Local notes on farms schools and travel near Rydal
The item lists school term ends at Central district and Pleasant View Day school. Farmers plan planting corn next week while cattle sales to KC yielded fair prices. Individuals described include Jas McGlashan Nettie Myers Mamie McGlashan Kate McGlashan and M M Fike. A Shamrock III related sprig from Scotland reaches readers via a cousin.
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Central District
M. M. Fike
Rydal
Luton
California
Republic County
Dumbarton
Scotland
Thomas Lipton
Local Notes from Kackley Area as Spring Activities Begin
Nearly everyone finishes sowing oats in the vicinity. Orlo Willis visited Concordia Monday. Kackley and neighbors report a good time at Woodman Camp in Scandia last Saturday. Band plans a new tuba and trombone. Hibner Bros. of Concordia promote an entertainment in M W A hall next Saturday. Grace Phillips leaves for Sajina to attend school. Rev Rairden preached at the Baptist church. Nels Roseland was kicked in the face while shoeing a horse. Fritz Florrell starts work for S Hageman this week after a short layoff.
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Bayard
Clarence Kackley
Erick Olson
Ole Erickson
Woodman
Scandia
O. R. Kackley
Concordia
Hibner Bros
Grace Phillips
Sa Jina
Rairden
Baptist
Nels Roseland
Local Social Updates and School Notice in Axtell Area
Community notices from Axtell recount visitors and entertaining duties including Mrs Oscar Anderson hosting guests, and Miss Nellie Anderson with Eva and Belle Woods along with Walter Anderson. District 87 school closed March 30. Wyer Bros threshing for Cnk Thomas. Rev Polhammer preached at Mission Church. Axtell Humphrey ill with pneumonia. evergreen planting by John L. Peterson and Herman Anderson. Mrs Daniel McCrossand to Courtland for better access to a doctor. Wyer Bros involved in threshing again. Various visits to Mrs Mc Gregor and Evartis households. Alice Chapman returns from Mackley. Clara Peterson visits M A Larson. Lewis and Clara Peterson visit Charles and Minnie Peterson.
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Axtell Humphrey
John L. Peterson
Herman Anderson
Daniel McCrossand
Courtland
Fairview school closes ending Brewer’s term in district
NORWAY BULLETIN reports Fairview school south of town closed last week ending O F Brewers second term which was described as successful. The item also notes local visits exams weddings and farm leases among residents including G eo Thompson J F Diekerhoot and Julia Dutton Fred Poore and John Dutton events and moving between nearby towns.
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Fairview
O. F. Brewer
Ruby Jacobsen
Inga Tiller
Aimy Thompson
Joe Brewer
Anton Hanson
Claude Hanson
Homer
Eugene Decker
Oak Creek
W. Clayton
Maceyville
O. A. Larson
Julia Dutton
Fred Poore
John Dutton
Union Units and Local Community News Notes
Mrs Fom Vandeveer is ill. Minnie Beer began music lessons Tuesday with seven pupils on this side of the river. Nels Westin builds a new house seven miles east of Sherdahl and plans a bath this summer. L Rasmussen and Henry Kathrineberg visited Belleville Friday. Kathrineberg returned from Kansas City last week. Oscar Sjoholm visited R Rasmussen's last week. Seven young men joined the Woodman lodge at Scandia last Saturday evening. Mrs Lew Johnson and Hannah Granstedt were in Belleville Monday. Fred Fredell had a runaway Tuesday morning with the stalk cutter. no one hurt. J P Porter shipped a catload of cattle to Kansas City. Porter accompanied them.
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Mary Hay
Mary West
Annie
Hughi McGowat
Mamie
Kate’ McGlathan
Jessie
Wan. Hay
C. F. Daggett
Scotch Plainis
Daggett
Poplar Grove
Lee
Minnie Beer
Nels Westin
Sherdahl
Bath
L. Rasmussen
Henry Kathrineberg
Belleville
Kathrineberg
Kansas
Death of Mrs. Hannah Freeman in Courtland Township
Mrs. Hannah Freeman died at home in Courtland Township on April 4 1903 at 8:15 pm. She was 80 years 3 months and 14 days old, born in Sweden December 21 1822, emigrated in 1884 with her husband and two children to join two sons. She leaves a husband three sons and one daughter. Funeral services were held April 6 at the Swedish Mission Church conducted by Rev Polhammer, with interment in Courtland Cemetery.
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Claus Freeman
Courtland Township
Hannah Freeman
Sweden
America
Swedish Mission Church
Polhammer
Mission Church
Courtland
Consumption The Cure For Neglected Tuberculosis
The article warns that consumption becomes harder to treat when neglected. It urges early use of Scott's Emulsion at the first hint of symptoms and claims that prompt treatment can check the disease. It offers free samples from Scott & Brown, chemists in Park Crest New York.
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Scott
Honest handbills stir readers at door in hometown paper
A diatribe on doorstep handbills roils family scenes and mail chaos as readers react with anger to ads in the home paper. The writer declares the advertiser who places an ad in the local paper will reach the audience they seek despite protests and litter on porches.
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Father
Willie
Susan
Western
Rock Island's Chicago Terminal Depot Raises Engineering Feat
The March Railway Age feature details Chicago’s new Rock Island passenger depot. It notes 12 stories, 215 foot frontage on Van Buren, 1,433 feet of track expansion, 580 by 215 foot train shed, 19 steel trusses, 48,000 square feet of glass, 145200 tons of structural steel, 200000 rivets, 2280 foundation piles, 6800 main lights, 108 arc lamps, 11 tracks, and capacity for 1500 trains daily. Construction progress shown by 10 to 30 day photo intervals.
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Railway Age
Rock Island
Chicago
van Buren Street
Murder Trial Near Ada Kansas Describes Fatal Popham Blow
Cor respondent notes cousin of Popham farm worker Humphrey McLaughlin to testify in Kerr murder case. Popham, age ~35, died days after a hayrack confrontation when Kerr struck with a pitchfork handle. Kerr reportedly has neighborhood sympathy though the blow was harsh.
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Ada
Kansas
Popham
E. T. Kerr
Humphrey McLaughlin
Kerr
Pophams
Young Kerr
Mr. P
Topeka
Cor
Mankato
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Rydall
Craft
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Nichol
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Freedom Two
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Ralph Hillery
Scottsville
E. Hillery
Brady Bowling
Kate McGlashan
Mary Ward
Anna McGowan
Hampton Craft
Christena McGowan
Illinois
A. F. Griffith
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Loyd
Glenn Simpson
Hachi
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Dayne
Daisy Simpson
Bernice Loofbourrow
Loyd Simpson
Lula Day
Wm. Day
Miss Hay
the Kackley News
Orlo Willis
C. G. Anderson
Kansas City
R. Kackley
Fritz Florrell
S. Hageman
Mimps
Enterprise
Axél Freed
Oscar Anderson
Nellie Anderson
Eva
Belle Woods
Walter Anderson
F. H. Ewart
Witt, Chapman’s
Dist
Wyer Bros
Cnk
Thomas
C. Shott
Randal
Wyer
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Merrit Sigsbeé
Norway
Alicé’ Chapman
Kackley
Clara Peterson
M. A. Larson
Norway Bulletin
Geo. Thompson
J . Alex Scott
J. F. Diekerhoot
Art Jedbetter
John O. Strain
Samp-Scrivner
Deksel Larson
Hon. R. Rimel
Miss Brynhild
John Stanton
Geokeland
Pete Olsen
Ing
Ole Buer
Jamestown
Logan Scott
Andy Moore
Dist. 95
Lon Hibner
UNION
Oscar Sjoholm
R. Rasmussen
Woodman Lodge
Lew-Johnson
Hannah Granstedt
Fred Fredell
J. P. Porter
Mr Porter
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