Iowa
Old Press
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
April 13, 1893
"Buster Dick"
A grand horse, Kentucky blood, Dick is coming 5 years this
spring, weighs 1,100 pounds and is a beautiful blood bay. Buster
Dick was sired by Little Dick, of Hamburg; he by old Ft. Scott
Dick, of Platte county, Missouri; he by Shiloh and he by Botcher
Beecher. His dam was a Tacklin; Dick's dam was a Glencoe mare;
Buster Dick's dam is a Kentucky mare -- Lucy -- the fastest
strain of running horses on record. Buster Dick will stand this
season at my farm, 5 miles north of Sidney on the Tabor road. He
has only three colts and no man could ask for better. He will
stand for $10 only this season. I will not be responsible for
accidents. Owners disposing of mares bred or allowing them to
estray will be held responsible for the pay of colts.
G. W. ACORD, owner.
DIED.
Hackett. At his home 3 1/2 miles south east of Percival, Iowa.
Charles L. Hackett, aged 29 years 2 months and 1 day.Deceased was
born at Huntley, McHenry county, Illinois, Jan. 29, 1864. He
came to Fremont county with his parents at the age of five years.
His father died Sept. 19, 1876. Since that time he had stayed at
home to care for his widowed mother. He was taken sick about a
week before his death with a severe cold but improved in a few
days. He again took cold which terminated in congestion of the
lungs. The funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the
Grand View schoolhouse. Rev. C. Robbitt conducted the services.
The remains were interred in the Rector cemetery. He leaves a
mother, four sisters and four brothers to mourn the loss.
Hark! the Savior's voice is calling.
..Calling one we love so dear.
Calling to a Heavenly mansion,
..Calling us to weep in tears.
Soon we will be called to meet him,
..From this world of trials and care.
And we'll meet the one departed
..In a Heavenly mansion fair.
Could we wish him back to suffer,
..As he suffered once before,
Brighter dawns the day before him.
..On the bright celestial shore.
While the chair is ever vacant,
..And his voice is heard no more,
Let us strive to once more meet him
..On that happy golden shore. -- E. J. Hactett.
[transcribed by W.F., June 2011]
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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN/HERALD*
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
April 13, 1893.
Commencement 1893
The seventh annual commencement of Riverton high school on Friday
evening May 19, 1893, 8 o'clock, was one of the most pleasant
occasions of the kind that we have ever had the good fortune to
attend. The exercises were held at the M. E. Church which was
crowded to its utmost capacity in a few minutes after the doors
were opened and numbers went away unable to obtain even a look
upon the inside. The church and stage were tastefully decorated
and draped in the national colors. The exercises were begun by
the playing of a march by Miss Hattie Hayes as the members of the
class of '93, seven in number filed up the aisle and seated
themselves upon the stage...
CLASS OF 1893:
1. Harvey C. Barr
2. Chris J. Chrestensen
3. Sena M. Christenson
4. Nellie M. Euburg
5. Viola M. Shoemaker
6. Lewis A. Williams
7. Nettie M. Wynn
Together with the tall and stately Prof. Daily, the class made a
very attractive and striking appearance, both handsome and
intelligent.
THE PROGRAM:
Instrumental Solo by Mrs. Joe Samuels.(The HERALD says she sung a
very pretty solo.)
Invocation by Rev. Walburn
Song and Chorus by High School Girls (HERALD: Thirteen little
school girls dressed in appropriate costumes sang "Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean" which was a very pretty feature of the
occasion.)
Oration "Our Nation's Growth" was the opening oration,
by Mr. Harvey Barr. (HERALD: This won for him much favorable
comment.)
Oration "Over the Alps lies Italy" by Lena M.
Christenson. (HERALD: This contained many good thoughts.)
Instrumental Solo, "Old Black Joe" by Lela Swiggart
(HERALD: Miss Leta (sic) Swiggart of Hamburg, rendered a most
delighntful piano solo; it would be difficult to say which was
the more charming, the music or the fair musician.)
Oration "Unity" by Viola M. Shoemaker. (HERALD: She
acquitted herself creditably.)
Instrumental Solo "Alpine Storm: by Mrs. C. W. Durette
Oration "Education" by Nellie W. Wynn (HERALD: Miss
Wynn's delivery is easy and natural and her effort was pronounced
one of the best of the evening.)
Quartet "Come where the Lillies bloom" by Mesdames E.
Smith and A. T. Wheeler, and Messrs. J. M. Barr and E. Smith.
(HERALD: A beautiful song.)
Oration "Energy" by Chris J. Christensen. (HERALD:
Good)
Vocal Solo by Mrs. C. P. Bogan. (HERALD: A vocal solo which was
enthusiastically encored and she responded with "The picture
with the Face Turned to the Wall.)
Oration "We have left the Bay, the Ocean lies before
us" by Nellie M. Euburg. (HERALD: It must be ranked with the
best.)
Instrumental duet by Mrs. Bogan and Miss Swiggart. (HERALD: Was
thought by some to be the best part of the musical program.)
The valedictorian Lewis A. Wiliams took for his subject the class
motto "Not for School but for Life we Learn", and the
ability displayed combined with his easy manner and excellent
delivery formed a fitting climax to the eloquence of the evening.
Instrumental Solo "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" by
Miss Hattie Hayes
Presentation of Diplomas by Morris Daily. (HERALD: As Prof. Daily
arose as if to say something, Rev. Walburm made his appearance on
the opposite side declaring that he would sit down. Then in a few
happily chosen remarks, he stated that the members of the senior
class had decided to chain the Professor, and proceeded to place
upon the person and elegant gold watch chain....Everything went
off smoothly.)
[*Note: submitter combined the article on the 1893 graduation of Riverton High school from the Sun and the Herald because they were identical except for a very few additional descriptive statements from the Herald, which are identified by (HERALD); Transcribed by W.F., June 2011]