Iowa
Old Press
THE TABOR BEACON
Tabor, Fremont Co., Iowa
March 20, 1913
D. D. Darby, who graduated in the newpaper game in the Fremont
County Herald office and who for a year or more has been
connected with the Hamburg papers, has been recommended for
postmaster at Hamburg to succeed W. R. Harris resigned. We
congratulate Dave. He is one newspaper writer who can adapt
himself
to any kind of politics, and is eligible for a federal job under
a democratic, republican, Bull moose, suffragette or prohibition
regime, and might pass muster as a socialist if required. But he
will give the patrons of the Hamburg postoffice good service.
BIGGEST LITTLE TOWN.
Thurman Claims Distinction Above Towns of Equal Size.
A correspondent to the Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that Thurman boasts of more wealth than any town of its size in
the state. There are in this town less than a dozen persons whose
combined wealth is more than $1,000,000. There are more elegant
residences and modern homes in Thurman than any town of its size
in the state, and the modern equipment of the town is the very
best, with electric lights, waterworks and all the essentials
that are needed among such a high class of citizenship. Thurman
is an old town -- sixty years or more have passed since it became
a town, being known for a number of years as Plum Hollow. Two of
its oldest inhabitants -- William Greer and Hare Cole -- are yet
living and tell many interesting stories concerning the early
history of the town. It has been handed down from generation
utnil the third and fourth generations are now conducting the
business interests and sharing in the happiness made possible by
their ancestors. Thurman (Plum Hollow) was well established when
the K. C. railroad was put through, and those who owned property
in the town did not care to move to McPaul, the station, three
miles west. Others came and located there instead of moving to
the railroad town, and today Thurman is enjoying the greatest
prosperity in its history.
[transcribed by W.F., October 2006]