Missouri Valley times., 1901-06-06

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Postal cards. n
Newspapers Observation-Disclosures. 90
Circulars observation-disclosures. l.
Packages Observation-Disclosures.
Total collected 1855. ........ 673
Mrs. q ] Moore, Mrs. A. II. Sniff
and Mrs Q. w, kellogg will give
shirt waist party Friday afternoon,
June 18th, at the home of Mrs Ii. j,
Moore.
Miss Grace Berkley left for Iowa
City this morning.
Mrs. Bailey is visiting friends in
Council Bluffs.
Mrs. M. Olmstead, Mrs. ]. r.. Nc
Laughlin and Mrs. q. b. Warner will
entertain their lady friends at tea on
Wednesday evening, June 5th, at the
home of Mrs. Olmstead.
| George T.. johnson received letter
her husband will sail on the 29th for
tour of Ireland, Germany and Scot
land
| G. S. Osborne leaves this evening for
Davenport as delegate to the Grand
Lodge, A. +. 81 A. M.
Dick Crispin was in the Valley to-
day. lie still uses pair of crutches
to walk.
Mrs + + James, Mrs G G Lahman
and her guest Mrs Q T Lahman, and
Mrs Emma Harris Russell will spend
the day with Mrs Freely Myers in the
|country tomorrow.
w I Roden is moving into his new
home today.
John Wilson, of Norfolk, was in the
Valley Sunday evening on business.
One of the fine carriage horses of
Mrs d + James is very sick 1t is not
Thought the horse can live.
The Governor of California offers a
ireward of $4,000 for the conviction of
any one who participated in the hang
ing of the five men in that state last
week. When they get to hanging men
for petty larceny it is time to call
halt.
Thomas McGovren, the accident in
Isurance man, of Omaha, was visiting
The boys in the city today.
Mike Carver is laying off with a fine
case OF the mumps. Mike says he
ought to. have attended to that when
he was boy.
| ID Il. James has added new desk
and wire rail to his business office.
| MIR. and Mrs. Guy Axtell and Mr..
and Mrs. III. II. Perkins, of Omaha,
were in the Valley Sunday, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Whitworth.
A rain was never needed more than
now. The farmers and small fruit
growers are doing the praying now.
Mrs. Il. M. Stevens and Mrs. II. A.
Moore are visiting friends in Council
Bluffs today.
Mrs. Anna McCleary, nee Shurts.
left for her home in Dewey, Idaho, this
afternoon. Her sister, Miss Laura
Shurts will visit with friends in Indi-
ana.
Water Commissioner Ford is in
Omaha this afternoon on business.
George Gumb went to Council Bluffs
on business this afternoon.
Mrs. E. w. Van Hosen and daugh-
ter Mabel left for Schuyler, Neb., this
afternoon, where she goes to attend
the graduation of her sister.
I Engineer Perry left for Chadron
this afternoon and will move his fam.
lily to this city.
Baggageman Will Rogers and fam.
lily leave for Hampton this evening.
They will he gone about month.
w. E. Grigsby left for Wichita, Kan
sas, this afternoon, where he goes for
a few weeks visit with relatives and
friends:
J, MIR. and Mrs. w. Y. Scott and
daughters returned from Sioux City
this afternoon. where Mrs. Scott has
been visiting friends for week.
J Down in Kentucky the whisky trust
has applied for an injunction against
j. b. Wathen to restrain him from
lending money to his sons to engage
in the liquor business. Some day an
American citizen will have to apply to
the trusts for permission to secure
marriage license.
1t is reported that the Burlington
bridge over the Missouri river at
Plattsmouth will be lowered 20 feet
during the present year. When the
bridge was built in 1882 there was 9
requirement of law that all bridges
over that river be 80 feet above high
water mark to permit Of the passage
of steamboats,. The river traffic has
subsided to such an extent that the re-
quirement has been modified. The
lowering of the bridge will materially
reduce the grade on both sides of the