Transcribed by: Cay Merryman
The author, John D. Paddock, reminisces about the early days of Malvern (then called Milton) and his move to the area. We pick up the story as Mr. Paddock is describing the small town of Milton about the year 1868/1869.
Some paragraphs were deleted and some sentences changed to explain the deletions. These items seem to be taken from newspapers and sometimes are not always consistent as far as dates are concerned. Portions of this
history are contained in the 1985 Mills County History.
1898
Death
January 6th, 1898, Wm. Bennett, an early resident of Malvern
and a worker dies and is laid beside his wife in our silent
city.
Our aged business friends, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander quit and their
little stock of groceries is sold at auction and friends pay
good prices.
Rev. Richard Venting is holding a series of revival meetings
with great interest to the public.
Henry Sloneker is building a cottage home on 2nd Avenue.
Death
Mrs. B.
F. Barnet dies.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lake and family become residents of Malvern
and Mr. Lake opens a shop for shoe repairing in Mr. Speers feed
store.
J. F. McKibben builds a cottage home and a barn on lots south of
Garman Hotel.
Marriage
Miss Mattie Hawkins and Mr. Walter Boles take a joy ride to
Sidney and get married.
Harlan Travis resigns his position at Croses furniture store.
The town calaboose is sold by Mayor DuShane to Talbott for $5
and Talbott sells it at a profit of one dollar to Mr. Hedlund
for a pig pen.
Mr. P. M. Cadwell from Woodbine is a new arrival as a citizen
and is getting acquainted with the people at the blacksmith shop
of E. E. Bushnell.
Death
John Getman a long time resident of Malvern dies at his home in
south west part of town, and Mr. John Chambers follows his wife
who passed away a few months ago, through the portals of the
dead.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bushnell are mourning the death of their
little four year old son Paul.
H. A. Norton trades his livery stable and stock to G. W. Wyant
for 80 acres of Kansas land.
J. E. Skadan is building a buggy and carriage wareroom
adjoining his implement warehouse.
Some of our citizens have a bad attack of the Klondike fever and
are going to have a consultation with a gold doctor in Alaska.
Mr. A. B. Hawkins, Fenno Smith and Bert Tutton are about ready
to start.
Mr. J. W. McNulty succeeds R. Fenno Smith as local manager of
Green Bay Lumber Co.
Totton Bros. sell their grocery stock to Mr. H. A. Deardorff
from Yale, Iowa. A masque valentine party at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Brown in honor of their daughter Georgie’s 13th
birthday.
The Mills County Savings Bank is closed and the business taken
up and continued as a private bank under the name of Wearin and
Barnes bankers.
Newly elected officers of the town, Fred Zanders, Mayor; C. S.
Royce, Recorder; Jas. J. Wilson, Treasurer; J. S. Miller,
Assessor; J. T Ward and F. C. Harris councilmen.
Mr. Beats from Villisca is lessee of the creamery. Mr. C. W.
Haynes
and family become residents of the town.
J. D. Paddock succeeds Geo. S. Wilson as Post Master, March 1st,
1898, and Frank S. Higgins comes from the Leader office as
deputy.
The Ladies Cemetery Association elect officers: Mesdames Strahan,
Angel, Woodrow, Miller, Hough, Ewing, Axtel and Miss Place,
Frank Morford, Sexton.
Miss Ella Miller is acting as Assistant Cashier at Wearin and
Barnes Bank.
The courts are working diligently to get the business of J. C.
Taylor straightened out. Miss Grace Mulholland is a new helper
at the Hawkins Store.
Marriage
At the Robinson home in the Peaceville precinct, the daughter
Miss Jessie is united in marriage to Mr. Emory Crawmer.
War has been declared with Spain. The nation wants soldiers and
the following named young men have enlisted: Eddie Harris, Ward
Jones, Dick Paul, Claude Vandevert, Newton Pool, Ira Mullen,
Burr Ireland, Will Kline Jr., Clarence VanOrsdel, Frank VanDoren,
Elwood Barrack and Oakley Vandevert and Lieut. Harry Dull of
Glenwood, formerly a Malvern boy.
Mr. B. W. Potter and family from Oregon make Malvern their home.
Memorial day sermon delivered by Rev. Hallam, the Christian
pastor.
Death
Mrs. B. F. Jones dies at her home in the north west part
of town.
Rev. E. W. Brown preaches a practical helpful baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class for 1898, Myrtle L. Byers, Maud
A. Crow, Anna Moore, Grace Van Orsdel and John R. Willis.
“The Bell” the new general store opens up their stock in the
Byers building. Miss Sadie Paddock is the assistant at the Post
Office wicket.
Death
Joe Vickery and Frank Harris, two bright town lads are
drowned today in the treacherous water holes in Silver Creek
near the Tabor bridge.
President McKinley’s second call for troops is responded to
promptly and a company is formed of the following enlistments
and is drilling and getting ready for effective service: Captain
A. A. Walburn. 1st Lieut. Richard E. Gidley, 2nd Lieut. James B.
Evans, Orderly Seargent Geo. Richard E. Gidley, 2nd Lieut. James
B. Evans, Orderly Seargent Geo. Perdue and other officers and
privates as per list below. Willis Summers, Forrest R. Chantry,
E. W. Shanks, John Miller, F. A. Hammond, Ford Ewalt, Chas.
Smith, Guy Welpton, J. Gay Smith, James Follett, A. M. White,
Albert Marshal, Frank Van Doren, J. H. Jones, Ray
R. Wilkinson, Harry Landis, Bernie Donner, Edwin L. Hill, C.
Sheehan, Chas. Adams, I. R. Rains, R. E. Boles, Ray W. Shamblin,
S. J. Anderson, Bob Masters, John L. Baird, Jamuel Show, John E.
Snnth, E. R. Clay, Wm. Andrews, Geo. C. Masters, W. M. Evans,
Henry Meadows, Timothy Walters, J. R. Wills, Alva D. Donner,
Geo. W. Talbott, 0. T. Boles, J. W. Harlan, Will Donner, Claud
Pease, D.
S. Meadows, Aaron Kohl, Dell Harris, Earl S. Hubbard, Marion
Baker,
E. J. Armstrong, O. C. Page, Dwight Swain, Alton Swain, W. P.
Finchem, Wilbur McGill, E. C. Fuller, H. C. Lyon, Rollin Coppoc,
Bert Hammond, Arthur Wolfe, Robt. Ranne, Jean Vilbow. The
Malvern boys previously enlisted are now at Camp McKinley in the
51st Iowa
waiting orders.
“Get your Laundry work done at home,” is the request of the
steam laundry manager, W. A. Barkus.
Geo. W. Dyar Bakery and Restaurant west of Leader office.
Marriage
The happy mating of some of our young people; Frederick E.
Mulholland and Annie E. Aistrope are united in marriage by Rev.
W. J. Watson, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Aistrope. At the
home of Mr. S. C. Hunter, Harry A. Wilson and Miss Jennie Jordan
take the marriage vows.
Mathew Higgins the popular clerk of the cottage meets with a
terrible accident while at the wabash train, one foot so crushed
that amputation was necessary. He has the sympathy of the
community expressed to him by a contribution of a neat little
sum of money for his benefit.
Our attorney H. J. Baird has pleaded his own case at court so
eloquently, that he wins his suit with Miss Edna L. Wrenwick of
Glenwood and they form a life Partnership.
Mr. A. L. Monroe from Omaha buys the photo business of Mr.
Jeffrys and Charlie Cleaver buys the Chambers residence.
Our business men are studying the law of the stamp act that
becomes effective today, to meet the expense of our war with
Spain. History which is about to repeat itself in a short time
now.
The firm of N. B. Smith is now Smith Bros. Willie Caldwell who
has been a faithful helper with Mr. O.J. Davis at the Wabash for
three years, is promoted to the position of night operator at
Shenandoah.
Special rate of 95c railroad fare for the
round trip from Malvern to the Omaha exposition.
U.G. King, the contractor is building a
neat cottage home for Arva Burrus south of the school building.
Marriage
Geo L. Cleaver has been quite a frequent
visitor at Red Oak, and the consummation of the visits is his
marriage today, August 24th, 1898, to Miss Helen Byrkitt at the
Byrkitt home.
Mr. Gemmill removes from Malvern and Miss
Maloy one of his helpers goes to the Hawkins Store.
Birth
A baby girl takes up her residence at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Strahan.
1899
One of the pleasant gatherings at the
opening of the year 1899, was a men's social at the fine home of
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Strahan, in response to cards of invitation
announcing that it would be their pleasure to entertain Mr.
Strahan's old time friends at dinner on Thursday, January 12th,
1899. It was a men's party, but there were a few ladies
present and they made it a success in every way. Guests
were requested to register, the year of their coming to the
county, place of nativity and age. Fifty six were present.
The earliest settler was Dr. Campbell, whom the stork brought in
1851. The oldest one present was Mr. David Duncan, aged 86
years. The long one Mr. W.G. Summers 6 feet, 5 inches.
The short one Mr. M. Cunningham 5ft, 3 inches. The heavy
weight Mr. John Dyson 237 1/2 lbs., and the light weight J.D.
Paddock 135 lbs. The places of their nativity, 50 of them
born in the states and six in foreign lands. The dinner
was a bountiful one and the well fed guests, after a pleasant
time of social chat, expressed to the host and hostess their
appreciation of their welcome and hospitality. With cheers
and a hearty hand clasp each one went their way, with the memory
of the passing of a pleasant day.
Death
March 6, 1899, occurred the terrible
tragedy of the death of Mrs. M.P. Steele and baby at Tyndall,
South Dakota, from gasoline explosion. Mrs. Steele will be
remembered as Miss Chatta Guilford and her acquaintance with the
people over the counter at the bank of Strahan & Christy.
Mrs. Steele and two little ones were in the
room when the explosion occurred. Mrs. Steele and baby
were fatally burned, and death came soon to relieve their
terrible sufferings. The little son escaped the flames
from the deadly gasoline, now grown, and a resident of Malvern.
Cessation of hostilities between our
country and Spain, and a treaty of Peace is signed by President
McKinley, February 10th, and the Queen Regent of Spain, March
27th, 1899. Only four months of actual war, but a long
four months of suspense to those of our people who had loved
ones on the battle line. As it will be to those who at
this writing are anxiously watching the trend of the world
conflict and listening and waiting for overtues of Peace, to be
made on the basis of the proclamation of centuries ago, "Peace
on earth, good will toward men."
Have no further records from August, 1898
to August 1900.
1900
Orel Jones is pharmacist at W.D. Wilson's
store. Rev. E.W. Brown resigns as pastor of Presbyterian
church. A.D. Avrill assumes the duties of his father, as
landlord of the cottage.
The corps of teachers for the coming year
1900: J.B. Morris, Superintendent; May Miller, Principal;
A.I. Jones, Assistant; Amelia ---, Jessie Cheney, Marie Foss,
Emma Young and Florence Ockerson.
C.M. Nicholas sells his meat market to Cozad and Fleharty.
Mr. ---Mahill is proprietor of the art studio. Dr. Dorbin
presents the medical practice of Osteopathy.
Miss Agnes Maguire is with Miss Clara West in the millinery
store.
Marriage
Miss Lavina Potter and Mr. W.E. Ryan are married at the
Potter home.
An important business change is effected today September 1st,
1900, when E.B. Brown transfers his interests in the Malvern
Leader to W.P. Wortman.
There has been a good many changes in owners and editors of
our town papers since H.A. and Wm. Copeland, struck off the
first issue of the Mills County Chronicle, October 15, 1870,
with pluck and wind---constituting the greater part of their
capital. June, 1872, "Billy" received his appointment as
Post Master of Malvern and he associates with him, Mr. Robt.
Aiton as helper in its management. After a short term as
Post Master he takes up again the work of the paper for a while
and sells out to James I. Rist, who, was followed in short terms
as managers and owners by J.K. DeWolf and Robt. Aiton.
Early in 1874, it passed to the ownership of Mr. Fred Boehner
and was in about six months moved by him, plant, name and all to
Emerson, Ia. A few months previous to the removal of the
Chronicle by Mr. Boehner, Mr. H.G. Rising from Illinois sets up
a plant and starts a new paper named the Leader. October
5th, 1877, the first number of another paper is issued, named
the Mills County Republican, with Mr. Robt. Aiton as editor, and
during the years 1878 and '79 we find at different times the
names of J.K. DeWolf, Chas E. Crosby and E.P. Leland at the mast
head as pilots of the craft. Mr. Rising edits the Leader a
year or two and sells his interests to Ed F. Korns and J.M.
Kelley and they in turn on February 20, 1878, convey their
interests to Mr. J.D. Morris, who gives out his announcement as
editor in chief. Competition is good to a certain degree,
in all lines of business, but when overdone it tends to cripple
the efficiency, and prevent a high standard of usefulness.
Two papers in a small town or territory are too much for party
interests and business men to keep up to the standard. In
1880, the two papers, The Leader and The Mills County Republican
were merged in one as The Republican Leader, Parrish and Morris
proprietors. In 1882, the plant is purchased by Messrs.
S.C. Hunter and E. B. Brown from Red Oak under firm name of
Hunter & Brown. In 1885, the voters elected Mr. Brown to the
office of County Auditor. The duties of that office calling him
to Glenwood, he sells his interests to his partner and the new
firm name is S. C. Hunter & Co. At the close of his term of
office, contrary to the usual custom, Mr. Brown leaves Glenwood
and returns to his old home town again. The Hunters wishing to
retire from the active duties of the paper, Mr. Brown with Bert
Mulholland and Clyde Wills, as associates purchase the business
under the firm name of E. B. Brown & Co., June 30, 1889, Mr.
Brown takes entire control, and continues its publication until
Sept. 1st, 1900, he sells out to Mr. W. P. Wortman, who up to
the present writing is yet in control of the paper, the Malvern
Leader, the longest continuous term of service.
The South West Iowan, a newspaper was started in 1898,
representing the interests politically of the free silver wing
of the democratic party. Mr. Chas. M. Rice was the editor and
manager for two years or more when it came under the management
successively of L. W. Boehner, Bert Mulholland and F. P. St.
Clair, until about 1905, Mr. J. R. Graham took charge and worked
valiantly for its success, until 1909, when it was decided to
discontinue its publication. As we look back over these
intervening years, and call to mind our acquaintance with these
men as citizens of the town and the important interests they
have largely controlled in the publication of good clean healthy
newspapers, they have been potent factors for good in the
community and in the history building of the town. Those of them
who have not finished the journey of life are now making history
in other places as citizens of the commonwealth.
Marriage
At the home of Mrs. H. V. Evans, to day September 25, 1900, her
daughter Mattie is married Mr. Mark Hovey of Chicago, Rev. E. W.
Brown officiating.
Mr. M. E. Seeley of Griswold offers to build a Steam flouring
mill at Malvern for a town site and $800.00 cash.
Mr. D. R. Martin is one of our busy carpenters.
Marriage
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Churchill, their daughter
Nellie is married to Mr. W. A. Black, both bride and groom grown
from childhood to manhood and womanhood in Malvern homes.
Mr. W. E. Burks sells his nice home place in Peaceville to W. A.
Beckett, the Q mail route clerk.
Mina Nichols buys Mrs. Randall’s home on Douglas Street. Mr.
Seely, the owner of the new flouring mill moves his family to
Malvern.
Marriage
Miss Lillian Belle Beckwith and Dennis Frost are married at the
home of the bride.
The diversity of opinion as to the best method of saving our
country is expressed in the seven headings of the national
ballot for year 1900 election: Republican, Democratic,
Prohibition, Peoples, Socialistic Labor, United Christian, and
Social Democratic.
Marriage
At the home of Mrs. Eliza J. Aistrope,
November 14, 1900, the marriage of her daughter Miss Birdie
Aistrope to Mr. Seymour J. Rhodes of Fort Lupton, Colo,, by Rev.
P. H. McDowell. As they leave for their Colorado home the young
friends of the bride get hilarious and tag their baggage to
their destination with old shoes and white ribbon and throw
enough rice in confetta showers to feed a china-man for many
moons.
Talbott, Bushnell & Wortz, Implement Dealers. The Bank of
Malvern, I. F. Hendricks, Pres.; W. H. Guyer, Cashier. David
Elson, J. P. Retelsdorf & Robrahn, Tailors. Miss A Jones,
Millinery.
Malvern Fire Department elect officers: W. C. Wortz, Chief;
Chas. Brothers and Frank Churchill, Assistants; F. S. Higgins,
Treasurer; w. H. Guyer, Secretary; F. Degenhart, N. D. Smith and
H. C. Wills, Trustees.
Brevier Brown is assisted by his classmates in celebrating his
15th birthday, Edward Higgins, Carl Harris, Harry Wearin, Corwin
Byers, Albert Baird, Della Clements, Ethel Norton, Ethel
Cunningham, Edith Davis, Mary Evans, Myrtle Bushnell, Olive
Hammond, Harriett Benton, Ina Mason.
Jess Bell purchases the Whitmer property. H. A. Norton buys Mrs.
Buells home place on boundary Street.
Death
Mrs. Mattie Evans Hovey dies to day November 27, 1900, at the
Chicago home. The many friends who wished her joy and happiness
at the wedding festivities a few months ago, now follow in the
funeral procession as the body is laid away in our place of the
dead.
Miss Eula VanVranken is teacher of 9th and 10th grades.
Marriage
Squire Elson married his first couple today, Mrs. Mary Drake and
Mr. Joe Myers.
Albert Marshall goes to Council Bluffs for a wife, Miss Mary L.
Wilson.
The M. W. A. Lodge elect officers: H. J. Baird, L. Stewart, W.
H. Guyer, James Maguire, Mat Conrad, J. E. Norris and H. E.
Thomas.
Harlan Foulks has his 4th birthday party and his playmates, Ruth
Boehner, Mary McNulty, Mabel Zanders, Eunice Travis, Katherine
Smith, Katherine and Eleanor Mellor, Tommy Cunningham, Homer
Wills and Robert Hough, help him celebrate.
Death
The startling casualty and topic of the afternoon has been the
death of little Inez Gibson at the home of her foster parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Gibson and the tragic manner of the little
one’s death. The brother Otto and Inez had been playing upon the
porch and lawn below when Inez
tiring of the play wanted Otto to go with her up stairs to the
playroom, and she run up the stairs, but the brother remained
below just a little while when he too climbed the stairs, and
was dazed and horrified to find his little sister hanging in the
open closet from her room with the jumping rope about her neck.
He worked frantically to take her down, but unable to do so
rushed to his uncle and aunt at the store. Mr. Gibson quickly
reached the scene, and placed the little form upon her bed, and
when doctors Scott and Love arrived every effort possible was
made to bring too the life, but it was of no avail,
it had gone. There could be no verdict rendered but accidental
death. The deepest sympathy of the whole community goes out to
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson in this sad and tragic bereavement that has
come to them. The funeral service at the home by Rev. H. P.
McDowell and the little casket that is covered with beautiful
flowers is taken to place of burial.
Students home for holiday vacation: Thomas Gidley, Edmund
Roberts and John Summers from Ames; Lillian and Marshall
Cunningham, State University at Lincoln; Mary Goodwin, Council
Bluffs; Nellie Bentley, Simpson College; Olive Hyde Hyde, Drake
University; Florence Hunter, Tabor; Hazel Campbell, Omaha
Medical School.
1901
January 1901, The S. N. Y. Co. send out four salesmen on the
road, J. A. Tyler, Frank Goodwin, W. D. Roberts and M. Creelman.
New Year’s day ladies that keep open house, Mesdames C. W.
Black, W. C. Haynes, N. D. Smith, Dr. Scott, A. J. Wearin, H. E.
Boehner and Dr. Campbell.
Dwight Swain is helper at W D. Wilson’s Drug Store.
Death
James Anderson, a citizen of Malvern is accidentally shot, dying
instantly, by the discharge from a gun in the hands of John
Garvin.
Marriage
At the Elson home their daughter Viola is married to Mr. Chas.
0. Hartman, Rev. McDowell tying the tie.
L. H. Biddinger and family move to Pacific Junction. Mellor &
Co. transfer their business interests to C. S. Royce and Walter
Smith, Mr. Royce taking the drug stock and Mr. Smith the
Jewelry.
J. C. Brown is in the real estate and Insurance business.
Death
Mrs. Julia Betts, the founder of the Cottage Hotel dies at her
daughter’s home in Chicago, but at her request, the funeral
service was held over the casket in the Malvern Christian
Church, which was a place very dear to her, and then taken to
Glenwood for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Landis move into their new home on prospect
Ave.
Geo. Smith buys the Tunison Restaurant business.
Death
G. W. Bates
dies at his home in Malvern. Mr. Bates was a retired minister of
the M. E. Church, a winning, scholarly man, an officer in the
Civil War.
Dr. Love and family remove to Beatrice, Nebr., a good opening
occurring to take up an established practice.
Marriage
Today, February 20th, 1901, Miss Mary Idell Bentley and Mr.
Alva Donner are married at the Bentley home.
An assistant to the Mayor takes possession of the 0. J. Davis
home.
Death
We make record of the death of Judge Lewis W. Tubbs at his
Emerson home, February 28, 1901, a genial kindly man, a good
friend, an early settler, a history maker of State and County
and a starter of the town.
Marriage
Miss Ellen Hawkins, a life long resident of Malvern and Mr.
Chas. Harvey make an evening call on Pastor McDowell and go away
as husband and wife.
A marriage ceremony at the G. W. Wyant home
uniting the daughter Miss Alice and Mr. Henry Aistrope.
Mr. W. W. Wills after 26 years of citizenship in Malvern makes a
new home in Des Moines.
Dr. Laird purchases the residence of S. B. Barnes and W. E.
Burks buys the Bennett property on Douglas Street.
A. E. Cook and C. M. Rice are elected as members of the school
board.
Death
A sudden death summons comes to day, March 22d, to the H. E.
Boehner home, Mrs. Boehner dying quite suddenly. One of the
little band who came together for homes in Malvern in 1870.
Malvern market quotations, March, 1901: Corn 31c, Wheat 55c,
Oats 25c, Potatoes 50c, Best butter 15c, Eggs 1Oc, Cattle $4.00
to $4.75, Hogs
$5.50.
Mr. Seeley touches the button and electric power starts the new
flouring mill machinery, March, 1901.
Death
Mrs. J. P. Ward’s gentle spirit takes its flight from the frail
body that had been kept alive a long time by her wonderful
courage and ambition to live, for loved ones in the home and
friends associated with her in Christian service.
Twelve homeless children arrive in Malvern to day, April 4th,
1901, from the Children’s Aid Society New York, to find homes,
and all were placed in good homes.
Pastors of the churches. A. E. Slothower of M. E. Church, P. H.
Mc Dowell of Baptist Church, Alexander Corkey of Presbyterian
Church, Wessel Stephenson of Christian Church.
0. J. Davis buys the A. L. Chantry residence consideration
$1800.00.
The Ladies Cemetery Association ect officers, Mrs. J. M.
Strahan, Mrs.Leslie Summers, Mrs. Anna Goodwin, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs.
Sophia Otis, Mrs. Angel, Mrs. James Miller, J. D. Barrack
sexton.
Best grade of flour from the new mill, $1.00 per sack. C. C.
Baird, assessor of Malvern renders report taken, Real Estate
$384,000, Personal Property $333,980.00
A. J. Kronsbein, the hardware man is building a fine home on
Douglas Street, Will Mc Cullough contractor.
Death
Death comes into another home and takes the mother, Mrs. S. T.
Brothers, one of the pioneers of the county and of Malvern.
Mrs. Fishback, Store for the latest styles of Millinery goods.
The Presbyterian church remember their oldest brother, David
Duncan, on his 89th birthday and hand him a loving token of a
purse each of pennies, silver and gold.
Mr. Geo. Conrad and wife move from their farm home, to a home in
town. Harry Lyon is a new helper at Gibson’s. Mr. H. B. Gregory
leases creamery plant. Gerhard Nellen, wife and daughter move to
a new home at Wellington, Kansas.
Death
Across the border to make record of the
death today, May 16th, 1901, of Mr. W. G. Summers, one of the
quartet of the four Summers brothers who pioneered to the new
west in 1855 and 1856.
Clarence Boone makes purchase of the stock of the Guenther Bros.
Livery Barn. Mr. C. M. Pierce, Variety Store man.
S. B. Barnes and I. W. Skadan are loading their household goods
today for a Nebraska Ranch life for a while. T. J. Moses is our
resident stock buyer.
The Malvern Woman’s Club elect officers: Mrs. W. P. Wortman,
President; Miss Black, Vice President; Mrs. Hendricks, Recording
Secretary; Mrs. Scott, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Laird,
Treasurer and Mesdames Campbell, Young, Royce and Miss
Retelsdorf, leaders of departments.
Our grocers are bidding high, 9c dozen for eggs and 12c pound
for good butter.
W. G. Wagner, a well liked agent of the Q. at Malvern for a long
time is promoted high up in railroad service.
Some dropped threads caught up from missing records, that must
have their part in the narrative of events, and we write them in
here.
Mr. Chas. Hanley, now of Shenandoah Rev. C. S. Hanley was for
the year 1876, a partner with Mr. E. Korns in the publication of
the Leader, but having a favorable opportunity to purchase the
Riverton Advocate, he sells his half interest to Mr. Korns.
In July, 1899, Mr. Fred Durbin comes as student from school and
his farm home to Malvern, and takes a position in the Strahan
and Christy Bank. He fills the position with credit and stays
with them. In addition to his regular salary, he is permitted to
draw a draft on the banker for his daughter. November 27, 1901,
the draft is honored by his marriage at the Christy home to Miss
Marie Christy.
W. G. Bingaman is proprietor of the south side feed store.
There are fifteen graduates in the 1901 class: Ethyl A. Norton,
Brevier Brown, Harriet Benton, Corwin Byers, Olive Hammond, Ed
Higgins, Ina Mason, Myrtle Bushnell, Albert Baird, Della
Clement, Harry Wearin, Edith Davis, Carl Harris, Ethel
Cunningham, Mary Evans.
John Perdue is mail carrier from tile Q.
Wedding
The wedding ceremony at the W. C. Haynes home today, June 26th,
1901, is quite a social event. The marriage of the daughter,
Miss Maymne Haynes to Mr. Adel Avrill, united by the strong
bonds of love and wedlock by Rev. Alex. Corkey.
Prof. Moser, musical instructor, assisted by Mrs. Moser, Mrs. C.
E. Burrus and Mr. Nettleton, the violinist of Tabor, gave a very
pleasing musicale last evening at tile Moser home.
J. L. Buckingbam & Son, Restaurant and Lunch room, west of tile
Leader office.
The Bridges brothers, Vernon and Frank with their talented
wives, have been touring the country with good success, in
creating arm educational interest in music and giving the people
interesting programs of musical entertainment.
Marriage
Fenno Smith goes to Omaha for bargains and
takes Miss Marle Morrow for a wife, and starts himself in
business by purchase of the grain elevator of Mr. Barnes.
From the starting of Malvern, it has drawn
away from time to time the resources of White Cloud, which has
helped much in our village life, and now comes the
discontinuance of the Post Office there, which closes the
interesting history of a pioneer village of 45 years. Mr.
W.G. Summers was the first post master in 1858, and several
successors to Mr. Summers have held the keys for long and
shorter terms. Mr. James S. Miller now a resident of
Malvern being the longest term holder of the office, over 14
years, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Mears, being the last ones in charge.
The benefits and practical results of rural free delivery
service in the eastern states had been demonstrated and it
is extended by government to the more western states. In
the fall of 1901, the preliminary work of planning routes,
getting signatures of those wishing to avail themselves of the
privilege of making requests for inspection were made by the
Malvern office, and two routes were established out from Malvern
and service commenced January, 1902, Richard Paul carrier for
Route 1 and James Whitmer on Route 2, for delivery in the
roadside boxes at the homes of country patrons. A great
stride of advancement in the benefits to social and educational
life in the homes on the farm. In consequence of this many
offices were discontinued throughout the state.
A fire breaks out in Miss West's millinery
store, with disastrous results from fire and water to the
delicate fabrics of ladies hats.
Death
The death toll list makes record of the
passing away of Mr. A.H. Landis, a well known and respected
resident of the county and the town. Of Mr. L.P. Anderson
at his later home in Enid, Oklahoma, who was for many years a
resident and a working force in sustaining and building up the
better clements of life. Of Mrs. James Ryan, at the home
of her daughter Mrs. W.L. Summers. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan were
residents of the town for some years in their home on 3rd
avenue.
Our national holiday 1901 is celebrated in
due form, Rev. Story of Glenwood the patriotic orator of the
day.
Frank Bridges invests in Real Estate,
buying the brick business building of Wm. Kneeland, occupied by
the firm of Smith Brothers.
A base ball game is on today between the
printers and those who advertise. The vendors of
merchandise are winners after a warm and sweaty contest.
Chester Cooksey sells his interest in
the music business to his brother Frank.
Marriage
Mr. Harry Hoover, the painter and Miss
Daisy Blackburn visit Rev. E.L. Stanton, at Glenwood and return
to Malvern as a pair of newly weds.
T.D. Gibson, the grocer sells out to A.E.
Byers.
Our barber shops consolidate, Larison and
Minner in one and Thomas and Piatt in the other.
W.D. Kayton sells his restaurant business
to T.O. Clark and Retelsdorf Bros. open a new business in the
same line.
Miss Nettie Weller goes from the Iowa
Telephone at Malvern to a position at Red Oak.
Miss Edith Frizzell buys residence property
of Mrs. Snyder on Chase Street.
Geo Talbott is 21 today and his mother
invites some of his chums in to mark the occasion, Ralph and
C.R. Brothers, Will Guyer, Tot Maloy, Dan Robb, Dwight Swain,
Ralph Roberts, Ed Wolf, H.C. Wills, Walt Mulholland, Robt. and
Geo. Masters and Otto Retelsdorf and they made of it a red
letter day.
The Mills County Fair for 1901 was a winner
in attendance and exhibits, all obligations paid and a little
surplus, and the attraction of the closing contest for the
prettiest and cutest baby on the fair grounds. Mr. and
Mrs. C.M. Rice were the proud possessors of that treasure, the
judges said.
Death
That visitor death who comes to all, the
young as well as old, comes to the home of John Perdue and takes
the wife and mother Hattie Dunn Perdue.
To make the pattern more complete we catch
up on some more broken threads, that should have been in the
records of 1894 and 1899, as they have had much to do since, in
the every day life of the community. Karl Hertz and family
for some years residents of the county, move into the village in
1894 and Mr. Hertz was a helper with Mr. Knight in the heavy
lifting of County work, until 1899, he buys the dray business of
B.F. Barnet, the veteran drayman and is now himself at this
writing getting gray in the service.
It is only a small part at the best, of the
world's business that one can accomplish in the ordinary span of
life, but whatever that part might be, if it is well done, it is
worthy of praise and of emulation. Mr. Barnett is worthy
of special mention in the business history of the town, for his
long continued faithful and conscientious service.
Children have grown to men and women since he brought his first
deliveries of goods, to the stores and shops. Hot or cold,
wet or dry, it made no difference much in the regular traffic of
the dray line, that from day to day and year to year, made
the owner, the most familiar acquaintance upon the street.
Malvern people mourn with the whole nation
the tragic death of our President Wm. McKinley.
J.C. Brown buys the business of Clarence
Boone the Livery man.
Birth
A bright baby boy comes to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. F.E. Mulholland.
C.E. Burris the Q agent here is promoted to
the Shenandoah Station and E.L. Hibbs takes his place.
Al Marshall moves to Council Bluffs.
The Cold Storage Company have about 8000 barrels of apples in
storage. Dr. Humphrey buys the Wm. Donner property on
First Avenue.
Wm. Kneeland moves his clothing stock into
the Strahan building and has a grand display opening. Will
Thomas buys the E.I. Bowman property. Charles Robbins and
family locate in Malvern.
A very large gathering from country and
towns round about to hear Hon. W.J. Bryan speak.
Mr. John Dunn buys the McCurdy property.
Mrs. H.R. Roberts sells her home on Marion Avenue to Mrs.
Garman.
Mr. Hank Richmond after an absence from
Malvern for some time returns and opens up a harness shop in the
Baird building.
Mr. J.W. Pointer is our new picture man.
Bert Fugate is watching while business men sleep.
December 26, 1901, the enrollment of the
pupils of the schools is 280. The corps of teachers are
G.L. Gilles, Miss Mae Miller, Miss Eula Van Vranken, Miss Amelia
Green, Miss Jessie Cheney, Miss May Ladd, Mrs. Emma Young and
Miss Elizabeth Hutchings.
Marriage
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Byers,
December 25, 1901, occurs the marriage of their daughter Myrtle
to Mr. Bennett M. Terry of Little Sioux, Iowa, Rev. A.B. Adams
officiating.
1902
News Year's day 1902, was the 40th anniversary of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Christopher, and friends left
with them some mementoes of the occasion.
Marriage
Miss Nellie Blades and Mr. J.W. Shenifield are married at
the home of Mrs. R. Foxworthy, the bride's mother.
The festivities of the happy New Year is observed in many
homes, in family gathering and 6 o'clock dinners.
Among them at Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Rice, W.D. Evans, Mr. and
Mrs. F. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and Mr. and Mrs.
Laird.
Union farewell services at the Baptist Church as Rev. P.H.
McDowell leaves Malvern to take up work at Winterset, Iowa.
Hon. C.W. Black and wife leave today, January 2, 1902,
for the coming session of the State Legislature at Des
Moines. Three former students, and football players of
Amity College meet together in town today, Dakin Miller,
Frank Van Doren and Frank Bartley. Miller has signed
up with the white stockings club of baseball for 1902.
Rev. Stephenson, pastor of Christian Church resigns and
goes to church at Pierson, Iowa.
The Malvern Odd Fellows Lodge have installation service,
J.L. Talbott installing officer; L. Dunn, D.W. Wagner Reed
Graves, W.C. Wortz, Charles Slater, John Robrahan, E.C.
Graves, Arno Schaller, Grant Lewis, Rayburn Hurst, H.E.
Mulholland, W.H. Guyer, A.J. Boston and W.R. McMullen.
Elmer Abbott is manufacturer of brooms in the Hubbell
building.
February 6, 1902. Sleighing is fine and sleigh
rides and coasting parties are the pleasure of the bright
moonlight evenings.
Mr. W.H. Crose has sold his furniture business to Mr. G.T.
White of Massena, Iowa. Elder C.E. Pomeroy is the new
minister of the Christian Church.
The creamery business again changes hands, Mr. Gregory
selling to Waterloo Creamery Co. Tom Butler sells
residence property to Dan Lewis the oil man.
Miss Allice Dull is trimmer at Mrs. J.J. Maurath's
millinery store. Miss Elizabeth Somes has returned
from her vacation and is again waiting on customers at The
Chicago Dry Goods Co. Store.
March 6th 1902. We are all watching the surveys of
the Q.R.R. to see whose door yard the new route is going to
take.
Miss Lillian Chantry is tendered the position of
secretary for the Y.W.C.A. at Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Evangelist Conn and his singer Mr. McKinley are holding
revival meetings.
Marriage
Married today, March, 1902, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Worth Kerney, their daughter Blanche to Dr. John
Montgomery of Madison, Nebr. These young people have
had such an active part in the school and social life of the
town, that we make record of them in one of the three most
important events of a life.
David Hearn from Avoca is a new helper with Hawkins &
Mulholland. E.E. Bushnell and family move to Butte,
Nebr., we would rather have them stay.
April 3, 1902, the result of the town election J.L.
Talbott, Mayer; W.D. Wilson and P.M. Cadwell, Councilmen;
J.S. Miller, Assessor; J.J. Wilson, Treasurer; W.H. Guyer,
Recorder.
H.J. Travis goes from White's furniture store, to take
charge of the undertaking department at Talbott's.
Mr. Emerson Brown and family whose bright threads of life
for years are interwoven with Malvern history take their
departure. Mrs. Brown deeply touched by the thoughts
of separation makes a will bequeathing to some of her dear
friends and neighbors in the Woman's Club, a portion of her
worldly possessions. Waiving the slow process of the
law, the Misses Edna Scott and Ivy Campbell deliver the
gifts at the meeting. The recipients of these valuable
bequests, should they see these lines will recall to mind
the parting of the ways, with their dear friend Mrs. Brown.
H.C. Wills a Malvern boy and man leaves to take a
position with the Chesshire job printing office at Des
Moines. P.V. Hawley, a resident of Malvern in the
early days, dies at his late home, Rochester, N.Y.
V. W. Beeson builds an addition to his business place and
puts in a stock of farm implements
Miss Elva Pease and Mr. C. V. Parker married today, April 2,
1902, at the home of the bride’s mothers, by Rev. A. E.
Slothower.
We pass over the border to make record of the death today,
April 8th, 1902, of Mr, Otha Wearin, a pioneer to the county
years before the railroad came and brought the later ones.
C. M. Pierce buys the Rains meat market and will run it in
connection with his other business. Colyer Boston purchases
a home on Center Street and the C. A. Love property is sold
to Boehner and Mulholland.
April 10, 1902, Mr. Xanthus Imel comes to Malvern and takes
a position as foreman of the printing and job work
department of the Leader plant, and is one of the staying
kind, at this writing fifteen years later is yet on the job.
Mr. J. P. Retelsdorf is building another brick residence as
an investment.
H. F. Mulholland the manager of the South West Iowan, and a
former well known Malvern young lady, Miss Blanche Taylor
are married at the home of the bride’s parents in Sioux
City, Jowa,
The death summons comes today to Mr. T. J. Wilson at his
home on Marion Avenue. Rev. H. R. Waldo accepts a call to
the Baptist Church as pastor.
C. G. Harris from Holdredge Nebr., is the new jeweler at W.
D. Wilson’s. Agent Wheat of the Wabash buys lots and is
building a cottage home near the depot.
Mr. S. S. Weidner and family make Malvern their home and Mr.
Weidnor soon commences work for the Malvern Dairy Co. and he
must have been an efficient workman as he is yet serving
customers at this writing, fifteen years later.
Master Perry Hendricks has attained the age of eleven years
and his school mates come and help him make the occasion a
memorable one.
Palmer and Company sell their lumber business to Crooks and
Savage of
Stuart, Iowa. Gladys Beird has her 9th birthday .
Rev. Alex, Corkey delivers the bacca1auceate address to the
graduating class of 1902, Laura Otis, Addie Churhill, Pearl
Harris, Hugh Gibson, Lawrence Talbott, Walter Crow, Pearl
Vandervert and Lottie Deardorff, Attorney Whitfield presents
diplomas.
Death
Friends have been anxiously watching the serious illness of
Mr. Thomas Paul, which conquers and takes the life of a good
citizen.
D. W. Perley is another stock buyer. Allen Chantry one our
Malvern boys, wins first place in his class of nine in
examnination at the U. S. Naval School, Annapolis, Md.
Lottie Deardorff takes position at the Strahan and Christy
bank. Mrs. M. J. Newman purchases a home of Mrs. Pearl
Montgomery.
Death
Mrs. Jane Sherman, "Aunty Sherman" dies today, June 3,
1902, at her home place on 4th St. Mrs. Sherman came
to Malvern in 1876, to help in caring for an invalid mother
and an aged father, Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin. When death
came to them, she was alone with a Christians faith and
trust only for company. Relatives wished to arrange it
differently, but it was her choice. From a home of
affluence and plenty, of love and companionship, a
participant in the brilliant society life of Washington, the
Capitol City, the vicissitudes of life in the death of the
husband, the only tie of love of the home and the loss of
property wrought the changes from the palatial home and
companionship to the loneliness and privation of her little
home shelter in Malvern. She kept patient, cheerful
and trustful. Devoted near by neighbors, Hertz and
Knight and other friends who were drawn to her by her
pleasing personality, watched and cared for her needs until
the life closed.
A salesman for a ship house at Westfield, Mass., is the
center of attraction today as he guides a horseless carriage
down the street. He stops at Frank Degenhart's harness
shop, and a crowd soon gather to see this wonderful
mechanism of power.
Dr. I.U. Parsons weds Miss Minnie Williamson at Council
Bluffs and will soon be at home at Malvern.
Marriage
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Retelsdorf, their
daughter Sophia is married to Mr. Geo. Haig of Red Oak.
Prof. L.D. Salisbury is the newly elected Principal of our
schools.
The saddle turns as Donald Cunningham is mounting his
horse today and he is dragged several rods before getting
loose. One broken leg, a fractured shoulder and badly
bruised body are the injuries, but he is plucky and stands
the smash up.
About the closing of the sports and festivities of July
4th, 1902, the alarm of fire was sounded. Fire had
broken out in Wortz and Bushnell's big implement house.
The fire boys soon got together and under the direction of
Chief Wortz, fighting to save his own property, this time,
it was kept from spreading, but a heavy damage to both
building and stock. The fire fighters were remembered
by a good contribution.
Another one of those horseless buggies came through town
today, and stopped to take a drink of gasoline.
Rev. Alex. Corkey goes from the Malvern Presbyterian
Church to the church at Fairfield, Iowa. Many friends
regret his departure.
Mat Higgins resigns his position at the Chicago Dry Goods
Co. Store and is going west. J.P. Retelsdorf after 28
years of honorable business in Malvern wants a vacation and
sells to Mr. M. Hammes from Keota, Ia.
Marriage
At the A.W. Raines home, Rev. Corkey performs the
ceremony that unites his daughter Mary and Mr. J.C.
Greithuysen in marriage. A quiet wedding also at the
Shire home, the daughter Nellie is married to Mr. J. A.
Hatfield. Another couple of our young people, Miss
Bessie Weller and Richard Paul, the mail carrier, join hands
and take the marriage vows.
Malvern wins the championship at the Firemen's Tournament
at Red Oak and bring home the cup. Rev. W.H. Cable
succeeds A.E. Slothower as pastor of the M.E. Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Arva Burrus have a fine boy baby left at their
home.
Marriage
Mr. Elmer Abbott and Miss Maud Potter make a call on Rev.
Waldo at the Baptist parsonage and he performs the ceremony
that makes then one. Frank Wills and Miss Carrie
Stafford agree to go quietly together along the ways of
married life. Older lovers now Mr. H.A. Norton and
Mrs. Nannie Anderson take the tie that binds.
Carl Harris has taken up work at the Wabash Depot.
Mrs. Fred Davis and family move into town to see how they
will like us. Mrs. J. Durbin and family move into the
fine home they purchased last June of Mr. Wearin. Lee
Donner is building a home on Marion Avenue.
Miss Emma Watson is one of the business girls at the city
central telephone office.
J.L. Buckingham takes the restaurant business of Wearin &
Dahr and buys property on 4th Street for his business.
Will Caldwell goes to take charge of the Q station at
Clarinda. F.E. Mulholland buys the W.C.. Haynes
residence on Douglas Street.
Mr. F.D. Kilpatrick, a prosperous farmer of White Cloud
Township, invests some money in Malvern real estate, buying
the former home of Clyde Wills that is in the way of the new
Q route and moves the building on lots near Mr. S. Masters
home.
W.J. Tucker succeeds W.G. Wheat as agent of the Wabash.
Will Miller buys the home of Ed Brown and moves from the
farm to town. Dwight Swain is a helper at Kneeland's
Store.
Royal Neighbors Lodge elect officers: Mesdames
Jennie Thomas, Laura Jones, Mary E. Thomas, Mattie Cozad,
Luana Richards and Julia E. Norris.
Mr. W.G. White who bought the furniture business of Mr.
Crose now buys his home also. Dec. 1902. The
steam shovel is busy tearing up the soil for the new road
bed of the C.B. & Q.
Frank Higgins resigns as deputy at the post office to
take up a line of insurance bought of Mr. W. C. Haynes.
He will be missed at his accustomed place.
It is Christmas tide 1902, and the festivities and glad
gatherings of the holidays are on, pleasing entertainments
at all the churches and friendly gatherings at the homes.
Revs. Waldo Cable and Pomeroy with their wives, and Mr. and
Mrs. H.A. Wills representing the Presbyterian Church in
absence of pastor were seated upon the rostrum and were kept
busy shaking hands and receiving and giving New Year's
greetings to the throngs that came, after which, talks of
the old and hopes for the new, and a sermon by Rev. Cable
until time was called at the birth of the new year 1903
Marriage
December 31st, in the Cottage Hotel parlors, Rev. Cable
unites in marriage Miss Florence Avrill to Mr. John S.
Emerson of Hartington, Nebr.
The old year 1902, out and the new one in, is the program
of the Church pastors reception and watch night service at
the Baptist church.
Wedding
We make record of a
marriage on December 18th, of Miss Georgia Robey, to Dr. Wm.
Parks Adamson, solemnized at the Baptist Church at Tampa,
Florida, where the family reside. Miss Georgie with
the family were residents here for a few years, and she was
a favorite with all who came in companionship with her.
Rev. Moore is the new pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Hammes buys a home, the early home of Mr. M.E. Boehner
on Douglas Street.
Mrs. J.J. Higgins is taken to St. Bernard Hospital at
Council Bluffs, for treatment for paralysis, with which she
was stricken some time ago.
Harry Landis buys the hardware stock and business of Ed.
B. Brown & Co., a business in the Brown family for thirty
years. Jess Bell will be with him as his right hand
man and helper.
W.A. Mulholland buys the C.M. Pierce business. M.A.
Chantry is the new man at the Post Office wicket.
Death
Mrs. Poe Rickabaugh, a resident of Malvern for many
years, and a kindly neighbor, dies at her later home,
Omaha.
Ordinance No. 42, to annex additional territory to
Malvern, is passed by vote of citizens, enlarging our
boundaries.
Fred Tubbs having sold his interests in the dray line,
goes to Omaha. Wm. Bell takes Jess Bell's place as
night watch.
David Hearn opens up a training school in athletics and
physical culture, in the Baird building. J.D. Barrack
is helper at the Green Bay Lumber yard. Dick Beeson is
agent of the Wabash Station.
Wedding
Dell Harris goes to Hastings for a wife, Miss Rose Berry.
Mr. Fred Davis buys the Kneeland home.
A quiet wedding at the Arva Burrus home, when Mrs.
Burrus's mother. Mrs. Hattie E. Landis is married to
Mr. Wm. H. Cowperthwaite of Bushnell, Ill., a renewal of old
acquaintance of school days.
1903
February 1903, Mr. James
Whitmer resigns as mail carrier of Route No. 2 and J.C.
Maguire is appointed to take his place. At this
writing fourteen years later, Mr. Maguire is yet working for
the post office department. The increased work added
by the parcel post has been more than balanced by improved
roads, by the coming of the auto car and increased
compensation, since Mr. Whitmer and Paul started out on the
new untried work of country mail delivery.
We have some important
threads of life history, from oversight and missing records,
that must be woven into the narrative of events to make it
more complete.
Wedding
A quiet wedding out at
the Peaceville home of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Stone, October 11,
1893, the daughter Minnie is married to Mr. Charles C.
Slater.
The ceremony is
performed today, March 24, 1897, at the home of Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Moris, that unites in marriage their daughter Ida to
Mr. Otis A. Strahan, Rev. Watson uniting them in the strong
bonds of love and wedlock.
Mr. Lennie V. Davis the good bread maker at The
Burrus Bakery goes today March 22, 1899, to Glenwood for
a wife, Miss Lulu Davis. A little change in title
only of the name when she assumes the marriage
relationship.
Mr. C.A. Mayberry comes to Malvern for his bride,
November 15th, 1899, Miss Ella May Tipton, Rev. Watson
officiating.
Miss Dora Alexander, a
popular teacher in Malvern and the country schools is
married today, June 20, 1900, at her mother's home,
Mrs. S. A. Tipton, Malvern, to Mr. Frank Bishop of
Indianola, Ia.
At Mrs. F.M. Benton's
home her daughter Mabel A., and Mr. Edwin Wolfe are married,
April, 1903.
D.R. Martin sells
residence in the south part of town and buys another of J.L.
Talbott. G.H. Eveland of Lewiston, Ill., buys the City
Hotel furnishings of landlord Hubbell.
Wedding
Mr. Jess Bell thinks he
can get better bargains by going away from home for a wife
and he asks Miss Minerva Brownell of Hastings to change her
name to Bell and come to Malvern to live.
Death
Mr. W.D. Evans is dead
is the word on the street today March, 1903. Mr. Evans
with his family were early pioneers of the town, and have
been potent factors for good in its upbuilding in business,
church, civic, school and social life.
Talbott and Kiser sell
their furniture stock to Mr. G.T. White, and H.J. Baird
sells out his telephone interests and a combination is soon
formed that unites the interest of two into one.
Death
Joseph Meyers a resident
of Malvern since 1879, dies at the home of Samuel Myers,
March 14, 1903.
Otis Boles and Walter Williams open up a new
barber shop. Mr. M.D. Huston is the new tinwork
man at Kronsheins.
Wedding
Another one of the family wedded at the Cottage, Miss
Grace Avrill to Mr. Frank Nelson of Toulon, Ill., Rev. W.G.
Moore, master of ceremonies.
Death
Mrs. C.C. Baird, mother of Chan and Henry Baird, dies at
Marquette, Kansas, and body brought to Malvern for burial.
A change in Cottage landlords, Mr. Avrill leases property
to C.W. Reed of Omaha. The town people regret to see
the management of the hotel go out of the hands of the
Avrills, who have been so popular with the public, and
boosters for the town.
April 14, 1903. The clang of the fire bell and the
alarm whistle at the power house, awoke early sleepers last
night, when the high school building was on fire, only
partial insurance and a total loss of building, books,
fixtures and furniture. The school board are busy
planning for rooms for the students. May 7th, 1903,
special election is called to vote on proposition for issue
of $12000 in bonds for the building of a new school building
and where it should be built.
Death
Mrs. G.H. Roose a resident for several years, dies at her
later home at St. Louis.
Wm. Totten & Son are new Real Estate and insurance firm.
Hazel and Teresa Moses entertain their young friends,
Maude Rains, Beatrice and Hugh Hand, Eves Whitfield, Bessie
Pease, Iowa Deardorff, Gladys Knight, Ada Thomas, Ruth
Boehner and Ruth Bushnell.
Graduating class for 1903: Myrtle Rice, Arvilla
Summers, Carrie Wilson, Ivy Kerney, Elbert Nickerson, Nora
Summers, Bertha Bushnell, Charles Higgins, Fannie Beeson,
Leonard Baird, Wilma Bentley, Leila Weller.
Contract let to L.D. Ashby of Red Oak for erection of the
new school building for $14608.00
Not all fun on the telephone repair line, John Smith and
Bert Crumb working near Imogene were warned by a lady to not
cut the limbs from trees in front of her premises, but
forgetting the warning, they slashed one off, when the lady
comes out and opened fire with a 38 revolver. It was
too serious for the boys and they made extra quick time to
get under cover until the storm was over.
Marriage
At the Wyant home on
Center Street, June 10, 1903, occurs the marriage of their
daughter Maude E. to Mr. Wm. J. Tutt of Des Moines.
Death
Rev. W.G. Moore conducts
the funeral service of Mrs. John Dyson at the Dyson home at
Peaceville. Mr. and Mrs. Dyson came to Mills County in
1872.
July, 1903, Dr. W.M. Hiett from Red Oak buys the
dental office and good will of Dr. Adamson.
Malvern celebrates our independance day on the fair
grounds, a patriotic address by Hon. Shirley Gilliland.
Mrs. J.J. Maurath moves her stock of millinery goods
to Silver City and speaks some good words of praise of
the people of Malvern.
The new pumping station grapples the question of
water supply. J.W. Jones from Red Oak comes to
Malvern as manager of A.E. Fields billiard hall.
The two big days of the South West Iowa Fireman's
Tournament at Malvern, August 5th and 6th, were not the
most favorable weather day but the program was carried
out. The bands played livelier music and the
uniformed firemen did their best on dress parade while
the citizens cheered them on, and $1500 in prizes
awarded.
Mr. A.N. Felton buys the Crooks and Savage lumber
yard. Miss Bertha Williams of Bedford is elected as
teacher in place of Miss Chantry who resigned to take up
higher work.
Four of our young men, Elbert Nickerson, Ray Jones,
Charley Fost and Henry Kraft go north to help in the
harvest fields of the Dakotas. Mrs. August Jahnke
buys a home on Lincoln Avenue. F.V. Williams buys
the Cleaver Restaurant.
Mr. G. Nellen doesn't like the closeness of the
proposed water tank to his home and he sells to Mr. Wm. Wortz. Mr. A.D. Avrill severs his interests with
Malvern by a trade of the Cottage Hotel for a tract of
Missouri land.
The new grades on first avenue are causing much grief
to the citizens on the west side of the street.
The cut at the top of the school house hill, and the
filling in below will leave some of the homes much above
the sidewalk and others will be far below. For the
benefit of traffic and travel, to and from the new line
of the Q and the law of "the greatest good to the
greatest in number," we are obliged to conform, as best
we can to the new plans.
S.E. Harold is elected janitor of school buildings.
Our new watertank tower is looming up on its 90 feet
iron legs well bedded in the rock on which is resting
the tank 19 feet in diameter and 24 feet high, capacity
of 65,000 gallon and the flag staff top 16 feet higher,
which can be seen for many miles in all directions from
Malvern.
Death
News come to friends of the death of Charles Maloy at the
hospital at Bemidge, Minn. Tot Maloy was the familiar
and friendly name he was known by in his residence here.
Rev. S.J. McCormick, a former pastor of the Malvern
Baptist church, dies at the home of his son Robert in
Villisca.
C.M. Rice and family return again to their former home
town, Tabor. Mary Evans, Fannie Beeson and Mary
Goodwin are students at Tabor College.
Robt. Masters takes Claude Pease place at the watch
tower.
T.J. Moses our stock buyer buys 55 head of hogs from Mr.
Black average weight 363 lbs. at $5.35 per hundred.
Marriage
Charles Albert Nelson and Miss Amanda Garst form a life
partnership by the marriage vows.
Mrs. A.E. Fields buys the Wilbur McCabe home and is now
having an apartment house built on the lots, by contractor
McCullough.
There have been some changes in the 32 years that have
gone by since the erection of the little two room brick
school building in 1871 and the dedicatory program today
October 26th, 1903, of the new and enlarged one as it stands
complete which occupies the same site as the old one with
additions that had been made and is now absorbed and lost in
the now.
Death
Mrs. Fannie Crow a resident of Malvern for some years,
dies at her home at Pomona, Calif.
November, 1903, Chautauqua Association formed with the
following officers and directors: President, H.T.
Beattle; Vice President, W.D. Wilson; Secretary, F.E.
Mulholland; Treasurer, G.T. White and directors, I.N.
Cheney, Emerson, C.D. Greenwood, Silver City, Robt.
McClelland, Tabor, and time set for first assembly July 2,
to 10th, 1904
J.J. Wilson moves into his elegant new home on Marion
Avenue. Rev. Lew C. Harris is the pastor at the
Christian Church.
Death
Mrs. Lydia M. Whitfield dies today December 14, 1903, for
many years a resident of the county and the town, an earnest
Christian woman and she will be missed in church and social
circles.
Frank Van Doren, a Malvern boy has been a good
student at the Osteopathic school at Kirksville, Mo.,
and is given a good salaried position at the infirmary.
Marriage
John Perdue and Miss Lottie Dunn take a little trip away
and are married at the Methodist parsonage at Creston and
return to Malvern, to take up life's duties.
Cupid has been making his head quarters at the banks, and
the cashiers are all broken up. Mr. Will Guyer of the
Bank of Malvern and Miss Kate Cottrell are married at Mrs.
Smith's home and Mr. Will H. Morris, breaks into the Duncan
home at Tabor and takes the daughter Gertrude for a wife.
E.L. Donner takes James Ervin's place as distributor for
the Standard Oil Co.
Victor Benedict is the new picture man and F.W. Lessel
the new tinner at Kronsbein's.
1904
A new year 1904. We know the history of the one
just gone, what will the records be for the one just
dawning.
Dakin Miller leaves the contests on the diamond for
mercantile business, and opens up a furniture store in the
Foulks building, under firm name of D.E. Miller & Do.
James S. Miller his father is his assistant in its
management.
The Retelsdorf Bros. sell their restaurant business to
James and George Buckingham.
Marriage
Ray Meadows and Mrs. Ruby Hollins make a business
call on the Presbyterian pastor and he has them join hands
and take the vows.
Master Bruce Boehner is ten years old today and a goodly
number of his chums and playmates have a royal time at his
home.
Lawrence Talbott is the assistant mail distributor at the
Post Office. Master Robert Hough is eight years old
today. Carl Harris is helper at the Wabash.
Death
Charley Adams for a long time the popular clerk at
the Cottage dies today, January 23, at his Chicago home.
Marriage
Rev. W.G. Moore performed the ceremony last evening,
February 10th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Royce that
united in holy wedlock Miss Edith Maloy and Chas. R.
Aistrope.
Miss Libbie Dull, grown from childhood to womanhood in
Malvern married to Mr. W.D. Kayton.
A wedding ceremony this evening, March 10th, at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. S.A. Campbell, their daughter Miss Hazel to
Mr. J.W. Soderstrum, Superintendent of construction on the
Q.
Rev. Watson, a long time pastor of the Baptist church at
Malvern goes from his little farm home to a pastorate at
Villisca.
Frank Higgins and Lee Baldwin buy the grocery business of
Smith Brothers. The entire cost of our new school
building and furnishings complete $17465.97.
The salary for our rural mail carriers advanced from $600
to $720 per annum. Swanson & Foster, a new firm of
blacksmith and wagon-makers, build a shop on the site of the
old Judkins House.
Rachwitz and Wills is a new barber firm. John Garst
is distributor for the Standard Oil Company. Thos.
Laney is a new clerk at Kneeland's.
Death
A fatal accident today March 26, 1904, to Mr. E.A. Stone
out at Peaceville, by the falling of the roof of the old
engine room that they were taking down. Death came in
a few hours to the sufferer, a christian man, an excellent
neighbor, friend and business man.
Mr. Tidball, Jr., comes as assistant to Mr. Seeley, the
miller.
Marriage
Geo. Perkins of Malvern and Miss Theresa Horstmyer of
Glenwood are married.
D.E. Whitfield is Mayor of the town.
Mr. W.S. Bell succeeds E.L. Hibbs as agent of the Q.
We liked Hibbs and think we will like Mr. Bell.
Mr. Fred Davis sells his nice home place to Mr. C.E.
Califf.
The closing of the evening service at the church in
Henderson, March 27, 1904, was varied some, by the playing
of the wedding march, and the coming of the actors upon the
stage for a wedding ceremony. The pastor performed his
part in the drama, uniting Mr. Zanthus Imel of Malvern and
Miss Edna Priest of Henderson with the marriage bonds.
Mr. Karl Hertz buys a block of lots on north 1st
Avenue for a home near the location of the new Q depot.
Riley Gurwell the Q operator at Malvern and Mr. R.L.
Hale, operator at Villisca, exchange places.
Wedding
John Alfred Hall and Miss Hilda Johnson take a joy ride
to Omaha April 8th, and are married.
The little Misses Katherine and Elinore Mellor give a
delightful birthday entertainment to a goodly number of
their little friends.
Death
Mrs. Lucinda Buell, a resident and business woman of
Malvern for several years dies at the home of her daughter
Mrs. J.R. Jones of Emerson.
G.K. Munsell from Denver is manager of the telephone Co.
All the old teachers reelected except Miss Hutchings who
has a position at her home town.
Marriage
Mr. Jesse Potter and Miss Mamie Van Doren surprise their
friends by going over to the county seat and joining the
ranks of married people
The post office has the new stamps for sale commemorative
of the world's fair at St. Louis. Round trip tickets
from Malvern to visit the exposition are $8.25.
F.V. Williams is providing food for the hungry in his
restaurant rooms near the Leader office.
Geo. Masters for the last year teacher at Corning, is
reelected for another year.
A little booze gets smuggled in now and then, among the
men at the grading camps. Mr. Williams had to have Mr.
Knight the Marshall come and show one who was overloaded to
a bed in the calaboose.
We are proud of our new cement street crossings that are
being put in.
Frank Harris a popular manager and business man in
Malvern for several years with his family move to St. Joe,
Mo.
The graduating class for 1904 are Charles Christy, Blaine
Young, Claude Kearney, Martha Lewis, Nellie Thompson, Mabel
Mulholland.
Charles Slater and family become residents of the
town. N.D. Cook keeps the ball rolling in his Bowling
Alley on Fifth Street.
A noisy drunken profane woman on our streets today is a
painful sight, as she struggles with the officers who take
her to a place of restraint. Such a condition is
degrading enough for a man, but womanhood in that condition
it is pitiful indeed.
The Chautuqua assembly is on July 2 to 10th, and a
surplus of moisture is making the tenters on the old camp
ground, uncomfortable, and many more wishing that the
weather had gone dry. Our National Holiday is on the
program of exercises for a fitting observance of the day in
lecture and music, and in sports and games on the diamond.
Death
Master Earl Larison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E.
Larison, dies today, the best medical skill could not save
the life. Eight of his boy companions act as pall
bearers, as the body is taken to the quiet resting place of
the dead.
Marriage
Miss Nellie Potts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Potts is
married to Mr. Morris Martin at Clarinda.
The A.N. Felton Lumber yard is bought by Mr. Speer of
Lancaster, Kansas. Mr. Geo. Nahley buys the Fred
Durbin property on Prospect Avenue for a home.
The Veterans reunion was one of the events of the season
as 109 of them with their families and friends, and the
younger comrades of the Spanish War, made a good sized
gathering on the fair grounds, August 18, 1917, for social
comradship and reminiscences of camp life and those
strenuous times of '61 to '65. The ring address of L.T.
Genung, Walter I. Smith, John Y. Stone and Shirley Gilliland
was an interesting feature of the occasion.
H.T. Richmond sells his interests in the Iowa
Manufacturing Co. to Mr. S.J. Steele, a brother, H.P. Steele
to be manager.
I.L. Morgan is jeweler and optician at W.D. Wilson's Drug
Store.
September, 1904, Nobe D. Smith takes a position with H.A.
Deardorff, the grocer.
Our Mills County Fair and exhibits have been on during
the past week, without fakers and side shows, it has been
financially a success.
Geo. Rockafellow buys the H. Davis meat market, and Ob
Raines is his helper. October 30th, 1904, trains
commence running over the new track and road bed of the
Burlington.
Ed Benton, Si Wearin, Frank Robbins and Miss Carrie
Wilson are students at the State University, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Death
We pass over the border to make record of the death of
J.G. Lemen, founder and manager of the Christian Home of
Council Bluffs, with whom our people have had much to do.
A noble and unselfish man has given his life in the work of
doing good.
Lawrence Perdue is 5 years old today and some 15 of his
best playmates come and have a good time at his home.
Officers of Ladies Cemetery Association: Mrs. S.B.
Barnes, President; Mrs. Anna Goodwin and Mrs. S.A. Campbell,
Vice Presidents; Mrs. Angel, Treasurer and Mrs. Miller,
Secretary.
Lawrence Talbott resigns his position in the Post office
to go to Des Moines to school. Wynn Otis temporarily
takes his place. There have been a number of others
who have been faithful emergency helpers at different times
in the Post office as occasion required; Alice Brothers,
Sadie Paddock, Bessie Weller, Essie Jones, Jay Paddock and
Mrs. C.M. Wogan.
Alfred S. Workman is assistant at Pointer's gallery.
L.A. Johnson buys the Hixson property.
Death
One of the participants in the first marriage of
residents of the little village of Milton, August 17, 1870,
Mrs. Eli Vickery dies today, November 11, 1904, at her
Malvern home.
Joseph Thomas Parmer a veteran of the Civil war answers
the last roll call today, November 16.
Fred Smith a Malvern boy succeeds Levi Wilson as night
operator at the Burlington. Rev. W.G. Moore of the
Presbyterian Church preaches his farewell sermon and goes to
a pastorate at LeMars, Iowa.
J.K. DeWolfe, an old timer, an honorable business man and
citizen, is greeting old associates. He is a
prosperous Nebraska rancher.
Flick and Johnson close their grading contracts with the
Q and go into winter quarters at Davenport. Mr. Flick
retires from the firm and J.W. Soderstrom takes up his
interests in the business.
Death
H.E. Boehner dies today, December 25, 1904, at the home
of his daughter Mrs. Mulholland with a life experience of
over 90 years, born in Novia Scotia in August, 1814.
We have known him as Captain Boehner, the title coming to
him as commander of a government steamer in the
quartermasters department during the Civil War. For
over thirty years he had followed the life of a sailor, and
had visited many parts of the world, but settles down at
last with his family in the little land locked harbor of
Milton for business and a home. We imagine, as his
mind would turn to the years of his earlier life, he would
hear again the swishing of the waters and the rumbling of
the ocean waves and breakers, in whose company he had been
so many years. He took the degrees that made him a
Mason, in Antwirp, Belgium in 1838. He had a genial
smile of recognition for all he met in the daily walks of
life for both old and young, and had an active part in the
civic business of the town, as Mayor, Justice, Councilman
and citizen.
Agent Beeson of the Wabash resigns and C.E. Jasmine takes
his place. Frank Weatherhead and Irve Livinspire brick
contractors commence work on the new Q depot.
In his nightly rounds, night watch Jones, nabs a would be
burglar while working an entrance in at the rear of Royce
and Smith's Stores.
W.A. Mullholland trades his grocery stock and meat market
for a farm near Villisca. W.A. Anderson and A.A.
Minnich are the new firm
Mr. Shelby Watson takes a position as assistant to the
Post master.
Lawrence Talbott, Lennie Baird, Si Wearin, Ed Benton,
Carrie Wilson, Florence and Cora Durbin are home from their
different schools during the holiday vacation.
Wedding
Rev. Brewer, at the home of Mrs. J.M. Crow ties the bonds
that unite together
the daughter, Willie L. to Mr. Henry
Nims of Emerson.
