Alice Pehrson
Clyde
Marie
Josie Long
Mable
Jens
William Stensons
Pearl
Addie
Victor Thompson
Lavinia Garman
April Community Notes Include Dance and Meetings
The W C T U will meet with Mrs. Caroline Grandstedt next Friday April 3 at 3 p.m. Hogs sold as high as 625 dollars per hundred in Kansas City. A dance is planned at Courtland Sunday evening April 10. The morning temperature registered 19 degrees above zero on April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Grandstedt
Kansas City
Courtland
Living Poem on a Gray Day
The writer recalls meeting a slender, 50 plus year old woman described as a living poem. She wore a gray wool coat with a shawl collar, gray castor gloves, a suede shopping bag, and a soft gray fur Glengarry bonnet. Her yellow ivory skin and silver hair drew admiration in the Exchange observed scene.
Buyers Guide highlights trusted local advertisers
The firms in our advertising columns are presented as enterprising, progressive local businesses worthy of community confidence. The Buyers Guide signals fair dealing, quality goods, and honest prices, urging reader support for these merchants.
March Subscriptions Produce Groceries Gravite Tinware
Local shop advertises a full line of groceries seeds and tinware for March subscriptions. Read as a general sales pitch urging first time customers to try and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ison Case Grocery
Self-inflicted death shocks Nebraska town
Moses Bushby, born 1846 in Wisconsin, shot himself early Monday after a night of illness and worry. A written statement of reasons preceded the act. Survived by wife and son Homer, two daughters and a son had predeceased him. Funeral at Providence Chapel followed his directions. he rests beside his son Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Bushby
Providence Chapel
Mr. Bushby
Wisconsin
Kansas
Lincoln Township
Missouri Pacific
Homer
Bushby
Floyd
St. Louis
Rock Island
Last Day of School in District 87 Southwest
The district closed Tuesday ahead of summer break after a public dinner and program. Miss Mable Rosenquist concludes a successful winter term teaching with the goodwill of her pupils shown by tokens. A surprise party at the Ellingson home last Thursday honored Miss Rosenquist with forty young people attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Rosenquist
Mary Little
Ellingson
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J. Nichol
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Florence
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John A. Freeburg
Nywaalls
Jennie Thompson
A.A. Poage
Chas. Nondorf
Talmo
Sher
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Mrs. Johnson
Standia
Alice’ Garman
Miss Garman
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