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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
1
The paper reports yesterday's primary results with Warren Garst carrying Clay County and surprises for several offices. It notes the returns were printed one day late to compile the available figures and that the vote totals reflect the best data secured tonight.
A projected Bible school aims to serve Northwestern Iowa from Spencer, addressing a shortage of missionaries pastors and Christian workers. The institution will offer Bible English and music courses, be incorporated, and supervised by Matilda W Atkinson of Los Angeles with a permanent board. Tuition and fundraising will cover running costs and property expenses near Fourth and Main, Spencer.
News reports indicate Messrs Freeman and Wells intend to locate in Minneapolis with office rooms secured in the Palace building. Possession is set for June 15, but residences will not be occupied until fall. families will accompany them for most of the summer.
The closing meeting was held at Mrs M H O Y Tweitis on Ferrth street. Attendees included married members husbands and invited guests. An election of officers followed a brief program and a social hour with refreshments. About sixty people attended and praised the hostess hospitality.
J B W Richards Jesse Elbert West Richards of Taft Texas died at Not Springs Arkansas. Born September 14 1872 in Silver Lake township Palo Alto county Iowa he lived in Ruthven many years and worked as a painter on Taft ranch. Survived by three sisters Mrs Phoenix Ruthven Mrs Dickerman Cedar Falls and Mrs Williams Taft and two brothers Franklin Richards White Lake SD and Charles Richards Des Moines.
John Gallagher, longtime Spencer resident, killed in Mitchell South Dakota when a horse he was riding bolted and kicked him, fracturing his neck. Funeral held at the cemetery with Rev. O M Bond officiating. Gallagher had recently lived near Mitchell, left a wife and several siblings, and was connected to Odd Fellows.
In Spencer Iowa space is available in a pasture for 200 head of cattle. For terms write or call M BE Gritfin. Also a silk Japanese shawl lost on Main Street with a reasonable reward. Finder should leave at the News office. 222 pd.
A lyrical meditation on flowers as living preachers within nature. The speaker sees floral bells tolling perfume and prayer, praising divine creation rather than human temples. Flowers are church, cathedral, and teachers, offering lessons of transience, resurrection, and humble delight through vivid natural imagery.
EY Kimball of Kenniston North Dakota shares a breezy May letter about a dry spell some rain and sunny days in Northwestern North Dakota early sown grain looks fine and Halley comet hopes for warmth. The piece notes a recent frost and light snow with talk of corn and gardens. The Spencer High School graduation features Prof Forest C Ensign address and diplomas to 20 students with honors to Mary De Wolf and Lillian Mindt, praise for the class and board president Hilen M BE De Wolf.
May report notes purchases of worn books, three repaired titles, and readers registered. Daily circulation averages, highest and lowest daily figures, and adult fiction percentage shown. Miss Robb sent book on shelf and Robin Hood bulletin cards ready for children. Annie L. Dubub Librarian.
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A Sheldon youth named Wolf excited the city by coming down from the lakes Saturday evening but failing to board his train home with his father. He reappeared Monday and claimed to have been locked in an empty house all Sunday, sustaining a few cuts his abductor took. The father and many neighbors searched all day Sunday without success. He is said to suffer severe mental aches.
Movements and small events mark the week in Spencer area. Families and neighbors join in social visits, school terms end with picnics, choir practices occur, and church group efforts clean and maintain the local church. Reports mention illness, recoveries, and planned weddings in the near future, with general village chatter about a marshal shooting incident near Sioux City and ongoing farm plans.
Parcaut of Sutherland Iowa describes a collapsible arch system for cement culverts patented May 21 1907. Three arches support a bridge and are covered with plank. after cement sets arches are removed via hinged joints. Wings added simultaneously reduce undermining risk.
The Big Hogenbeck Wallace Circus heads to Spencer on Tuesday June 21. The show promises colorful acts and family entertainment with arrival details and performance times to follow.
A reader seeks to sell a 160 acre farm near Spencer and invites interested buyers to call the News office for details and contact information.
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