Iowa
Old Press
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
July 18, 1895
Nishna Valley News
August 1st is the date set for the great Nishna
Valley church picnic. Wightman's Grove, near the mouth of Walnut creek, is
the place that has been selected. A grand stand is to be erected for the
speakers and singers and wooden wood seats will be provided to accommodate
about 5,000 people--more or less. All who enjoy a day of rest and recreation
are cordially invited to make arrangements to come and have a grand good
time. Particulars later.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
July 18, 1895
IOWA APPLES
M. J. M. Bechtel has received a sample shipment of fruit
grown upon his orchard near Hamburg, Fremont county, this state, which
establishes the fact beyond question that Iowa is a fruit growing state of
the first class. The consignment includes Red June, Dutchess of Oldenburg,
Early Harvest and Red Astrchan apples and a peach, named unknown, of fine
color and appearance. 1891 is the last year that Iowa produced a heavy fruit crop. In that
year there were shipped from points along the Burlington route 249,758
barrels or 1,665 car loads of apples. In 1894 there was a small crop,
amounting, according to the shipments, to 68,205 barrels. This year the
harvest is expected to equal, if not exceed, that of 1891, and the quality
of the fruit as shown by the samples received is of the very highest.
The Burlington road has done everything in its power to encourage fruit
growing along its lines, and those who have pursued this course are in a
fair way to reap handsome rewards.--Burlington Hawkeye.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
July 25, 1895
Nishna Valley News
We regret exceedingly that the arrangements for
music, program, amusements, etc., for the first annual picnic of the Nishna
Valley M. E. Church were not made in time for publication, but we are
assured by the committees who have charge of the matter that everything will
be done to enable all who come to have a grand good time.
Misses Penelope Wightman, Nettie Jarman and Lulu Eskew, assisted by
others will serve all kinds of delicious refreshments in the most approved
style, and the only thing you will regret is that your throat isn't longer.
Seats and drinking water will be provided for all who are weary and athirst.
Vertical swings, horizontal croquet, and many other wild and peculiar kinds
of amusements are being arranged for by the committee of which the writer is
the chairman. Rev. Walburn is preparing an interesting discourse expressly
for the occasssion which will alone be worth coming many miles to hear.
Prof. King, principal of the Hamburg schools, is expected to be with us and
deliver one of his characteristic speeches, in proportion to his size, which
will, of course, occupy most of the afternoon. Other speakers will favor the
audience with speeches orf greater of less merit, and plenty of first class
music wil be rendered.
We have been blessed with bountiful crops this year and all who can
are cordially invited to come out and make this a day of thanksgiving, rest
and recreation. The date is Thursday, August 1st. The place, 3 1/2 miles
east and 2 1/2 miles north of Sidney, near the mouth of Walnut creek.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
July 25, 1895
Nishna Valley Picnic
The Nishna M. E. church will hold their first
annual picnic Thursday, August 1st, at Wightman's Grove, 3 1/2 miles east
and 2 1/2 miles north of Sidney. The arrangements for music, program,
amusements, etc., were not made in time for publication but everything will
be done to enable all who come to have a grand good time.
- Prof. D. D. Darby of Northboro, Page county....has written correspondence
for the SUN....He expects to return to Fremont county and teach near Sidney
this fall.
- A "Thank You" for..."assistance at the death of our mother"....Signed by
Mrs. L. A. Moomaw, Mrs. N. A. Fuller, T. W. Swatman, A. E. Swatman
- "Why don't some enterprising Sidneyite advocate electric lights: Sidney
is no.....insignificant village"
- Charles Hein is home from Catopoxi, Colorado.--Anderson News
-Mrs. Salome Kamerer died at Imogene one day last week. She was seventy
years of age, a mother of ten children, and a consistent member of the St.
Paul Reformed church.
- A Demorest contest will take place at the Liberty church east of
Farragut, August 4th.
- Grandma McIntire, living on Walnut creek has been stricken with paralysis
- J. A. Moody of Walnut township, has a zoological garden with a number of
deer and other animals
- PARKER: George Parker of Monroe township wrote up his trip to Europe for
the Shenandoah Post
- The Todd family of Tabor had a family reunion on Thursday of last week.
- Samuel Wilson of Lake Park, California, b. Feb. 6, 1810 in Taylor
county, Virginia - d. July 5, 1895; he was an early settler in Fremont
county, Iowa
- Wilson Mill on Walnut Creeek: The Epworth League of Farmer City are to
hold a picnic at the old Wilson Mill on Walnut Creek
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