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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1917.
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Items of Interest
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Sloan la., Star: F. G. Bennett, of
Homer, Neb., visited a few days last
wotik in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Oliver.
Ponca Advocate: Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Taylor and family of South
Sioux City arrived Tuesday to visit
relatives on the Daily.
VVynot Tribune: Mrs. J. Morin
went to Dakota City yesterday to at
tend the annual meeting: of the Da
kota county old settlers, which is
being held today.
Lyons Mirror: Mrs. Florence
Nixon and children of Homer spent
Sunday with the family of her sister
Mid. M. M. Warner, and sister-in-law,
Mrs. W. G. Waite.
Newcastle Times: Tom I3agley
motored to Crystal lake Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Dickinson and Mr.
and Mrs. George Dickenson accom
panying him. They returned in the
evening.
Pender Republic: J. J. Lynch and
wife were at Dakota City yesterday
in attendance at the Old Settlers'
picnic. Mr. Lynch is a pioneer of
Dakota county.. .W. W. Pounds
wss a passenger to Pipestone, Minn.,
last Saturday where he went to en
joy a visit at the home of his son
W. W. Pounds.
Walthill Citizen: Mrs. Fanny
Crozier of Dakota City visited at the
Lase home last,week Wednesday ....
Mrs. W. H. Mason went to Lincoln
Monday on a business trip. She re
turned last evening. . . . W. H. Mason
was an Omaha business visitor Mon
day and Tuesday going by auto to
Bancroft.
Wakefield Republican: Mrs. Aug.
PauJ.and Grace Heikes were Sioux
City passengers Monday Mr. and
Mrs. Art Larson of South Sioux
City visited over Sunday with
friends here Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Leap autoed over to Homer Sun
day to bring Mrs. Leap's sister,
Blanch Hurt, home with them.
Mrs. Hurtcame up from Kansas City
a couple of weeks ago to visit Ne
braska relatives.
Waterbury Items in Allen News:
Frank Way sold one forty of his
farm to John Hinken.. ..Robert
Way surprised his many friends by
coming last Friday to visit a few
days and return by auto with his
father, E. J. Way . . .Grandma Way
and her two granddaughters, Mabel
and Frances, left Friday for Central
City after visiting friends and rela
tives here the past month... Mr.
Beacom had quite an accident Sun
day while out riding in their new
car. Their daughter Mary was
running the car, in some way lost
control and the car went into the
Dakota City
Grocery
Specials for Saturday
5 bars Flake White Soap 25c
1 Can Peas '. 15c
3 Rolls Toilet Paper 25c
1 Package Corn Starch 10c
Trilby Soap, per bar 10c
1 2-lb Can Tomatoes 15c
10-lb. sack Peaberry Coffee $2.40
Highest Price Paid for
COUNTRY PRODUCE
W. L.
Dakota City,
ditch throwing them out damaging
the car. Luckily no one was serious
ly hurt.
..Rose Hill Items in Allen News:
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Learner and
daughter, Alice of Homer, spent
Sunday at the home of the former's
nephew.Harry Warner Mrs. Win.
Broyhill of Homer returned to her
home last Sunday, after a visit with
h"r nephew, Harry Warner and
.:fe ...Mr. and Mrs. John Critz
ilr. and Mrs. Ollie Hale motored
I. m Homer Wednesday and spent
the iiu,) at the home "of the latter's
nephew, Harry Warner.
Allen News: Mrs. Geo. Twamley
was taken to a Sioux City hospital
Tuesday for treatment... Mrs.
Heckt was a visitor in the Will Ar
mour home in Sioux City last Friday
and Saturday... .Mr. and Mrs. John
Mayfield and daughter, Irma, of
Goodwin, Neb, visited Sunday at the
James Allen home. Mr. Mayfield
was atone time station agent at this
place having left 7 years ago....
Frank Hill, of Sibley, Iowa, is here
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hill, and awaiting the call
from the government. He was
among those from Sibley who were
included in the first draft quota.
Sioux City Tribune, Urd: A total
ot 1,728 quart bottles of beer the
real stuff was seized by Dakota
county authorities in a raid on an
abandoned cellar just east of South
Sioux City, Neb., this morning.
The raid was made on the property
of C. W. Miller, who had leased it
for the summer. Chief of Police
Mathwig, of South Sioux City, and
Sheriff Cain were trying to find the
owners this afternoon. No one
seems to want to claim the beer.
AccordingtoMrs. C.W. Miller, while
the raid was going on, a big crowd
of men, who congregated to watch
the fun, drank some of the beer.
She declared she could not tell
whether officers or civilians were
doingthe consuming. Deputy Sher
iff Forrest declared the authorities
did not know any one had drank any
of the beer, and denied any knowl
edge of the occurrence.
Emerson Enterprise: Mrs. Clyde
MyerB returned Friday from a weeks
visit with home folks at Homer .
August Voss and Theo. Peters will
leave today for a two weeks trip in
Colorado Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
Poole left this morning to attend the
Old Settlers' picnic at Dakota City.
Mrs. Wm. McAffee and son Joe,
went to Norfolk last Thursday to
visit her sister, Mrs. E. 0. Surber.
... .0i Sunday, September 2 at the
home of Mr. and .Mrs. Aug. Paul in
Wakefield, will occur the marriage
of their son Edward and Miss Grace
Heikes, also tif Wakefield... .Mrs.
Lorretta Heeney Ryan died at her
home in Emerson last Saturday
morning at 1:30, aged 23 years.
Loretta Heeney was born near Na
cora, Neb., and grew to womanhood
in this vicinity. She attended the
Emerson high school and later was
a student at St. Catherine's at Jack
son. She leaves a large circle of rel
atives and friends to mourn her loss,
among them her husband, Clifford
ROSS
Nebraska
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Red Cross surgeons and orderlies
underground dressing stations In the frontline trenches. War records
show that as many Red Cross men are killed by enemy fire as regular
soldiers in tho trenches. Red Cross field service Is not a pastime.
Ryan of Emerson; her parents Mr.
and Mrs. James Heeney of Nacora;
three sisters, Mrs. J. W. O'Connor
of Hinton, la., Mrs. Joe Heenan of
Jackson, and Mary Heeney of Naco
ra; four brothers, Jim, Joe and
Will of Nacora and Frank of Emer
son all.of whom were present at
the funeral. Funeral ceremonies
were held Monday morning at Sacred
Heart church, conducted by Father
Burke and the remains were laid at
rest in the Catholic cemetery. The
church was crowded to its full ca
pacity with relatives and friends of
the family.
Sioux City Journal, 2nd: Earl
Sheppard, who recently received se
rious injuries in a motor car acci
dent on the Military road, nearly
has recovered, according to attend
ants at St. Vincent'shospital. Lloyd
Powell, who suffered broken legs in
the same accident, is reportod im
proved... .J. E. Schrader, of Sioux
City, was fined $100 in the police
court of Soutli Sioux City yesterday
by Judge W. E. Davis, for illegal
trasportation of liquor. Mr. Schra
der was stopped by Chief of Police
A. L. Mathwig last Sunday for
speeding in a motor car. According
to Mr. Mathwig abusive treatment
by Mr. Schrader caused a search of
the motor car and several bottles of
whisky were found. Mr. Schrader
was arraigned on the speed charge
last Monday and was found guilty
and fined. It was planned by Mr.
Schrader to light the liquor charge
and he retained George Yeaman,
a Sioux attorney, to defend him, but
the case was lost .... Dakota county
authorities are being harassed by
motor car accesfory thieves who
have been operating on a large scale
recently, causing losses of several
hundred dollars. Among the recent
losses was that of Fred .Schopke, of
Emerson, Neb., whose car, after
being stolen from Dakota City, was
taken to South Sioux City and strip-,
ped of its tires and abandoned Ac
cording to Chief of Police A. L.
Mathwig, of South Sioux City, a
number of cars have been stripped
of carburetors, and other valuable
pieces easily removed. Mr. Math
wig thinks there is a "fence" in
South Sioux City through which the
tmeves are operating. The favorite
spot of operations seems to be at
Crystal lake, Mr. Mathwig said,
where many cars from Iowa are
parked without ample protection.
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'INCUBATOR -HELPS.
Place Uio ct'K on Hs side not
on cud.
Clean tho Incubator at the end
of tho hatch.
Fill tho lamp and trim tho
wick regularly every morning.
Always, run tho thermometer
at 102 degrees 1 at tho top of
tho eggs.
Turn tho eggs twice a day
from tho fourth day to the eight
eenth day.
Itemovo all "clear" anil dead
eggs after testing on the seventh
day.
Itun tho Incubator for twenty
four hours so ii h to be miro that
It is properly legulated.
Disinfect tho Incubator lit tho
end of each hatch. Xuver'flll a
machine without (Uninfecting.
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give first aid to wounded In little
5,000 Attend
Annual Reunion
An ideal picnic day, and probably
the largest crowd in attendance at
any reunion of the association, at
tended the thirty-ninth annual gath
ering of the Pionders and Old Set
tlers Association of Dakota County
last Thursday at Clinton park, Da
kota City. Pioneer men and wo
men who for half a century or more
have labored in the development of
the county into one of the most
productive agricultural spots in the
west were the central figures at the
picnic.
The ranks of the pioneers who
came to the county before the ad
mission of the state to the union are
becoming rapidly thinned. Those
present spent the greater part of
the day recounting the early strug
gles attending their first years in
Nebraska.
The reunion opened about9 o'clock
in the morning when Reed's band of
Sioux City serenaded the down town
crowds with its usual high class
music. The program at the park
began at 10:30 with music by the
band. Rev. C. R. Lowe, Lutheran
pastor, gave the invocation, and
Timothy Murphy, president of the
association, welcomed the pioneers,
old settlers and visitors to the re
union. Secretary Geo. Wilkins read
his report, including the names of
those who had passed away since the
last reunion.
After the dinner hour, a program
of speaking was carried out, and
many of tho old sottlers made short
and interesting talks.
PETERSON'S SPEECH
The annual address was made by
C. Petrus Peterson, of Lincoln,
Neb., whose'speech dealt with the
problems of the war with Germany,
as well as touching upon the expe
riences of the early settlers. Ho
said in part:
"The absolute form of govern
ment heretofore has been vastly su
perior to the democratic form be
cause the latter is yet in the experi
mental stages. It was the irony of
fate that up to the present time the
struggle between the two forms of
government has resulted almost en
tirely in favor of the despotic form.
"Absoluteism has been more effi
cient than democracy and it has been
reflected in the world struggle at
arms. The central powers were
better prepared than the entente at
the beginning and the system of the
central powers also excelled, but
the democratic form of government
is to be the one to survive.
"When the American armies shall
have taken their places along the
battle fronts of Europe there will be
found supporting and defending the
stars and stripes an army such as the
world has never heretofore known.
Grouped under that emblem of lib
erty will be found men of every na
tion, tribe or race in the world,
soldiers of every blood and racial
color. In that army will be found
tho sons of those who left Europe
because of the oppression of military
rule, those who left Europe because
of limitations upon their religious lib
erty, sons of those who left Europe
because of political oppression and
those who left Europe because of
economic stringency to find a home
for themselves, for their children
and their children's clniuren in a
land of promise. These soldiers will
not be spoken of in terms of nation
al ancestry, nor in terms of economic
or social position. They will be
spoken of without distinction as
Americans, defenders of liberty and
champions of human rights.
"Nor would it be unjust as we
pauseto contemplate the loyalty of
Americans in general to remember
that there are citizens of our coun
try who are called upon to make
double sacrifice in this hour of the
country's peril, a sacrifice not only
in coming to the defense of their
country, but a sacrifice as well in
the consciousness that in their so
doing they are facing in the trench
es opposite them blood of their
blood, the Germun-Americans.
"One of the malicious purposes of
the kaiser and his ilk has been to
Prussianize the United States of
America. This German propaganda
to Germanize the Germans .in the
UnitedStates has been a failure.
The kaiser and his counsellors have
never understood the situation.
In a speech at Postdam in June. 1908,
as quoted in the New York Times,
the k:i. i said:
" 'L ow I rule supreme in the
United .tes, where almost one
half of the population is either of
German birth or German descent
and where three million voters do
my bidding at lyesidential elections.
No American administration could
remain in power against the will of
the German voters, who, through
that admirable organization, the
German-American League of the
United States, control the destinies
of the vast republic beyond the
seas.'"
A business meeting of the associa
tion followed and the following of
ficers were chosen for the next re
union: President Andrew J. Parker,
South Sioux City.
Vice-President D. F. Waters,
Jackson.
Secretary Sidney T. Frum, Da
kota City.
Assistant Secretary, S. W. Mc
Kinley, South Sioux City.
Financial Secretary Emmett II.
Gribble, Dakota City.
Treasurer Harry II. Adair, Da
kota City.
historian M. M. Warner, Lyons,
Neb.
Executiye Committee John Bo
ler, Jackson; Carl Larsen, Homer;
J. W. Hazelgrove, South Sioux City;
Wm. H. Berger, Dakota City; Wm.
Woods, Waterbury; J. C. Duggan,
Goodwin; Hermen Renze, Hubbard;
II. II. Stolze, Emerson.
George Wilkins, who had served
as secretary for tho pasteightyears,
was tendered'the office again, but
refused the honor. He had given
much of his time to the details of
the picnics during his tenure of of
fice. He was tendered a vote of
thanks for his paat services.
The ball game in the afternoou
between the Dakota City Bears and
the South Sioux City team, for .a
purse of $50, was won by the visit
ors, 7 to 3. A misunderstanding
arose with the auto-polo players and
this feature of the sports was called
off by the promoters.
lhe day closed with a band con
cert on the court house lawn in the
G. F. Huahes
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Lumber, Building Ma
Iterial, Hardware, Coal
To JZhe People q5
Dakota City CSL Vicinity
WE have succeeded Mr. Fred Lynch in the
Hardware and Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here to stay. Our aim will be
to treat everyone right, and alike, and will guaran
tee satisfaction on all sales and work done at 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 we will do all kinds of
PlUmbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs.
Also Concrete Work of all Kinds.
Come In and see txs
Lrct's Get Acqxiairktcd.
H. R. GREER, Mgr.
evening, followed by a dance in the
Ayres hall at night.
If. was one of the best picnics ever
held by the association, and passed
off without an accident of any kind
to mar the pleasures of tho day.
Among the old settlers who came
from a distance to attend the reu
nion were:
Will Rush, Wntsonville, Cnl.
Mrs. J. F. Mikcscll, Idaho.
J. W. Adams, Smithland, la.
S. D. Cone and wife, Salix, la.
J. II. Neis, Merdow Grove, Neb.
Woods M. Hileman aud wife,
Juleseburg, Col.
Dr. II. B. Crawford, Wayne, Neb.
Chas. D. Hall and family and
Chester Ream, Westfleld, la.
Wm. Lnmson, Crofton, Neb.
Evan Way, Central City, Neb.
Lewis Cooley and wife, and Chas.
T. Barto, Wakefield, Neb.
Bee Maher, Norfolk, Neb.
W. II. Mason and fntnily, Mrs. C.
Lane, Geo. Lamson, Walthill, Neb.
James II. Fisher and family,
Spencer, la.
James Brown, South Omaha, Neb.
S. J. Holman, Miss Frae Entrican,
Sergeant Bluff, In.
Mrs. Harry Hill, Merl Hill, Allen,
Neb.
AH Women Urged to
Register September 12
September 12th is the day desig
nated by Governor Neville as the
dny on which Nebraska women will
betake themselves to their polling
places and nttt&t their loyalty and
patriotism by filling the blanks pro
vided by the government. There is
no penalty attached for failure to
appear, but it will be a sad comment
ary upon woman's loyalty if Bhe
does not in a large proportion re
spond to the call.
Polling places will be designated
in each precinct, and women have
been appointed by Mrs. R. E. Evans,
chairman of the county association,
to take charge of each polling place.
Go to your precinct polling place
on September 12th and tell the regis
tar what you can do, be it little or
much. Help your country now.
If you can answer "yes" to tho
following questions, then do not fail
to register pext Wednesday.
Aro you a voman over 16 years of
age?
Do you really love your country?
Do you realize that your country
is at war?
Do you think that there is.any thing
you can do to help your country in
the present crisis?
Are you willing to write down on
a card what you think you can do?
Do you believe organized endeavors
count for more than scattered efforts?
Hay For Sale
120 acres of growing hay for sale,
one mile west of Cobum Junction.
Address, Frank Davey,
425 Water St., Sioux City, Iowa.
For Sale
One fine milch cow. Inquire of
Ray Quinn, Jackson, Nebr.
The Herald 1 year, $1.
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