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Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska
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Local news column from Homer reporting routine community updates: diphtheria case, travels to Sioux City and elsewhere, store expansion with sales, returning emigrants, injuries, lodge farewell event, livestock purchase, educational institute attendance, and many social visits among residents.
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Sam Garner went to Sioux City Wednesday.
Mrs. John Sullivan went to Sioux City Saturday to see the little Mullen boy who is being cared for at the hospital.
We will have some surprises for you when we get our goods all arranged and the new addition to our store completed, which will be the coming week. A lot of goods now in stock will go at cut prices to make room for new stock coming. Carl Anderson.
It is said that Hans Anderson and wife who went to Denmark from here a couple of months ago with the intention of making that their future home, are on their way back and have really decided that this is the only country worth living in.
HOMER.
Howard Bancroft returned Tuesday from a several days outing at Crystal Lake.
Mrs. Alfred Harris was a guest at the Nelson Smith home a few days this week.
Nelse Smith went to Lincoln Monday as a delegate to the republican state convention.
Elmer Shook's oldest girl dislocated an elbow one day last week.
John Williams was seriously hurt by the upsetting of a pile-driver. A timber struck him on the head.
The Yeoman lodge of this place had a "farewell" lodge meeting Tuesday night in honor of Mrs. Alice Bolster, its retiring clerk, who is going to join her daughter, Helen, in Des Moines. The lodge presented Mrs. Bolster with a set of solid silver teaspoons and three table spoons. Ice cream and cake was served.
Dick Skidmore is building trestle work in the edge of the creek south of the saloon to set his blacksmith shop on that he purchased of S. A. Brown.
Mrs. Frank Leamer returned to her home near Dakota City Monday after a several days visit with her sister, Mrs. John Clayton.
A post card received from Eva Kinnear from Fort Pierre, states that she is attending institute and that there are 108 teachers in attendance. She will return to Kadoka the 29th, where she has a homestead.
Golda Queen and Merle Brasfield came up from Winnebago Tuesday to attend the Yeoman banquet.
Lula Barnes returned from Crystal Lake Wednesday having visited Lula Hirsch since Saturday at Camp de Smith.
Edith and Bessie Church visited several days last week with their sister, Mrs. Irve Rockwell, in Sioux City.
Mrs. Marven Armour came down from Dakota City Thursday to attend Dorcas, at the home of the president, Mrs. Church.
Miss Carrie Kelner, who visited with Mrs. Shepardson several days, returned to her home near Winnebago last Saturday.
Will and Geo. Lamson, old time residents of this place, were visiting here the first of the week. Will lives in Idaho and George near Walthill.
Mrs. Chas. Shunnemup, of Manning, Iowa, and her daughter, Mrs. Lee, of Sioux City, are guests at the August Wilkins home this week.
Mrs. Milton Foreshoe, Jr., was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Oliver Smith, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Charles Holsworth bought of Dewitt in Blyburg 52 head of hogs Thursday.
Nels Smith and wife were visitors at Dakota City and Sioux City Saturday.
Mrs. Vern Lake and children came down from Dakota City Saturday to visit friends.
James Allaway, Sr., is rusticating in the country this week.
Mrs. J. B. Smith and two daughters, of Humboldt, Iowa, arrived Monday to visit relatives. Mrs. Smith is a sister of Benone McKinley and Mrs. Bert Kinnear.
Norval Church camped at Crystal Lake with Malcolm Smith last week.
Frae McElphree was the guest of Nadine Shepardson several days last week.
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Homer
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diphtheria patient sent to detention hospital; elmer shook's daughter dislocated elbow; john williams seriously injured by pile-driver timber to head.
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Collection of brief local reports including a diphtheria diagnosis and hospitalization, personal travels to Sioux City, Lincoln, Crystal Lake, and other places, social visits and guest stays among residents, store expansion announcement with price cuts by Carl Anderson, Hans Anderson and wife returning from Denmark, political delegation to Republican convention, child elbow dislocation, worker injury from pile-driver, Yeoman lodge farewell meeting for retiring clerk Mrs. Alice Bolster with gifts and refreshments, blacksmith shop relocation, attendance at teachers' institute in Fort Pierre, Yeoman banquet, Dorcas meeting, hog purchase, and various family visits.