Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30


MONDAY, AUGUST 81.
AL Briggs.has accepted position
with one of the big packing houses in
South Omaha, and will go on the road.
Al will make first-class salesman
Mrs G w Kellogg, Saturday, received
the marriage announcement of Miss
Stella Tinkle. She was married at
Correctinnville, on Thursday, August
23rd, to VIM Calvin.
A report was circulated on the street
Sunday morning that bootblack, Haley,
had been run over ty train at Carroll
and killed. Upon investigation it was
found that brakeman by the name of
Haley had been killed, and the name
being the same, it was thought that
our Haley" was the fellow-but it
wasn't. 1t would take more than q
railroad train to kill Haley, the boot
black
Rev McAllister and family will ar
Give in the Valley Saturday. There
will be preaching in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and evening
by the Pastor.
Mrs j Hendricks, Miss z nma
Peters and Miss Sunny Nealbu,, of
Fremont, Nebraska, were i'm the Val
ley yesterday, the guests of Miss Josie
Hamisea.
Mrs w g Burke, of Council Bluffs,
was in the Valley tod ay on her way to
visit her father, Frank Field, near
Mondamin.
Mrs Henry Ilargens left for Hot
Springs, South Dakota, this afternoon,
where she will visit her sons, DR.
Charles Ilargens and Emil Hargens
From Hot Springs she may make a
trip to California before she returns.
Miss Myrtle Cole, of Omaha, visited
her parents in the Valley Sunday.
John Linder, of Council Bluffs, was
in the Valley today on business.
George Egan was in the Valley to-
day on his way to Logan on legal
business.
Dallas SHELTON and ] OBrien
started up to call OH marshal Shelton,
last evening, who is quite sick. A
horse ran into their buggy, MASKING
off wheel and badly breaking the
box.
| William M Burke, who had his hand
badly injured in the shops several
weeks ago, goes to work again tomor
row morning as good as new. The ends
of the fingers have grown out after be-
ing mashed of in the accident. DR. Colt
took off about an eighth of an inch of
each finger when he dressed the wound.
Marshal SHELTON, is on the sick list,
threatened with the tlux.
Jack Bratly come in from Colorado
last night, where he has been for the
past month working AOUWbusiness.
He reports good succe ss.
| George Jaco, of Sioux City, was in
the Valley yesterday visiting friends
The United States is small country
since the advent of the fast mails. j j
Amen, of the Valley bank, received a
letter this morning from Kountz Bros,
of New York, that Was written in that
city Saturday evening after banking
hours. Think of ia letter written
in New York city after four o'clock
saturday evening, being received in
Missouri Valley at seven o'clock Mon
day morning, and the letter having to
travel over half way across the CONT
nent. Verify, we live in fast age.
Charley Carlson, the handsome as
sistant baggage master at the Union
depot, drove to Moorehead Sunday, to
celebrate his twenty fifth birthday.
George Kendall and wife, of Ere
mont, we're in the Valley yesterday the
guest of relatives.
Rev Hammer, of Modale, died very
suddenly this morning. He was taken
sick about ten O'Clock last night, and
died about three o'clock this morning.
The little babe of MIR and Mrs Harry
Withrow is quite sick.
The congress for Christian archaeol-
ogy, which recently held its session in
Rome, has petitioned the Pope to open
the crypts of the vatican to scientific
researches. Below the basilica of st
Peter there are long rows of galleries
and subterranean church all contain
ing valuable treasures.
Mr. and Mrs Metcalf, of Boone, are
the guests of their mother, Mrs Gaver,
in this city.
q Burkett has just completed the
painting of the third Ward school
house where it had been repaired.
Elmer Frazier left for Omaha today,
where he takes run as passenger
brakeman betwe IN Omaha and Yer
dlgris, Neb.
Miss Belle Alstrand is visiting
friends in Council Bluffs for g few