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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Tekamah Herald: Mrs. D. W.
McGregor is in Wayne, convalescing
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. J. Rennick.
Ponca Advocate: James Mclntyre
was in Jackson, Thursday, on busi
ness.. ..Mary Moore of Jackson,
visited with her many friends in
Ponca Saturday.
Ponca Journal: Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Sutherland, of Jackson, returned to
their home Friday after a visit at
the home of the former's parents in
Silvercreek township.
Allen News: George Stewart and
Bill Woods were up from Waterbury
Sjiday consulting a physician in re
gard to the health of Uncle Bobby
Woods who is very low.
Sloan, Iowa, Star: Mrs. F. G. 'Ben
net, of Homer, Neb., arrived here
last Thursday evening for a few
days' visit in the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Oliver.
Lyons Mirror: Nate Miller and
so i Harold of South Sioux City took
dinner at theChas. Chard home Sun
day .... Guy Young, Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Warner and daughter, Mary,
autoed to West Point Sunday.
Santa Fe, N. M., Special in Sioux
City Journal, 8th: Elbert Blancett
was indicted by a grand jury today
on a charge of murdering Clyde D.
Armour, of Sioux City, and will be
arraigned Tuesday. The trial prob
ably will begin Thursday. Blancett
plans a stiff defense. He has em
ployed A. B. Reenehan, well known
criminal lawyer, to conduct his de
fense. Sioux City Journl, 8th: Charles
Hicks, ot Jackson, Neb., was admit
ted to St. Joseph's hospital yesterday
for medical treatment A. S. Bon-
stad of South Sioux Cty reported tq
uie ponce rriaay mgnt tnat his au
tomobile collided with a machine
driven by Dr. J. W, Shuman at Sixth
and Douglas streets. Both cars were
damaged to some extent, according
to Bonstad.
LeMars, Jowa, special in Sioux
City Jonrnal, 7th: Rev. Roy Kerney,
a well known LeMars young man,
was marriad on Wednesday at Hub
bard, Neb., to Miss Ruth Hake,
the young people are former stu
dents of Western Union college in
this city. They will live at Lisbon,
la., where Mr. Kerney is pastor of
the Evangelical church.
Newcastle Times: Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Cornell are the parents of a
baby girl, born Thursday, March 29,
1917 ...Tom Hogan of South Sioux,
was here to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Ed. McGrath....Miss Mary
Moore of Dakota City, came up Mon
Dakota City
Grocery
Specials for
3 Lamp Chimneys
2 Cans Sweet Potatoes
2 pkgs Shredded Wheat
2 pkgs Tapioca
2 lbs Dried Peaches
3 pkgs Knunbles
2 15c cans Spaghetti
3 Cans Chile Con Carne
HigRcst Price Paid for
COX7NTRY PRODVCE
W. L.
Dakota City,
day evening of last week, and vis
ited with her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Mannion, returning
to htr home Friday.
Lyons Sun: It is good to know
that Frank Haasq was right where
we supposed he would be when it
came to voting on the liquor bill in
the senate recently. Senator Hasse
had the matter of whether he was
vet or dry put squarely Up to him in
'Vins before election and any who
. . i doubts then as to where he
L.uiuR should withdraw them. He
volea ury.
Wyndt Tribune: Mrs. E. J. Morin
visited in Sioux City Friday. ...Ivo
Lorge was up from Jackson Tuesday
to visit with the home folks. . . .The
Camp Fire girls gave a complimenta
ry surprise last evening for Miss
Ruth McCormick in recognition of
her services as pianist for them at
their recent entertainment. They
presented her with a very nice gift.
A dainty luncheon was served.
Emerson Enterprise: Noc-vil
Church of Homer brought his sister,
Mrs. Clyde Myers, home last week
after her visit with relatives.. . .Geo.
H. Haase was at Lincoln the latter
part of last week visiting his broth
er, the senator. Mr. Haase reports
that some warm fights are being
staged in the state senate and that
Lieutenant Governor Howard has
promised the senate a very plain old
fashioned talk before the thing is
over.
Wakefiel d Republ ican : Wal ter M i 1 -ler
and family of Dakota City visited
relatives here the first of this week.
.. Mrs. J. R B'eauto spent Sun
day and Monday at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Priest,
south of Hubbard Miss Esther
Samuelson is spending a week's va
cation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Aug. Samuelson", and with rela
tives in Wayne and Dakota City.
Miss Samuelson is a teacher in the
city schools of Colorado Springs.
Wnlthill Citizen: Mrs. Van Cleve
of Homer, was a visitor at the C. E.
Jackson home on Sunday. . . .Mrs. A.
R. Stillman of South Sioux City,
came Friday for a visit at the Plum
mer home ..Mr. and Mrs. Mason
and daughter Lena, were in Homer
for Sunday dinner with his people.
. . . . W. H. Mason and daughter, Le
na, drove to South Sioux City Fri
day. Ralph returned with them ....
Mrs. G. 0. Mason and children
were down from Homer Sunday, for
a few hours at the W. H. Mason
home.
Central City Republican: For a
consideration of $550, E. J. Way, re
siding on the College section, has
purchased the tabernacle building.
Contrary to expectation, the bidding
was not spirited, for the bid of Mr.
Way was the only one tendered.
Parties have since stated that they
would have tendered offers only they
thought so many would want the
lumber and other building material
that they stood little chance of be
ing the purchasers. Sealed bids were
to be received at the Conservative
Saturday
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Triggs New Meat Market
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Will be open for business in the' new location
(the old Garage building)
Monday of
Everything New, Clean
and Uto-Bate
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State bank up to the hour of 7 o'clock
the evening of March 27. The tab
ernacle building measures G0xl20
feet. Its constrction involved 25,
701 feet df lumber, 2,200 feet of
lath, 2,152 lbs tar felt, 81 rolls rosin
paper, 21 rolls Neponset. The com
mittee, which reserved the right to
reject any and all bids, included the
following: W. E. Holtz, chairman,
ChaB. Eatough, Geo. F. Galley, C. E.
Lind and Wm. Truesdale. After a
careful consideration of the offer
tendered by Mr. Way, the same was
duly accepted, and a certified check
given by the purchaser to bind the
transaction. Mr. Way and family
recently moved to this community
from Dakota county, purchasing thd
A. J. Thoma.s property on the Col
lege section. He informs us " that
he will utilize the lumber in the
erection of buildings at his new
home, he having several choice lots.
Sioux City Journal, 10: Fire yes
terday afternoon destroyed a chick
en house and a shed belonging to
Elmer Hansen, South Sioux City.
Several sitting hens were burned.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Mr. Hansen is employed by the
Warfield-Pratt-Howell company ....
Elbert W. Blancett, now being held
at Santa Fe, N. M., accused of the
murder of Clyde D. Armour, of
Sioux City, will be arraigned before
Judge Neblitt there Thursday morn
ing, when the Santa Fe district court
convenes for the April term, acord
ing to word received by Roy Armour,
of Hubbard, Neb,, a brother of the
murdered man. An indictment
charging Blancett with the murder
was returned by the grand jury at
Santa Fe Saturday afternoon. Roy
Armour will leave Sioux City tonight
for Santa Fe. He will be one of
the chief witnesses for the state
against Blancett, as it was through
his efforts and those of his brother,
Glenn Armour, that the body was
found and Blancett arrested. It was
the plan of the two brothers to be
gin their search at Denver after all
other means of finding the body had
failed. It was there that they learn
ed that Clyde had lived at the Y. M.
C. A. and had offered to take one of
the young men living there on the
cross country journey. The man
whom Clyde met at the Y. M. C. A.
is thought to be Blancett. From
Denver the journey of the two men
was traced through Las Vegas,
Wagon Mound and to Glorieta, N.
M., where the trail was lost. At
Santa Fe and Albuquerque it was
learned that a man had posed as
Clyde Armour, of Sioux City, but
his description did not conform to
that of Armour. At Albuquerque
the trail of the man vanished. The
body of Armour was found in an
arroyo about three miles out of
Glorieta. The state will attempt to
prove by many witnesses that Blan
cett is the man who posed at Santa
Fe and Albuquerque as Armour.
Mrs. Mary Armour, the mother; Miss
Agnes Armour, a sister, and M. L.
Sawyer, who are now living nt Fres
no, Cal., will reach Santa Fe tomor
row night for the trial. It is ex
pected that Harry Shoberg, of Sioux
City, will be one of the witnesses.
He will be asked to asked to identify
the car recovered at El Paso, Tex., as
the one which he sold to Clyde Ar
mour before the overland trip was
made.
Sioux City Journal, Gth: 1). Hart
nett of Hubbard, Neb,, who recent
ly underwent an operation at the St.
Joseph's hospital, has returned to
his home.,.. Joe Beenan, of Jackson,
Neb., who was iniured Sunday when
he fell from his horse, is inproving
at the St. Joseph's hospital . . . .Mrs.
Emmett Gribble and son, Harold, of
Dakota City, and Mrs. J. Mills, of
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DAKOTA CITY
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South Sioux City, were guests yes
terday in the Jacob Learner home ....
Because he is alleged to have said
that he hoped the Germans would
blow up the entire United States,
George Minst G9 years old, was ar
rested by Patrolman William Lavery
late yesterday at Fifth and Douglas
streets. John Parker a carpenter.
I of South Sioux City, made
complaint against Mins. Theaccus
ed man is being held for investiga
tion by the police. He will be turned
over to Milton Perry Smith, deputy
United States marshal, this morning
for examination. Parker said that
Mins launched into a terrible flow of
criticism of the United States and
expressed sympathy with Germany.
"When he said that he wished the en
tire country would be blown up by
the Germans," Baid Parker, "I
couldn't stand it longer and sum
moned a policeman. I will appear
and itestify to the statements I heard
Mins make." Little is known of Mins.
Efforts of the police last night to
learn something of the man were un
successful. Ho is thought to be a
transient... .Circulators of a petition
to reduce the toil rate on the Com
bination bridge are preparing to go
before the city council with the
proposition after they have obtained
indorsement of the Commercial club,
the Real Estate association and the
Rotary club. A petition circulated
by C. D. Smiley, of South Sioux
City and others for presentation to
the war department will be held up
until the council has decided to pass
or not to pass an ordinance reducing
the toll on the inter-state bridge,
according to Ward R. Evans, corpor
ation attorney of South Sioux City,
who is acting legal adviser to the
petitioners. Mr. Evans contends the
city council has the right to reduce
the toll under a charter granted by
the government at the time it was
built. In case the new rate is deem
ed confiscatory, W. L. Selby, of
Omaha representing the present
owners, ha3 the right of appeal to
the wartdepartment. It is hoped to
have the rate reduced to 1 cent on a
coupon basis. The present coupon
rate is 2f cents per passenger. W.
S. Gilman, president of the Commer
cial club has promised to have the
matter taken up by that organiza
tion. The petition for reduced tolls
now ears the signatures of several
thousand residents of South Sioux
City and Dakota City, Neb., and of
Sioux City.
Passing of Father English
Rev. John Edward English, of
Hubbard, Neb., widely known in
Nebraska and northwestern Iowa and
a priest in the Omaha diocese, died
at 3:40 o'clock last Wednesday morn
ing at the St. Joseph's hospital. He
has been at the hospital for more
than a week suffering fron an infec
tion in his head, thought to have been
aggravated by the grip. Rev. Father
English had been stationed at the
Hubbard parish for the last seven
teen years. He had a wide acquain
tance in Sioux City. He was 01
years old.
Rev. Father English had had
charge of the parish at Hubbard
since 1900, going to that town from
St. Peter's church in Omaha.
Rev. Father English was born nt
Kenosha, Wis., April 14, 1855. Ho
lived there until he began his educa
tion at St. Francis seminary in Mil
waukee. After being graduated
from there he attended school at Mt.
St. Mary's at Baltimore, Ho com
pleted his education nt the College
of the Holy Angels at Niagara Falls,
where he was ordained in 1879,
Upon his graduation from the Col
lege of the Holy Angela Rev. Father
English went to Nebrauka, where ho
joined the diocese of Omaha under
Bishop O'Connor.
Ho was assigned to missionary
work at Sidney and Platte. He was
made rector of St. Philomena cathe
dral nt Omaha in 1881. After several
years in Omaha Rev. Father English
was placed in charge of the parish at
Exeter, Friend, and .Hasting, Neb.,
He was at Hastings when the diocese
at Lincoln was established under the
direction of Bishop Bonnacum.
Rev. Father English was called
back to his old diocese to organize
St. Bridget's parish in South CmJia.
Ho was therefaut a short time bef jre
he took charge of the St. Peter's
cathedral in Omaha. He was called
to Hubbard in 1900.
Rev. Father Emrlish was a croat
lover of sports and athletics.
He was a personal friend of
Charles Comiskey, owner ot the Chi
cago American league baseball team,
an old college chum, with whom he
spent many of his vacations. It
was due to his friendship with Com
misky that he became interested in
baseball.
' Billinnls and hunting were other
pastimes of Rev. Father English,
who wuj proficient nt these sports.
He was a member of the Sioux
City council of the Knights of Colum
bus. A brother, W. R. English, of Chi
cago, and two sisters, Mrs. John Rice
and Mrs. Oliver Hoye, both of Keno
sha, Wis., survive.
Hundreds of persons from north
eastern Nebraska and northwestern
Iowa Wednesday viewed the body of
Father John Edward English at
Hubbard, Neb., which was. lying in
slate at the parish residence there.
The funeral was held Friday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock. At 4:10 o'clock
in the afternoon the body was sent
to Kenosha, Wis., for burial.
Mrs. Leo Wickham, Council Bluffs,
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F. Husches
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Lumber, Building Ma-
Iterial, Hardware, Coal
To Zhe People &f
Dakota City e& Vicinity
WE have succeeded Mr. Fred Lynch in the
Hardware and Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here to stay. Cur aim will be
to treat everyone right, and alike, .and will guaran
tee satisfaction on all sales and work done nt our
place of business. We will carry a full line of
Lumber, Building Material, Hardware, Coal, Paints,
Plumbing Material, Greases and Oils. We have a
well equipped shop where wc will do all kinds of
Plumbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs,
Also Concrete Work of all Kinds.
Gome in and see us
Irct's Get A.cqpua.3itecl
H. R. GREER, Mgr.
Iowa, and Mary English, of Omaha,
niece of the priest, and James En
glish, a nephew, arrived in Hubbard
Wednesday for the funeral.
The following priests were in Hub
bard for the funeral: Felix McCar
ty, of Jackson; John Moore, of
Ponca; Edward Gleason, of Willis;
Michael O'Toolo, of Newcastle; J.
E. Wallace, of Gretna; James
Burke, of Emerson, nnd James Don
ahue, of Bancroft. Priests from
Sioux City were also in attendance
at the service.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Uy Claronco Linton.
The Powell children have been
absent from school recently on ac
count of illness at homo.
Clark Anderson is forced to re
main out of school for a time owing
to a case of diptherin in hi3 home.
Ernest Geise accompanied Miss
Fleming to Laurel Friday evening,
where ho spent Sunday with his
brother Frank.
The fifth and sixth grades colored
Easter eggs Friday p. m. and then
enjoyed a hunt for them on the
school grounds.
The intermediate grades enjoyed
receiving an interesting letter from
their former schoolmate, Floyd Van
Horn, Monday. Floyd is located at
Murdo, S. D., and says he enjoys
enjoys western life.
The first base ball game of the
season was played at South Sioux
City last Friday. Our boys did very
good work considering the limited
practice they had had. The South
Sioux City boys proved to bo an
easy team for us and the score of
14 to 2 was easily made. A return
game is scheduled for this Friday.
Circumstances are such that it is
possible that all scheduled games
will be called off. Friday evening
at the patriotic meeting four of the
base ball men volunteered who have
since enlisted in the United States
army. Gerald Hall, Wilfred Kinklo
and Eddie Ansnes were in the high
school and Harold Antrim was in the
eighth grade. We shall miss these
boys very much, but we are proud
of them and would not have them
do otherwise. The entire school
was dismissed for a few minutes to
witness the boys' departure to enlist
and a largo number accompanied
them to the city.
A program will be given by the
children of Miss Ross and Miss Cook's
room Friday evening of thia week.
The program consists of a Japanese
drill, a Dutch dance, folk dances,
dramatizations of Chicben Little and
other stories in costume. The pro
gram will be of high merit and a
large attendance is anticipated.
There will bo an admission charge of
10 and 20 cents, which will go to
ward the play ground fund.
A meeting of the alumni of the
Dakota City high school is hereby
called for Tuesday evening, April
17, at the school house at 2 p. m.
It will be appreciated jf all members
who are near at hand will be present
at that time. Some important busi
ness should be attended to and an
organization affected.
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