VILLISCA REVIEW  

G. K. Kennedy, Editor

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Atlantic, Nov. 21 – Special to Register. The Y. of C. A. foot ball eleven at Atlantic will have a game at this city on Thanksgiving day with the Villisca eleven. The Villisca is looked upon as one of the strongest teams in the state and the Atlantic boys will have to hustle to win a victory for them. The home boys are practicing vigorously and will put up a hot game for their opponents.

FOR SALE,

  Realestate and Insurance business and office fixtures.

WARNING!

   Notice is hereby given that no hunting will be allowed on my premises. Trespassers should heed this warning.        Fred Bryson

FOLLOW THE CROWD!

SCIOLA.

~ Quite a snow Sunday night.

~ The first skating party Saturday night.

~ Mrs. Mollie Hinshaw is on the sick list.

~ Everybody is pleased to see George Dunn among us again.

~ Mr. Harbin is looking up the school board hoping to make a change of the books in our schools.

~ The phonograph exhibition Friday evening was poorly attended.

~ Mrs. J. W. Ellenwood gave a party to both Young People and Juniors, a fine time reported.

~ Some of the little folks are playing Thanksgiving , they say that they can not wait until it comes.

~ The young people who attend school at Red Oak and Villisca returned home last week as the school closed.

~ Fred Lawrence is visiting at Cilmax.

~ Mrs. Lemon’s sister and children who were visiting her, tho’t she was too near diphtheria and returned home last week.

~ The Chapel people expect to have appropriate exercises Thanksgiving evening.

~ Mayhew and Yergey are hauling lumber for their corn cribs.

HEPBURN STAR DUST.

~ A great many people came to town last Tuesday to bid on some mortgaged property which was to be sold on the street, but were disappointed.

~ Quite a number are thro’ with their corn husking. The Falk Bros. have cribbed over 6000 bushels.

~DIED --- Amos Lawson was born in Penn. August 10, 1829. When 6 years old he moved with his parents to Defiance county, Ohio. When a young man he came to Dixen, Ill., and from there to Lincoln, Neb. where he built the first house on the present site of the city. Sometime in the fifties he came to Harrison Co. , Iowa and on the 25th of August 1850 married Lucinda Francis. In 1862 he moved to Montgomery county, Iowa where he has since resided.

   He was the father of fifteen children, thirteen still living. He died on the 21st day of November, age 66 yrs. 3 mo. 11 days. The funeral services were held at his home 6 1/2 miles southwest of Villisca, conducted by Rev. Shipman. The internment took place in the Villisca cemetery, last Friday.

~ Lewis  Wasson will attend the C. E. I. this winter term. He will begin next Tuesday at the biggining of the winter term.

~ The Quarterly Meeting and Epworth League Convention will convene next Saturday and Sunday.

    Quite a number from other places will be present.

~ Rev. Shipman will preach a Thanksgiving sermon next Thursday at the Methodist church.

LAND OF BIG RED APPLES.

~ Many Iowa people have read the glowing advertisements of the southwest Missouri country and feel inclined to locate there.  For the benefit of all such I wish to submit a few facts:

   I have recently traveled over Cass, Herny, St. Clair, Polk and Cedar Co,s Mo. The  land agents in that country talk about the blue grass and the big red apples. I will say that there is more blue grass in Jackson township than there is in those five counties. The big red apple were selling, hand picked and barreled ready for market for 15c a bushel and evaporating apples 4c a bushel; oats, 10c a bushel, corn, 20c. They talk about a stock country; very few men have more than two cows, and some none; there are no sheep and but few mules and horses. Why? Because the three last named counties haven’t 2 per cent, of there land in grass.  It wont grow on a rock pile and the worst kind of rock at that. If a man wanted to go into the whetstone or grindstone business there is the place to go. And flint? Plenty of it. One gentleman told me that they didn’t need any moon or lantern on dark nights as the horses made plenty of light knocking fire out of the flint with their shod feet. They farm what we call a slough or creek or branch bottom; all the rest is solid rock. Land is offered at from $1 to $10 per acre. The water is very warm and rather soft.

   From August until December there is plenty of dumb or shaking ague and plenty of thyphoid fever and the winter crop is pneumonia fever and generally congestion, both lungs at once. Now as to the insects, chinch bugs are common inhabitants. What do you think of a lady going into the yard or tovisit a neighbor a fourth of a mile away and then gathering a pint of ---d ticks from her clothes? Or having to pick 150 ticks off the milk cow every night so that she can live the next day.  The chiggers are as large again as in Iowa and 50 to 1 in number. Then we must not forget the nice little centipede and a lizard under every other rock. I almost forgot the bedbug which has come there to stay.

  As regards day labor, men get 50c a day grubbing, making rails or hard farm labor and their pay is in corn or a little wheat, or sweet potatoes, tobacco, molasses or a hank of yarn; and I want to say that they are glad and very glad to get the work for such pay.

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

~ C. F. Millroy and his wife ere carried to Stansberry, Mo. Thursday, for the death of Mr. Millroy’s mother.

~ Boys Overcoats in the best qualities at the correct price at   Lomas & Son’s

~ Miss Laura Barklow arrived today, from Attalissa, to spend the winter with her sisters, Mesdames w. Wallace and Geo. Farquhar.

~ Noting fits a man so well as skin; next to that, one of our tailor Made Suits.   Lomas & Son’s

~ Trimmed Hats for $1.00 up. Have late styles and cheaper than elsewhere. Frankel, Frank & Co., are making special cut prices on all goods.

~ The next, clear cut appearance of the Clarinda Journal is largely owing to the devotion of its add smith saint DeVinne. A DeVinne pattern always looks neat, at least to a printer.

~ The Foote Brothers, evangelists will begin a series of revival meetings at the Presbyterian Church beginning Monday eve, Jan. 6 and continuing to Jan. 18, Prayer meeting every night this week.

~ Rev. W. Franklin Smith will preach in the opera house next Sunday Dec 1^st at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. The subject in the morning will be “In what Respects Orthodoxy and Universalism Agree,” evening topic “In what Respects Orthodoxy and Universalism Differ.” All cordially invited.

A GOOD ELGIN WATCH.

 Do you want one on easy terms and no money to pay? Bring to Curtis the Villisca Jeweler, the heaviest

           24 EARS OF CORN 

NOTICE!

I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife.

RIBBON SALE!

COBS!

Delivered to any part of the city for 75c a wagon load. Leave orders at My Store or at the grain elevator.