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A BRIEF HISTORY 
 
 Of 
 
 MALVERN 
 
 By 
 
 JOHN D. PADDOCK 
 
 Published by 
 
 THE MALVERN liEADER 
 
 Malvern, Iowa. 
 
 1917 
 

 'Vnttior 
 JUN 5 m» 
 
PREFACE 
 
 At the suggestion of Mrs. Ruth Roberts, the librarian, we have arrang- 
 ed and prepared these records. We ask the readers' pardon for errors 
 that have been made and the omission perhaps of many bright threads 
 that have not beon caught up and woven into the pattern. Our escapades 
 and wrong doings have been left out in making up this narrative of events. 
 
 Thanks are due The Leader plant for access to records and to the work- 
 ing fore: for their kindly assistance. 
 
 THE WRITER. 
 
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 * * L4 ISTORY has been defined as a narrative of connected events with 
 
 J * which man has had to do." Therefore every home and every person 
 therein becomes an integral part in the history of village, city, county, 
 state or nation. 
 
 The writer will endeavor to give a narrative of events connected with 
 the first inception of the village of Milton, and the part in history that it 
 may have taken by the association of the people together in their home 
 life, and in their business vocations in the village life. 
 
 To introduce the subject the writer will have to be somewhat personal 
 until he can lose himself in his association with others who will take part. 
 
 The continuation of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad as it was 
 then called in 186 8 and '69, west from Ottumwa, Iowa, across the State, 
 attracted the attention cf the people of adjoining states and farther east, 
 especially the young folks just scattering out from the parental roof to 
 make for themselves a heme cither upon the Iowa prairies or in the towns 
 that would be built along the line. Railroad surveys were made, grades 
 were established and work for preparation of the read bed was pushed 
 with great vigor. 
 
 Town sites were platted and a heavy emigration set in. New settlers' 
 homes soon dotted the prairies clear across the state. Villages sprung up 
 as if by magic. The few towns already established took on new life for 
 business and trading points for new comers and for those who had come 
 ahead and pionesred. The nearness of the western counties of the state 
 to the Missouri River, a navigable stream that furnished although slow 
 and uncertain, a means of communication with the east and south, the 
 steamborits plying its waters had been bringing supplies for the needs of 
 life and travelers and home seekers as well. This western section of the 
 state was on the line of the Mormon trail also in their exodus from Nau- 
 voo, Illinois, to Utah in 1846 and 1848, and was chosen by them as a 
 stopping place for rest and to recuperate for the long journey ahead of 
 them, to their promised land. When they moved on as nearly all did, 
 their temporary homes and claims became the permanent homes of the 
 early settlers. From these conditions there were many here when the 
 railroad was completed, of thrifty, well-to-do farmers and stockmen, 
 ready for the road to bring to them the manufactured products for a 
 more comfortable living, and take to the eastern markets their stock and 
 grain, while vast stretches of the inland prairies of the state were stiil 
 untouched and unclaimed. We who came with the railroads were not 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 3 
 
 the real pioneers, but those who had staked their claims for a home here, 
 some years before our coming. 
 
 The writer, then a resident of Chicago became quite interested in a 
 friend's description of this part of the state, as a land of great promise, 
 and in June 1869, in company with his father came from Chicago to Bur- 
 lington, Iowa, and out to Ottumwa, then on the newly constructed line 
 completed as far as Cromwell Station, west of tho now city of Creston, 
 neither of these places having scarcely the sta,rt of a town, prairie grass 
 yet growing in the street, in front of the little hotel and the lone country 
 store at Cromwell. 
 
 From this point west to Red Oak, by the old time stage coach and four 
 horses. Red Oak was the objective point when starting on our journey, 
 and we were now in that land of promise, that had been pictured out by 
 the friend. His description did not seem to be overdrawn, as we looked 
 over the village, out on the prairies, and up and down the valley of the 
 East Nishnabotna that bright summer morning. 
 
 Red Oak was then a thriving little town, on the stage coach line of 
 travel from the east to Council Bluffs and a distributing point of supplies 
 for the settlers far up and down the valley. 
 
 For further investigation we decided to go over to the west Nishna, but 
 being too late for the stage that day we accepted an invitation to ride out 
 over the prairies to White Cloud with Mr. I. L. McCoy, a well known stock 
 buyer, living a few miles down the valley. White Cloud was at that time 
 quite a little village, nicely located on the higher bank of the stream with- 
 in hearing of the rushing waters as they tumbled over the dam at the 
 mill. There were two general stores, Drug Store. Post office, a place to 
 eat and sleep, a Blacksmith shop and a skilled physician. Dr. Brothers. No 
 saloon — which spoke well in those days — for the good citizenship of the 
 village and country round about. 
 
 Mr. George Hamaker the genial miller, had the toll of the bread eaters, 
 a day's journey in all directions, who would bring their grist and picnic 
 in the shade or fish while waiting for it. 
 
 It was a tragedy play, that the trail of the iron horse did not take the 
 route that led to the village, but it did not and the rails since laid, have 
 been the magnet that has drawn it all away but the mill. 
 
 Citizens and business have been largely absorbed, and have been a good 
 part in the making of Malvern history. 
 
 It was the middle of the afternoon of a bright June day, when we left 
 White Cloud for a walk to the home of Judge Tubbs. We took a short 
 cut across the prairie, from the Wm. Weaver farm home, up the hill near 
 where Mr. Sant Stone's house now is. 
 
 We sat down to rest a bit, and as we sat there we took in the lovely 
 
4 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 landscape view of the valley of the Nishna as it spread out before us; 
 with the green grass and wild prairie flowers, at our feet, and in the 
 distance the checkered fields of growing corn, the waving tracts of grass 
 and grain and the meandering course of the wooded stream. 
 
 To the writer, just from the counting desk of a wholesale house, and 
 the hot paved walks and streets of the city it was a refreshing change. 
 
 We continued our tramp from this picture gallery, across and by the 
 pioneer home of H. H. Woodrow down the hill and across the branch on 
 a low water bridge, coming up over the ridge where Grand View addition 
 has lately been platted and enjoyed for the night the generous hospitality 
 of the Tubbs home. 
 
 After a talk with Mr. Tubbs, our decision was made to locate here, ai>d 
 my father returned to his home the next day. 
 
 The town site was already platted and named Milton, in honor of Lieut. 
 Milton Summers who had died from wounds received on a southern battle 
 field a few years before. 
 
 While waiting to complete arrangements with my brother in the north 
 eastern part of the state, we thought we would like to practice up a little 
 on our old occupation as a farmer lad. In our search for a job we had 
 an interview with Mr. H. W. Summers. He took note of our untanned 
 face and soft hands, from continuous office work, and sized us up that we 
 might do for some easy task and he placed us under Mrs. Summers di- 
 rections. We fixed up the yard and garden, and soon got the badge of a 
 new out door worker in calloused hands, and sun baked face, neck and 
 ears, and when we returned to Chicago, a new cuticle was coming on and 
 the old one peeling off. , It was the cost of our initiation fee to out door 
 work in Iowa on hot summer days. Some pleasant and lifelong friend- 
 ships and acquaintance formed during those days, besides the monetary 
 consideration, healed all the wounds. 
 
 One July morning in 1869, in front of an Illinois farm home near Chi- 
 cago, stood an "emigrant puUman" with bent bows and canvas covered 
 top and sides, loaded with the needed outfit for camping travelers. The 
 restless horses waiting for the driver and his partner to climb in for their 
 wedding trip five hundred miles to the farther west. Across Illinois and 
 over the Mississippi river at Sabula, Iowa, for a visit with the writer's 
 brother at Massilon. Through Mechanicsville, Cedar Rapids, Marengo, 
 Newton, Des Moines and Winterset, the evening of August 6th, we were 
 at Sciola, Montgomery County, passing the night at a farm house hotel. 
 Early next morning we were on the road for the last lap of our journey. 
 We came through Red Oak out on the stage line road following the di- 
 vides over the prairies, and only passed three homes in our travel between 
 the two Nishnas. It was total eclipse of the sun that day, August 7th, and 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 5 
 
 the darkness of early twilight settled over us, in the quiet of our lonely 
 travel, but it was not long until we were again for a while in the bright 
 sunshine, until the darkness of a starry evening had settled down upon 
 the close of another day as we came up the road by the cemetery, and 
 down the hill (steeper and longer then than now) across the stream, and 
 under the wide spreading branches of an elm tree that stood in the road- 
 way in front of where D. E. Whitfield's fine home now stands. 
 
 This was our camping place for the night. After the faithful horses had 
 been fed and some refreshments ourselves we sought our slumber couch 
 under its canopy covering, and the friendly branches of the old elm tree. 
 It was a good season for mosquitoes and our rest was troubled by their 
 weird music and the loving greetings they gave us, showed plainly 
 In the morning. 
 
 It was in the early light of a bright sabbath morning that we built our 
 campfire and cooked and ate our first morning meal, as prospective res- 
 idents of Iowa. When the wreck of the morning meal had been cleared 
 away, the partner wanted to take a look at the town site and the probable 
 location of our future home. We walked up the road away, climbed the 
 fence looking west, and in imagination saw it looming up somewhere out 
 in the vast field of weeds as high as our hats. 
 
 The writer continued the walk up to Mr. Tubbs place for some mail, 
 and in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs and baby Volney drove down to 
 make us a friendly call and extend us a welcome to Iowa, and in the 
 spirit of western hospitality they invited us to make our home with them 
 until we could make other arrangements. We accepted their kind invi- 
 tation and during our few days stay at their home, other lasting friend- 
 ships were made that have been a pleasure to us all these years since. 
 
 The lumber and material for our business house and home had been 
 purchased in Chicago before starting on our overland journey, and was 
 shipped over the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, that being the only 
 line then completed across the state, and from Council Bluffs over the 
 St. Joe line to Pacific City, a little village nestling close up against the 
 bluffs west of Glenwood, where the track of the St. Joe then laid. (This 
 little business place started in 1857 had been in the hands of promoters, 
 a rival of Council Bluffs as the terminal of railroads, and the connecting 
 link in the chain that was to bind the east to the far west by the steel 
 rails of the Union Pacific). 
 
 We found our building material at Pacific City and the first load was 
 hauled over August 9th, for the erection of a temporary shelter home 
 which was put up near our first night's camping place, so we might be 
 near a neighbor, a Mr. Merritt and family who were temporary occupants 
 
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 of a little home across the creek, and to be ne;ir an excellent well of water 
 that was at their kitchen door. 
 
 Storage room being limited, the agent at Pacific City had placed the 
 large sash for the store front against the outside of the building, and in 
 the explorations of an old cow, she got her head through one of the un- 
 glazed sash, and not being able to withdraw it, she got excited, and with 
 head and tail up she lit out over the prairie bottom, like a small whirl- 
 wind with the sash flopping about her neck, the railroad force and the 
 writer in hot pursuit. After quite a chase, we gathered up the remnants, 
 but the cow was yet running. 
 
 The original plat of Milton was all west of first avenue, which was then 
 a country read, and east of this country road where the business houses, 
 homes, Churches, school building end forest of trees now are, was that 
 season a waving field of wheat, ready for the harvesters. 
 
 Washington Darling, a near-by farmer was one of the contractors for 
 the grading of this section of the road bed and his work was about com- 
 pleted. The site for location of the depot had been staked out. The 
 season has been quite wet and the platted ground having been mostly 
 under cultivation the year before had grown up to weeds, that held back 
 the drainage and not many lots seemed to be desirable for building on. 
 A higher point from which the "waters had fibated" on the west side of 
 fourth avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets was staked out for the first 
 building of the new city. 
 
 An Illinois friend, a Mr. Abbott, came out to take a look at Iowa and 
 to put up the buildings. Mr. Abbott and nophew Pete and John Busby, 
 of White Cloud, as his helpers, completed the building (20 x 30, 1^ 
 stories) in October, 1869. 
 
 It is yet in good condition and a pleasant home place on first avenue. 
 
 The first attempt by neighbors to be social with new comers by a friend- 
 ly call was a failure as the horse and buggy got fast in the mud in a wet 
 springy place in the road in front of where the Catholic Church now 
 stands. The ladies were equal to any emergency. One undressed her feet, 
 got out, unhitched the horse and gave up being social that day by return- 
 ing home. 
 
 November 13th, Charles H. Paddock, who had come on about a month 
 before to take hold of his interests in the town and the business of Pad- 
 dock Bros., hitched up Tom and Jim, our dumb partners in the work, to 
 haul the first load of goods from Pacific City for the country store. 
 
 It looked lonesome, this one building away off from the road, in the 
 middle of a big weed pasture. No sidewalks, no (ravel marked streets. 
 But a lively imagination of the mind, of neighbors, business men, me- 
 
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 chanics and helpers thr.t would soon he here, of fine homes, green grass 
 lawns and flowers, of school and scholars, churches, of sewers, curb and 
 gutter and paved streets seen in the distance gave better coloring to the 
 picture. When material things look gloomy and life views clouded, Faith 
 and Hope of better things are wonderful sustainers. 
 
 The ISth day of November, the construction train, working from the 
 west laid the track across Silver Creek bridge and met the gang from the 
 east down near the Nishna, where the last rail was laid, completing this 
 division. On the 2Gth dciy of November, 1869, the first through passenger 
 train, consisting of the mail and express car and three coaches loaded with 
 passengers, passed slowly through our little hamlet of one building with- 
 out stopping. The entire population three in number were out and gave 
 them the Chautauqua salute, which was returned in great number. 
 
 There was a good stoue curbed spring of clear sparkling water where 
 now stands one of Mrs. J. P. Retelsdorf's brick homes, and we had a well 
 worn path through the weeds from our house to it, in which we could dip 
 our bucket without roiling its waters. The walk there was a pleosant one 
 when dry. 
 
 The Railroad section foremen were the first to come and build their 
 little homes for their families, one gang of men under Thomas Hawkins 
 of good English blood, and one in charge of John Johnson whose native 
 land was Sweden. In our first business acquaintance with Mr. Johnson, 
 as a creditor his name was entered on the books as Yon Yohnson, our 
 knowledge of Swedish-English being limited, but he was of good credit 
 under either name. 
 
 We had neighbors, near neighbors now, one of them across the street 
 and the other in the same block north. Of these men and their helpers, 
 only two became permanent residents, Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Chris Kelsey. 
 
 For a place where hunger can be satisfied and a bed for rest and sleep, a 
 lodging house is the first needs of a town. 
 
 The fourth building erected was the Cullers House put up by Mr. Cul- 
 lers for that purpose in the winter of '69 and '70. The important event 
 of its completion was celebrated by a grand social gathering of the entire 
 population of the town and of the country round about to participate in 
 the house warming. After a while, there was music in the air, and the 
 old style dance was on. Most of them tarried and went home in the early 
 morning. 
 
 Early in November a petition was circulated by Mr. Andrew Berkhimer 
 and others asking the Post OflR.ce Department for an office at Milton. The 
 requisite number and more of petitioners were quickly secured and for- 
 warded to Washington. In a short time word came from the department 
 
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 that there was already an oflRce of that name in the State and the request 
 could not be granted. 
 
 The temporary settlement of the question was made by adding the 
 word Station, making the name of the office Milton Station. The com- 
 mission of first postmaster was dated January 17th, 1870, and the office 
 soon in working order. 
 
 James S. Miller from White Cloud was the pioneer blacksmith of 
 Milton, building a shop and ready for business in February, 1870. It's a 
 long line and many changes of village blacksmiths since Jim first lit the 
 forge fires in 1870. 
 
 Early in 1870, Mr. Fred Zanders invests in real estate by purchase of 
 lots on 4th Ave. north of the pioneer store, putting up a building for busi- 
 ness and a home and opening out a stock of boots and shoes. 
 
 Merchants sold boots in those days, made of cowhide and calfskin for 
 old and young men and red topped ones for the boys. Old men will re- 
 member with what pride they pulled on their first pair of red topped 
 boots. 
 
 In rapid succession business men are coming in. John. N. Sheldon is 
 the next to come in putting up a building corner 4th Ave. and 3rd St. and 
 when completed he moved his stock of general merchandise from White 
 Cloud where he had been in business for some time. Closely following 
 Mr. Sheldon was the drug store stock and building of Dr. S. T. Brothers, 
 from White Cloud, as it came in sight up through the field back of the 
 cemetery, slow but sure, it reached its destination and was placed on a 
 rock foundation just north of Paddock's Store. 
 
 The coming of these older business men from White Cloud with their 
 knowledge of the country and acquaintance with the people added much 
 to the nucleus already forming for the good citizenship of the village. 
 Capt. H. E. Boehner and family became residents of the town in April, 
 1870. Mr. M. E. Boehner, a nephew of the Captain having put up their 
 store building and residence on the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue, 
 it was all ready for their coming. The few townspeople that were here 
 were glad to welcome them for the number in the family added quite large- 
 ly to the social life and population of the village. 
 
 Mr. Wm. McCrary was the next business man to cast his lot with us and 
 take up his duties as a citizen. He built a store building, with temporary 
 home above on 4th Avenue, north of Mr. Sheldon's store, and put in a 
 stock of general merchandise. The coming of the McCrary household 
 added much to the social and musical interests of the village. The Mc- 
 Crary store building, although weather beaten and worn from time and 
 removals, with some patching that has been made, is yet a home for bus- 
 iness on First Avenue. 
 
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 During the summer of 1870, there were several small homes built south 
 of the track as we designated the location then. Among the number were 
 B. F. Barnett, Chris Kelsey and Wm. Dunn. 
 
 Johnathan Wilbur was our first mail carrier, on Star route between 
 Milton Station and White Cloud post offices. We all got acquainted with 
 Uncle Johnathan for his exactness in every little detail of his business, 
 and the consciousness he had of his dignity as an employee of the govern- 
 ment. The good old man has been laid away with the dead these many 
 years. 
 
 B. F. Barnett commences his long and honorable service as our village 
 drayman. 
 
 A grain elevator was built early in 1870 by J. D. Ladd & Co., but soon 
 passed into possession of J. F. Evans, a resident of Council Bluffs, and 
 under his able management he soon built up an immense business in 
 handling grain. 
 
 In the spring of 1870, the Town Lot Co., engaged the writer to set out 
 some trees around the north side public park. The few that survived 
 from the tree range of browsing cows and bouncing boys are now land- 
 marks of the days labor. 
 
 Bryson & Son were the starters of the lumber business, young Mr Bry- 
 son as manager. Following them closely in the lumber business was the 
 firm of Moninger & Ringland represented here by I. B. Ringland. 
 
 At this early date 1870, prospecting surveys were made for the St. Louis 
 and Council Blutts Rail Road and we were quite elated expecting an early 
 completion of the road to cross the B. & M. at our town, Milton. For some 
 reason however, the preliminary surveys were pigeon holed for nearly ten 
 years before being used. 
 
 Mr. E. B. Knapp builds a business house and temporary home combined 
 and hangs out a sign "Harness Shop". 
 
 April loth, 1870, friends of the Sunday School met in the hall over The 
 Chronicle office for organization of a Union School and the following 
 named officers were chosen: P. V. Hawley, Supt.; M. E. Boehner, Ass't. ; 
 Mrs. M. J. Curtis, Sec; Robt. Tohe, Librarian and Wm. McCrary musical 
 director. These conscientious planters sowed the seed for the Sunday 
 School in Milton and Malvern, and its divine teachings have helped to 
 make better the young lives and older ones as well, that have placed them- 
 selves under its influence during the many years since. 
 
 J. W. Lawson, wife and son came early as residents of tbe town. Mr. 
 Lawson was one of the first good bunch of business men, putting up a 
 building on the north side of 3rd Street and filled it up with home furn- 
 ishing goods for sale to customers and was generally busy; but when he 
 was not, he could draw the bow across his old violin, for company and 
 pleasure and sometimes for profit. 
 
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 Abbott, Kinsely & Co., a chain store firm built and put in a good stock 
 of Hardware under the management of John J. Halght, location 4th Ave. 
 
 J. J. Curtis opens another hotel in a building erected on Corner 3rd 
 Street and 3rd Avenue, named the Curtis House. 
 
 Henry Slonaker and wife were residents of the neighborhood before the 
 town started — young people from the Slonaker and Foxworthy homes. 
 From an accident that nearly cost him his life Mr. Slonaker was unfitted 
 for hard labor and they moved into town to try some lighter work. He 
 was in business for himself at different times and a general helper for 
 others. He died while at his work a few years ago. 
 
 The name Milton for the village and Milton Station as name of post 
 office, caused so much trouble, as feared it would, in delivery of freight 
 on the rail road and mail for the office that steps were taken early by the 
 railroad company and the citizens to make a legal change of name. The 
 change of name of the town was soon made, but the change of name of 
 office was slower and not fully completed until the post master received a 
 new commission as Post Master at Malvern, August 15, 1871. While con- 
 sidering the change of name. Dr. Brothers suggested the name Malvern in 
 honor of his old home town in Ohio and there being no other town of that 
 name in the State it was approved and so recorded. The writer was sick 
 in bed at the time and the name of Marston, which he wished to present 
 in honor of one of the firm in whose emply he had been for several years 
 was not considered. There is much oft times in a name and whether the 
 talisman of the one chosen has been a success more than the other would 
 have been, cannot be known. 
 
 In July, 1870, Mr. Fred Spencer thought the village and country round 
 about needed a first class grocery store. Every one had to furnish his 
 own building for business; there were none for rent. Mr. Spencer put up 
 his building on east side of 4th Avenue and filled it up with goods. In 
 September, he took Mrs. Spencer as a partner in the business and the 
 home. 
 
 James Churchill, wife and baby came in August, 1870, and soon com- 
 menced the erection of a building for business and a home on 4th Avenue 
 and they have been with us ever since. There has been no break in their 
 citizenship. Mr. Churchill has been a mover and history maker for the 
 town. An assistant to the Civic League, he has cleaned up many a wreck 
 and made it over new. A reminiscence from him of those early days, that 
 he had to pay twelve dollars and a half a month for a two room house, an 
 old one at that, that had been moved in from outside of town. The build- 
 ing is now a part of Mr. Hoover's home. This experience may have started 
 the thought with him that it was better to be landlord than tenant, as he 
 has been landlord to many tenants since then. 
 
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 rne natural events of life will occur in regular order whereever people 
 congregate together. Joy and sorrow will follow each other in rapid suc- 
 cession. Gay and happy hearts at the wedding feasts and sad ones at the 
 burial service. The participants in the first marriage of residents of the 
 village were Mr. Eli Vickery and Mrs. Ann Roberts, August 17, 1870, and 
 closely following them, the marriage of Mr. James S. Miller and Miss Mary 
 Raines. Squire West as Justice of the Peace, who lived north west of 
 town, did most of the marrying in those days, and he tied them good. 
 
 Wm. Bennett builds a business building just north of the Culler's House, 
 which had a varied use as a public hall. Lunch room and Saloon and later 
 a general store. 
 
 Silver Urn Masonic lodge moves from its country home with Mr. 
 Sterling Davis on upper Silver Creek to Malvern, to try city life in a hall 
 room above the drug store of Dr. S. T. Brothers. Of the movers, there is 
 only one left, James H. Wing now a resident of Kansas. The Master has 
 called all the others to the Grand Lodge above. 
 
 The first issue of our village paper, No. 1, Volume 1 of the Mills County 
 Chronicle, came from the hand press, October 15, 1870, edited and man- 
 aged by H. A. and Wm. Copeland, father and son. It was published every 
 Saturday morning, that it might be fresh for our Sunday reading. The 
 publishers say in their salutatory that they expect a liberal support from 
 the business men of the town and county, but support or not they will pub- 
 lish it for a year at least. H. A. Copeland, the father, was a man of more 
 than ordinary ability, an all around man, having been preacher, lawyer, 
 clerk of the courts, and now an editor. He was quite an able speaker and 
 could interest his hearers with his pathos and humor in religious service 
 or at political gatherings. He may at times have exceeded the limit of 
 time for even a pleasing discourse, as the following story is told of him; 
 that one Sabbath morning when he was to preach at the Foxworthy school 
 house there was plainly written on the blackboard across the room, "Cope 
 you must not talk more than one hour today". Cope was the friendly name 
 and salutation of his friends, by which he was well known. The party who 
 was accused of giving the blackboard warning is yet living in this vicinity. 
 It is probable that an extra good dinner was expected and he did not want 
 it unduly delayed. 
 
 Malvern grain and produce market quotations in the first issue of the 
 Chronicle: Wheat 75c, Corn 35c, Oats 30c, Flour $3.00 per hundred, 
 Bacon 20c, Lard 20c, Butter 35, Eggs 15c, Potatoes 35c, Onions $1.25, 
 Bush Beans $3.00, Salt $3.00 barrel. 
 
 The first child born in the village was a boy baby at the home of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Thomas Hawkins, October 19, 1870, and they gave him the plain 
 name of John. His home is now in Omaha. 
 
 October 29, The Chronicle publishes this notice "Rev. O. W. Cooley 
 
12 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 will hold religious service in the dining room of the Malvern House to- 
 morrow morning at 10:30, all are invited." When the name of the town 
 was changed, Mr. Cullers gave the new name to hotel as the Malvern 
 House. 
 
 We sometimes get our Christmas presents a little bit ahead of time. An 
 early Christmas gift of a boy baby was left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Wm. Dunn in the south part of town on December 19th, just two months 
 to a day younger than baby Hawkins. He has not wandered away, for any 
 length of time, but a few miles from his place of birth, and is counted in 
 the class of old settlers as Robt. E. Dunn near Emerson. 
 
 They are unloading a train load of Texas cattle from the cars to day, 
 November 25th, that have been shipped in by the stockmen Murphy & Mc 
 Coy to sell as feeders. It would be a novelty for the young people at the 
 present time in town and from the farm to see them, wild eyed, untamed 
 brutes, showng their relief in getting out of the close confines of their 
 prison pen of many hours duration. Tall and gaunt with wide spreading 
 horns, two feet or more in length and breadth and the savage use they 
 made of them in goring each other, must have suggested to stockmen and 
 breeders the dehorning process and the breeding for hornless cattle. 
 
 Strahan's addition of the hill and hillside to the town in December, 1870, 
 was attractive to those who intended soon to build permanent homes, and 
 lots were selected on Douglas, Center, Chase and Boundary Streets for 
 early use. 
 
 The lumber men were about the first to build homes in the new addi- 
 tion, Mr. Bryson at the top of the hill on the south side of Douglas Street, 
 now a part of the home of Dr. Hictt, and Mr. Ringland housed his family 
 in a nice home at the foot of the hill on north side of Douglas street, which 
 is now a part of the Cottage Hotel. 
 
 There have been a number of business men and helpers that have come 
 in so quietly during the year that the news gatherer has failed to intro- 
 duce them as they came. The census taken has not reported and we have 
 no record of the wives and youngsters in the homes, of the helpers in the 
 business houses, shops and yards, the men with the teams, with saw and 
 plane, with shovel, ax and spade, all helping to make history and the vil- 
 lage life. Some of them will get in line farther on. The three that ob- 
 served Thanksgiving day, 1869, have some helpers now and we will call 
 the roll: Abbott, Knisely & Co. Hardware; Mrs. Adams and M. J. McBride, 
 Millinery;A. H. Adams, Clerk; Bryson & Van Doren Lumber; H. E. Boeh- 
 ner & Son, General Store; M. E. Boehner, Carpenter; B. F. Barnett, Dray- 
 man; Dell Billings, Clerk; Brothers & Roberts Physicians; Wm. Bennett, 
 Lunchroom; Brothers Gastineau & Co., Drugs; H. A. & Wm. Copeland, 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 13 
 
 Publishers; J. J. Curtis, Hotel; Curtis & Sweetzer, General Store; W. E. 
 Cain, Rest.; Elias Carsner, Carpenter; S. A. Campbell, clerk and student; 
 H. A. Copeland, Atty. ; Jas. Churchill, Restaurant; J. M. Cullers, Malvern 
 House; M. O. Dowd, surveyor; Wm. Dunn, Clerk; Dauthort & Gorton, Real 
 Estate and Insurance; Clarence Denmark, clerk; Evans Bros., Grain Ele- 
 vator; Gus Gerber, Station Agent; J. J. Haight, Mgr. Hdwe.; Ira Hoople, 
 saloon; E. B. Knapp, Harness; Johnie Kincannon, Barber; J. W. Lawson, 
 Furniture; Lilly & Clinedinst, Plasterers; Lord & Kyle, Painters; Wm. 
 McCrary, General Store; Moninger & Ringland, Lumber; James S. Miller, 
 Blacksmith; Byron Mershon, Clerk; Pat Murray, Stone Mason; D. Mc 
 Farlane, Dry Goods; Bert Nichols, Jeweler; J. D. & C. H. Paddock, Gen- 
 eral Store; Julius Pettee, Barber; Emerson Robinson, Clerk; Henry Rob- 
 inson, Clerk; J. N. Sheldon, General Store; J. B. Stetson, M. D.; H. Slon- 
 aker. Lunch room; F. P. Spencer, Grocer; I. J. Swain Book keeper; Frank 
 Tubbs, Teamster; Eli Vickery, Carpenter; H. H. Webster, Meat Market; 
 Fred Zanders, Boots & Shoes: Quite a respectable gathering in a year of 
 time. 
 
 Everything was new and our interests were more in common. We had 
 not been rubbing up against each other long enough to make any sore 
 spots and as a people we came more intimately together in our social 
 and religious life; in union socials, festivals, in fairs and parties for social 
 pleasure and lor Sunday school and church benefits; in the Dickens Club, 
 Literary Club, Amateur Concerts and the drama, for intellectual improve- 
 ment and pleasure. The amusement critic of the Chronicle comments on 
 one production January 1st, 1871. "The drama of 'Ten Nights in a Bar 
 Room' was given last Saturday evening in Bennett's Hall. J. W. Lawson 
 in the character of Slade was inimitable; Miss McBride as Miss Slade was 
 represented with modest dignity; Miss McKeever look the part of Mrs. 
 Morgan with great success; Miss Boehner as Mehitable Cartwight was 
 attractive in her role of unsophisticated simplicity; Mr. Knapp as Joe 
 Morgan could not be excelled; Mr. Gaston as Romanic, Dr. Stetson as 
 Switchell, Mr. Curtis as Green, Mr. Swain as Frank Slade, Mr. Kyle as 
 young Squire Hammond, all carried their part with great credit. ' 
 
 The birth place of the first baby girl was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 J. W. Lawson and they gave the bright little one the name of Nettie Mal- 
 verna, (Malverna the feminine of Malvern) as an honor to the name of 
 the place of her birth. 
 
 Good progress has been made as a village in the temporal affairs of 
 business and home building, but for continued progress, educational and 
 moral forces must also be built up and fostered; the School and the 
 Church — the true foundation of good society, loyal homes and stable gov- 
 ernment, in the school that the right direction and training may be given 
 to the expanding mind and intellect of the young life for the best service 
 there is in them as they grow to manhood and womanhood and take up 
 
14 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 their part in the worl- of the world. Without moral restraint of the 
 tendencies of the human heart and control of human passions society 
 would make no progress toward better living. Like the regulator on the 
 steam engine, the Church and its divine teachings regulate and control 
 the tendencies toward evil and strengthen that which is good So these 
 great forces must be taken up that a solid foundation be laid for good 
 citizenship. The village plat was in the limits of the Foxworthy school 
 district. To provide for those pupils who could not well go so far until 
 we could be legally set off as an independent district. Mr. Marshall Angel 
 opened up a school in a little shack of a building standing on 4th Avenue 
 at the north public park. This was the first effective start of the public 
 school. This little building had been a tool house for the section men 
 and had been the meeting place a few times for religious gatherings where 
 Rev. Francis Plumb had first called the people together for observance of 
 the Lords Day. An organization of the school district of Malvern was 
 effected in May, 1871, with I. B. Ringland, H. E. Boehner, W. M. McCrary, 
 J. M. Strahan, M. J. Curtis and J. D. Paddock, directors, Henry Gastineou 
 Treasurer. August 5th, the following notice was published. "The electors 
 of Malvern are called upon to vote on the question of issuing bonds to 
 build a school house. The election will be held at the Curtis House Aug- 
 ust 11th, and don't you forget it." It was thought wise to add this re- 
 minder, for all the voters were busy men and might forget. It was not 
 forgotten, and the election carried almost unanimously in favor of the is- 
 sue of bonds for three thousand dollars. The question of location was 
 soon settled. Bonds were issued and sold to G. W. Frank of Corning, 
 Iowa. Mr. Frank was sales manager of the town site properties along the 
 line, and a representative of eastern capital. Contract was let for a brick 
 bulding and December 4th, 1871, the first session of the public school was 
 called to order in the new building. It is now all covered up in the pres- 
 ent school building. F. H. Hannah was the first instructor of the Malvern 
 school and Miss Florence McCrary his assistant. 
 
 Religious services had been observed from time to time by Rev's. Plumb, 
 Cooley, Otis anl Loomer in section house. Hotel and Depot wareroom. An 
 early movement was made by the Methodist and the Baptist people for 
 bulding church homes in Malvern. The M. E. Church society was organ- 
 ized here as a part of the circuit April 24th, 1870. We have no record of 
 the charter members of this society, other than J. H. Madden, Jesse Reed 
 and Plenry Raines as the nucleus of the organization. In the early sum- 
 mer, funds were pledged, location selected on west side of Second Aveuuo 
 between 5th and 6th Streets and the building erected and all ready for 
 the dedication service March 31st, 1870. Rev. J. P. Evans was the first 
 pastor. 
 
 There was an organization of the Baptist Church that was formed De- 
 cember 26, 1857, that had held services at the old log school house in the 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 15 
 
 Britt neighborhood and later at Centerline School house. The question of 
 building in the new village was soon taken up, and through the labors of 
 J. C. Otis of Glenwood, arrangements were made and a church home was 
 built on the north east corner of Douglas Street and Prospect Avenue. The 
 society known as the Silver Creek Baptist Church was disbanded and the 
 members with a few additions were reorganized as The Malvern Baptist 
 Church. The names of the original members of Malvern Church were: 
 Andrew and Margaret Berkhimer, W. A. Cain, Mary Carsner, Amanda E. 
 Davis, Margaret Dunigan, W. K. Follett, B. G. Harrison, Phyllis Harrison, 
 Eilen Purcell, Hannah F. Summers, Harriett Woodrow, Stephen Woodrow, 
 and Enoch and Elizabeth Witt, Rev. W. A. Cain, Pastor. 
 
 The people seem to be too healthy for so many doctors and Dr. Stetson 
 changes his abode from Malvern to Hastings, and D. McFarlane, the dry 
 goods man, moves to keep comprtuy with the doctor. There are others we 
 could spare better than these two good citizens. 
 
 Early in 1871, Mr. J C. Herbert and family came to Malvern and Mr. 
 Herbert starts a hospital for decrepit footwear and also keeps a small 
 stock of healthy ready made goods. His little shop and home combined 
 which he put up on east side 3rd Avenue near 3rd Street, is the only one 
 of the old time land marks that remains in form as it was then. It has 
 had no paint for more than a generation of time and looks weatherbeaten 
 and aged, but it is still the shelter of a home. It was in the rear of this 
 building where the tragedy of Clay White's death occurred, whether by 
 accident or suicide, uncertain which. The life was gone, when near by 
 neighbors investigating the shot found the lifeless body and the gun by 
 his side. 
 
 When the young man with changing and roving inclinations was told 
 the old axiom that "A rolling stone gathers no moss" replied that he didn't 
 want any moss, it is so with some of our citizens who want to get into .^, 
 new harness for the duties and burdens of life's work. J. N. Sheldon sells 
 his business to Mr. Darling who forms a partnership with P. V. Hawley as 
 firm of Hawley and Darling. J. J. Curtis transfers the Curtis house to a 
 Mr. Dunlap and A. N. Covert is acting landlord. J. W. Lawson sells his 
 furniture business to J. M. Heifner. The firm of Brothers, Gastineau & 
 Co. transfer drug store interests to the firm of Gastineau & Donner. James 
 S. Miller sells the pioneer blacksmith shop to W. H. E. Smith. Capi. 
 Cullers leases the Malvern House to Geo. B. Hook and Harry Baker two 
 young husky fellows who stay by it just one month, July, 1871, and con- 
 clude that they had rather dig for gold in some other way. The Capta-n 
 again takes up his market basket and goes out foraging for supplies. 
 
 We have some new folks that are coming in; S. Shamp has a pleasant 
 place on 3rd avenue south of Curtis House where he sells gum, licorice 
 and candy and serves oysters in season; Provost & Safeley Furniture and 
 Undertaking; Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Shamp Millinery; J. W. Jones a horse 
 
16 BRIEF HISTORY OP MALVERN 
 
 garage; John O'Conncv a new blacksmith; Gidley & Heck Contractors; 
 J. E. Neiman plasterer; Roberts & Sweetzer, Drugs; J. C. Cook is the 
 brick maker. 
 
 In the spring of 1870, Mr. W. D. Evans was opening up a new farm east 
 of town, and in 1871 he purchased some lots on 3rd street on which he 
 erected a good building, in the rear of which facing on 3rd avenue ho 
 started in the banking business under the name of the Mills County Bank, 
 and the front of the building facing on 3rd Street was occupied by the new 
 hardware store of Wm. Black & Co. It was much appreciated by the bus- 
 iness men, the opening of a bank in the village, for the greater safety and 
 convenience in money transactions. 
 
 Mr. Evans' son, J. G. Evans was the first one to start the rail road 
 revenues at Milton and Malvern by purchase of a ticket to Mt. Pleasant, 
 then the home of the family. The office that day, early in the year 1870, 
 was just being opened up in a box car on the side track and this was the 
 first money transaction at this point to start the volume of business that 
 is now being done. As per Gus Gerber, the agent's report below, between 
 January 1st and October 1st, 1871, Cash received $23592.35; Shipments: 
 6780 Hogs, 1136 Cattle, 79286 bushels Corn, 22000 bushels Wheat, 4G6o 
 bushels of other grains. Lumber received 72G000 ft. 
 
 Business of all kinds was good, our trade territory extending north be- 
 yond the county line, south into Fremont County, east in competition witl; 
 our neighbors Hastings and Emerson and west with Hillsdale and Gien- 
 wood. May 27th, 1871, there are o many teams in town with grain, 
 that they fall in line a block in length to take their turn to get weighed. 
 
 There was a necktie social at Mrs. Adams home last night. The price 
 of admission was a necktie and the way we got matched up with a partner 
 in the game was interesting. We were nearly all there and the event came 
 off in laughable order, for the participants in those social gatherings wori 
 an unchecked lot, not many that had silver threads in the hair or bunions 
 on the feet. 
 
 The citizens of Milton did not observe our National Natal day in 1870. 
 and there was two years of pent up enthusiasm and patriotism on hand 
 for July 4th, 1871, and the people gathered from town and country, near 
 and far, in Mr. W. R. Johnson's timber south west of town. H. H. Gorton, 
 one of our Real Estate firm was reader. Attorney H. B. Williams of Glen- 
 wood was orator of the day. We had no brass band, but fine vocal music 
 all joining in, in singing America. Florence McCrary, Mattie McBride, J. 
 G. Evans and I. J. Swain, the leaders, sang like meadow larks in the 
 spring time. Then the picnic spread of good things to eat for dinner and 
 Fourth of July lemonade was next in order en the program. After the 
 crumbs were gathered up then followed the social visiting, games and 
 amusements. There were no restrictions on noise and firecrackers and it 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 17 
 
 was a great day for the small boy and girl and the older boys and girls 
 as well. 
 
 Mr. M. E. Boehner is building him a home on the south side of Douglas 
 street corner Prospect Avenue. Dr. Roberts is putting up a neat little 
 cottage on the side hill on the north side of the same street. In answer to 
 inquisitive inquiries he says his sister is going to keep house for him. Mr. 
 Wm. Black has his fine new home on Douglas Street and First Avenue 
 ready for occupancy in September 1871. 
 
 Thanksgiving day union service was held in the Baptist Church, most 
 of the business houses closing for observance of the day in church service 
 and social gatherings. 
 
 Mulholland, Thatcher & Co. are established as permanent grain buyers. 
 
 Hubert Harris is the name of our new tailor. His business card says he 
 will clean and dye your old clothes or make you some new ones. But 
 Hubert was a boozer and didn't stay long on the job. 
 
 The popular parlor game of setting up is quite the fad just now among 
 the young people and has resulted in several life long partnerships al- 
 ready recorded and more to follow. Isaac Mulholland of the firm of Mul- 
 holland, Thatcher & Co., thinks he can manage his business better, with 
 another partner and Miss Kate Boehner says yes to his partnership pro- 
 posals. Dr. Roberts has changed his mind about having his sister keep 
 house for him, and Miss Ruth Barnes, as his wife takes her place as home- 
 keeper. Geo. B. Hook goes east to Brewer, Maine and weds Miss Susie 
 Currier. Henry Gastineau goes to Indiana and finds a Mrs. Gastineau. 
 
 Some idea of the acreage of untamed virgin soil that was waiting for 
 the coming of the settler from an advertisement of Copeland & Tomblin of 
 date December 23rd, having 50000 acres of rail road land for sale on 
 easy terms. 
 
 New Year's eve, 1871, Lawson's quadrille band furnish the music for a 
 dancing party at Bennett's Hall. 
 
 New Year's day 1872, there is a wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Wm. Black. Their daughter Marion is married to Mr. L. C. Mullen from 
 Ohio. New Year's day will always have more than the ordinary interest 
 of the day to them. 
 
 Our village has outgrown its clothes and must have a new suit. We 
 have got along nicely under the government of the township officials bu*. 
 we need some special rules and regulations for better control of the town's 
 interests. An election was called February 24th, 1872, to vote on incor- 
 poration, which carried and in May our first municipal election 
 was called, resulting in the election of Wash Darling as Mayor, 
 Wm. M. McCrary Recorder, W. D. Evans, H. E. Boehner, J. J. Haight, J. 
 D Paddock and Wm. Norris for councilmen. 
 
 The saloon business was the one great disturbing element that needed 
 incorporation control. Beer Halls were in those days an expected part of 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 the business of small towns as well as large ones. Many of the lunch 
 rooms and restaurants provided both food for the hungry and hard drinks 
 for the thirsty. The liquor business was not under the ban of public 
 opinion as it is now. Many good men and citizens looked upon it with 
 complacency and took the part of those who considered it an infringe- 
 ment of personal rights of the individual to interfere with the traffic. Over- 
 looking the personal wrongs and suffering of many more in number who 
 come under its baneful influence. It is hoped the historian will be pard- 
 oned for moralizing and also for bringing in two letters of able men of 
 those times to show the wide diverging views of the drinker and the 
 abstainer. 
 
 TWO FAMOUS LETTERS 
 
 The following letter and answer to it were found in or among 
 the effects of the late Dr. Buckley at Mount Vernon, 111. Both are 
 classic and will doubtless be observed in many scrap books: 
 
 "Dear Buckley: I send you some of the most wonderful whisk- 
 ey that ever drove the skeleton from the feast or painted land- 
 scapes in the brain of man. It is the mingled soul of wheat and 
 corn. In it you will find the sunshine and shadow that chased 
 each other over billowy fields, the breath of June, the carol of the 
 lark, the dew of the night, the wealth of summer and autumn, 
 rich content, all golden with imprisoned light. Drink it and you 
 will hear the voice of men and maidens sing in the 'Harvest 
 Home,' mingled with the laughter of children. Drink it and you 
 will feel within your blood the starred dawns, the dreamy, tawny 
 dusks of perfect days. For forty years this liquid has been con- 
 fined within the staves of oak, longing to touch the lips of man. 
 Your friend, ROBERT G. INGERSOLL." 
 
 "My Dear Bob: I return to you some of the most wonderful 
 whiskey that ever brought a skeleton into the closet or painted 
 scenes of lust and bloodshed in the brain of man. It is the ghost 
 of wheat and corn, crazed by the loss of their natural bodies. In 
 it you will find a transient sunshine chased by a shadow as cold 
 as an Arctic midnight, in which the breath of June grows icy, 
 and the carol of the lark gives place to the foreboding cry of the 
 raven. Drink it and you will have woe, sorrow, babbling and 
 wounds without cause. Your eyes shall behold 'strange women 
 and your heart shall utter perverse things.' Drink it deep and 
 you shall hear the voices of demons shrieking, women wailing, 
 children mourning the loss of a father who yet lives. Drink it 
 deep and long serpents will hiss in your ears, coil themselves 
 about your neck and seize you with their fangs. 'At last it biteth 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 19 
 
 like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.' For forty years this 
 liquid death has been confined with staves of oak, harmless there 
 as pure water. I send it to your mouth to steal away your 
 brains, and yet I call myself your friend. BUCKLEY." 
 
 The landlords become weary in well doing and changes are made. In 
 January, 1872, Captain Cullers sells Malvern House to W. H. Anderson 
 and soon after Mr. Lee Anderson, brother of W. H., buys the Dunlap 
 House, formerly the Curtis house 
 
 Sidewalks in small towns then as well as larger towns and cities were 
 constructed of boards, plank and brick. Our walks and crossings were 
 all of boards and plank, making a fine runway and home for the rats and 
 a pitfall for accident and trouble. No street grades were established and 
 every one built on his own level and the heights and depths, steps up and 
 down were wonderful. Citizens on 4th Avenue decided to meet on a level 
 and we had one whole block of level walk. 
 
 April 13, 1872, Wm. Copeland receives the appointment as Postmaster 
 at Malvern and on June 8th, 1872, the money order department was es- 
 tablished and the first money order issued from the Malvern office. 
 
 Mr. John Farley is our meat market man, a new citizen. 
 
 We list the names, of 
 as history makers, who 
 Walter Atkinson 
 Johnie Atkinson 
 Amy Atkinson 
 Mary Atkinson 
 Ella Black 
 Clara Boehner 
 Emma Brobst 
 Ida Brobst 
 Ella Brobst 
 Eddie Boehner 
 Chester Berkhimer 
 Sarah Berkhimer 
 Thomas Benton 
 Ida Bennett 
 Alice Berry 
 Sarah Berry 
 Clarence Cullers 
 Robt. Copeland 
 
 the present time business men and women in life 
 were pupils in our public school, April 24, 1872: 
 
 Lottie Copeland 
 Eva Copeland 
 Bessie Carsner 
 Vena Donner 
 Charles Fleming 
 Lucy Herbert 
 Jennie Herbert 
 Henry Herbert 
 Willie Herbert 
 Agnes Herbert 
 Susie Knapp 
 Emma Long 
 Benton Lawson 
 Clay McCrary 
 Harry McCrary 
 Anna Miller 
 Viola Miller 
 
 Eugene Miller 
 Charlie Miller 
 Earlie Norris 
 Mary Norton 
 Harry Provost 
 Frank Pratt 
 Emma Ringland 
 Maggie Ringland 
 Eva Ringland 
 Lucy Strahan 
 Ella Strahan 
 Frank Strahan 
 Eddie Shamp 
 Willie Shamp 
 Johnie Shamp 
 Lucinda Thompson 
 Lillie West 
 
 June 8th, 1872, the Town Council passed an ordinance establishing 
 saloon license at $80.00 per year, and $20.00 per year for each billiard 
 table, with restrictions and penalties for opening the doors on Sunday. 
 
20 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The vote of the council was not always unanimous in favor of saloon li- 
 cense, for its inconsistency, to vote a tax upon a business which if not 
 legitimate should not be allowed and if lawful should not be taxed. 
 
 Little bands of Indians visit us occasionally, selling their wares, begging 
 some, and possibly borrowing some. 
 
 Mr. Gus Bada buys the pioneer blacksmith shop of Mr. Smith who only 
 a short time before had bought it of Jim the pioneer. Gus stays with tt 
 several years. He comes over occasionally from his Nebraska home to 
 visit relatives and see how we are getting along without him. 
 
 To spur up business and get his fill of watermelon Copeland offers a 
 year's subscription to the Chronicle for largest one brought to his office. 
 He was kept busy for many days, making records of the weight of them, 
 and adding their weight to his own and his friends weight. Henry Slon- 
 aker got the paper for a 39 pound melon. 
 
 Mr. A. D. Place has been here some little time and likes it so well that 
 his mother and two sisters come to make Malvern their home and Mr. 
 Place goes into the lumber business. 
 
 The Mills County Bank the name adopted by W. D. Evans for his busi- 
 ness is also taken by Glenwood parties who start later for organization of 
 a bank at Glenwood. To avoid confusion and trouble Mr. Evans submits 
 to the encroachment and renames his business as the Farmers and Trad- 
 ers bank. 
 
 Robert, Joe and John Knight, three brothers, take up their residence 
 in Malvern. Death calls Joe, but Robert and John have kept up their cit- 
 izenship since then, and have had an active part in the interests of town 
 and county — one as a bridge builder and the other as a builder of homes. 
 
 James Jones wife and baby make this their stopping place. Death has 
 broken into their home, but members of the family are yet interested in 
 Malvern as residents, or living near by. 
 
 One morning in August, a telegram comes to Capt. Boehner that his 
 son Geo. R. Boehner had been killed in an accident on the Texas & Pacific 
 Railway, a startling and sad message to them. 
 
 The wife of our townsman, C. W. Black, dies today, November 26th, 
 1872, having been only a month or two of life in her new Iowa farm home. 
 
 Mr. Washington Darling was a man of ability and a good citizen in the 
 community, as a farmer near here. He was one of the earlier settlers of 
 the county and had served as a member of the state legislature in the late 
 50's, Mr. Darling was a contractor with two other parties for the con- 
 struction of this section of the railroad and in some way was held re- 
 sponsible for old claims against his partners, which crippled him financial- 
 ly and also crippled in bodily strength by paralysis of his legs a few years 
 before. He struggled heroically to recuperate his losses in mercantile 
 business in Malvern, but was too much handicapped for the success he 
 tried so manfully to win and the business was closed. 
 
Third Avenue in 1872, Lookinji West from Second Avenue. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 21 
 
 Hunting for feathered game was not very exciting on account of the 
 little time it took for the sportsman to fill the game bag. Prairie chick- 
 ens, quail, geese and ducks in great numbers, especially prairie chickens. 
 In the ten days preceding the holidays of 1872, our grocer F. P. Spencer 
 took in for shipment over 90 dozen of these birds alone. Now and then 
 we had venison, but not often. An indiscriminate slaughter of the game 
 birds and the wanton destruction of the buffalo on the plains of Nebraska, 
 Kansas and Colorado, has brought about the extinction of the buffalo and 
 almost so of the game bird. Now the small boy and the larger boy in 
 their lust to kill are bringing about in the same way, the destruction of 
 the song birds. As the poet lover of the tree has said "Woodman spare 
 that tree," we would say to the boy, boy spare the life of the song bird. 
 
 Thanksgiving day 1872 the morning service at the M. E. Church, Rev. 
 C. Merwin speaker, evening service at Baptist Church, Rev. Frank Britt 
 in the pulpit. 
 
 Christmas Eve 1872, we all have a personal interest in the community 
 Christmas tree at the M. E. Church, a fine young forest tree loaded to the 
 top. We all got gifts. The editor of the Chronicle was one who was 
 friendly enough to tell what his gifts were — one large delicious onion, 
 one small sack of beans and one doll of African descent. 
 
 In 1872 and 1873 carpenters, plasterers, tinners, painters and helpers 
 were kept busy building new business houses, enlarging the older ones, 
 and building homes, that added much to the permanence and beauty of the 
 village. Curtis & Sweetzer. Henry Rahies, Wm. Norris and James Chur- 
 chill built business houses and Prof. Hannah, Frank Tubbs, I. P. Ricka- 
 baugh, Eli Vickery, H. Austen, Wm. Sweetzer, M. J. Curtis, G. T. Douner, 
 A. N. Covert, A. P. Provost, Wm. McCrary, H. Gastineau, W. D. Evans, 
 F. P. Spencer, A. D. Place, M. E. Mitchell, Tip Wilson, Henry Bohlen, built 
 homes in the north and east parts of the town, bringing the whole hillside 
 with them. In the south part of town improvements were also being 
 made, Rev. Merwin makes a location on the south east lots of the plat on 
 which he erected a fine home for thos early times, in which he resided for 
 a number of years and for several years it was a home for others. Recently 
 the wreckage of the building has been used in the modern home of D. E. 
 Whitfield. Barnet, Kelsey, Carsner, Brobst, Dunn, Andres, Churchill, 
 Miller and Noel were other builders in this south side section. These 
 buildings were not all large and commodious ones, but large or small they 
 all had about them the magic influence of the word HOME. 
 
 Cook and Kemple are the brick makers in the suburbs of town, Walton 
 and Pickett raise and sell stock from their nursery garden north of town 
 where the nice country home of C. M. Follett now stands. 
 
 The year's saloon license is about to expire and the saloon men are find- 
 ing fault with the amount of tax imposed. The mayor calls a public meet- 
 
22 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 ing, for an expression and it is a very strong one that no lower license be 
 granted. 
 
 James H. Smith with wife and babies move to Malvern. J. E. Garrigues, 
 and Robt. Aiton in partnership in Law, Real Estate and Insurance busi- 
 ness. J E. Neiman buys I. P. Rickabaugh's home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. 
 Hook have enough of the "wild and wooly" west and return to their old 
 eastern home place, Brewer and Bangor, Maine. It is with regret that we 
 say good bye to them. They will be missed in business and in social life. 
 Death called Mr. Hook from his extensive business of tent and sail mak- 
 ing a few years ago. 
 
 March, 1873, R. J. Brown from Bedford, Iowa, buys out J. J. Haights 
 hardware business. Hamer F. Wilson, and Al and Harry Hershey are 
 young men, new residents of the town, that in some way have dropped 
 down here and having a good appearance and enough to pay their board 
 and washing, the town people seemed to enjoy their company and let them 
 stay. They were here until they got mated with three of our best young 
 ladies and wrestled awhile with business pursuits. They have at last 
 wandered away and seem to have forgotten the place where they passed 
 so many happy days in their young manhood. Mr. H. A. Norton the grocer 
 and Mr. Joseph Thomas the tailor are two new men in the business ranks. 
 Mr. Norton has been quite a factor in helping to build up the interests of 
 the town. 
 
 Four of our young people get mated in due form, Mr. E. B. Knapp and 
 Miss Lucy Herbert; Mr. G. T. Donner and Miss Ella Haight. 
 
 Bert Nichols the jeweler thinks he will try a new way to shave the peo- 
 ple and he buys out the barber shop of Clarence Denmark. 
 
 April 12th, 1873, there are some new men at the helm to guide the 
 business of the village — J. J. Haight is Mayor; A. D. Place Recorder; C. 
 H. Paddock, E. B. Knapp, S. W. Roberts, F. P. Spencer, and Wm. Black 
 councilman. 
 
 W. E. McDaniels takes Mr. Gerber place as agent at the C. B. & Q. 
 
 In the early evening of the Sabbath day. May 24, a storm came up with 
 rain, bright flashes of lightning and sharp snappy peals of thunder. In a 
 few moments as the storm abated there came from the street the exciting 
 cry of fire. Our fire department, the noble bucket brigade, every able 
 bodied citizen a member, responded in double quick time. In the dark- 
 ness of the night it was soon located as the bright flames leaped up from 
 the roof of I. B. Ringlands home — a lightning stroke on the chimney. 
 Dashing up 3rd street came the runners, swinging an empty bucket or 
 carrying one filled. With ladders, the roof was quickly scaled and the 
 fire quenched. No harm but the shock and scare to the inmates of the 
 home. 
 
 Some new arrivals to day, F. M. Morford and family take up their res- 
 idence in Malvern. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 23 
 
 "Music hath charms" — John Jackson is the leader of our Malvern 
 Cornet Band and the boys who furnish the wind are Henry Slonaker, Eli 
 Vickery, E. B. Knapp, Geo. Bailey, Dud Rickabaugh, Wm. Wiles and J. 
 E. Robinson. 
 
 February 11th, 1873, Mr. Marshall M. Angel and Miss Retta Cunning- 
 ham became partners in the journey of life together. 
 
 Mr. Daniel Hargin leases the Malvern House of Mr. Anderson and tries 
 his ability as landlord. 
 
 Some badness would break out occasionally, and there was need for 
 some comfortable, safe place to put the culprit until the badness wore 
 otf. The council in April made arrangements to build a calaboose. Some 
 of the older ones may remember its construction. It was made entirely 
 of 2x4 studding laid flat and spiked togeher. It was a cozy place for the 
 inmates to dream dreams and make resolutions for better conduct. His- 
 tory makes no record what became of this ancient relic. 
 
 E. B. Leland succeeds McDaniels at the Railroad station. Wm. Norris 
 completes his business building on 3rd Street, store room below and pub- 
 lic hall above. 
 
 At a public meeting called by D. M. Whitfield and Joseph Foxworthy 
 at the Malvern School House in May, 1873, a temporary organization was 
 formed for an annual exhibit of stock and farm products of the county at 
 Malvern. August 11th a permanent organization was effected under the 
 title of Mills County Central Agricultural and Mechanical Association and 
 the following named officers elected: John Barnum, Pres., S. VanOrsdel, V. 
 P., J. D. Paddock, Sec, and W. D. Evans, Treas., and a board of directors 
 representing the different townships of the county. Stock was subscribed 
 and paid in placing it on a good financial basis. June 25th, the Stock- 
 holders selected the grounds and purchase made of Mr. J. M. Strahan of 
 twenty five acres. Work was commenced and good progress made for the 
 first exhibit October 1st to 4th, 1873. In addition to its use for the an- 
 nual fairs since then, the natural beavty of the grounds, has made it a 
 pleasant meeting place for holiday crowds, sports, picnics. Chautauquas 
 and other gatherings. The sons and daughters of its first promotors are 
 now in charge and planning for its success. In these later days the young 
 people seem to be forgetting the prime object of the association in its in- 
 ception, and are taken up too much with its sporting amusements, to the 
 neglect of its farming interests, making them of secondary importance. 
 
 While the drum and fife were sounding out their loudest tones of mar- 
 tial music and people getting into line to celebrate our national holiday 
 in 1873, a mover's wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen came slowly into town 
 wearied out from their journey from Minnesota, on the way to Missouri. 
 They stopped to rest the jaded oxen and themselves too, and never con- 
 tinued their journey to the southland but became residents of Malvern, 
 
24 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Henry Lehr and family and Jake Konefka and wife. After a few years 
 here Mr. Lehr moved to a farm in one of the counties north. Mr. Konefke 
 and family remained as permanent residents of Malvern. 
 
 Some of oiu- troubles as business men — In 1862 our country was in the 
 throes of Civil War, and as a war measure, specie payments were sus- 
 pended and gold and silver coin entirely disappeared from circulation, and 
 there was trouble galore in making change. For a while merchants and 
 corporations issued tickets, duebills and other forms of private obligations 
 Congress temporarily authorized the use of postage stamps, but they stuck 
 to the persons so that they were not popular. Then what was called postal 
 currency, and finally fractional currency bills, were issued in size accord- 
 ing to its value stamp in 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 cent denominations, and 
 this was the current change from 6 2 to 79. A customer in payment for a 
 small purchase that did not need a greenback would produce a wad of 
 fractional currency, commonly called shinplasters, in payment of the bill. 
 We were delighted then as now to get the clean fresh bills right from the 
 government press, but it was oft times a bad case to distinguish the dirty 
 crumpled torn bills whether they were genuine or counterfeit, and would 
 occasionally have to haggle with the customer as to whether there was 
 enough of the piece left for redemption. The merchants would lay aside 
 those too bad to circulate and present them to the redemption banks for 
 exchange for new bills. There was a scale and rules of redemption with 
 percentage of discount according to the size of the remnants. The in- 
 spector would occasionally give a piece a whack with the government 
 stamp that said "counterfeit", to our sorrow and loss. 
 
 If the disease microbes had been as active then as now, we would all 
 have perished by the wayside handling the filthy pieces of paper with the 
 government value stamp on. When specie payments were again resumed 
 in 1879, the gold and silver coins came out from their hiding places, and 
 the mints turned out the shining metal until all was lovely again. 
 
 Mrs. J. N. Sheldon and Miss Irick, Millinery and Dress making. 
 
 The population of the town is about 800. 
 
 In the winter of 1873 and '74, there was a great interest in a union 
 revival meeting held in the Baptist Church under Rev. J. W. Roe's preach- 
 ing and the faithful assistance in every way of the pastors of the other 
 churches. There were over one hundred conversions. The entire meet- 
 ing was blessed by harmony and a christian fellowship, and at its close 
 those who had chosen the bi-tLer way of life made choice of their church 
 home. The memories of thr^o times and the good influence of the meet- 
 ings have sustained and helped in many homes during the years that have 
 passed since then. 
 
 January 4, 1874, C. H. Pr.ddock and Mattie McBride are united in the 
 bonds of wedlock and clof.cly following them during the year by the same 
 tie were Mr. M. K. Rickabaugh and Miss Anna Knapp and Mr. Al Hawkins 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 25 
 
 and Miss Nellie Boehner. Mr. Hawkins takes his bride away from Mal- 
 vern but as long as Mr. Hawkins lived he had more or less financial and 
 business interests here that kept them both interested in Mrs. Hawkins' old 
 home place. 
 
 The saloon or sidewalk question in one form or another, comes in for 
 the serious attention of the city fathers at every meeting. The council of 
 1874, make the following record, "Be it ordained that Ordinance No. 14 
 be so annexed as to read $500 instead of $200 for yearly license to sell 
 wine and beer", carried. The troubles of the present day council are civic 
 improvement by water supply, curb and gutter, sewer and street paving. 
 
 Malvern Lodge I. O. of O. F. instituted in March, 1874. Wm. McCrary 
 N. G., G. D. Reynolds V. G., Dr. A. Eddy Rec. Sec, J. J, Dunlap, Treas, 
 
 Again there are some changes in the business of the town. Mr. Zanders 
 sells his business to Mr. J. P. Retelsdorf and goes again to the farm. Gus 
 Donner sells his drug store interests to H. K. Snyder & Co., new men to 
 Malvern and in partnership with M. J. Curtis they buy out the elevator 
 and grain business of Evans Bros., and the new firm is now Curtis & Don- 
 ner. 
 
 May 13, 1874, a train load of 34 cars of cattle shipped today to Chicago. 
 
 In today's issue of the Chronicle is the ad of a new business house. 
 "Farmers look here, 10 lbs E. C. Sugar $1.00, 9 lbs. A. Sugar $1.00, 10 
 lbs Carolina Rice $1.00, Best English Soda 10c, Heaviest brown muslin 
 12 ^c yard by the bolt. Prints 8c to lie yard, and everything else at like 
 prices." 
 
 We give a Dolly Varden mixture of news and business in the summary 
 of people-below that have not been introduced. Raines & Reynolds are drug 
 store men, Rickabaugh Bros, new grocers, M. K. Rickabaugh Harness, 
 Robt. Alton is our legal advisor, Dr. A. E. Eddy represents the homeo- 
 pathic practice of medicine; wagon makers and blacksmiths are Adams & 
 Jackson and Frank Hobbs, Hobbs new candy stores and short order 
 houses, M. Brobst & John Christopher, Wilson & Place are buyers and 
 cribbers of corn, I. H. Adams Restaurant; new men that push the saw and 
 plane John M. Creswell, Safely Bros., A. P. Provost, J. L. Hammond, Ed 
 Smith, Jake and Joel Miller and Saul Hibbs; Geo. Lynch the new tailor; 
 the ladies Armstrong & Hobbs Dress makers, J. B. Coup is the picture 
 man, Ed. Haymaker saloon. 
 
 Baptist parsonage built and foundation laid for the new Presbyterian 
 church. 
 
 Hello!! Young boys and older boys are out on the street today, experi- 
 menting with this hello business, yet new to us inlanders. A wire has been 
 run from 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue over the buildings up to north 1st 
 Avenue and with an old oyster can at each end for receivers the boys are 
 hallooing at each other over the connecting line. The experiments quite 
 satisfactory, that there were "millions in it" or soon would be. 
 
26 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The new postal law goes into effect at the post office for free distribu- 
 tion of newspapers in the county where published. 
 
 The town council haven't had time they say to pass an ordinance for- 
 bidding the free range of cows and pigs, and they are getting talked about 
 scandalously by those who have no cow or pig. 
 
 The Chronicle man is feeling fine in his new roomy press room over 
 Raines & Reynolds Drug Store on 3rd Street and invites the public to 
 visit the place where the bright editorials in the Chronicle are hatched. 
 
 Mr. F. Nutt is our bread and cake builder and Nathan Feast is the new 
 barber. Mr. Darling sells his livery barn, his last property interests in 
 Malvern to Mr. Anderson, the hotel man. 
 
 One lovely Sabbath day in June, 1874, friends invited us from Church 
 to their country home to take dinner with them. On our way out, our at- 
 tention was drawn to the immense swarm of grasshoppers in the air above. 
 As we looked up towards the sun the air to a great height was clouded with 
 them, flying towards the north west. Monday morning we found millions 
 of them in number had lighted for a rest and a bite of something to eat. 
 There were so many of them and they took so many bites that there was 
 not enough of the growing grain, corn and garden stuff to satisfy their 
 hunger. After a short visit of a day or two, they took wing again and de- 
 parted for pastures new, leaving hundreds of acres in the county of bare 
 stubby corn stalks, headless fields of grain and devasted gardens. Our 
 people remember it as grasshopper year. 
 
 July 3, 1874, a 75 foot flag pole raised to day at 3rd Street and 4th 
 Avenue to fly the colors on Independence Day. 
 
 Mr. E. K. Kemple advertizes 65000 brick for sale at $7.00 per M. Old 
 settlers can recognize the products of Brother Kemple's manufacture to- 
 day as they see them from old foundations taken down. 
 
 Marshall M. Angel takes the place of Prof. Austen who resigns as prin- 
 cipal of our public school. 
 
 The Catholic Church was organized and building erected in 1874, John 
 B. Murphy the prime mover in its inception and completion. We have no 
 records of the other helpers. Father Kempker from Council Bluffs among 
 the first to conduct services. 
 
 July 30th, 1874, Rosaline S. Roe dies today, and the home is desolate 
 without the living presence of the wife and to the five young lives in the 
 home without the mother and the mother's love. 
 
 J. G. W. F. Fleming comes to town with initials enough to his name to 
 be a duke, but he is modest and only claims to be a good painter. 
 
 First National Bank organized, J. M. Strahan President, L. Bentley 
 Cashier. 
 
 The location of the town as first platted proved to be too low and level 
 for good drainage of streets and alleys and too near water for dry cellars 
 and basements that would be needed for good business houses. There being 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 27 
 
 no remedy but to move to higher ground the effort was made to make it 
 unanimous but the proposition to do so did not meet the approval of all; 
 some moved and some remained. July, August and September, 1873, were 
 busy times for those who moved in tearing loose from old foundations and 
 moving on to new ones on First Avenue. 
 
 The location of the post office became a bone of contention between the 
 sections of the divided town after the removal. Billy Copeland, the post- 
 master having the office on 1st avenue was knocked out in the first round 
 of the fight, Mr. John N. Sheldon receiving the appointment and it was 
 promptly removed to suit. Clarence Denmark (The Count) the popular 
 clerk, barber and handy man was appointed as deputy. 
 
 As a compromise measure in the location of the post office a building 
 was erected on the south west corner of 3rd Street and 1st Avenue for a 
 midway location and there was another change of postmaster August 31st, 
 1874, and the office located in the new building, I. H. Adams as deputy. 
 The new post office building was also the first place of business of the First 
 National Bank after its organization in January, 1875. There was also a 
 suite of living rooms in the rear of the office and the bank, two offices and 
 hall of Silver Urn Masonic Lodge above. 
 
 Rhea J. Donner is interested in the livery business in a new building on 
 4th Street. 
 
 There had congregated together from time to time quite a community 
 settlement around and near the homes of the old settlers, Jos. Foxworthy 
 and Daniel Hargin and the school house of that district. At a casual meet- 
 ing one day of a few, they were strenuously objecting to one name that 
 had been given to them as a community by an outside neighbor. And Mr. 
 John Dyson says our name shall be Peaceville, and it was thought to be 
 an appropriate name for the little hamlet where harmony and good will 
 had so prevailed. May it be a nucleus for the gathering of the clans of 
 Peace when the whole world nearly is at War. The earlier residents of 
 Peaceville precinct have been Jos. Foxworthy, Daniel Hargan, John Ham- 
 mond, S. W. Montgomery, Dick Hammond, Robt. Hammond, John Wil- 
 liams, John Dyson, I. Hatfield, Wm. Robinson, E. K. Kemple, Thos. Bon- 
 ham, Tom Manahan, Mrs. Mary Wooding, Mr. Laing, Wm. VanDoren and 
 Joe Deardorff. As a town we have been claiming the business of the brick 
 yard and Nursery Gardens as a part of our assets, we feel some responsi- 
 bility for the whole hamlet. The lives of the scholars of their public 
 school have had so much to do with Malvern history since 1872, we would 
 like to give the roll call of that date: 
 
 Alice Brothers Geo. Foxworthy Myron Montgomery 
 
 Anna Holmes Geo. Hibbs Melissa Foxworthy 
 
 Albert Darling Howard Brothers Mary Raines 
 
 Bernardo Byers Hattie Humphrey Mary Byers 
 
 Charles Darling Henry Woodrow Orrin Humphrey 
 
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 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Charles Holmes Hiram Fuller 
 Charles Humphrey John Summers 
 Charles Boles John Sanders 
 
 Charles Wooding John Barnes 
 Charles Hayes John Hibbs 
 
 Clarence VanDoren James Moss 
 Clarence Hayes James Boles 
 Clara Darling James Hull 
 
 Charlotte Lewis Kate Corn 
 Dudley Rickabaugh Kate Hayes 
 
 Leslie Summers 
 Laura Summers 
 Lilly Brothers 
 Louisa Humphrey 
 Mary Hammond 
 Myra Bishop 
 Myra Montgomery 
 
 Phidelia Darling 
 Rachael Hargin 
 Rachael Rickabaugh 
 Rufus Foxworthy 
 Rosa Montgomery 
 Rilla Hammond 
 Stephen Rickabaugh 
 Teresa Holmes 
 Thornberg Moss 
 Taylor Raines 
 Tracy Moss 
 Wm. Foxworthy 
 Wm. Morse 
 Wm. Moss 
 Walter Montgomery 
 Warren Hayes 
 Milton Van Doren. 
 
 Emma Holmes 
 Emma Hargan 
 Emma Boles 
 Elisha Minard 
 Edward Fuller 
 Frank Boles 
 Flora Hayes 
 
 Mr. Curtis of the firm of Curtis & Donner sells his interest in the busi- 
 ness as grain dealers, to R. J. Donner and it is now Donner Bros. 
 
 Dr. Brothers in company with H. Mcintosh purchases a mill site on 
 lower Silver Creek south at the stone quarry and erected a well equipped 
 flouring mill and was in operation by them until 1879, when Mr. F. M. 
 Buffington purchased the property and built up a good business in the 
 products of the Malvern Mills. Later from some unknown, cause it caught 
 fire and was entirely destroyed, it being quite a financial loss Mr. Bufling- 
 ton gave up rebuilding. 
 
 Some of our people are getting into politics and running for office. 
 Marshall M. Angel was a candidate for County Treasurer and won by the 
 small margin of 10 votes over his popular opponent Wm. Hoch. The office 
 of Coroner not being so much sought after Dr. Brothers was elected by 
 near a thousand majority. 
 
 In 1875, Rev. J. W. Roe was quite successful in raising funds for the 
 establishing of an Academical School in Malvern. A plat of ground was 
 secured in the new academy addition to the town. In March, 1876, it was 
 dedicated for the purpose, by tree planting of Maple, Elm and Pine. The 
 first one a pine was placed back in mother earth with the ceremonies of 
 careful tree planting, each one present taking part by casting in some 
 earth about its roots. Before the plans had been fully arranged for the 
 commencement of the building, the founder of the enterprise was taken 
 away by death. The building however as originally planned was erected 
 and dedicated to its purpose. But there was no director of affairs to take 
 the place of the dead, and it did not succeed in that for which it was in- 
 tended. Prof. Roe M. Bridges opened the school in 1878, in normal and 
 scientific school work and was succeeded by Prof. M. Lewis with his as- 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 29 
 
 sistants, Davidson Lowe and Miss Taylor and later C. L. Brill and J. D. 
 Graves were helpers to make it win. In 1882, a class of our young people 
 graduated from the school: D. E. Whitfield, A. M. Darling, H. D. Brothers, 
 Miss Myra Bishop, Miss Carrie Buffington and Miss Lillie Brothers. Heroic 
 work was done, but resources and help financially were not sufficent to 
 get it on a solid basis and the effort was abandoned. August 7th, 1882, 
 purchase was made of building and grounds by the Malvern School Board 
 for the use of the higher grades of the public school and so used for sev- 
 eral years, until it was destroyed by fire. The trees set out on that snowy 
 March day all lived and are now the landmarks of the location on the 
 lawns at the homes of F. D. Kilpatrick and H. T. Beattie. 
 
 The new sign put up today reads Drs. Brothers & Campbell, Physicians 
 and Surgeons. 
 
 March, 1875, J. E. Skadan and family take up their abode in Malvern. 
 Mr. Skadan helped to entertain customers for about 40 years, always ready 
 to sell anything in his line, from a harrow tooth to a threshing machine. 
 He has lately answered life's roll call, at his home in Roseburg, Oregon. 
 
 E. B. Knapp our pioneer harness maker leaves Malvern. It is not pleas- 
 ant to say good bye to old time friends like him. 
 
 The Church of Christ was organized, February 26th, 1876, Jesse Fowler, 
 W. P. Clark, R. D. Hammond, G. W. Baker, Henry Walton, E. K. Kemple, 
 Adaline Fowler, M. J. Clark, Catherine Harles, Mary Foxworthy, E. Shep- 
 ard, E. McLane, Lizzie Irick, Mary Morse, Ellen Summers, S. Kemple, 
 Elizabeth Johnson, Jessie Hull and Polly Day as charter members; W. H. 
 Hardman, first pastor. 
 
 February 26, 1876. The fully completed and equipped Presbyterian 
 Church building is ready for dedication today. 
 
 Mr. W. B. Smith and family have been here some time, Mr. Smith as a 
 helper in the store of Barnes & Roberts. He has his brother S. O. come 
 to Malvern and they open up a lumber yard and were together at the 
 business for about three years. Mrs. S. O. Smith, now a widow, has but 
 lately stopped off at Malvern to make her nephew Mr. Nobe Smith a visit 
 and renew memories of those earlier years of life. The two bright curly 
 headed girls of the family are grown and managers of their own homes, 
 Gertie at Compton, Calif., and Edith a widow, and her mother living at 
 Jamestown, N. Y., seperated by the width of the continent. 
 
 The Baptist Church is mourning the death of their pastor, and the com- 
 munity the loss of a good neighbor and citizen. 
 
 An increasing interest in the temperance movement in charge of the 
 Ladies Christian Union; Norris Hall is filled every night to hear good 
 speakers, many signing the pledge and putting on the blue ribbon badge, 
 "Moral suasion for the drinker" and " Legal suasion for the seller." 
 
 When Rev. D. C. Wortz and family removed from here they left their 
 son William behind and he is yet a resident of Malvern. He has weath- 
 
30 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 ered the storms of business life and as councilman for many years, and has 
 been chief of the brave fire fighters in many a fierce contest, and still 
 ready for service when the screecher howls. 
 
 Corn, the great product of our farms, is very low in price this year, 10c, 
 12c and 15c per bushel on the home market and business men are feeling 
 its effect quite severely. Their accounts with the farmers cannot be paid 
 from the proceeds of the crop at the prices. Quite a quantity was used 
 for fuel. It was clean and gave out an intense heat, but its use was not 
 popular while there was other material that could be used that would not 
 sustain physical life. 
 
 The elder Mr. Myers and wife and their sons John and Sam and their 
 families locate in Malvern. The older ones are all gone, but some of the 
 children are yet residents. 
 
 City directory for 1877, R. L. Gidley, Mayor; J. M. Creswell, Recorder; 
 O. H. Snyder, Assessor; W. D. Evans, Treasurer; Farrell, Wyatt. Korns, 
 Cooper and I. P. Rickabaugh, councilmen. Dr. Curfman and Dr. Carley 
 are two new men for the sick. Mr. E. H. Mabie is Railroad agent. Lewis 
 and Gray and Young and Garriguesare our attorneys. 
 
 The national holiday in 1877, was a very hot day and it softened up the 
 paper collars, cuffs and shirt fronts that were then worn, and the roads 
 out of town the next morning were dotted with the manufactured products 
 of the paper factories. 
 
 November, 1877. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Mal- 
 vern was organized, Mrs. Paddock, President; Mrs. Mcintosh, Vice Pres. ; 
 Mrs. Barnes, Secretary; Mrs. Evans, Treasurer and were on the firing line 
 in many a contest against violations of law and order by the liquor traffic. 
 
 Rev. O. T. Conger is pastor of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Joseph Thomas puts his needle in the cushion and gets down from 
 the tailor's bench and is going to learn the trade of farming. John Ret- 
 elsdorf, who has been working for him for three years becomes boss of 
 the business and at this writing, as he works he is still seated on those 
 same bench boards, on which he took his seat as journeyman tailor for 
 Thomas forty two years ago. The boards are nearly worn out from con- 
 stant use. Like Mr. Thomas, he is soon going to lay aside his needle and 
 measure and be a live stock ranchman in North West Canada, where 
 three of their children are, and the magnet that draws the parents. 
 
 John Dunn and family move to Malvern and are yet residents. The 
 children are grown and themselves homemakers. 
 
 August 23, 1877. Quite impressive ceremonies today at the laying of 
 the corner stone of the new Academy building. 
 
 Two of our townsmen are running for the office of County Auditor, Mr. 
 W. M. McCrary and Hamer F. Wilson. Mr. Wilson wins by the close 
 margin of eight votes. Dr. Curfman is elected County Coroner. 
 
 The town is quite interested in the purchase of the post office building 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 31 
 
 property tor a hotel. It was nicely fitted up and opened out as The Jud- 
 kins House. F. P. Spencer receives his commission as postmaster and the 
 office is located on first Avenue near third street, Emerson Robinson as 
 deputy. 
 
 Through the encouragement of some friends in town a gathering was 
 called June, 187 8 at Centerline School House and a Sunday School was 
 organized, which with the earnest, faithful service for years of these same 
 friends in town, became a great influence for good in the community. 
 
 Through the efforts of Mr. D. H. Solomon of Glenwood, the St. Louis 
 and Council Bluffs railway project, that has lain dormant since 1870, is 
 revived and now in process of construction, and calls for our assistance. 
 September, 1878, a special election was called at the new hotel, The Jud- 
 kins House on the question of voting a 5 five per cent tax, which carried. 
 
 Forepaughs circus and great moral show is in town today and every- 
 body is going. The writer had no children to take as an excuse for want- 
 ing to go, so he borrows a neighbor's boy, Billy, who wants to go awful 
 bad. We go and take it all in. Billy said he enjoyed It and so did I. 
 
 Emerson Robinson is elected Clerk of the Courts. 
 
 In 187 8, it was found that our act of incorporation of 1872 was not 
 legal and the necessary steps were taken to correct the error. An elec- 
 tion was called and new city officers elected to make it complete, H. E. 
 Boehner, Mayor; R. J. Finch, Recorder; Black, Bartlett, Metz, Paddock, 
 W. B. Smith and Herbert, Councilmen. 
 
 Mr. W. M. McCrary and family leave Malvern. Their many friends re- 
 gret to see them go. John Safely, another good citizen takes a notion to 
 move to Council Bluffs. Dr. Cleaver and family come from Tabor to Mal- 
 vern. Myron Mershon an early helper in the business of the village after 
 a while away, returns and opens up business for himself, in confectionery 
 and bakery shop. Early this evening the little home of Jack Pierce is 
 burned, with nearly all its contents. Mr. Joe Barrack and family move 
 into town. We will call the roll of changes and new firms. Harlass and 
 Penny the meat market men sell to Wilson and Rickabaugh. W. S. Wiatt 
 Grocer, Boehner & Finch, General Store; Smith Bros., Lumber; W. W. 
 Wills, Jeweler; Baker & Kinports, Furniture; J. W. Bartlett, Grocer; J. 
 H. Love, General Store; Hawkins & Terrill, Gents Furnishings; Files 
 Harness Shop, O. H. Snyder. Drugs; Gray Bros., Harness; Mrs. Buell, 
 Millinery; Ben Garman, boarding house; Roland & Lincoln, Bakery; M. 
 J. Higgins, O. Belknap and Baid and Braker will brighten up things for 
 you if you will furnish the paint. Rev. Conrad goes from, and Rev. D. 
 Mclntire comes to the M. E. Church as pastor. 
 
 Let's go over to the Waughbonsie! ! In the years past the old Missouri 
 had formed a lake bed close up to the bluffs and filled it with water which 
 had been kept quite fresh from the bluff springs and was known as Waugh- 
 bonsie Lake. It was quite a resort for our town people for picnics, camp- 
 
32 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 ing, hunting and fishing, boat riding and gathering pond lilies. The water 
 supply has since been diverted and drained and now king corn grows over 
 the beds of the lilies. 
 
 Prof. E. B. Parrish is principal of our school. 
 
 A wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Barnes to day April 25, 
 1878, united the lives of the daughter Miss Minnie Barnes and Dr. S. A. 
 Campbell. 
 
 W. S. Lewis is elected as our Representative in the State Legislature. 
 
 October 15th, 1879, the first through train on the St. Louis and Council 
 Bluffs Railroad goes through town. November 8th, at about 8:30 in the 
 evening, not quite a month later, occurred the frightful disaster at St. 
 Charles, Mo., taking three lives of our own people, bringing great sorrow 
 to our town and the community. Mr. Josiah Wearin, Mr. R. W. Hyde and 
 John Summers, also the life of John Barnet the brakeman that brought 
 sorrow to some other home. Mr. J. M. Strahan and Mr. Fred Davis were 
 also in the caboose car with the others. Mr. Strahan obeyed quickly the 
 impulse and jumped off from the car into the darkness, miraculously 
 striking astride of the pier timbers, to which he clung, while the car in 
 which his companions were, went down in a second of time later into the 
 opened chasm, to the rocks and water 75 feet below. Mr. Davis went 
 down with those who perished, but was wondrously spared his life, with 
 only slight bodily injuries. A span of the bridge gave way under the 
 heavily loaded stock train of eighteen cars of cattle which were being 
 shipped to Buffalo, N. Y. The coupling broke from the first car back of 
 the engine, which remained on the solid span of the bridge, while the sev- 
 enteen cars of brute life, and the caboose car with its human life went 
 down. John Summers was not killed outright, but after hours of suffer- 
 ing, death came to his relief. It is saddened sympathetic crowds that 
 have gathered at the depot a day or two waiting the arrival of the train 
 bearing the dead and the survivors of the wreck. 
 
 Manufacturers are putting on the market barbed wire for fencing, and 
 John Getman our townsman has a machine that will put the ugly looking 
 points on plain wire, and is doing a big business with the farmers. 
 
 The following named young people have been tied with a true lovers 
 knot and are testing love: I. C. Bonham and Georgie Earl, Al Hershey and 
 Jennie Place, J. E. Garrigues and Nellie Boehner, Robt. Padget and Anna 
 Conger. 
 
 Olaf Hedlund takes up his duties as a citizen. 
 
 Mr. J. W. Bartlett has interests that call him away and they move to 
 Red Oak. 
 
 June, 1880. A destructive fire visited the town, resulting in the loss 
 of one life; Mrs. H. T. Willard living up stairs in the Sweetzer building 
 returning to get something was caught in the flames and burned so badly 
 that after hours of terrible suffering death came to her relief. Four build- 
 
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 incs were burned owned by Wm. Norris and Mr. Swectzer and the grocery 
 stock of D. W. C. Kline with only limited insurance. 
 
 At the June session of the board of County Supervisors a good strong 
 petition was presented to them asking that the necessary steps be taken 
 for obtaining an expression from the people in regard to removal of the 
 county seat to Malvern. It was contrary to the wishes of a majority of 
 the board and no action was taken. 
 
 The Farmers and Traders Bank move into their new brick building just 
 completed, northwest corner First Avenue and 3rd Street. 
 
 Corn cobs are very cheap, an av/ful big load for sixty five cents and you 
 can get 20 pounds of dried apples at the stores for one dollar. 
 
 Mr. Waiter Larison buys the Henshaw Barber shop and forms a partner- 
 ship with his brother Charles already in the business, and it v/as the firm 
 of Larison Bros, for many years. 
 
 December 8, 1880, I. B. Ringland dies, a large man in heart and con- 
 science as well as stature, high ideals of right and justice, which he prac- 
 ticed in his life. Have had associations with others along down these 
 years, in this premium class, but not all of us are gifted that way. 
 
 Market quotations December 23, 1880: Wheat 78c bushel, Oats 20c, 
 Corn 23c, Rye 50c, Barley 55c, Hay $4.00 and $6.00 ton. Flour $2.50 and 
 $3.00, Corn Meal $1.20, Potatoes 75c, Eggs 18c, Butter 20c, Lard 10c, 
 Green Hides 6c lb.. Hogs $4.00, Cattle $2.50 to $3.75, Dressed chickens 
 7c lb, Sugar Cured Hams 13c lb., Clear Side Bacon lie lb., Onions $1.25 
 bu., Apples $1.00 bu., Coal Oil 35c gallon. 
 
 Mr. Geo. W. Bates is a new Restaurant man. 
 
 F. P. Spencer a stf.,nd ppt citizen of ten years record, breaks loose from 
 Malvern. His judgment is good and be don't go very far away. Mr. 
 Spencer was a soldier in the Civil war, and for a while was a guest of the 
 Southern Confederacy, having a suite of rooms at Andersonville prison. 
 
 Mr. R. A. Baird is our new lumber dealer and Mr. J. D. Graves his as- 
 sistant. 
 
 Father Wallace the marrying parson and business man, makes the rec- 
 ord today of uniting his 656th couple. How much war and how much 
 peace he has legalized in such a home roll. 
 
 Miss Pangburn a business woman of the village for several years sells 
 the Millinery business to Mrs. M. Lewis. Prof. Wm. Moore is principal of 
 the school with Mrs. Mitchener, Miss Laura Bishop and Miss Kate Brown 
 assistants. The pastors of the Churches. A. Rhodes, Baptist Church; W. 
 J. Wilson, Presbyterian Church; A. J. Andres, M. E. Church; Christian 
 Church no settled pastor. 
 
 The Board of Trade members have worn the hair off the top of their 
 heads, butting in for new business and big things for Malvern. A pro- 
 moter for the creamery business is here and has interested enough of our 
 
34 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 people in the matter to subscribe stock for a $6500 plant. R. E. Copson 
 commences the business of manufacture of brooms. Mr. Harry Jewett 
 with the firm of Moninger & Ringland who takes charge of the business 
 after Mr. Ringland's death sells out to F. C. Harris & Co., who take pos- 
 session of this old established business. 
 
 A marriage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Strahan, their daughter 
 Lucy to Mr. D. A. Jones, June 16th, 1881. 
 
 Rev. R. M. Coulter follows Mr. Wilson as pastor of Presbyterian church. 
 
 The wife having been taken away by death, J. T. Daugherty sells his 
 home on Chase Street between Marion Avenue and Lincoln Avenue to 
 Prof. Moore, consideration $475. 
 
 H. T. Richmond strolls down here from Carson and he likes it so well 
 that he stays. 
 
 Mr. Wm. Black finding business more burdensome than in his younger 
 days, sells his stock of hardware to R. J. Brown and Mr. Brown in assum- 
 ing the new business takes John Barton into partnership with him. 
 
 Earlie Norris and Mary Leak start out on the journey of married life. 
 
 The first record we have of the now indispcnsible phone business, Mr. 
 Baird the lumberman connects office and home. 
 
 Parties are surveying railroad route Malvern to Avoca. 
 
 Mr. Gidiey rents the Judkins House property to Mr. Frank Wilkinson. 
 
 Cupid is very busy at his work. Mr. Lindsey comes down from Council 
 Bluffs and takes the daughter, Miss Lizzie from the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 W. D. Evans and Elmer Stone comes from Glenwood and takes Miss At- 
 lanta Anderson the landlord's daughter. Mr. Major Barnes, Miss Gertie 
 Bartlett; Charles Larieon, Miss Nettie Finch, John Barton, Miss Bessie 
 Tucker; Eli Crane, Miss Phidelia Darling, S. E. Campbell and Miss Anna 
 Deaver, all have stopped to listen to cupid's artful stories. 
 
 A vagrant traveler visits Paddock's Clothing Store on First Avenue 
 near 3rd Street, while it was temporarily left in charge of the lad Willie 
 Roe and selects a coat that suits him and doesn't stop to say thank you. 
 The lad starts after him with a revolver from the oflfice desk in his hand 
 and bv a short route intercepts him on 3rd Street and holding the gun 
 dangerously near asks him to shed the coat. While held at bay, the bus- 
 iness men take a hand and bring him before Squire Boehner who gives him 
 twenty days at hard labor and Sherriff Farrell makes them memorable 
 days for Mr. Riley. 
 
 Mr. W. B. Smith, a resident and business man of Malvern since 1876, 
 dies today, January 17, and his body is taken to Lansing, Iowa, his old 
 home, for burial. 
 
 G. T. Donner receives his commission as post master. 
 
 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Boehner their daughter. Miss Clara 
 and Mr. J. E. Garrigues are pronounced wife and husband. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 35 
 
 Mr. J. Clienoweth and family sell home aud business and move to Lead- 
 ville, Colo. 
 
 Harry Leland not long ago a well liked young man in Maivern is killed 
 in a railroad accident at Sabula, Iowa, leaving his wife a widow after 
 only two weeks of married life. 
 
 Dr. Cleaver a short time ago went to his old home in Canada, seeking 
 health, dies there and the body is brought to Tabor for burial that being 
 the home before coming to Malvern. 
 
 Some young people wed: Hugh Smith and Viola Thompson; H. Rich- 
 mond and Ida Barnett. 
 
 It is not long since friends were merry at the wedding of Miss Lottie 
 Buell to Mr. Geo. W. Gray and said good bye to them as they went to their 
 new home at Lake City, Iowa. Word comes to day that George is dead 
 from that dreaded scourge Small Pox. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Campbell are testing Colorado climate for a home, 
 
 Robt. Alton our early history maker has secured a government position 
 in the patent office at Washington. 
 
 Geo. Wetmore buys out the business of Geo. W. Bates. Mr. Bates is 
 now selling sunshine and climate in Los Angeles, Calif. 
 
 Bonham & Hammond are nursery stock men and gardeners in Peace- 
 ville suburbs. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Kayton in the country finds three ten cent pieces in a 
 chicken's gizzard. Our new wide awake newspaper men. at once adver- 
 tize that they will take chickens on subscription for the Republican Lead- 
 er. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Roberts start to day for Colorado, hoping a change may 
 be beneficial to the doctor. With all his own knowledge of human ail- 
 ments and noted skill of others in his profession, they do not seem to be 
 able to check the malady. 
 
 Frank Dixon is a new Clerk at Paddock's Store. Rev. McAfee is pastor 
 of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Fred Zanders returns to town from the 
 farm and is building a fine home on Boundary Street. 
 
 Mr. F. C. Thompson buys Rhea Donner's property on 4th Street for use 
 as a carriage factory. 
 
 Mr. D. M. Whitfield a valued friend of Malvern moves from the farm 
 and purchases a fine home in town. 
 
 Dr. Gummege, our dentist, lays down his forceps and goes into the 
 cattle business in Nebraska. Mr. French sells the livery business to Mr. 
 Hiser. 
 
 June 27, 1882. The State of Iowa voted on prohibition of the liquor 
 traffic, our town record was 128 for and 54 against. From the incorpora- 
 tion of the town to the passage of the law there was a continual conflict 
 
36 BRIEF HISTORY OF JvIALVERN 
 
 between the drys and wets. When the will of the people of the State was 
 expressed it helped those who wavered to get down on the right side and 
 frustrate attempts to take advantage of the mulct law amendment after- 
 ward passed. A little company of citizens had been banded together, for 
 some time, as a watch on the aggressions of the saloon influence, to whom 
 the saloon keeper had given the name of Gideons Band. Tim Manahan 
 the brightest and cleanest of his claes, was the owner of the saloon busi- 
 ness when the law went into effect, and a committee from Gideons Band 
 waited on him ?A his place of business on 1st Avenue for terms of sur- 
 render. At his request he was given thirty days to close his business, at 
 the end of the time, he promptly closed his doors. With the Lord's help 
 Gideons Band had again conquered. A Gideons Band could render very 
 efficient service yet in our old town as an aid to the fighting forces. 
 
 Mr. J. K. DeWolfe has been away for a while, returns and buys John 
 Shuman's meat market and gets buiy. 
 
 Mr. C. C. Baird Senior and family come to Malvern for home and busi- 
 ness. He buys out the late business and property interests of F. P. Spen- 
 cer. 
 
 Mr. J. M. Strahan's fine new home is completed and ready for occupants. 
 
 Dr. Bearing is associated with Dr. Brothers in his profession. 
 
 A marriage ceremony at the home of Mrs. Ringland who gives her 
 daughter Eva into the care of Mr. E. C. Smith. 
 
 The post office is raised to the third class. 
 
 Late real estate changes are M. J. Higgins buys the Bates home, Major 
 Barnes the D. H. Thompson property and Geo. Wetmore is building a home. 
 H. C. Palmer is a new dry goods merchant. 
 
 Site was chosen for the Creamery buildings on east side of 1st Avenue 
 dov/n near the fair grounds and ready for education of the people to its 
 benefits. A mistake was that was the part that should have been built first. 
 Cream routes were established for gathering the cream which was a fore- 
 runner of the routes of the present rural free delivery mail system. 
 
 The M. E. Church built a parsonage tor their pastor. 
 
 Newt Jacobs opens up ice cream parlor and candy store on Third Street. 
 
 Mr. J. A. Parrish is the pump and wind mill man. 
 
 Mr. John Barrett was a resident of the county before the town started 
 and is now our resident stock buyer and quite successful in his business 
 although he had no gift as a talker. On one of his trips to St. Louis John 
 bought a parrott, a bird of beautiful colorings and a fluent talker and his 
 explanation of the purchase was that he needed help to properly keep up 
 conversation with Mrs. Barrett. 
 
 R. A. Baird the lumberman buys the Cleaver home on Douglas Street. 
 
 The families of J. T. Ward and Geo. Keffer are added to the population 
 of the town. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 37 
 
 Michael Cunningham completes his fine new home on Marion Avenue. 
 J. H. Howe, a good citizen of Winterset, Iowa, moves to Malvern and 
 joins the ranks of business men. 
 
 The interests of the town and the country are oft times so interwoven 
 that we will have to step over the border line for record of some few 
 events. News came to town this morning, by special carrier, not by phone, 
 that Charles A. Donner was dead. The news was true, in a moment of 
 lost control of reason he had taken his own life. It was a sad and pa- 
 thetic scene in the country home that sabbath morning, with the wife and 
 children so stricken with the tragedy and the loss. The Donner name has 
 been quite a factor in the business and the history of town and community. 
 The father, mother, seven stalwart sons and one daughter was the family 
 in 1S69, all under the home roof or in near by homes of their own. At 
 this writing all of this family have closed life's labors. 
 
 Geo. Parmeter is the new harness dealer and repairer. 
 
 Mr. Geo. F. Mellen of Fall River, Mass., a promoter of big interests, 
 comes upon the stage of action and presents the project of establishing a 
 pork packing plant in Malvern. Our well to do citizens and neighbors 
 after investigation of the workings of two other plants lately built in the 
 state, thought it was feasible and a winner and took hold of the matter 
 in earnest. A good bonus was given and stock taken sufficient to establish 
 and run a $55,000 plant. Work was commenced and pushed with vigor 
 and the building complete and in running order, November 15, 1882. Mr. 
 Mellen failing to materialize in the great assistance he was to be, was 
 early in the work returned to the east to carry out other achievments of 
 his fertile brain. 
 
 J. G. McGregor our artist is a fishing sportsman and partial to frogs 
 for bait. He failed this morning to catch any, and he offers two lads ten 
 cents a dozen for all they would get for him. The boys return later to the 
 office with a fine catch of ten dozen, Mac pays over the one dollar smiling- 
 ly and tells them all bids are off on frogs. 
 
 Announcement of the death of Mrs. S. C. Hunter in the paper, October 
 5th, 1882. Sorrow and grief are the attendents of most every death, but 
 the incident of the passing of this one was sad indeed. Mr. Hunter was 
 away from home and could not be located. Her mother came as a guest 
 to the home four hours after her death, anticipating in thought while on 
 the way the joy and pleasure of the visit, having no intimation of the sor- 
 row that was to come to her, instead of joy and gladness. Unable to keep 
 the body longer, it was laid away in the grave before Mr. Hunter's return. 
 He had left his wife and little ones, but a few days before in good health 
 and life, and now he returns, no wife to greet him, and denied even the 
 seeing of her lifeless form. 
 
38 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Two additions to the population of our town — a son at the home Oi 
 Denny McHugh and a daughter left with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hawkins. 
 History has failed to register all the little ones that have come to see us. 
 It may be best however that the pedigree of human life be left until the 
 great official record has been written at the close of each. 
 
 There was quite a little city of the dead gathered in the Aurora Ceme- 
 tery before the town site of Milton was platted and now more room is 
 needed. For legal transaction of business and management articles of in- 
 corporation were drawn August 26th, 1S82, in the name of Malvern Ceme- 
 tery Association and the following officers elected: H. W. Summers, J. M. 
 Johnson and J. D. Paddock Trustees, and H. A. Norton Treasurer. Seven 
 and a half acres of land was bought of W. F. Raines at $75.00 per acre, 
 surveyed and platted. New fences were built and other improvements 
 adding much to the beauty of the grounds. 
 
 Sunday morning, February 18, 18S2, Postmaster Donner finds the office 
 robbed of five hundred dollars value in stamps and a small amount of 
 money, with no foot or finger print clue of the robbers. 
 
 Rev. G. W. Robey succeeds Rev. Rhodes as pastor of Baptist church. 
 
 J. C. Herbert, the pioneer shoe man and his family go to Blue Springs, 
 Neb. Tippecanoe Wilson, Tip for short, removes to Carson. I. C. Bon- 
 ham a valued helper at the Pioneer Store leaves for a more lucrative po- 
 sition at Council Bluffs. 
 
 Bonds are voted by the town for civic improvements, a City Hall and 
 Jail. 
 
 McCurdy & Son are new men in the harness business. 
 
 J. E. Skadan moves his business from First Avenue around on Center 
 Street and digs a well from which the clear waters have quenched the 
 thirst of many visitors since. 
 
 Out of the old and into the new — Paddock and Co.'s new store building 
 is completed and they move in and take possession January 14, 1882. 
 
 Rev. Edmunds pastor of the M. E. Church dies, one of God's workers 
 taken. 
 
 Neiman and McClunc are inside wall builders. Miss Justice and Mrs. 
 Madison Dress makers. R. A. Baird buys out F. C. Harris & Co. and is 
 the owner of the two yards. 
 
 A Post of The Grand Army of the Republic is organized of the soldiers 
 of the Civil War, 47 of them in the organization, representing all branches 
 of the service that had gathered here since the hush of peace in 1865. 
 Officers were elected, C. W. Black, Post Commander; T. M. Britt, S. V. 
 Com.; John Ryerson, Jun. V. C; A. J. Chantry, Adgt.; C. H. Paddock, Q. 
 M.; G. W. Curfman, Surgeon; James H. Wing, Chaplain; H. H. Woodrow, 
 O. D.; James S. Criswell, O. G.; W. K. Follett, Seargent Major; J. M. John- 
 son, Q. M. S; and the name Milton Summers Post was adopted in honor of 
 Lieut. Milton Summers, a comrade who had died from wounds received 
 in a charge made against the enemy on a southern battlefield. 
 
BRIEF PIISTORY OF PdALVERN 39 
 
 Robert Knight, the bridge builder is kept busy replacing washed out 
 bridges. 
 
 Father Parmeter is stricken with appoplexy and life soon goes from the 
 old tenement of clay. 
 
 Mr. R. E. K. Mellor and Miss Maggie Ringland take upon themselves 
 the obligations of married life. 
 
 One of the startling tragedies that takes us out over the border line is 
 the murder of old Mr. J. M. Shelby diring the night of December 29, 1883, 
 in his little homo and business place near Pleasant Valley school house. 
 The townspeople knew the quiet old man when he came to town and ex- 
 pressed an earnest abhorrence of such a deed. The murderer was later 
 taken, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is yet in prison, 
 notwithstanding strenuous efforts for his pardon. 
 
 Uncle Sam will carry a letter for us to day October 4th, 1883, for two 
 cents, yesterday he charged us three. 
 
 Mr. Frank Goodwin is busy to day talking to his wife over his phone 
 line between the store and home. 
 
 Mr. David Duncan and family take up their residence in Malvern. 
 
 E. B. Parrish who has been a maker of history in Malvern dies in Da- 
 kota, his new home. 
 
 Frank Williams builds a home in the north west part of town. 
 
 C. E. Dinwiddle is a first class painter and paper hanger. 
 
 Market quotations June 1883: Corn 35c, Wheat 78c, Oats 28c, Rye 40c, 
 Potatoes 35c, Butter 12c to 14c, Eggs lie, Lard 12 %c Bacon 12i^c. 
 
 Base Ball team organized with E B. Brown, President; R. S. Padget, 
 Vice President; Dr. W. H. Dearing, Secretary; Dr. Howard Brothers, Cap- 
 tain; Chan. C. Baird, Scorer. 
 
 Mr. Chester Berkhimer and Miss Mary Oney are joined in wedlock at 
 the Paddock home. 
 
 Mr. M. T. Davis comes from business at Shenandoah and he buys the 
 home of J. E. Garrigues, who is leaving us for a new home at Greely, Col. 
 Mr. Davis improves his property and we thought they were going to stay 
 with us, but it was not long until they take to the farm. 
 
 Mr. Joe Deardorff and family come this way from Pennsylvania and buy 
 a plat of ground and builds a home in the suburbs of town. A little later 
 they come across the border line and have been helping us to make things 
 go in town. 
 
 The subject of conversation to day, November 22, is the miraculous 
 escape of the little heroine, Lillian Chantry, who was caught on the 
 trestle bridge of the wabash south east of town, in going to her home from 
 school. Seeing she could not get off she crawled to the outer edge of the 
 timbers. The little space to cling to did not give room and the fender 
 roughly brushed her head as the engine rushed past. Thinking that dan- 
 ger had passed she raised her head a little when the step of the last car 
 struck her a blow, knocking her off the bridge down to the creek bank 
 
40 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 below and to the mud and water lower. Cut, bruised and frightened, she 
 still retained her consciousness, and held to a bush, keeping herself from 
 the deeper water. The train was stopped and the train crew rushed to the 
 rescue of the brave little lass. She was taken on the train into town to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Carman's home. The doctor could not discover any serious 
 injury and the next day she was taken to her home. 
 
 The First National Bank block of buildings on First Avenue complete 
 and occupants moving in: First Natioifil Bank on corner, Geo. McCabe, 
 Hardware; H. E. Schaeffcr, Furniture and J. H. Love & Son, General Store. 
 
 Mr. G. A. Rogers buys out Groendykes Shop and the home of Prof. 
 Moore and Mrs. Buell buys the I. C. Bonham home. 
 
 Dr. Curfman sells his home to J. T. Ward, gives up his lucrative prac- 
 tice and moves to western Nebraska, seeking climate favorable to Mrs. 
 Curfman's health. 
 
 John Robrahn is a maker of men's new suits when the old ones cannot 
 be renewed. 
 
 Mrs. W. L. Edmunds publishes a card of thanks to the many friends in 
 town and country who have made her the gift of a little home. 
 
 The wholesale houses of St. Louis desirous of more trade with the bus- 
 iness men on the line of the Wabash in Iowa extended them a special in- 
 vitation with inducements to visit them. A goodly number gathered from 
 the different towns and the visit was made and all are pleased with the 
 trip. St. Louis has not been successful in winning but little of the more 
 northern trade. 
 
 Another out of town record to make — The death by his own hand of the 
 well known and respected citizen Mr. Valentine Plumb of Anderson town- 
 ship. 
 
 Dr. Brothers as representative from the county to the State Legislature 
 leaves his patients in the care of Dr Dcaring and his son Howard while 
 away. 
 
 The telephone builders have reached the west limits of the town, August 
 16th, 1883. 
 
 The working force at the packing house are Charles Cottrell, Superin- 
 tendent; John Each, Assistant; C. A. Day, Cooperage; Ed VanDoren, En- 
 gineer; Joe Deardorff, Fireman. The opening of the packing plant called 
 for men of that experience to manage its affairs. For this purpose, Mr. 
 Cottrell with his family came to Malvern, where the years passed and the 
 younger children as students in the school and as helpers in the home and 
 business grew to womanhood and became the wives and homekeepers of 
 some of our best young men. Some move wg make to day perhaps, may 
 decide the direction of our future lives and of those about us. 
 
 October, 1883, L. W. Boehner & Co. move into their fine new brick store 
 building on Third Street and Third Avenue. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 41 
 
 The teachers institute have a gathering at Malvern. A social reception 
 is tendered them by our corps of teachers, Prof. Ebaugh, Miss Myra 
 Bishop, Mrs. F. A. Marsh, Miss Lela C. Mitchell, Miss Emma Willey and 
 the citizens of the town. A pleasing program and an enjoyable time. 
 
 A new arrival in town, December 8th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. 
 D. Paddock, a boy. He is in a fair way yet to have a good pedigree record 
 at the end of the journey. 
 
 Jack Shere of Silver City comes down and takes Sarah from the Kelsey 
 home to his own. 
 
 We failed to make record in the early part of the year of some of our 
 good citizens moving away from Malvern. Ed Hipwell goes to Red Oak, 
 Eli Crane and wife to the north western part of the state and several pil- 
 grims to the Dakotas for homestead claims, J. Chenoweth, Arthur Brown, 
 John Barton and J. G. McGregor. Some few come in, Thomas Paul, wife 
 and daughter come in from the farm, John and Wilbur Foulks come from 
 Chariton and start business of Farm Machinery and Hardware under the 
 name of Foulks Bros. Rev. St. Clair comes to take the vacant pulpit at 
 the M. E. Church. 
 
 January 31, 1884, Dr. Roberts dies at Colorado Springs, Colo, an early 
 and active citizen of Malvern from 1870 to 1879. His body was brought 
 to Red Oak and buried from his father's residence. Mrs. Roberts and 
 children return to Malvern, their early home. 
 
 The Packing House is a great place for business these days, in killing, 
 curing and shipping the products of the plant. The fall season from Octo- 
 ber 19, 1883 to January 31, 1884, three and a half months, cash paid out 
 for hogs alone $212,000. The shipments out 112 car loads, and nearly 
 as many more cars will be needed to close out the products of the plant 
 yet on hand. A good reputation for quality of goods already established. 
 
 Wm. Boney gives up his position at the Pioneer Store and is going to 
 farm some Mills County land. 
 
 Pierce Metz, the efficient manager of the business of J. H. Love & Son 
 moves to Greenfield, Iowa, to be manager for himself, 1884. 
 
 Harris & McCabe are dealers in farm machinery. 
 
 Our citizen, W. M. Moore is elected to the office of County Superintend- 
 ent of Schools and J. L. Talbott is appointed by Sheriff Farrell as Deputy. 
 
 C. E. Dinwiddle lays down his paint brush and paper hanging tools and 
 is proprietor of a Variety Store. 
 
 H. L. Marsh is Principle of School. Father Ryan is pastor of the 
 Catholic Church. 
 
 Young John Christopher takes a position as a helper at the new hard- 
 ware store of Keffer & Co. 
 
 Thomas Paul buys the fine home property of R. J. Brown. 
 
42 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The Malvern Creamery is making about 200 pounds of butter a day, 
 Swain & Wilson, managers. 
 
 April 13, 1862, Mrs. Evans, later a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, who 
 was then living in Washington, and the wife and two daughters of Chap- 
 lain May of the Second Michigan Regiment, decorated many of the sold- 
 iers graves at Arlington Heights. Congress took notice of this repeated 
 action a few years, and made the ceremony national by making the day 
 set. May 30th a legal holiday. In commemoration of the day our citizens, 
 army comrades and young people take part to day. May 30th, 1884, in 
 strewing flowers on the graves of the soldier dead and on the graves of 
 dear friends resting in the silent city. 
 
 Valentine Stang is our doctor of decrepit shoes. 
 
 Quite an extensive business is being done at The Malvern Carriage Fac- 
 tory, the names of purchasers are being weekly recorded. At the present 
 writing it is Automobiles. Will it be in 1940, air ships instead? 
 
 Our business man Walter Larison wants a home as well as a business 
 and he finds a wife, Miss Laura Summers and they commence the journey 
 May 29th, 1884, and go to housekeeping on 3rd Avenue. 
 
 Grandmother Raines, a pioneer of 1856, celebrates her S4th birthday 
 at the home of her son, A W. Raines. 
 
 Lillie Barnet dies, a young womanly life goes out. 
 
 A pleasant gathering of the graduating class of '82 of the Western 
 Normal and intimate friends, at the home of Dr. Brothers, July 7th, 1884. 
 
 A new industry in Malvern, Mrs. L. T. Buell and daughter, Mrs. Lottie 
 Gray have fitted up three rooms above in their business building and are 
 keeping three boys busy gathering osage leaves to feed to the young and 
 ravenous growing silk worms that they have. When grown they com- 
 mence weaving about themselves a silk fiber web that when finished is 
 about the size of a peanut and is called a cacoon, from which they will 
 realize a good price per pound. This interesting formula at Mrs. Buells 
 is the foundation of the great silk industry of the world. 
 
 D. E. Whitfield recently graduated from the Iowa State University has 
 settled down for business at Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas. 
 
 Market quotations, August 13, 1884: Corn, new, 28c, Wheat 45c, Oats 
 20c, Rye 40c, Potatoes 30c, Apples 45c, Eggs 10c, Choice Butter 15c, Lard 
 10c, Bacon 10c. 
 
 Miss Eva Copeland, daughter of Hon. W. H. Copeland of Vermillion, 
 Dakota, is visiting in Malvern. The Hon. W. H. C. Is our Billy Copeland 
 of the early days. 
 
 Mr. Fred Davis, the survivor of the Wabash wreck at St. Charles, takes 
 his first trip on the road since that erent, with some stock. The stock 
 part of the train goes down through a small bridge and the stock killed, 
 but the caboose car this time remains on the track. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 43 
 
 Mr. Alvin Robey is Assistant Post Master. 
 
 J. Degenhart buys the harness business of H. T. Richmond and a com- 
 pany is formed to manufacture the patent horse collar lately invented by 
 Mr. Richmond. 
 
 Mabel Robey celebrates her 8th birthday by the presence at her parents 
 home of her school mates and play companions: Flo Cottrell, Ella Cottrell, 
 Helen Hunter, Nellie Angel, Susie Schaffer, Lillie Chantry, Stella Smith, 
 Miggie Keffer, Sophia Retelsdorf, Carrie Wills, Nellie Churchill, Sadie 
 Paddock, Minnie Dalton and Mamie Donner. 
 
 Robt. Padget, an efficient helper and citizen for several years sells out 
 his home and embarks in the mercantile business in Nebraska. 
 
 The standard bearers of the two great political parties of the day, 
 Blaine and Cleveland, are before the people for their suffrage, and pol- 
 itics is the great absorbing theme of the days in our little burg. The safe- 
 ty and stability of the nation depends upon our side winning, and the 
 perspiration is increasing as the time draws nigh for the contest at the 
 polls. The work is done, Cleveland is the winner and Blaine the loser. So 
 engrossed with the business and pleasures of life, are we not losing our 
 patriotic grip on the politics of the present day? 
 
 In the presence of a loyal gathering of people at the Opera House, the 
 evening of December 23, 1884, "Old Glory," a large silk banner with gold 
 fringe and tassels, walnut staff and gold bronzed Eagle tip, was presented 
 to Milton Summers Post, Grand Army of the Republic, by J. N., W. G. and 
 H. W. Summers, three brothers of Milton Summers, and his daughter, 
 Mrs. I. J. Swain. We give entire as it was given, Mrs. Swain's words of 
 presentation and Commander James H. Wing's acceptance response. 
 
 "Gentlemen of the Milton Summers Post: A score of years and more 
 have passed since duty called you to leave your plows and work-shops and 
 friends, and don your coats of blue, shoulder your guns, and with heavy 
 hearts march to the scenes of battle. Sad were the partings given; many 
 were the 'God bless you, my boy.' and many were the hardships you en- 
 dured, but glorious was the result of your sacrifice. And when your work 
 on the battlefield was done and your faces were homeward turned, there 
 was but one thing to mar your happiness. Many of you left friends and 
 comrades on Southern soil, and of them be it said, 'Well done, they have 
 gained the highest honor ever paid to mortal man, — they died for their 
 country.' And now, thanking you for the honor you have paid to one who 
 gave his life for his country, we, his brothers and daughter, present the 
 Milton Summers Post with this fiag, hoping you will ever stand ready to 
 defend its stripes and stars, and that long and proudly 'may she wave o'er 
 the land of the free and the home of the brave.' " 
 
44 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 "With pleasure I receive this flag, and in the name of the comrades of 
 Milton Summers Post, I earnestly thank you for the honor shown us in its 
 presentation; and we esteem it an especial pleasure to receive it from the 
 daughter of the hero for whom our Post is named. To myself and com- 
 rades this starry banner is like the Sun to the Persian; the Crescent to 
 the followers of Mohammed; or, even the Cross to the Christian, — an em- 
 blem of all in the present or in the future that is worth preserving, worth 
 living for, worth striving after, and for which heroes will cheerfully sac- 
 rifice all and will even pour out their life's dearest blood. Far-reaching 
 and indeed sublime is the faith of the hero soldier, and on the honor and 
 faith of such we accept this emblem, and promise ever to cherish and pro- 
 tect the sacred ideal that this banner represents." 
 
 This bit of a history sketch is the more interesting at this writing when 
 the counterpart of this flag is to be held aloft on the historic ground of the 
 old world in our own defense and the defense of mankind from the power 
 and tyranny of militarism and kingly power. 
 
 A last chance party is given by Jessie and Frankie Duncan. It is leap 
 year 1884, and nearing its close. The young ladies invite the timid young 
 men in and make the most of their leap year privileges. 
 
 City, Church and Lodge directory for 1885. Wm. Black Mayor, Walter 
 Larison Recorder, L. W. Boehner Treasurer, J. E. Skadan Assessor, Wm. 
 Donner, Geo. McCabe, M. J. Higgins, James Churchill, J T. Ward, J. T. 
 Brohard Councilmen, J. L. Talbott street Commissioner and Marshall. 
 Masonic Lodge: M. J. Curtis, W. M.; G. E. Wetmore, Secretary. I. O. of 
 O. F.: J. D. Graves, N. G.; Denny McHugh, Secretary. Churches: W. V. 
 Jeffries, Presbyterian; G. W. Robey, Baptist; J. F. St. Clair, M. E. church. 
 G. A, R. Post, A. J. Chantry, P. C; R. L. Gidley, Adgt. 
 
 The Abbott Bros, start a broom factory. 
 
 The Bridges Bros, have the picture gallery from McGregor for a while 
 and turn the business over to Mr. S. E. Dearborn. 
 
 Rankin succeeds Munson in the brick factory. Dr. H. H. Smith is our 
 new tooth puller. J. T. Ward runs the Q. and P. M Campbell does the 
 same with the Wabash. 
 
 The white plague takes the life of young Mrs. John Barton. 
 
 Mr. Major Barnes and wife are in Kansas where they can see the sun- 
 flowers grow. 
 
 J. R. Hubbard and family come from Illinois to make Iowa their home. 
 
 Will Black and Paul Evans are students at Parsons College. Dave 
 Layton is resident auctioneer of sales. 
 
 The partnership of McCabe and Mellor hardware firm is dissolved and 
 Mr. Mellor continues the business. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 45 
 
 June 18, 1885, Roose and Wainwright take over the lumber business 
 of R. A. Baird who is forced to give up on account of his health. Mr. 
 Baird is an extra good type of a business man, and it is with regret that 
 his many friends see him leave. 
 
 R. S. Padget for many years the efficient and valued helper at the 
 Pioneer Store goes to western Nebraska and starts in business for himself. 
 
 Mrs. Frances S. Strahan after a long affliction and patient waiting for 
 the end, the heart today, September 3, 1885, ceases to beat. 
 
 The Bridges Bros, give a concert at the Opera House and old acquaint- 
 ences and their late school companions are pleased at their success in their 
 chosen work. 
 
 The Central House is leased to Don Roland and renamed 'The Haws- 
 brook.' It is a fine name, it will season the hash and make it taste better. 
 Burglars visit the hardware store of McCabe & Co. and take an inventory 
 of stock, make some choice selections of knives, razors and other fine 
 goods. Later they were caught and paid the penalty. 
 
 An unique character comes occasionally to see us, James Ballard who 
 styles himself, the Red Oak poet. He rode into town today and gave 
 recitations and song from the sidewalk, some of his own production in 
 prose and poetry. Some of the boys induced him to remain and give an 
 evening entertainment. They obtained the use of the upper story of the 
 carriage factory and advertized for a crowd. A good sized audience greet- 
 ed him with such hearty voice in appreciation of his efforts that he did 
 his very best. The hat was passed at the close for a free will offering. 
 Sixty three cents in good money, a few dozen buttons, screws and marbles 
 was the harvest. He enjoyed the attention given him, and the boys could 
 only be pardoned for their fun because of the pleasure it gave to Mr. 
 Ballard. 
 
 Will Mitchener who has been a helper at Boehner's Store resigns his 
 position and Charlie Barnett takes his place. 
 
 G. D. Keffer & Co. sell their business to M. J. Curtis but Mr. Keffer 
 stays as manager. 1885 is a cold winter. Mrs. Martha Black the wife of 
 our townsman, Wm. Black dies, a noble, christian woman. 
 
 It is but a little while since little Eddie Campbell died and now the 
 mother, the wife of P. M. Campbell is taken by death. 
 
 C. H. Paddock, on account of the growing affliction of Asthma moves to 
 western Nebraska, hoping the climate will afford him relief. 
 
 John Dull, a newcomer is building a home in the north west part of 
 town. 
 
 Ed B. Brown ships a good hardware stock to Cortland, Nebr., and opens 
 up for business. Geo. McCabe stays in Malvern buying interest in hard- 
 ware store of M. J. Curtis. 
 
46 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 It ii Nellie Churchill's 8th birthday and some of her schoolmates sur- 
 prise her, and have a jolly time. Those present Lillie Chantry, Carrie 
 Wills, Mollie Harris, Midgie Keffer, Susie Schaffer, Flo Cottrell, Sophie 
 Retelsdorf, Helen Hunt and May Churchill. 
 
 There are cases of small pox in the Strahan neighborhood and the town 
 quarantines against them for tWrty days. 
 
 Thomas Madigan, the section boss of the Wabash and Mrs. Taylor are 
 quietly married. 
 
 By tunneling under the wall and floor, burglars get into the Farmers 
 & Traders Bank and make the attempt to open the safe but fail and noth- 
 ing of value taken. 
 
 J. F. Christopher buys a home. Lewis O. Place and family move to Des 
 Moines, Iowa, where A. D. Place, his brother now resides. 
 
 During the stay with us as a teacher in the school two years ago an 
 acquaintance was formed that culminates in the marriage today August 
 18, 1885, at the home of G. W. F. Willey at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, of his 
 daughter Miss Emma S. Willey to Mr. A. L. Young of Malvern. Mr. Willey 
 and his daughter Miss Ida Willey soon follow and become residents of 
 Malvern. 
 
 J. W. Hollins is our baker. Jame Churchill in addition to other bus- 
 iness has a wood, coal and feed yard. A grain elevator is being built on 
 the Wabash road. 
 
 Mr. Lute Bobbins, the owner of the Judkins House hotel property has 
 been making some improvements and leases it to Frank Wilkinson. 
 
 At the Myers home, John Hammon and Minnie Myers are married, 
 November 26, 1885. 
 
 E. B. Brown of The Leader who has been elected as County Auditor, 
 transfers his interests to S. C. Hunter & Co. and takes up his work at 
 Glenwood. 
 
 J. F. Evans of Council Bluffs rents the Packing House for the season; 
 M. J. Curtiss, Manager and C. C. Cottrell, Sr., Supt. of work. 
 
 Jess Heiner and his old team of mules are doing their part in the work 
 of the day. 
 
 Peter Smith is owner and landlord of the Malvern House and the public 
 gave it the name Uncle Peters Hotel. 
 
 Malvern people as a part of the Nation, mourn with others the death 
 of Ulysses S. Grant, July 23, 1885. 
 
 Our citizen, Joseph Jacqua is a w»r veteran, having served fourteen 
 years in the U. S. service. 
 
 The public school opens up today, August 31, 1885. Prof. W. M. Ire- 
 land, Principal; Miss Etta Brown, Mrs. F. A. Marsh, Miss Barbara Moles- 
 worth, Miss Anna Jordan, assistants; the primary grades in the building 
 on site of present school building and the higher grades in former Normal 
 school building. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 47 
 
 Dr. J. R. Scott of Des Moines, Iowa, is pleased with tlie outlook and be- 
 comes a resident of Malvern. Dr. Eddy leaves Malvern and locates at 
 Burnett, Nebr. 
 
 Denny McHugh buys the Mrs. Moss property on west 4th Street. 
 The youngsters are celebrating their birthdays. Georgie Robey's 12tli 
 birthday, her friends Libbie Dull, May Paul, Jennie Brohard, Lillie rimith. 
 Stella Page, Blanche Roberts, Cozie Curtis, Bessie Larison, Nellie Boehner, 
 Fannie McCabe and Susie Schaffer come to help her celebrate the event. 
 
 New Year's Day, 1886, a number of our young men formed themselves 
 into an umbrella brigade, for the object as expressed in the following 
 verse: 
 
 "We in compliance 
 With our alliance 
 Assert in this production 
 This association, is a combination 
 For provender destruction." 
 And each one, with an umbrella and a free lunch appetite, started out for 
 the visits and the eats. They lightened the larder at about forty homes, 
 before their hunger was appeased. The members engaged in this riotous 
 raid were J. R| Foulks, Dr. Scott, Dr. Smith, J. W. Foulks, F. A. Paddock, 
 J. F. Smith, Wm. Evans, John Larison, A G. Robey, Frank Bentley, J. H. 
 Byerly and H. J. Baird. 
 
 Rev. Merwin and family move to Tabor for the benefits of the college. 
 Mr. A. E. Cook and wife choose Malvern as their abiding place. 
 
 The Cantata of the Mikado will be rendered on the stage at The Opera 
 House to night by the following cast of high class talent: 
 DRAMATIS PERSONS 
 
 Mikado of Japan Prof. W. M. Moore 
 
 Nanki Poo (his son, a wandering Minstrel in love with Yum Yum) 
 
 Mr. W. W. Fisher 
 
 Ko Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) Mr. W. D. Townsend 
 
 Pooh Bah (Lord High Everything Else) Mr. J. R. Foulks 
 
 Pish Tush (a Noble Lord) Mr. A. M. Brown 
 
 Nee Ban Mr. Paul Evans 
 
 Yum Yum Mattie J. Marsh 
 
 Petti Sing Miss Ollie Taft 
 
 Peep Bo Miss Emily Cottrell 
 
 (3 sisters, wards of Ko Ko) 
 Katisha (an elderly lady, in love with Nanki Poo) Mrs. A. E. Cook 
 
 With Chorus of Girls, Guards and Nobles. 
 
 All will appear in full Japanese costume, and the stage and scenery will 
 be arranged especially for this occasion. 
 
 Produced under management of Prof. W. D. Townsend. 
 
48 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Musical Director, Prof. S. E. Dearborn. Miss Edith M. Evans, Pianist. 
 
 General admission, 25c; Reserved seats, 35c; Children, 15c. 
 
 Commence at 8:30 sharp. 
 
 Mr. Eshelmen rents the north room in the bank block for a Clothing 
 Store Stock. 
 
 I. O. O. F. officers installed: O. H. Snyder N. G., John Knight V. G., W. 
 M. Moore R. S., Wm. Wortz P. S., R. D. Hammond Treasurer, J. A. Mc 
 Curdy Chaplain. 
 
 Terrible snow and wind storms are blocking team and railroad travel. 
 
 Market prices, January 13th, 1886: New Corn 20c, old 26c; Wheat 50c 
 and 60c, Oats 20c, Rye 35c, Potatoes 35c, Eggs 17c, Butter 15c, Lard 8c, 
 Bacon 8c, Hogs $3.00, Cattle $3.50 to $4.00, Butcher Stock $2.50. 
 
 M. J. Curtis retires from the hardware business and the new firm is Mc 
 Cabe & Co. Dr. Robert McNutt is a new comer. 
 
 Mrs. Buell trades building and stock to Tom Lough for his farm in Ne- 
 braska, and Mrs. Lough is business manager of millinery store. 
 
 Wm. M. Evans is starting in the banking business at Randolph. 
 
 Alvin Robey, our assistant Post Master is appointed as Railway Postal 
 Clerk on route between Council Bluffs and St. Paul and his sister Miss 
 Nettie takes his place. Irvin Skadan is implement wrestler at his father's 
 store. 
 
 Edwin M. Benson, after an illness of several months, dies at the home 
 of his sister Mrs. J. K. DeWolf. 
 
 March, 1886. Prof. Jarboe and his helpers, Denny McHugh, E. E. 
 Bushnell, A. Wilkenson, Charles Hayes, G. A. Bushnell, John Knight, Ben 
 Hawkins, E. E. Daugherty are making it pleasant for us with their sweet 
 notes of melody. 
 
 Some one to lead, led others to follow, from Henry County, Iowa, and 
 we have a goodly number in Malvern from that locality. In June, 1886, 
 the Henry County clans gathered on the lawn at the home of O. H. Snyder, 
 who was the patriarch of the bunch, it having been his birthplace. There 
 were present, as representatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Evans, Edith and 
 Paul Evans, A. L. Young and wife. Prof. Willey, John Eshelman, A. E. 
 Cook and wife, H, H. Smith and W. W. Fisher. Dr. Scott and Mrs. Anna 
 Goodwin reported absent. After refreshments they enjoyed themselves 
 in recalling reminiscences of the fatherland, listening to music of the 
 band and in eating up all of Snyder's cherries. 
 
 J. H. Hershey and wife of North Platte, Nebr., are visiting at the home 
 of Al Hershey, his brother. Mr. Harry Hershey was one of that trio of 
 young men who came to Malvern in an early day and Mrs. Hershey was 
 Florence McCrary of the McCrary home in Malvern and our first assistant 
 teacher on the opening of our public school. 
 
 P. M. Campbell and Miss Minnie Neiman agree to travel life's pathway 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 49 
 
 together. Mr. M. E. Boehner fixes up one of his buildings and goes Into 
 the mercantile business. The packing Co. shipped 200,000 lbs. of meat 
 to St. Louis last Friday. A new Clerk, Mr. Howard Dearborn at the Drug 
 Store of Munger & Goodwin. 
 
 Charlie Holmes takes Charlie Barnet's position at Boehner's. Dr. W. 
 H. Otis of Elmo, Mo., and family move to Malvern with the highest recom- 
 mendation to us from the Elmo people. Abbott Bros, add to their broom 
 business the manufacture of broom handles. Geo. Mellor is our Jewelry 
 Store man. 
 
 The young people are mating up like robins in the spring time: D. E. 
 Whitfield, Miss Lillie M. Brothers; John Byerly, Miss Ida Mitchener; F,. 
 A. Paddock, Miss May Cleaver; Henry Mills, Miss Mary Holmes; Dr. J. R. 
 Scott, Miss Ida M. Willey; all have permitted the minister to tie the tie 
 that binds the lovers knot and have assumed the sacred obligations of a 
 married life. 
 
 J. H. Minnich is elected Principal of our schools. J. A. Waggoner is 
 the new agent at the Q. R. L. Gidley receives his appointment as Post- 
 master. Our soldier citizens and friends are to day in attendance at the 
 reunion at Creston, Iowa. General Phil Sheridan meets with them, and is 
 the center of interest, some of the boys were under his command during 
 the days of strife. 
 
 The young life of Dolly Bentley goes out, the summons come to young 
 as well as old. Rev. W. O. Allen succeeds J. F. St. Clair after his three 
 year pastorate at the M. E. Church.. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet E. Smith, the mother of Wm., Jesse and Nobe Smith dies 
 today, April 13th, 1886, and the remains taken to Lansing, Iowa, where 
 they will rest beside her husband. Mrs. Martha M. Duncan, mother of 
 Jessie and Frankie Duncan dies September 17th. 
 
 About twenty of our young musical people are associated together as 
 the Monday Night Club. Mr. L. P. Anderson comes in horseback to Sun- 
 day evening church service and some stranger borrows his horse and 
 forgets to return it. 
 
 In enfeebled health, Rev. G. W. Robey has to bid farewell to his people 
 as pastor and gets away to Tampa, his new home in the sunny land of 
 Florida. 
 
 Thanksgiving day service at the church, and family and friendly gather- 
 ings, around the spread out dining tables in many homes. 
 
 Our packing house has had to close its doors to business, and the citi- 
 zens of the town are feeling it as a personal loss. The rapid building up 
 of South Omaha at about the same time, the immense amount of capital 
 invested in their plants and being the terminal of so many roads, they 
 possess advantages our people cannot compete with. 
 
 John O'Grady is the faithful watchman at the Q and Wabash crossing. 
 News came up the street this morning that while swinging the gate for 
 the Wabash he had broken his leg. Sympathy was aroused for Mr. O'Grady 
 
50 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 until we learned the particulars. John had two legs, but one of them was 
 a cork leg and it was the cork leg that was broken. The blacksmith and 
 the shoemaker soon made it as good as new. 
 
 Geo. Wetmore sells his restaurant to Chester Berkhimer. J. B. Rose of 
 Villisca takes charge of the creamery business. Rev. Geo. H. Brown is 
 pastor of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Not absent a day from his work at the shop of J. K. DeWolf for three 
 years, George Rockafellow takes a vacation. (To be continued next week.) 
 
 Early in the evening of January 19th, 1887, the dreaded cry of fire, fire, 
 came ringing up first avenue, and business men rushed from their business 
 and people from their homes to the scene. Fire had broken out in one of 
 six frame buildings in what was called Norris Block and the fire spread 
 quickly in both directions and soon was a sheet of flame. Our present 
 organization of faithful fire boys was not in existence and the fire seemed 
 to laugh at aie feeble efforts of the bucket brigade in trying to quench it. 
 It was evident that the entire row of buildings was doomed to destruction 
 and all hands turned to save the buildings across the street, that the in- 
 tense heat was now scorching the stores of Hunger and Goodwin and Alex- 
 ander and crumbling the thick plate glass of L. W. Boehner and Co.'s fine 
 brick store building. In the frame row, there were only two business 
 places, McCabe & Co. Hardware and M. E. Boehner Groceries, the upper 
 rooms being partly occupied as sleeping rooms and residence apartments. 
 Mr. Douglas and family lived in the Glynn building and the sick and help- 
 less mother was hurriedly carried from the bed to safety. Little compari- 
 tively was saved from the homes and sleeping rooms. Faithful watches on 
 top and about the buildings across the street were kept busy to quench the 
 flying firebrands. To these toilers with the water buckets was due the 
 saving of an immense value of other property. No insurance on buildings 
 destroyed owned by Wm. Norris, John Glynn, Hayes Bros., M. E. Boehner 
 and James Churchill. Loss on stock of McCabe & Co. and M. E. Boe^^ncr 
 nearly made good by insurance. 
 
 Note. — The Historian has been pleasantly accused a time or two of 
 throwing items in the wrong box. The reader will kindly help, and place 
 them on the Calendar in right order of time, and take the narrative of the 
 event as if the error had not been made. 
 
 W. W. Fisher is a new business man with a dry goods store. Mr. John 
 Flanagan and E. Witt move in and become citizens of the town. A change 
 in business, it is now Keffer & Wainwright. 
 
 P. M. Campbell, the efiicient agent of the Wabash accepts a position 
 with the Union Pacific and G. K. Vauhn takes his place. 
 
 A suicide of a stranger at the Q Depot, this morning. Letters upon his 
 person gave his name as Jacob Trion, and they indicated that remorse for 
 some crime committed in the past was cause of the act; no clue to the 
 location of any friends. The coroner's orders to bury the body as found, 
 was carried out and in his blood besmeared clothing, in overcoat and rub- 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 51 
 
 ber boots, his body was consigned to a paupers grave in our cemetery. That 
 it was done in such a manner is a disgraceful bit of history. 
 
 Wm. Bennett buys an interest in the Abbott broom factory and they plan, 
 to enlarge the business. 
 
 The revival meetings conducted by Mrs. Libby at the M. E. Church close 
 with lasting influence for good to many lives. Mr. Allen, the pastor of the 
 church was so pleased with the evangelist that later on he persuaded her 
 to assume the name of Mrs. Allen. 
 
 D. W. C. Kline a long time resident of Malvern dies at his home in Mary- 
 ville, Mo., and has a resting place in the Malvern Cemetery. Jennie Wise 
 Davis dies at the home of James H. Smith. 
 
 Two of our young people formerly, so well and favorably known and 
 liked that we go over the line and announce the marriage of Frank Bent- 
 ley and Miss Nettie Robey, who will be at home at Syracuse, Kansas. 
 
 News reaches friends that our former respected business man of Mal- 
 vern, R. A. Baird is dead at his home at Garden City, Kansas, May 4th, 
 1887. This morning the life of Richard L. Gidley slowly ebbs away, a 
 good citizen performing faithfully and honestly his part of the guard duty 
 of the town, an early comer, and finding a wife here. Miss Sena Mabee, to 
 whom he was married in 1878. 
 
 Prof. Wilbur Davis is this year principal of our school and Laura Bish- 
 op, Grace Welch, Marie Butterfield and Florence Cook assistants. 
 
 Mrs. Gidley succeeds her husband as postmistress and Alice Brothers 
 is assistant. 
 
 A camp of sons of veterans established and named Malvern Hill. M. A. 
 Chantry Captain, J. E. Johnson 1st Lieutenant, L. G. Newman 2nd Lieu- 
 tenant, R. F. Salyers Orderly Seargt. 
 
 Prof. Willey while taking a walk to day up the Wabash, discovers a 
 broken rail in the track near Mr. Boston's. The south bound passenger 
 would soon be due. He places a handkerchief signal on a stick at the 
 break and hurries up the track and waving another; the train is stopped 
 and a terrible accident probably averted. 
 
 Our National holiday for 1887 was properly observed and a big and 
 patriotic crowd in attendance. C. W. Black, President of the day; J. K. 
 DeWolf, Marshall with Ed Cleaver and J. T. Ward assistants; Captain C. 
 S. Howard the eloquent orator of the day. The great attraction about 
 dinner time was the roasted ox and the invitation for all to bring their 
 cup and plate for a piece of the big roast and a cup of coffee free of charge. 
 
 Dr. H. H. Smith, our dentist lays down his forceps for a few days and 
 takes unto himself a wife. Miss Flo Brothers. 
 
 Mr. Onist Larson in the employ of W. M. McCoy has been able to send 
 for wife and son in Denmark and they meet today after three years of 
 separation. 
 
 The funeral service of little Edith Barton is being held to day, attract- 
 ing much interest from her being the victim of ptomaine poison, at the 
 
52 BRIEF HISTORY OP MALVERN 
 
 home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. Efficient medical service saved the lives of 
 Mrs, Curtis, Mrs. Sweetzer and John Barton the father. 
 
 Miss Emma Bartlett promises to obey Mr. Fred F. Smith in the mar- 
 riage vows. Chas. Larison buys the J. W. Bartlett home and Walter Lar- 
 ison sells his to H. T. Richmond. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Meeks dies. Ed Cleaver buys out the meat market of J. K. 
 DeWolf. 
 
 The family of M. J. Curtis, so long residents of Malvern leave for Wa- 
 keeny, Kansas, and A. H. Landis and family move into town and become 
 owners of the M. T. Davis home. 
 
 Colyer Boston succeeds Alice Brothers at the post office. 
 
 M. E. Boehner after a lingering illness dies to day December 6, 1887. 
 Mr. Boehner was one of the earliest settlers of the town and an honored 
 citizen. 
 
 Rev. S. J. McCormick is called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Quite an important event in the history of the town is the opening up 
 and occupancy of the new brick block of elegant store rooms just com- 
 pleted by L. W. Boehner & Co., R. E. K. Mellor and R. W. Hyde on first 
 avenue, and also that it is the consumation of the plans of the pioneer 
 movers from the lower town to the higher ground on First Avenue and 
 unites the interests of the whole town for the common good. 
 
 W. G. Wagner succeeds his brother J. A. Wagner as Q Agent. 
 
 A. J. Chantry is our Representative to the State House. 
 
 Mr. Anderson swaps the Central Hotel with a Mr. Parker for Missouri 
 land. Henry Stich has charge of the picture gallery, formerly owned by 
 Mr. Dearborn. 
 
 A memorable event in the amusement column was the masquerade par- 
 ty at the O. F. Hall, participated in by all the pleasure loving people of 
 the town, in gay and fanciful costume. 
 
 Stone and Belden buy the brick and tile business of O. T. Rankin. 
 
 February 20th, 1888, Mrs. I. B. Ringland dies, rather a sudden sum- 
 mons, and the only ones at home were Mrs. Mellor and the son Harvey, 
 Mr. Mellor being in Vermont at the bedside of his sick parents, Mrs. Wil- 
 son at Blakeman, Kansas, but did not receive telegram until too late to 
 come; Mrs. Smith and her husband in California. It was a sad home com- 
 ing to the daughters when they again got together under the roof of their 
 childhood home, with the mother gone. This home was the starting point 
 of the first funeral procession from our little village in 1870, when little 
 Willie, the baby toddler of 17 months, was in the casket for burial. 
 
 We are feeling the results of the strike of engineers and firemen on the 
 Q. Freight traffic entirely suspended and mail and passenger trains 
 nearly so. 
 
 Mr. Davis brings his plant for publication of the Iowa Leader to Mal- 
 vern. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 53 
 
 « 
 
 Uncle John Williams dies, happy in the thought that he had some treas- 
 ures, laid up over beyond if not the owner of them here. 
 
 Geo. Rockafellow opens up a meat market of his own. J. R. Hubbard 
 buys the dray line of J. L. Talbott. 
 
 April 27th, 1888. The first observance of Arbor Day in Malvern, by a 
 pleasing program of exercises and tree planting by the high school stu- 
 dents. 
 
 H. G. Rising who set the type for Volume 1 Number 1 of the Leader is 
 greeting friends here to day. He is the publisher of a daily paper at 
 Chickamauga, Tenn. 
 
 James J. Wilson accepts a position as one of the working force at the 
 First National Bank. 
 
 A base ball game is the attraction today, between the lads and their 
 dads, the lads are the winners. 
 
 Death closes the eyes of little Nell today, thirteen years the span of her 
 life, the idol of the mother and the pride of many friends old and young. 
 The sympathy of the community goes out to the stricken mother, Mrs. M. 
 M. Angel, as friends lay away in the tomb, the centered affections of her 
 own very life. The husband and the little lad, the son, had aiready been 
 taken, and now the daughter has gone. 
 
 A new business firm F. S. Leighty, the corner grocer. Mr. Seeger is 
 improving his mill by putting in machinery for grinding wheat. 
 
 Mr. C. H. Withnell of Omaha comes to Malvern for a wife. Miss Alfa- 
 relta Cleaver. 
 
 As an aid in suppression of intemperance an I. O. G. T. Lodge is organ- 
 ized and officers elected, Thomas Paul, G. H. Roose, Mrs. Kate Keffer, W. 
 H. Dolph, Miss Blanche Roberts, Mrs. Landis, L. G. Marsh and Paul Evans. 
 
 Uncle Peter Smith, the landlord of the Malvern House for many years, 
 completes life's journey. 
 
 Pet Rickabaugh is seventeen today and a bevy of young friends help 
 her celebrate. 
 
 Frank Strahan and Miss Lou Larison, two of our young people marry 
 and start for their new home at Wayne, Nebr. Our bachelor Charlie Din- 
 widdle concludes to take a partner and weds Mrs. Martha D. Morton of 
 Nebraska City and Albert B. Adams and Addie L. Graves march to the 
 same music. Geo. Salyers and Miss Ella Kayton are united in the holy 
 bonds of marriage. 
 
 Miss Josie Wetmore goes to the Woman's Medical College at Chicago 
 to complete her studies as a doctor. 
 
 The home of John Hatfield burns this evening with most of the house- 
 hold goods. 
 
 A. D. Place a business man of Malvern from 1873 to 1881, dies at his 
 home in Riverside, California. 
 
54 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Robt. Mellor sells out his business to A. J. Kronsbein. Will Evans and 
 Miss Georgie Moore of Red Oak get married and start on their wedding 
 trip. 
 
 It is lively times in the old town these days with political rallies and 
 torchlight processions, and martial music. The winner Cleveland in 
 the last battle is now the loser. 
 
 W. H. Abbott, John O'Grady and John Robrahn are stockholders in the 
 Malvern Cigar factory. 
 
 I. J. Swain, in order to be nearer his work sells his nice home in town, 
 to Walter Larison and moves out to the farm. Frank Beam succeeds G. 
 K. Vaughan at the Wabash. James Maguire an employee of the Q at Mal- 
 vern and Miss Mary L. Cussick are married at Melrose, Iowa. 
 
 Land values have advanced some since 1888. Rev. Merwin sells his farm 
 near Lawrence Station to J. W. Barnes for $22 per acre. 
 
 A. J. Chantry purchases the nice home of O. H. Snyder. John Knight 
 and Miss Rose Barnet are married today at the Barnet home. 
 
 The Christian Church is completed and dedicated to day December 2 8, 
 1888, another temple of worship. 
 
 1889. It is now twenty years since the coming of the covered wagon 
 and the first start of the town. The lone building erected out in the weed 
 pasture, has been the nucleus around which has grown many more. The 
 lonesome view and the bright vista of the imagination of better things to 
 come, has been realized. The helpers and business associates, the school 
 and scholars, the churches, fine homes and green grass lawns arc all here 
 now. 
 
 Knights of Pythias Lodge instituted and officers elected, A. E. Cook. 
 G. D. Keffer, J. P. Munger, W. Larison, W. G. Wagner, W. H. Otis, G. 
 C. Boston, C. E. Holmes, J. R. Hubbard and W. H. Byers. 
 
 W. D. Evans retires from the active duties of The Farmers and Traders 
 Bank, turning the business over to son and daughter. Will and EdiLh 
 Evans, who are qualified by long experience as helpers to manage its 
 affairs. 
 
 J. Degenhart purchases Thos. Lough's business building and fits it up 
 for his business. 
 
 J. M. Strahan and Mrs. M. W. Guil!'ord are united in marriage at Glen- 
 wood by Rev. S. J. McCormick. 
 
 The first annual meeting of The Farmers Institute of Mills County is 
 held at Malvern. Town election held and the following officers were 
 elected: H. Barnes Mayor, J T. Ward Recorder. C. F. Goodwin Treasurer, 
 S. Wainwr'ght and J. K. DeWolf councilmen. 
 
 Irving Skadan and Miss Jessie Duncan take a joy ride to Red Oak and 
 the Presbyterian minister soon performs the ceremony that makes them 
 husband and wife. W. H. Byers buys the H. Barnes property and starts 
 out on the highway of business life. 
 
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 Grace and Harry Landis had a gathering at their parents home last 
 Tuesday evening as per list below of youngsters then, but now older grown. 
 There were present Ella, Flo and Katie Cottrell, Susie, Bee and Dell 
 Schaffer, Midgie Keffer, Mabel and Elwood Barrick, Paul and Sophie Ret- 
 elsdorf, Pearl Mellor, Helen Mather, Mamie Donner, Maud Norton, Ralph 
 Roberts, Frank Higgins, Carrie Wills, Dakin Miller, Frank Goodwin, Will 
 Edmonds, Grant Lewis, Kittle and Robie McCormick, Oscar McCoy, Min- 
 nie and Stella Smith, Retta and George Perdue, Anna Harvey, Charlie and 
 Harry Cleaver and Ralph Brothers. 
 
 G. E. Wetmore is erecting a building for his business. Dr. Marsh and 
 J. T. Ward succeed O. H. Snyder as pharmacists. 
 
 R. F. Norton of Kellogg, Iowa, buys an interest in the Creamery and 
 soon has it going in good shape. The price of fat cattle is very low, friends 
 who shipped last week had enough to pay freight and commission and get 
 home alive. 
 
 C. B. Christy and family become residents of Malvern. 
 
 J.R. Hubbard buys the Bowman property for a home. Mr. T. D. Gib- 
 son buys property in the Bank Block, takes off his coat and invites cust- 
 omers to come and see him for groceries. 
 
 Fred Lockwood is the new helper at Larison Bros. shop. 
 
 April 4th, 1889. A notable social event took place commemorating the 
 fiftieth anniversary of wedded life as per invitation cards sent out giving 
 Mils announcement: Our Fiftieth Anniversary, Capt. H. E. Boehner and 
 Louisa H. Moir, married at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, April 4, 1839. 
 Golden Wedding at Malvern, Iowa, Friday, April 4, 1889. Reception, 
 Friday and Saturday. April 4 and 5, from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. No presents. 
 Rev. Mr. Mackey of Council Bluffs, tied the knot anew that had held for 
 fifty years. The relatives at home and from abroad made a goodly com- 
 pany at the ceremony. Throngs of friends attended the reception day3 
 and added their hearty congratulations to the young bride and groom. 
 
 A new base ball team has been organized: Capt. F. A. Marsh, Catche- 
 W. A. Black, Pitcher W. M. Evans, 1st base Ed. B. Brown, 2nd base John 
 Gainor, 3rd base F. A. Marsh, Short stop H. A. Baird, left field Ed M.-- 
 Curdy, center field C. E. Holmes, right field Harry Dull. The sportixTs: 
 editor of the Leader says: "This club is a good one and ought to be able 
 to mop up the soil with the village clubs round about." These boys are 
 now older grown and business men, scattered abroad striving to catch 
 the bails of prosperity and success, that come Hying their way. May they 
 all be successful and honest players in the contests of life. 
 
 Roose & Wainwright sell lumber business to Iowa Lumber Co., Mr. G. 
 E. Poyneer Manager. Dr. Otis buys W. E. Bartlette's residence. 
 
 Death takes Nettie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn and Philip 
 Kryselmier a resident of Malvern since 1879. The Knights of Labor Mal- 
 vern Lodge officiate at Mr. Kryselmier's funeral service. 
 
56 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bartlett leave us after several years residence here. 
 
 An election in favor of a two per cent tax in aid of the Tabor and North- 
 ern Railroad carried 9 8 for, 56 against. 
 
 The death toll of two more residents of Malvern, Mr. B. L. Hays and 
 Mrs. John Hatfield. 
 
 S. N. Shanks a new comer buys the Shuman property. Mrs. Foster of 
 Hastings purchases the Wilkinson House hotel for $2000. 
 
 The sympathy of the town is aroused in aid of the Johnstown, Penn., 
 flood sufferers and $122.54 is sent them. 
 
 The Misses Mamie and Nellie Boehner are quite popular business women 
 as the lady grocers. 
 
 G. C. Seeger trades his little mill property with Peck and Rogers for 
 land. 
 
 Church directory: Rev. M. McConnell Christian Church, M. R. Harned 
 M. E. Church, S J. McCormick Baptist Church, W. V. Jeffries Presbyterian 
 Church, Father Cook Catholic Church. 
 
 The Perfection End Gate Co. shipped out a car load of their gates to 
 Deere Wells & Co. 
 
 Mr. John Dyson is our representative on the board of County Supervis- 
 ors with H. B. Cheney and F. F. Daitschler. 
 
 The school board change the time of school year from 8 to 8 V2 months. 
 
 Foulks Bros, sell their harness business to Wm. Wortz and Charlie Cook 
 
 The littie two year old lad of Mr. and Mrs. John Barrett falls into a 
 boiler of hot water and death soon comes to the little sufferer. 
 
 Nicholas Schmittroth is our maker of bread and cakes. 
 
 Foulks Bros, have completed their fine new brick building on the east 
 side of First Avenue and the new Clothing Store firm of Baker and Knee- 
 land open out and commence business. With only a few changes they arc 
 at this writing as Kneeland and Kneeland the oldest continuous firm of 
 the long list of Malvern merchants. 
 
 Roose and Wainwright repurchase their old business of The Iowa Lum- 
 ber Co. after three months of travel and investigation, and settle down 
 again as residents of Malvern. 
 
 B. F. Buffington & Son open up in the banking business in their new 
 building on the east side of First avenue. Charlie Buffington assumes ,ihe 
 working part of the business. 
 
 Collyer Boston resigns his position at the Post Office and becomes a 
 salesman at the new Clothing Store. Miss Rose Mabee succeeds him at 
 the post office wicket with her sunny smiles or sunny frowns as the case 
 might be. 
 
 A family reunion to day of unusual character and interest occurs at the 
 home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Graves when their family of nine children 
 were all together for the first time in their lives, some of the older ones 
 having gone out from the parental roof before the younger ones were 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 57 
 
 born. They are now all of them for this gathering around the spread out 
 dining table of the parents home. 
 
 The old settlers had such a good time last year 1888, that they meet 
 with us again. President Mickelwait ably directed the affairs of the re- 
 union last year and President Clark of Council Bluffs is at the helm this 
 year. A special train on the Wabash brought three crowded coaches of 
 pleasure seekers and Dalbeys Band. The program of the day: Music by 
 The Malvern Glee Club and the band, Rev. Geo. C. Rice invokes divine 
 blessing upon the gathering, W. S. Lewis address of welcome, John N. 
 Baldwin delivers the annual address. All could not participate in the 
 program of entertainment, but when the hundreds of picnic dinners were 
 spread there were none but what thought they were qualified to take part. 
 After dinner Rev. Crofts read a poem written for the occasion, W. H. M. 
 Pusey gave a short address. Visiting and music lor a while closed the 
 exercises ot a very pleasant and enjoyable gathering. 
 
 Tom Butler buys John Blades home. Our country neighbors and towns 
 people have been helping with the displaj'^ of our county products at the 
 Blue Grass Palace at Creston where many of our people are going to day. 
 
 W. M. Lewis who has been for 6 years a diligent student of the art 
 preservative at the Leader print rooms, graduates with honor and goes 
 out, seeking wider fields. 
 
 We say good bye to O. H. Snyder and family as they move to Platts- 
 mouth, Nebr., we shall miss them. A Mr. Kennedy of Villisca is killed by 
 the passing of the fast mail train at the Q station. This calls to mind the 
 death of E. H. Mabee, the well liked agent at the Q, who was by the reck- 
 less bumping of the switching engine, thrown from the top of a car and 
 so terribly injured that death came December 11, 1877. 
 
 E. F. Korns of Phillipsburg, Kas., formerly a newspaper man in Mal- 
 vern is here shaking hands with old time friends. 
 
 As we read the tributes of esteem and respect of W. D. Evans and A. 
 B. Sisson to the memory of Mr. ('. A. Donner, we mention our error in 
 previous record made, that should have been placed at this date, Novem- 
 ber 3, 1889 instead. 
 
 Thanksgiving service for benefits and blessings of the year past is held 
 at Baptist Church, Rev. C. M. Ward preaching the sermon. 
 
 Horace DeWolf is thirteen to day and his playmates gather and help 
 him celebrate. 
 
 G. C. Boston and Hattie Wilkinson agree to walk the ways of life to- 
 gether. 
 
 Geo. Mellor moves his business into his fine new store room, north of 
 Buffington Bank. James Maguire buys W. G. Wagner's home and Samuel 
 Shutterly buys Dinwiddle's property. Frank Goodwin goes into business 
 at Missouri Valley. 
 
58 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN , 
 
 Plucky Tabor wins and railroad connections are made between the Col- 
 lege town and Malvern. In the early days Tabor was a well known station 
 on the road from slavery to freedom, and passengers were carried free. 
 Davis & Cunningham are the first shippers of live stock over the Tabor 
 and Northern. 
 
 1890 records A. H. Landis purchases the Greeson property for a home. 
 
 Rev. McCormick is called as pastor of the Baptist Church. 
 
 A daughter is left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hubbard. 
 
 Miss Ethel L. Norris and Charles W. Bigger are married today at the 
 Norris home. Frank Hough takes his position as Jeweler at Munger & 
 Goodwin Store. 
 
 W. A. Barkus and family become residents of Malvern and Mr. Barkus 
 opens a laundry in Churchill block on 3rd street. 
 
 January 23, 189 0, Malvern Creamery price list: Cream 15c, Eggs 12c. 
 Live Chickens 4i/^c, Live Turkeys 7c, Live Ducks 5c, Live Geese 50c each. 
 Old Roosters 10c each and they sell the feathers at 5c pound . In these 
 days of H. C. L. we might wish ourselves back in those good old days 
 when old roosters were on the market at ten cents each. 
 
 Good Templars Lodge elect officers: Miss Eva Landis C. T., Miss Ella 
 Miller V. T., Miss Nannie Roose Secretary, Clyde Wills F. Sec, Miss Chatlis 
 Guilford Treasurer, Miss Ida Roose Chaplain, Geo. Cleaver Marshall, 
 Ralph Brothers Guard, Obb Raines Sentinel, May Paul Organist. 
 
 We go out over the border to make record of the death o; I'oriner resi- 
 dents of Malvern, Mrs. Sweetzer at her later home in Sacramento, Calif., 
 who was for eighteen years a history maker for good in her home in Mal- 
 vern; of Mrs. Arthur Brown, nee Miss Nettie Rhodes at Portland, Ore., 
 and Mrs. Kryselmier in her Malvern hom.e. 
 
 Another fire breaks out in the Abbott & Gavitt broom lactory down on 
 3rd Street, burning quickly, the family of Wesley Petty barely having time 
 to escape. Mr. Barkus' laundry goods mostly saveu, i^osses were Mr. 
 Churchill on building, Foulks Bros, on goods stored, G. Schuckmeils]:a 
 shoe repair shop and Petty and Barkus on household goods. 
 
 The Tabor and Northern Railroad commence doing business for Uncle 
 Sam in carrying the mails. 
 
 The early ones down town Saturday morning were horrified to see a 
 human form hanging from the front of E. B. Brown & Co. Ctore. It was 
 an effigy of the noted McGinty. 
 
 John Robrahn builds brick veneered residence south of M. E. Church. 
 Frank Day and his mother move L'rom Strahan to Malvern. 
 
 G. D. Keffer and family move to Hastings to take charge as manager of 
 Kronsbeins branch store. George has proved to be a stayer there and at 
 this writing is driving away at the same line of business. 
 
 Miss Frazier is elected principal of our schools. R. E. K Mellor, a long 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 59 
 
 time business man here, with his family start a new business and a home 
 at Wayne, Nebr. 
 
 Miss Katie Kline takes the place of Miss Pet Rickabaugh with Boehner 
 Mercantile Co. 
 
 The best medical skill is not able to save the life of little Bertie Munger 
 who dies to day. 
 
 Dr. Campbell has completed his new office building on the ground floor 
 on 1st avenue. 
 
 Some of the young folks who surprise Georgie Smith on her birthday 
 are Nellie Churchill, Annie Moore, Duck and Maud Wilkinson, Maud 
 Vandevert, Ollie and Hopie Gavitt, Elsie Chantry, Maud Raines, Mabel 
 Wetmore, Eva Lockwood, Maud Landis, Hazel Campbell. 
 
 W. H. Byers and Miss Jennie Mabee form a marriage partnership. 
 
 Quite a number of our people are attending the Council Bluffs Chau- 
 tauqua. 
 
 The stork leaves a bunch of three babies ?.t the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jess Heiner, but they stay only a few days. 
 
 Mills County Normal Institute is held in the high school building, with 
 rood i'.ttcndance and an Instructive program of work. 
 
 H. H. Stich purchases the picture gallery of Mr. Tolman for whom he 
 has been manager. 
 
 The reunion of the surviving comrades of the 29th Iowa Infantry on 
 August 12th and 13th was a memorable event for them, and also for those 
 from other regiments and states who took part with them in the glad 
 gathering. From the register of names of those present, so many have 
 since been mustered out, that only a small company could now be present 
 at roll call. 
 
 The little kindergarten folks who have been under the care and training 
 of Miss Griffith assisted by Mrs. Ed Brown for a while, separate today. 
 
 Miss Blanche Roberts and L. W. Boehner are married today at the home 
 ci Mis. Ruth Roberts and are off on a tour of travel. 
 
 R. F. Norton purchases the entire interests of the Creamery. John 
 Dyf.on Jr. is one of the helpers at the post office. 
 
 Wm. Marshall formerly in business here returns and buys the bakery 
 of Mrs. Wilkinson and combines the two, bakery and meat shop. 
 
 Rev. G. C. Waynick unites in marriage this 22nd day of September, 
 1890, at the home of her mother Mrs. Mat Boehner, her daughter Nellie 
 and John R. Foulks. 
 
 The Mills County Fair has just closed its gates on its exhibits for the 
 year 1S90, and has a balance on the credit side. 
 
 Death calls Thomas Bonham, of firm of Bonham & Hammond, who dies 
 at the home of his son in Council Bluffs, and laid to rest in our silent city 
 ol" the dead. 
 
60 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Lodge and Church directory for 1890: Masonic, H. H. Norton, W. M.; 
 W. J. C. Smith, Secretary. L O. O. F., F. A. Marsh, N, G,; Wm, Wortz, 
 V. G.; Thos. Hawkins Jr., Secretary. K. of P.: Jesse Smith, C. C.; C. E, 
 Holmes, V. C; F. M. Beam, Rec. K. of L. Assembly Hall over Retels- 
 dor Tailor Shop. G. A. R.: J. M. Johnson, P. C.; Thos. Paul, Adjt. Sons 
 of V. Malvern Hill Camp, J. E. Johnson, Capt. I. O. G. T.: Katie Kline, 
 C. T. ; Nannie Norton Secretary. Church Pastors: M. A. Hampton, Chris- 
 tian Church; C. M. Ward, Methodist; W. J. Watson, Baptist; D. B. Flem- 
 ing, Presbyterian. A. Hershey, Mayor. 
 
 A pair of bright boys are left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cook. 
 
 Floral Hall at Fair Grounds burned last night, cause unknown. 
 
 Mrs. Betts, a business woman, buys the Ringland home on Douglas 
 Street, with a view of making it a hotel. This was the first start of the 
 Cottage which has had a number of landladies and landlords since Mrs. 
 Betts dedicated it to the traveling public. But its doors are still open 
 for the weary and hungry ones. 
 
 The Woody Bros, entertainment, with whom are the Bridges brothers, 
 Malvern boys, given last evening, was very much enjoyed by our music 
 loving people and pleased at the part taken on the program by the Bridges 
 boys. 
 
 A. H. Earhart buys C. B. Christy residence. 
 
 Robt. Hammond sells his Peaceville home and is looking around for 
 a little piece of ground inside the Corporate limits of Maivern. 
 
 Our former citizen and buiness man, Rev. Wallace, the marrying par- 
 son, is yet alive and at the business, having just married his 807th couple 
 at his home town of Clarinda. 
 
 Nard Byers and W. A. CroAv are putting up a blacksmith shop west of 
 Skadan's implement house. 
 
 G. H. Roose is building a nice cottage home on Center Street, half way 
 up the hill. 
 
 Rev. Watson and Henry Baird, as pilots for the writer and twenty seven 
 of his Sunday school boys, have a rabbit hunt and roast over the camp fire 
 for a beautiful December day picnic down on the Nishna. The boys then, 
 now men grown will remember the jolly time we had if they do not have 
 a snap shot picture of the gathering. 
 
 Items of 1891: Lew McDill and Dell Schaffer are helpers at Gibson's. 
 A little band of the Omahas, a remnant of the red men, are camping to 
 day down on Silver Creek. A baby daughter comes into the family at the 
 Watson home. Geo. F. Salyers retires ivom. the mercantile business ;.nd 
 goes back to the farm. Milton Summers Post call special memorial meet- 
 ing as tribute to the memory of General Wm. T. Sherman who answers the 
 roll call of death. 
 
 The Christian Endeavor Convention of Mills County and Tabor is held 
 at the Presbyterian Church. An enthusiastic gathering gives an impetus 
 for a greater devotion to the Master's service. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 61 
 
 Town election held: John R. Foulks, Mayor; John R. Christopher, Re- 
 corder; C. F. Goodwin, Treasurer; A. J. Chantry and James Churchill, 
 Councilmen; J. L. Talbott, Street Commissioner. 
 
 J. R. Hubbard buys a farm near Tabor and sells his dray line to Chas. 
 Duncan. B. L. Byers buys Geo. Dixon's property. 
 
 Miss Josie Wetmore, who commenced her medical studies in Dr. Camp- 
 bell's office, now completes the three year course with honor and credit at 
 the Women's Medical College at Chicago, receives her diploma and is ap- 
 pointed interne at the hospital for women and children in that city. 
 
 C. C. Reid takes a position with Marsh and Ward. The Malvern Cream- 
 ery furnishes the butter for the banquet tables at the opening of The 
 Grand Hotel at Council Bluffs. 
 
 Dr. Marsh retires from business and is hunting a place for a home and 
 the practice of his profession. 
 
 Charlie Burr sells his home to Mr. Ryan. A. C. Fulton, the operator at 
 the Q. and Jennie Cain marry and they too are prospecting for business 
 and a home. 
 
 Buckley succeeds Connor at the Q. and Cal Berryman comes back to 
 Malvern. The Presbyterian people build a parsonage on Chase Street. 
 
 Miss Minnie Johnson is the only graduate from the High School this 
 year, 1891, and the alumni of the high school have their first meeting. 
 Miss Maggie Black, President. 
 
 Our townsman, G. H. Roose is an enthusiastic dog fancier, and when 
 not busy at the yards is selling or buying dogs. He sells his old dog, the 
 head of his kennell for $175. and soon after he trades a likely pup he has 
 and the $175 in cash for a Mrs. dog, which he confines in stockade for a 
 bit, and when he comes again she has dug an outlet under the foundation 
 and is away. The entire police force of the town, aided by the citizens 
 soon discover her hiding place under a neighbors porch and is taken cap- 
 tive, and quiet and order is again restored. 
 
 Our business neighbor Eugene Bushnell goes a little way out in the 
 country and finds a wife, Miss Mary Montgomery, and has a neat little 
 nest of a home on east hill ready for her. 
 
 Prof. C. L. Brill issues "The New West," a monthly paper in the in- 
 terests of the business college. 
 
 We step over the border to make record of the death of James Newton 
 Summers, better known by his many friends as "Newt." 
 
 Alice Brothers is bookkeeper and John Roe takes Will Zanders place 
 at Paddock's Store. 
 
 S. Burrus and family become residents of the village and have been 
 stayers and workers for the best interests of the town. 
 
 Hon. W. S. Lewis presents a big sized "Old Glory" to the town council. 
 
62 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 a handsome and patriotic gift, that they may not forget that they have a 
 country and a flag. 
 
 Our educational guides for the youngsters for the coming year: Prof. 
 Joubert, May Miller, Emma Brown, Laura Roe and Bessie Mitchener. 
 
 Paul Evans has been getting married and brings his bride to his par- 
 ents' home on a visit. 
 
 A young lad who tips the scale at ten pounds is making his head quar- 
 ters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Boehner. 
 
 Miss Alberta Follett thinks well of Warren Chantry, and has her name 
 changed to Mrs. Chantry. Miss Emily Cottrell and Charlie Holmes are 
 quietly married at the Cottrell home. 
 
 Building operations are active. They are fitting up the upper rooms of 
 the high school building for Brill's business college and he is building a 
 home near by; Walter Larison a new home; Bairds new business building; 
 Jas. J. Wilson a residence and F. S. Leighty an addition to his store. 
 
 Another mover with a canopy top wagon came through town with a 
 team of cows, an excellent propelling power and carrying with them a 
 supply of food and drink. 
 
 Miss Faristina Gerrish, the whistling soloist had an appreciative audi- 
 ence both morning and afternoon as she gave her entertainment from the 
 platform on the fair grounds, the fourth. Her ease and ladylike appear- 
 ance upon the rostrum, dispelled what prejudice there might have been 
 against a lady whistler, as an entertainer. 
 
 Rev. Fleming performs the ceremony that unites Violet Shank and John 
 W. Hunt. Miss Lizzie Guilford and J. E. Cleaver are united in wedlock 
 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Strahan and Mr. E. A. Stone and Mrs. 
 Marshall are tied by the same tie. 
 
 The marriage festivities and the funeral procession following. Mrs. Mc 
 Curdy dies. A. C. Fulton, the husband of Jennie Cain, who were married 
 in Malvern but a short time ago dies at his home in Texas. Dr. W. H. 
 Otis, the attending physician for the Whiteside children having the diph- 
 theria, takes the disease himself and his own life is taken in the conscien- 
 tious discharge of the duties of his profession. Mr. G. W. Ewing and Mr. 
 Hertz are two more added to the death list. 
 
 Dud Rickabaugh is one of the helpers at Gibson's, Nellie Robinson at 
 Paddock's and J. C. Tipple with Boehner Mercantile Co. 
 
 T. J. Wilson buys the Al Hershey home and A. C. Blakeley the Hunter 
 property, north of Dr. Campbells. 
 
 Dr. C. A. Love and family from St. Louis come to Malvern and the 
 doctor takes up the practice of Dr. Otis. 
 
 Franchise is granted by the town of Malvern to L. W. Boehner and 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 63 
 
 J. D. Paddock for the erection and installing of an Electric Light and 
 Power Plant. 
 
 J. T, Ward sells his business to Dr. Brothers and C. C. Reid. Poe Rick- 
 abaugh sells his home to J. E. Cleaver and naoves to Council Bluffs. 
 
 Scott Lewis moves to Glenwood. This part of the country has been his 
 stamping place with bare feet as a lad, and shod when older grown. He 
 gives good reasons for removal and we let him go. 
 
 Mayor Foulks and recorder Dinwiddie are busy signing the water bonds 
 at 6 per cent interest. 
 
 Miss Lulu Thompson and J. A. Tyler are married at the Thompson 
 home. 
 
 W. A. Barkus and Nard Byers are captains of two hunting teams Thanks 
 giving Day. Barkus party is ahead by a few points and Nard and his team 
 furnish the oysters for the crowd. 
 
 Harry Foulks after a long grim fight for life gives up the contest. The 
 Foster House formerly the Judkins and the Wilkinson is destroyed by fire. 
 
 Rev. Chas. Merwin, an early settler and home builder in the village, a 
 worthy helper in advancing the moral tone of life in our community, dies 
 at his later home at Tabor. 
 
 Mr. J. C. Taylor and family come from Illinois and cast their lot with 
 the Malvern people. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1892. Ben Dick is now proprietor of the Malvern Mills, and Will 
 Mitchiner keeps the candy parlors. 
 
 Wm. E. Kline is elected teacher to fill vacancy. 
 
 Senator elect A. J. Chantry goes to Des Moines to take his seat in the 
 general assembly and Thomas M. Britt as our representative. 
 
 Horatio A. Baldwin or Father Baldwin, aged 9 2 dies to day, a well 
 known and respected figure upon our streets, a gentleman of the old 
 school. 
 
 Mr. S. Burrus buys the restaurant of Will Mitchener, and at this writing 
 25 years after, the name is still the Burrus Restaurant. 
 
 Charlie Barnett's body is brought to his old home town for burial. 
 
 C. C. Cully the new merchant opens out stock in Bairds new building. 
 W. R. Thomas buys the barber shop business of Tony White, and Harry 
 comes from Randolhp to Malvern two new citizens. 
 
 Dr. Smith the dentist is a competitor with Mr. Roose as a lover of high 
 class dogs and takes some good premiums at a Chicago bench show. 
 
 Mrs. Benton buys J. H. DeBolts residence property. 
 
 A public statement of Mayor Foulks showing the business of the town 
 for year ending March 1, 1892. Receipts $175.25, Disbursements $114.80, 
 leaving a few nickels in the treasury. 
 
 Since the granting of the franchise for the electric light plant to Boeh- 
 ner and Paddock, the project has been carried out in erection of building 
 
64 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 and installing of machinery for lights, heat and power and now this 10th 
 day of March, 1892, the first connection is made and the current turned 
 on at the business house of Foulks Bros., where flashed forth the starting 
 of the electric lighting system of Mills County. It was an infant plant and 
 many trials and much tribulation to sustain and build it up, but the lights 
 have been kept burning all these years since and future writers will re- 
 cord its progress to its present scope of usefulness. The men behind the 
 dynamo that have been the helpers to make it go have been James Jones, 
 John Knight and Joe Deardorff. 
 
 The result of the spring election: Fred Zanders Mayor, A. B. Adams 
 Recorder, S. Wainwright, W. A. Crow and E. B. Brown, new councilmen; 
 J. J. Wilson, Treasurer, J. L. Talbott, Street Commissioner and C. E. 
 Holmes, Assessor. 
 
 J. K. DeWolf, for many years a worthy citizen of Malvern finds a new 
 home in Nebraska. 
 
 The packing house plant is sold to Bennett Thorne & Co. of Philadelphia 
 who fit it up for a Cold Storage house. 
 
 E. H. Hamilton is elected principal of our schools and Miss Myrtle Wil- 
 liams assistant. 
 
 Friends and neighbors get together and help Uncle John Chambers 
 celebrate his 73rd birthday and report a royal time visiting and eating. 
 
 J. H. B. Gordon does not raise the price of board, but he raises the 
 hotel, the Gordon House. 
 
 E. R. Graves builds a home. 
 
 Miss Alice Cottrell and Lewis Woodrow, with the aid of two ministers, 
 D. B. Fleming and W. J. Watson are securely tied with the lovers knot 
 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, the bride's sister. Chas. S. Roe 
 and Miss Mattie Brumback of Hamburg assume the same obligations. 
 
 The flouring mill to be erected by the Replogles of Red Oak, material 
 for which has been purchased on account of distruction by fire and heavy 
 loss of their home property, has to be given up. 
 
 Harry Thomas' new brick building is completed, and divided with the 
 barber shop on one side and Henry Baird will study out his law decisions 
 on the other. 
 
 Prof. Willey dies and a wide circle of friends mourn the going out of his 
 life, the body is taken to Mt. Pleasant. 
 
 Whitfield and DuShane are the new law firm. 
 
 The runaway of team driven by Mrs. Viner and her miraculous escape 
 from death has been the exciting incident of the day. 
 
 Mrs. Josiah Leek and C. J. R. Abbott, one of our business men, are tak- 
 en to the residing place of the dead. 
 
 Prof. Hamilton builds a home. 
 
 Alfred Chantry and Miss Katie Kline take upon themselves the vows 
 that make them one. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 65 
 
 Strahan and Christy purchase the banking interests of B. F. Buffington 
 and Son. 
 
 Major Barnes returns to Malvern and has purchased an interest in the 
 business of The Boehner Mercantile Co. Mrs. Merwin and Miss Abbie 
 return to Malvern, their early home. Mr. Bentley from Randolph pur- 
 chases the home of L. Bentley. 
 
 Our school opened up Monday with an enrollment of 273. 
 
 Thomas Hawkins dies September 9th; he was here early and a trusted, 
 honest citizen in all his life. 
 
 The little one at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Holmes is taken from 
 them. 
 
 The annual meeting of the County Sunday School Association meets at 
 Malvern. The entertainment committee are Mesdames Barnes, Leighty, 
 Hough and DuShane. 
 
 H. T. Richmond rents the new Byers Building. John W. Dyson resigns 
 his position at the Post Office after faithful service of three years. 
 
 Y. M. C. A. rooms dedicated to their use November 13, 1892, with inter- 
 esting ceremonies. G. W. Wyant moves into his new home he has been 
 building. 
 
 Our townsman D. M. Whitfield dies to day. He has been only a short 
 time a resident of the town, but from its early days has been a steadfast 
 friend and worker for its interests. 
 
 G. E. Wetmore sells hardware business to M. Cunningham. Tom Lough 
 is our photographer. Dr. Carley for 14 years a resident physician of 
 Malvern, leaves Malvern. 
 
 Roose & Wainwright move the lumber yard from 3rd Street to Center 
 Street 
 
 J. B. Welpton a new comer is with Paddock & Co. 
 
 The Council are putting up a building for hose cart and for the council 
 meetings. 
 
 O. J. Davidson opens up a Variety Store. Foulks Bros, sell their busi- 
 ness to four of our young men, a good strong team for work and trade, 
 with the firm name of The Malvern Hardware and Implement Company. 
 
 Johnstone, the mind reader, has been perrormmg some wonderful feats 
 of being able to read the concentrated thoughts of those whom he has 
 been associated with to day. 
 
 Albert Tyler buys the O. M. Harris dray line. Denny McHugh, a good 
 citizen of Malvern for many years, now living at Plattsmouth, Nebr., has 
 ben pronounced insane and taken to the asylum. 
 
 The Farmers and Traders Bank is changed to a National Bank under 
 name of Farmers National and ofiicered by Mr. J. C. Taylor as President 
 and Wm. M. Evans as Cashier. 
 
66 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The Hiser livery barn is sold to 9am Norton and Lee Donner and Gene 
 Bushnell buys B. L. Byers blacksmith shop. 
 
 Miss Ellen Wing is elected as teacher of 6th grade in our public school. 
 
 January, 1893, Rev. E. W. Brown becomes pastor of the Presbyterian 
 Church. Tom Shannon buys the photo gallery of Hughes and Son. Jas. 
 J. Wilson is elected as Cashier of First National Bank. 
 
 The rooms of the Y, M. C. A. are open evenings for reading and social 
 gatherings. 
 
 Mr. Sam Harold's home that he had only recently purchased was de- 
 stroyed by fire Sunday morning. 
 
 At the home of Mrs. Dr. Otis occurs to day the marriage of her sister 
 Miss Lizzie Uttvits to Charles W. Lee of Omaha. 
 
 Mrs. Uttvits desires a home of her own and buys the wetmore residence. 
 L. W. Boehner completes and moves into his fine new home. 
 
 A social event of great interest is the marriage ceremony at the Pres- 
 byterian Church today of Miss Edith Evans and Judge Joseph R. Reed of 
 Council Bluffs. 
 
 The installing of system of water works in the town has rendered obso- 
 lete our old fire fighting force, the noble bucket brigade, and a well equip- 
 per, trained and efficient volunteer fire department has been established. 
 The organization of the fire department was effected February 3, 1893, by 
 election of officers, Wm. C. Wortz Chief, Ed B. Brown first assistant, F. 
 Mulholland second assistant, and a muster roll of our best young men to 
 fill the ranks who have been in all these years since an effective force in 
 staying the ravages of fire and saving life and property. 
 
 Married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Evans, their daughter Lizzie 
 to Mr. Thomas W. Raines. Death invades the Barnet home and takes 
 away the mother of the family. 
 
 The town election is taking place today and we are getting initiated in- 
 to the new way of voting. The count of votes elects F. Zanders, Mayor; 
 Wm. Mitchener, Recorder; Jas. J. Wilson, Treasurer; Wm. Grasby, Street 
 Commissioner; T. D. Gibson and Wm. Kneeland new Councilmen. 
 
 At school election W. H. Bentley and Chan. Baird the new directors on 
 the board. Tom Butler purchased J. K. DeWolf's property and C C. Reed 
 the Rachael Kerney home. 
 
 All our young men are buying or wanting to buy Safety Bicycles, and 
 pedestrians are keeping out of the way of the amateur riders. 
 
 Roose and Wainwright again make sale of their lumber business to C. 
 D. Greenwood and Ed Morse. Mr. Roose includes in the sale his neat new 
 cottage home. 
 
 At a meeting of the Ladies Cemetery Association the following officers 
 were elected: Mrs. Dr. Campbell, President; Mrs. A. Hershey, Secretary, 
 Treasurer; Miss Place and Mesdams Munger, Retelsdorf, Summers, Chan- 
 try and Bonham advisory board. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 67 
 
 J. M. Strahan's second addition to Malvern has been surveyed and plat- 
 ted and lots are being sold. There are quite a number of purchasers of 
 lots in different parts of town with the intention of building homes, J. B. 
 Welpton, J. C. Taylor, James Brohard, Samuel Harold. 
 
 Miss Arminta Jones Millinery Store is displaying all the latest novelties 
 in ladies head covering. A tower is being erected for the fire alarm bell. 
 
 Henry Gastineau, one of the early pioneers and hustling business man 
 of Malvern, now living in Valparaiso, Ind., is here greeting old time friends 
 and reviving memories of the past. 
 
 The lumber business is booming, three yards are preparing for the sea- 
 son's trade. Greenwood & Morse, J. E. Skadan & Co. and Foster & Smith. 
 
 A special stock train of nineteen cars of cattle start this Tuesday for the 
 Wednesday morning market in Chicago. 
 
 The school board renew $6000.00 of school bonds with Gilman & Son, 
 New York, at 5 per cent and elect teachers, Prof. E. H. Hamilton, Princi- 
 pal May Miller, Assistant Wm. Kline, Ellen Wing, Miss Laughlin, Miss 
 Powell and Miss Addie Welpton as teachers of the grades. 
 
 Mr. Alonzo Ring of Glenwood buys building and opens up a bakery and 
 restaurant. I. W. Skadan buys a residence property of Mrs. M. E. Boeh- 
 ner on east hill and B. W. Rush buys a lot and builds a home. 
 
 Zopher Perkins and Emma Myers are married by Rev. E. W. Brown. Dr 
 Josie Wetmore is practicing her profession at Colorado Springs, Colo. 
 
 Samuel Hiser and wife, ten years residents here return to their old 
 home Valparaiso, Ind. Mrs. D. M. Whitfield sells her fine home to Mrs. T. 
 D. Gibson. 
 
 Three lumber yards are too many and Foster and Smith close out their 
 stock to the other firms. Dr. H. H. Smith our dentist for eight years sells 
 out to Dr. Price from Kansas and goes into business at Superior Wis. 
 
 C. C. Baird, Sr., a business man here since 1880, dies to day. Mobberly 
 sells his meat market business to Fred Borene and the new firm is soon 
 Borene Bros. 
 
 Chicago and the world's fair is the great attraction now, to the whole 
 country, and a great many of our citizens are traveling that way and mak- 
 ing the great show a visit. 
 
 Silver Creek is on the high tide and many are driven out from their 
 homes. 
 
 Two of our young people are united in the bonds of wedlock. Miss Em- 
 ma Brown and Frank B. Hough. 
 
 The thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Abbott while in swim- 
 ming with several other lads in the high waters of the creek is drowned. 
 News comes to friends of the death of F. T. Beckwith, a former helper 
 in Malvern history. 
 
 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Foulks welcomes a son. 
 
68 BRIEF lllSTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The post office salary is increased to $1400. Death calls Mrs. J. P. 
 Retelsdorf and funeral service is held by Father Cook in the Catholic 
 Church, July 18, 1893. 
 
 Two dozen fresh eggs for 25 cents at Gibson's. Mrs. S. M. Lewis sells 
 millinery business to Amaret and Clara Place. 
 
 Frank Bridges comes home for a visit with his mother, and brings £. 
 wife with him. Gus Borene our meat market man gets a wife, Miss Sofa 
 Carlson. 
 
 Miss Marion Black leaves home and friends to take up home missionary 
 work in Utah, under direction of Presbyterian board of Missions. 
 
 Chas E. Crow, a Malvern boy is dead at Casper, Wyoming, from acci- 
 dent, is the decision of the jury. Helen Hunter, the daughter of S. C. 
 Hunter dies to day, a young and promising life is taken. 
 
 M. F. Beckwith and family move to Malvern into their lately purchased 
 home on east hill. Prof. M. Lewis, wife and daughter depart today foi 
 southern California. They will be missed in business, school and church 
 circles. 
 
 Friends help Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cully celebrate their silver wedding 
 291 is the school enrollment. The pastors of the churches are "Watson, 
 Brown and Brewer. 
 
 W. B. Wilson, Uncle Billy, as his friends were wont to call him, dies 
 here today. With his family they came to Malvern only about a month 
 ago for school privileges, and rest from the arduous duties of the farm, 
 and death calls. His body is taken to the burial place at Wesley Chapel 
 Church, of which he was a charter member. 
 
 Ralph Brothers is the man at the post office wicket. 
 
 At John Hollins home his daughter May, is married to T. E. Bosworth. 
 
 S. Wainwright locates at Waldo, Ark., and his family leave for a new 
 abiding place. A. E. Cook sells his residence to Geo. B. Foulks and W. 
 E. Kline buys the first building erected in the town for a home. 
 
 Wm. McCoy, our blacksmith for many years, sells his shop to Reed 
 Graves and John Shaw, and goes to the farm. 
 
 The death list is heavy, Mrs. Hertz the widow of Mr. Hertz who lately 
 died is herself taken. The little sons of C. Larison and Major Barnes are 
 both taken. J. C. Herbert's remains are brought from Blue Springs, Nebr., 
 to Malvern, his pioneer home for burial and Ben Garman, after a brave 
 fight is forced to give up and answer the summons 
 
 Twenty three years have gone into the past since the dedication of the 
 first M. E. Church and now this 17th day of December, 1893, a new one 
 has been erected and is to be dedicated and set apart as a place of divine 
 worship. Rev. J. F. St. Clair takes the place of Bishop Bowman for the 
 service. 
 
 There are no records to be obtained for the first nine months of 1894. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 69 
 
 September, 1894, C. H. Leighty sells his residence property to G. W. Wy- 
 ant. Sophia Retelsdorf and Susie Schaeffer go into the millinery business. 
 
 J. H. Burks & Co., the new Real Estate firm, sell Wilbur McCabes resi- 
 dence to J. P. Smith. 
 
 The price of wheat is very low, 45 cents per bushel and it is being led 
 to fatten the hogs. 
 
 James Evans is clerking for the Cully Dry Goods Co. Officers elect of 
 the Y. M. C. A.: President, Geo. Cleaver; 1st V. P., S. C. Hunter; 2nd 
 V. P., Dr. C. A. Love; Secretary, C. E. Holmes; Treasurer, C. B. Christy. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Schancks become residents of Malvern. U. G. King 
 and Lillie Johnson are quietly married. 
 
 The old settlers annual picnic and visit is on at the Fair grounds. An 
 interesting exhibit of gathered relics of old times and way back articles 
 of use in the home and on the farm was interesting, showing what pro- 
 gress had been made for betterment. 
 
 Hartley Taylor goes as a student at the military training school at 
 Faribault, Minn. Mr. E. A. Stone buys the ten acre tract of land and 
 home of Mrs. Thomas Bonham in the Peaceville suburb. 
 
 Aunt Susan Smith, Uncle Peter's widow, dies at the Gordon House. 
 Rev. D. C. Morris is pastor at the Christian Church. Mrs. D. H. Thomp- 
 son dies. 
 
 A bouncing boy comes to stay and have his picture taken by Mr. and 
 Mrs. Shannon. 
 
 The fire boys have their first actual experience on the fire at the Shanks 
 building. 
 
 Attorney Cook and family are nicely located in their new home on Mar- 
 ion Avenue. A Stock Co. have erected a fine brick building on the corn- 
 er of First Avenue and 5th Street, 25 feet wide and 110 feet deep. 
 
 Bank robbers use explosives and create great destruction in the Farm- 
 ers National Bank, loss in money and damage to vault and safe over five 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 The frequency of these midnight prowlers, necessitates a night watch 
 and Walter Uttvits is appointed by town council and business men. 
 
 The fire boys have an ameteur play on at the opera house and the com- 
 munity express their appreciation and good will by a crowded house. 
 
 A chapter of the order of the Eastern Star is organized, Mrs. Sena Gid- 
 ley, Worthy Matron; Associates Mrs. J. T. Ward and Miss Pet Woodrow. 
 
 Geo. Mellor adds 25 feet to his store room and has associated with him 
 Mr. C. S. Royce from Carson, and put in a stock of drugs under firm name 
 of Mellor & Royce. F. C. Harris is bookkeeper for the Neck Yoke Factory. 
 
 D. E. Whitfield and family after a trial of absence from Malvern and 
 residence at Superior, Wis., return to the scenes and associations of their 
 early years of life. 
 
70 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The poultry department of the Creamery Is a busy place, 3500 chickens 
 were picked and packed for market last week. The price is low, but lots 
 of chickens. 
 
 Mr. C. S. Lawson of Council Bluffs comes down and takes away our 
 post office assistant, Miss Rose Maybee. The ceremony of the binding tie 
 is at the home of her sister, Mrs. Gidley. At the home of her mother, Miss 
 Abbie Merwin and Mr. Will F. Chambers take upon themselves the mar- 
 riage vows. R. A. Wills moves into his Peaceville property. 
 
 At the annual dinner of Milton Summers Post, January 5th, 1895, the 
 following officers were elected: John DuShane, P. C; H. Barnes, S. V. C; 
 Julius Shay, J V. C.;. John Dull, Q. M.; C. W. Black, Chaplain; H. H 
 Woodrow, Q. D. ; Isaac Dice, O. G.; J. B. Welpton, Adjt.; M. J. Higgins, 
 Q. M. S.; P. Hambsch, S. M.; J. S. Criswell, Sergt.; John Suits, Color 
 Bearer. 
 
 H. E. Schaeffer sells furniture business to Mr. W. H. Crose of Shen- 
 andoah. Mr. S. Burrus after an absence from Malvern for a while returns 
 and buys out Mr. Ring, who wishes to make a change. 
 
 With the Current Topic Club and The Social Club of the older ones, to 
 keep the mind in good working order, the High School students also or- 
 ganize a literary club for recreation and improvement; Amos Bonham 
 President, Guy Welpton Vice President, Maud Wyant Secretary, Will 
 Evans Treasurer. 
 
 The Leighty's sell the Corner Grocery to C. M. Pearson and Wm. Totten 
 of Griswold. 
 
 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stone in Peaceville precinct occurs 
 to day the marriage of their daughter Nellie E. Marshall to Wallace W. 
 Donner. 
 
 A new bank is organized by J. C. Taylor and A. J. Wearin as the Mills 
 County Savings Bank. 
 
 Spring election for city officers: John DuShane Mayor, W. E. Kline Re- 
 corder, Jas. J. Wilson Treasurer, W. A. Crow and C. E. Holmes new 
 councilmen, were elected. James Clark succeeds Walter Uttvits as Night 
 watch. 
 
 Mixie Cunningham was kicked to day by a colt, rendering necessary a 
 trepanning operation, by Drs. Campbell and Love. 
 
 The dedication of the Y. M. C. A. new rooms in the Paddock block to 
 day, Sunday is an event of great interest. 
 
 S. C. Hunter & Co. sell the Leader plant to E. B. Brown, Bert Mulhol- 
 land and Clyde Wills, under firm name of E. B. Brown & Co. Mr. Brown 
 takes up his same old work again. 
 
 D. T. Wj^ant and Miss Anna E. Bentley are married today April 3rd. 
 1895, at the home of the bride's mother. 
 
 There is general stagnation of business in all the marts of trade through 
 out the whole country, and many of the poor of the cities are hungry, and 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 71 
 
 a spirit of discontent and unrest prevails. Many of these discontented ones 
 have been added to the regular contingent of tramps and hoboes until they 
 have become a forminable gathering. They have formed a combination 
 under the title of the commonweal army. A large body of them, under 
 the command and guidance of a General Kelsey are on the march through 
 this part of the country, to spread their grievances before the rulers at 
 Washington. Our citizens hear of their coming and the impression pre- 
 vails that it will be best to have a parley with them before coming to our 
 thresholds, and our worthy mayor, John DuShane and deputy Sheriff go 
 out to meet them. A council is held with the motley crowd out near Hen- 
 ry Ranne's farm north west of town, and th^y promise to keep shy of our 
 village if a good dinner is given them. Our committee return and report. 
 The eatables were furnished and taken to them. This motley gathering 
 are not all tramps and hoboes as we would think of them, but many fair 
 minded but discontented men are in the crowd. After their hunger had 
 been appeased they continued their march north of us. We have no rec- 
 ord from print or memory where their journey ended. This was a small 
 division of what will be remembered as Coxcy's army. 
 
 Mr. W. S. Potts and family move from Sidney to Malvern. W. A. Beck- 
 ett receives his appointment to a position in the railway mail service. 
 
 Miss Laughlin opens up a studio in the new building and gives instruc- 
 tion in painting and drawing. 
 
 S. B. Barnes purchases Prof. Hamilton's home and Mrs. Uttvits buys 
 Mrs. Sam Campbell's residence. Charlie Larison after 17 years at the 
 barber's chair sells out his interest in the business and his home to John 
 Uttvits. 
 
 Teachers elect: W. E. Kline Principal, May Miller Assistant Principal, 
 Maud Norton, Addie Welpton, Miss Powell and Florence Ockerson of the 
 grades. 
 
 The running team of the fire boys are Gord Jones, John Perdue, Frank 
 Degenhart, Ralph Brothers, Geo. Pace, Ed Scott, Clyde Wills, Bert Mul- 
 holland, Chas. Brothers, Bert Crumb, Ralph Roberts, Charles Cleaver, 
 Nobe Smith, Frank Higgins, Paul Retelsdorf, Frank Churchill, Will Jack- 
 son, Harry Landis, Chas. Totten, Fred Mulholland, Geo. Cleaver. 
 
 Geo. LaFrance is the new helper at the forge in Gene Bushnell's shop. 
 
 Miss Lillian Betts and Mr. F. H. Parker of Chicago are married at the 
 home, The Cottage, to day May 14, 1895. Miss May Baird and Dr. B. A. 
 Price are married at the Baird home. Miss Pearl Mellor and Brent K. 
 Yates of Omaha have the wedding march played for them. 
 
 J. D. Paddock and Co. assigns for benefit of creditors. 
 
 Another couple wed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wills, June 5th, 
 their daughter Eva to Charles Wainwright and they go to Waldo, Ark. 
 
72 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The wife of Rev. E. W. Brown is taken by that grim reaper death. Tho 
 beautiful and loving words in memoriam of her life while in our midst 
 shows the esteem in which she was held. 
 
 Dr. I. U. Parsons of Council Bluffs takes care of the patients of Drs. 
 Scott and Love while they are having an outing, and he likes our people 
 so well that he becomes a permanent resident. 
 
 The graduating class for 1895, Maud Wyant, Sadie Paddock, Maggie 
 Crow, Lillie Crow, Stella Layton, Albin Byers, Ona Bentley, Mina Morford, 
 Forest Chantry, Amos Bonham, Guy Welpton, Gay Smith and Will Evans. 
 
 The creamery burned last night, nearly a total loss, no insurance and 
 nothing much saved for Mr. Norton or for Mr. Clark who lived in the up 
 per part and who barely escaped with their lives. It is a great loss to Mr. 
 Norton and to the business interests of the town. 
 
 Jacob Konefka is a veteran at the brick yard as a temperer of the clay, 
 having been at it 21 years. 
 
 The children and friends of E. R. Graves help them to celebrate their 
 golden wedding day. 
 
 L. W. Boehner and A. B. Hawkins purchase the Cold Storage plant and 
 form a company, A. B. Hawkins, President; Fred Boehner, Secretary and 
 L. W. Boehner, Treasurer. The property invested for other uses will be 
 utilized and still be of value to the town and community. 
 
 Very low water in the streams, not showing in some places in Silver 
 Creek and only a tiny stream in the Nishna. 
 
 Little Edna Scott has a gathering of about thirty of her little compan- 
 ions to make merry her 8th birthday anniversary. 
 
 Fred Borene and Miss Lucy Carlson and quietly married and Miss 
 Maggie E. Schaffer and Mr. Wm. J. Tyner decide to walk the ways of life 
 together. 
 
 Fine improvements are being made on the buildings and track at the 
 Fair grounds preparing for the coming fair. 
 
 Greenwood & Morse sell lumber yard to J. C. Taylor and S. B. Barnes. 
 
 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith the marriage of their daugh- 
 ter Stella to Mr. J. O. Hamaker. 
 
 Miss Hattie Birdsall of Emerson is elected teacher to fill vacancy. 
 
 Frank Beam, for several years the popular agent at the Wabash, resigns 
 to pursue studies in the dental department of the State University. Dakin 
 Miller has come to prominence in base ball circles as pitcher, 
 
 Mr. W. S. Potts is checked in as agent at the Q. V. W. Beeson of Mis- 
 souri, a new comer, a blacksmith, leases a shop of Gibson. 
 
 September, 1895, Guy Welpton, Curtis Munger and Frank Goodwin are 
 students at Tabor. 
 
 Improvements and buildings planned and in course of erection: E. A. 
 Stone at Peaceville, in town, Mrs. Bishop, Wm. Kneeland, B. F. Barnet, 
 V. W. Beeson, J. T. Ward, A. J. Wearin, J. C. Taylor, Frank Weatherhead. 
 
BHIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 73 
 
 July 22, 1894. The sad news soon spread that Eddie, the bright young 
 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ward, was drowned at the White Cloud Mill. It 
 was too true. No human eye saw the water engulf the lad. His fishing 
 tackle was lying upon the bank, his hat was found in a quiet eddy of the 
 water and these gave to the anxious searchers an intimation of his fate. A 
 large seine was dragged through the deep channel and the lifeless body 
 was found. 
 
 Miss Adelle Gibson of Marne is teacher for vacancy. 320 is the enroll- 
 ment at the school. 
 
 September market quotations at Coats & Wilkinson, elevator: Wheat 
 40c, Oats 13c, Corn 20c. 
 
 Fred Stone takes unto himself a wife, Miss Iva E. Talley. 
 
 The fire department boys produce the play at the opera house entitled 
 "Bound by an Oath," with the following caste: Wm. Wortz, Chas. Broth- 
 ers, Will Morris, Fred MulhoUand, Harry Landis, Miss Carrie Wills, Mabel 
 Barrack, Sophia Retelsdorf and Ida Morris. 
 
 John Perdue is our faithful night watch. J. H. Watson is the name of 
 the new agent at the Omaha and St. Louis. 
 
 A. B. Adams enters the ministry and his first charge is at Magnolia, 
 Iowa. T. W. Finch and family move to Malvern. 
 
 Miss Lena Laughlin, a former teacher here, dies at College Springs. 
 
 Charles F. Goodwin is taken sick while on a visit to his brother Frank 
 at Missouri Valley and his eyes are closed in the sleep of death. He has 
 been an active business man here for a quarter of a century, and a wide 
 circle of friends will miss him from his accustomed place as well as the 
 dear ones in his home. 
 
 At a meeting of stockholders of the Fair Association, October 19th, 
 189 5, the following ofRcers and directors were elected: J. M. Strahan, 
 President; H. A. Norton, Vice President; I. J. Swain, Secretary; John 
 Dyson, Treasurer; W. L. Summers, Marshal; and directors M. L. Evans, 
 W. G. White, W. C. Swarts, J. B. Fickel, W. G. Summers, L. C. Stevesson, 
 R. S. Vestal, W. R. Johnson, H. H. Woodrow, E. A. Stone, Sherman Jones, 
 J. M. Kline and A. J. Kronsbien. 
 
 Onion growers on the Missouri river bottom lands can only get 8%c a 
 bushel for their crop. 
 
 Mr. H. T. Beattie buys the merchandise stock of T. P. Hamm and starts 
 in as a citizen of Malvern. 
 
 Mr. Pearson sells his grocery business to the Totten Brothers. 
 
 A. B. Henry is the new clerk at Munger and Goodwin's. 
 
 Old Dan, Paddock's horse dies at the age of twenty three years, pos- 
 sibly of a broken heart that he could not be of any more service to his 
 masters. 
 
 Miss Sadie Anderson is typewriter in Balrd's law office. Charlie Adams 
 who has been in charge of the Cottage for a long time resigns his position. 
 
First Avenue in 1875, Looking South from \orth Street. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 75 
 
 Mr. Arthur Leighty and Mabel Kline get a license to marry. Miss Gil- 
 liland holds the office of County Superintendent of Schools. 
 
 Our citizens R. A. and W. W. Wills and wives celebrate their thirtieth 
 wedding anniversary, both couples being married the same day. 
 
 U. G. King buys an acre lot in Strahans addition to Malvern. Geo. 
 Cleaver buys Mrs. Anna Wing's residence property. 
 
 James Churchill is running the old Seeger Mill, grinding feed and saw- 
 ing Cottonwood lumber and manufacturing egg cases. 
 
 W. H. Buckley, our well liked agent leaves Malvern for a position on 
 the C. B. & Q. at Lovilla, Iowa. 
 
 Charlie Adams has the contract for transfer of the mails. 
 
 Mr. A. J. Wearin and family move into their elegant new home and 
 with their fine home they build a barn to correspond in all its requirements. 
 
 Mr. W. H. Crose succeeds Mr. Buckley as President of Y. M. C. A. Mrs. 
 Betts sells the Cottage Hotel to Mr. G. A. Averill from Corning. Mrs. 
 Betts the retiring landlady has a large circle of friends who are wishing 
 she might remain. 
 
 Christmas at the Churches was observed to the great delight of the little 
 ones and their pleasure was contageous with the older ones. 
 
 January, 189 6, O. J. Davis succeeds Mr. Watson as agent at the Wabash. 
 J. B. Fickel and family of Anderson Township are stopping with us as 
 residents for a while. 
 
 At the residence of Mrs. R. J. Bentley occurs today the marriage of her 
 daughter Ona, to Mr. Walter Uttvits. 
 
 Installation of officers of Eastern Star and Silver Urn Lodges. Instal- 
 lation of Eastern Star conducted by Mrs. L. W. Tubbs, P. M. Mrs. Sena 
 Gidley Matron, H. A. Norton Patron, Mrs. J. B. Welpton A. M., Miss Mintie 
 Jones Secretary, Mrs. E. J. Aistrope Treasurer, Mrs. C. S. Royce Conduc- 
 tress, Mrs. W. J. C. Smith A. C, Mrs. G. B. Foulks Ada, Miss Alice Broth- 
 ers, Ruth; Mrs. M. Cunningham, Esther, Mrs. H. H. Woodrow, Martha; 
 Mrs. H. A. Norton, Electa; Mrs. John DuShane Chaplain; J. T. Ward, 
 Marshal; Mrs. Emma Young, Organist; Mrs. Carrie Donner, Warder; J. 
 D. Barrack, Sentinel. Officers of Silver Urn installed by L. B. Hixon. H. 
 A. Norton, W. M.; M. Cunningham, S. W.; J. B. Welpton, J. W; Thos. Paul, 
 Treasurer; J. T. Ward, Secretary; H. H. Woodrow, S. D.; W. E. Kline, 
 J. D.; James Jones, S. S.; John Suits, J. S.; I. W. Skadan, Tyler. 
 
 At sheriff's sale, eleven head of horses, mostly 3 and 4 year olds, sold at 
 from $7.00 to ?20.00, average $13.00. 
 
 O. J. Davis buys the Ed Morse property. W. H. Salyers sells fifty chick- 
 ens to the Creamery Co. that averaged 6i/^lbs. each at 5 cents a pound, 
 and thought he was getting rich. 
 
 News comes to day of the death of G. T. Donner at his home in Port- 
 land, Oregon. This vicinity was his boyhood home, and for many years 
 a prominent business man of the town and serving a term as post master. 
 
76 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Our railroad, the Omaha and St. Louis, that our citizens helped to build 
 from Moberly to Council Bluffs is put up at auction at Council Bluffs. 
 There were no bidders from Malvern present. Mr. C. B. Gould bid it in 
 at $1,560,000.00. 
 
 McKibbin takes John Perdue's place as night watch and John buys the 
 dray line of Charlie Adams. 
 
 Henry V. Evans answers the roll call of death at his home in Malvern, 
 and Mrs. John Miller after many years as an invalid and sufferer is taken 
 in the funeral procession to the place of the dead. (Continued next week.) 
 
 The passing of th^ old for the new. The erection of the early church 
 buildings by the Methodist and the Baptist people, met the needs 
 of the day, but advancement and progress of the christian work and add- 
 ed numbers, made it necessary to enlarge and build better temples for 
 the Lord's service. In regular order of time we failed to make mention 
 of the building by the Baptist people of their new house of worship, the 
 corner stone of which was laid on October 19th, 1893, and fully completed 
 and dedicated on Sunday, July 15th, 1894. An event of great interest not 
 alone to its own people but to all within the radius of its influence for 
 good. 
 
 Ten couples of our young people have a leap year party at the home of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wearin, in the country. The young ladies were the 
 guiding hands in the program. The boys parted their hair in the middle, 
 and some donned the bloomer costume. It v/as a great event for the boys. 
 
 Citizen W. A. Crow finishes the journey of this life. 
 
 Mr. D. W. Harvey and Mrs. Anna Marsh are married at the Baptist par- 
 sonage. 
 
 James Maguire and Mike Lee are watchmen 0,t the crossing of the rail- 
 roads. Mr. Geo. S. Wilson receives the appointment as Postmaster and 
 April 15th, 189 6, takes possession. 
 
 The bright manly son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Whitfield is taken by that 
 scourge, scarlet fever. Mrs. Luella Miller buys residence of Jess Smith 
 on Marion Avenue. 
 
 A surprise party on Harry Wilson by his sisters Etta and Bertha invit- 
 ing in their friends. Grace Landis, Gertie Finch, Lulu Totten, Pearl Ewing, 
 Alice Bentley, Nettie V/eller, Maud Wyant, Cora Smith, Bessie Weller, 
 Arva Burrus, Fenno Smith, Dell Schaffer, Ben Montgomery, John Uttvits. 
 Harry Landis, Charley Cleaver, Harry Boston, Harlan Porter, Charlie 
 Boles. Bessie Wills, Alice Dull and Katie Wilson served the refreshments, 
 after which the games of youth. 
 
 The Y. M. C. A., on account of limited numbers and financial aid are 
 forced to give up the good work and close the doors. Heroic and conse- 
 crated service has been given by the few, but not enough in number to 
 keep the wheels in motion and the lights brightly burning. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 77 
 
 J. A. Black succeeds J. A. Tyler in the grocery business. Mrs. E. J. 
 Aistrope buys the residence of Mrs. Mitchener and Shannon the artist sells 
 to Mr. Moores of Afton. 
 
 C. E. Burres is the new agent at the Q. and H. A. Conent succeeds Will 
 Chambers as operator. 
 
 Malvern is made a distributing point for the Standard Oil Co. Exten- 
 sive improvements are being made to the Cottage Hotel by Mr. Averill, 
 the new owner. 
 
 Miss Dora Alexander, Miss Lillie Chantry and Miss Florence Kiskadon 
 are added to the teachers list. 
 
 Jess Smith for eighteen years with the Boehner Store, resigns. His 
 friends and customers will miss him from behind the counters of the 
 firm. 
 
 The high school graduates for 1896: Lora A. Hamilton, Geo. Masters, 
 Addie "Ward, Daisy Bartley, Leonard Wilkinson, Katie Cottrcll, Leo Gord- 
 on, Marie Christy, Mamie Hamilton, Melvin Hensley and Jessie Place. 
 
 Miss Mattie Wilson is on duty at the Post office wicket. 
 
 Mrs. Ruth Roberts purchases a home on Marion Avenue. Mrs. Wearin 
 trades Mr. G. W. Wyant some bank stock for his home on Marion Avenue. 
 
 W. W. Wills is tendered a position on the custodians force at the State 
 Capitol and moves with his family to Des Moines. 
 
 The Cully Dry Goods Co. are forced, by the closeness of the times and 
 dull trade to suspend business. 
 
 The beautiful home of J. C. Taylor is complete and the family take pos- 
 session 
 
 At the home of Mrs. Ewing, her daughter Pearl and Ben Montgomery 
 are united in marriage. Mrs. Sena Gidley and Mr. A. H. Dolph were quiet- 
 ly married yesterday at the home of the bride in Malvern, Rev. E. W. 
 Brown officiating. 
 
 Mr. W. H. Crose and family remove from Malvern to Shenandoah. Their 
 removal is objected to very strongly by a wide circle of friends and busi- 
 ness neighbors and they change their mind, and soon return again. 
 
 The Malvern fire boys at the firemen's tournament at Marshalltown 
 come out with honor and well up towards the top in cash prizes, and on 
 their return home were tendered a reception and a banquet at the Cottage 
 that made them proud. 
 
 The death of an honored citizen Mr. H. Barnes is announced this morn- 
 ing after quite a long illness. Mr. Barnes came here to Malvern in 1873, 
 and has taken an active part in business, and in the upbuilding of its tem- 
 poral affairs, and m.oral and religious life. 
 
 Nobe Smith buys the grocery stock of C. C. Baird. John Baird gets 
 contract to operate the Standard Oil Station at this point. 
 
 Mr. Baker of firm of Baker and Kneeland retires from the business and 
 the junior member will run the race alone. 
 
78 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Grandma Hopper, a resident of Malvern since 1880, dies at her home 
 here. Mrs. W. S. Cooper is teacher for the new room added to the public 
 school. 
 
 Mrs. H. Barnes sells her home to Mrs. Robt. Plumb. 
 
 Malvern boys are out as winners in sporting contests. Harry and Charlie 
 Cleaver in wheel races, Frank Weatherhead in shooting matches, Fred and 
 Bert Mulholland win doubles in tennis. 
 
 Creamery business for first year in new building: Butter, 78666 lbs. 
 made; Eggs bought, 18C000 dozen, shipments of poultry, live 55884 lbs., 
 dressed 58189 lbs. 
 
 An important business change. The Farmers National Bank business is 
 taken up by the Mills County Savings Bank. The Farmers National Bank, 
 who go into voluntary liquidation is one of the oldest business houses of 
 the town, started as a private bank by W. D. Evans in 1871. 
 
 A. Hershey one of the stand patters of Malvern history from its begin- 
 ning, with wife and niece Miss Jessie Place move to Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 W. G. Bingaman and family after a year's residence in Pennsylvania, re- 
 turn to Malvern. 
 
 Our voting ballot this year is in size 18x24 inches with six headings, 
 Republican, Democrat, Populist, Prohibition Straight, Prohibition Bolters 
 and Socialistic, and campaign exercises are taking the attention of the 
 people. 
 
 H. F. Richmond buys the home of John McKibben. 
 
 Mr. Frank B. Hough while on a visit with friends at Red Oak is taicen 
 ill, and the end of life soon comes. He was loved for his noble christian 
 life. 
 
 Mr. W. D. Wilson of Kingsley, la., buys the old established business of 
 Munger and Goodwin. It removes an old landmark when the sign of 
 Munger & Goodwin is taken down. 
 
 Mrs. Rachael Suhr and A. F. Clay are married. W. H, Replogle is the 
 jeweler at the W. D. Wilson Drug Store. Mr. F. C. Harris buys the Cleav- 
 er home on Short Street. 
 
 Robert Plumb an honored citizen of the County, dies to day, September 
 16, 1896, at his home in Malvern. 
 
 Rev. A. A. Wallburn is the new pastor of M. E. Church. 
 
 The fire boys are the champion running team of South West Iowa, win- 
 ning the Association Cup at the Red Oak tournament. 
 
 Geo. E. Pace is building a home on the old site of Roose & Wainwright 
 lumber yard. 
 
 The mother of W. A. Barkus dies at his home in Malvern. 
 
 Married today at the Welpton home, their daughter Addie, to Dr. C. R. 
 Hudgel of Lloyd, Wisconsin. 
 
 A family gathering of more than ordinary interest to day, October 13th, 
 189 6, at the W. D. Evans home to celebrate the parents 50th wedding an- 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 7» 
 
 niversary. Malvern has been their home for one half of their married life. 
 Six only of the ten children could be present, Mrs. O. H. Snyder, Mrs. 
 Lindsey, Mrs. Anna Goodwin, Mrs. J. R. Reed, Will and Paul Evans. Those 
 absent were present in the spirit of the occasion by letters of love and con- 
 gratulation, J. G. Evans, Franklin, Washington; Mrs. W. F. Swan, Biloxi. 
 Mississippi; Geo. D. Evans, Olympia, Washington and Miss Ethel Evans, 
 Paris, France. 
 
 A. M. Darling one of the early lads of the town and Miss Myrtle Wil- 
 liams are married at the brides home. 
 
 Our town has been honored by a short stop visit of presidential candi- 
 dates, McKinley and Hobart, John M. Palmer and Simon B. Buckner and 
 W. J. Bryan. 
 
 J. A. Black sells his grocery stock to A.G. Fleming. Election contracts 
 are being paid. T. J. Hensley an earnest Bryan man and A. J. Kronsbein 
 an enthusiastic McKinley man and a gaily decorated wheel barrow meet 
 together at Kronsbeins store and Hensley takes Kronsbeln for a ride up 
 and down first avenue with a cheering crowd of sidewalk spectators. 
 
 Malvern Lodge Fraternal Union of America instituted November 16, 
 1896, with the following officers: Warren D. Wilson, Geo. LaFrance, I. U. 
 Parsons, Mrs. Addie Evans, Chas. R. Brothers, Paul Evans, Chas. Anthers, 
 J C. Taylor, Grant Hanscomb and Mrs. Carrie Donner. 
 
 December, 1896, Mr. C. Ritter of Mifflin, Penn., ships a carload of fine 
 draft horses out from Malvern. The average price per head $55.00. 
 
 Our dental doctor, J. O. Laird is married to Miss Cora M. Roth of Pack- 
 wood, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. C. F. Goodwin goes to Germany for a year's sojourn for health and 
 the study of the German language by the children, and a visit to her sister 
 Ethel, an art student in Paris, France. 
 
 The wedding ceremony of Miss Eva Wills and Chas. Wainwright is so 
 soon followed by the death of Mr. Wainwright at his new home at Waldo, 
 Ark., and the funeral cortege to the Malvern Cemetery. 
 
 The stringency of the times and dullness of trade is pressing many bus- 
 iness men to the wall. Others come in their place and take up the game 
 to win. Mr. H. T. Beattie's place of business is closed. J. W. Gemmell & 
 Son purchase the balance of the Cully stock and one of the Hamm famllj 
 the Beattie stock. Sunshine and shadow follow each other in the chang- 
 ing kaleidescope of life and there is sunshine now upon the screen. 
 Gordon Jones and Miss Lillian Crow take upon themselves the marriage 
 vows. Clyde Wills, one of the Leader force and Miss Eva B. Landis join 
 hands in solem^n service for life's journey. Older people are sometimes 
 again young lovers. John Getman and Mrs. Catherine Vought are mar- 
 ried at the bride's Malvern home. 
 
 Ed B. Brown has bought the Leavengood property for a home, January, 
 1897. 
 
80 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Munger and family, for many years residents and 
 history makers of Mo.lvern go out towards the setting sun for a new home. 
 To those who have been associated with them in all the relations of busi- 
 ness, church and as neighbors, it is no light matter to break the ties of 
 long friendship. 
 
 Miss Lulu Woodrow is cashier at Hamm's store. The Cold Storage Co., 
 with a force of about thirty helpers are storing away the congealed liquid 
 for use when the m rcury is r.t 100 in the shade. 
 
 Mr. W. H. Crose proves his citizenship by buying a home. The Leader 
 plant moves down First Avenue to the Farmers National Bank building. 
 
 W. H. Buckley, who was the well liked agent at the Q. for a number of 
 years dies at Roseville, 111., and the death summons conies to our towns- 
 man L. B. Hixon, February, 1897. 
 
 At Mrs Carrie Donner's home, her daughter Mrs. Nettie Caldwell and 
 Will Zanders are married. 
 
 Hon. John Parker our representative is at Des Moines helping to trans- 
 act the business of the State. Frank Weatherhead sells his home to Mr. 
 J. M. Strahan. 
 
 A. E. Byers who has been the right hand man at Gibson's grocery resigns 
 and Jess Bell is trying to fill the vacancy. 
 
 Will H. Warde for thirteen years a mixer with the people of Malvern 
 goes to Ridgeway, Col., and Charlie Adams and wife move to Riverton to 
 take up the hotel business. Cleaver Bros, sell meat market to C. M. Nich- 
 olas of Blanchard. 
 
 Geo. W. Wyant makes a trade with J. B. Welpton, his store room on first 
 Avenue and 5th Street for a Kansas farm. 
 
 Miss Clara West opens up a millinery stock of goods. April, 1897, in- 
 corporation of The Chicago Dry Goods Co., Mr. H. T. Beattie representa- 
 tive and manager. 
 
 The school board commence their annual job of securing teachers for 
 the coming year, and the completed list: W. E. Kline, Principal, Mae Mil- 
 ler, Assistant; Miss Powell, Miss Kiskaddon, Mrs. Cooper, Miss Chantry 
 and Miss Alexander. 
 
 P. J. Guenther of Guenther Bros, goes to Imogene for a wife. Miss Anna 
 Skahill. Eli Vickery buys Richmond's home on Short Street. 
 
 Ed Bannister opens up a barber shop on First Avenue. Chas. Larison 
 and family move to Victor, Col. 
 
 Mrs. E. R. Graves after a long illness passes away this morning at the 
 home. Memorial day service is held at the M. E. Church, May 23, Rev, 
 Walburn preaching the sermon. In the evening Pres. R. C. Hughes of 
 Tabor College will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating 
 class for 1897: Elsie Chantry, Blanche Kerney, Eunice Summers, Clemmie 
 Burger, Albert Benton, Josiah Benton, Matthew Higgins, Geo. Talbott, 
 Ralph Goodrich and Ray Wilkinson. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 81 
 
 We go out over the border to record the death of W. K. Follett, a long 
 time friend and a well known and respected citizen of the County. It r/as 
 but a moments warning and the life was gone. 
 
 Good number one white corn is worth 19 cents a bushel. 
 
 Deputy Sheriff Harris sold a team, harness and wagon on the street to 
 day for the benefit of an eastern Organ Company claim and realized the 
 sum of $14.00 for the whole outfit. 
 
 S. B. Barnes sells lumber yard to the Green Bay Lumber Co., who will 
 add this to their chain of yards. 
 
 Deceration Day address, May 29th, 1897, delivered by Hon. John Y. 
 Stone was an eloquent tribute to the soldier dead. 
 
 Sam Schadel an old timer, a carpenter in the early building of Malvern 
 visits us and recalls reminiscences of those early days. 
 
 Ralph Roberts for a long time with the Boehner Store takes a position 
 with a business house at Shenandoah. Jake Speer is proprietor of the Mal- 
 vern Feed Store. 
 
 Mrs. D. G. Schanck dies at the home of her daughter Mrs. Wyant. Fred 
 Jefirys is the new photo man. 
 
 Salary of Malvern Postoffice reduced from $1400 to $1300. 
 
 The teachers institute has just closed its session at Malvern and express 
 thanks for the pleasant reception given them by the Woman's Club. 
 
 Fahcr Curran is the pastor of the Catholic Church. Tyler Bros, are the 
 Racket Store men. 
 
 The firm of the Boehner Mercantile Co. is dissolved, Mr. Hawkins buy- 
 ing Mr. Boehner's interests and he will continue the business with Fred 
 Mulholland as manager. 
 
 The Malvern Hose Company of the Malvern fire department, holds its 
 place at the head of the procession, at the Atlantic tournament, keep the 
 cup and wins their share of the cash prizes. 
 
 A. E. Byers sells his residence property to Fred Mulholland. 
 
 A lodge of Woodmen of the World organized with the following officers: 
 O. J. Davis, F. C. Harris, J. C. Taylor, A. E. Cook, J. E. Knight, V, W, 
 Beeson, George LaFrance and Dr. S. A. Campbell. 
 
 Gibson's cash price list August 19th, 1897: 17 pounds best Granulated 
 sugar $1.00, 6 pounds good bulk coffee $1.00, one good broom for 10c, 3 
 thirty cent brooms for 50c, 2 fancy brooms for 25c, 60 grain vinegar for 
 20c, Young America cheese 10c, full Cream Cheese 2 pounds for 25c, 10 
 bars best soap for 25c, 2 pound package oatmeal 5c, 1 pound package best 
 starch 5c, 1 pound package best corn starch 5c, 2 bars best soap 5c, 3 cans 
 Columbia River Salmon 25c, 2 gallons best coal oil 25c, 5 gallons coal oil 
 60c, 24 pounds bolted meal 20, fresh soda crackers per pound by box 5c, 
 6 pounds best bulk starch 25c, Will pay for eggs balance of this week 7c. 
 
 M. J. Higgins a good dependable citizen of Malvern for many years, 
 answers the last roll call, and is mustered out of life's service. 
 
 Mr. J. Ash of Essex buys the grocery stock of J. G. Fleming. 
 
82 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Malvern is again honored by the old settlers picnic and neighborly 
 gathering of Mills, Fremont and Pottawatamie counties, 5000 of them 
 get together. Hon. Smith McPherson is the orator of the day. Mrs. Sar- 
 ah A. Abel gets the chair premium for longest continuous residence. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Wooding dies at her home in Peaceville suburbs, 84 years 
 of age. 
 
 M. S. Conrad is the new helper at Gibson's. Ralph Roberts after a 
 while away returns and takes a place at Hawkins store. 
 
 Miss Jennie Brohard and Rev. J. A. Mehan are united in the bonds of 
 matrimony at the Baptist Church and leave for a home at Lake City, la. 
 
 Fenno Smith is the efficient manager of the Green Bay Lumber Co. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Harris and daughter Mollie after a long absence return to Mal- 
 vern. 
 
 The Mills County Agricultural Society officers decide not to have an 
 exhibit this year, 1897. 
 
 Death of Mr. G. W. Flowers, a short time resident of Malvern. Mr. C. 
 C. Reed and family, desirable citizens move to Cameron, Mo. Mr. Reed 
 will continue as salesman for the S. N. Y. Co. 
 
 Mr. C. W. Black is making extensive additions to his home. 
 
 Our chicken fanciers J. C. Maguire and O. J. Davis are officers in the 
 South Western Poultry Association and the first annual show is held at 
 Malvern. 
 
 Apple crop not very good. October 21, 1897, Cold Storage buyers are 
 paying from 75c to $1.00 per bushel for Wine Saps, Ben Davis and Rom- 
 an Stem. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Hallam, pastor of Christian Church. G. W. Wyant ships 
 out four cars of corn for which he paid 17 and 17% cents per bushel. 
 
 The Misses Hazel Campbell, Lillian Chantry and Nellie Churchill invite 
 their friends to a corn husking bee in Dr. Campbell's barn. Miss Marlon 
 Black and James Evans are the champion buskers. 
 
 The wife of Charlie Adams former residents at Malvern dies at her 
 later home in Omaha. Mr. Will Guyer of Glenwood takes Drury's place 
 as operator at the Q. 
 
 1897, Union Thanksgiving service at the M. E. Church, Rev. E. W. 
 Brown delivering the sermon. 
 
 A woman's Relief Corps, an auxiliary of Milton Summers Post, organ- 
 ized. Mrs. Thos. Paul. President; Mrs. A. J. Chantry, Senior; Mrs. C. W, 
 Black, Secretary; Mrs. R. J. Bently, Treasurer; Mrs. M. J. Higgins, Chap- 
 lain; Mrs. A. J. Kronsbein, Conductor; Mrs. M. F. Beckwith, Assistant; 
 Mrs. M. Weaver, Guard; Mrs. G. W. Ewing, Assistant. 
 
 Our old band have blov.-n away and a new one is organized for genuine 
 business with W. H. Replogle as instructor, N. Jacobs Assistant, F. Degen- 
 hart Treasurer, H. C. Wills business manager. 
 
 Dakin Miller is a student at Amity College, and is as handy a kicker at 
 football as a pitcher on the diamond. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 83 
 
 Rev. Walburn performs the ceremony that unites two of our young 
 people by the marriage vows, Mr. Arva Burrus and Miss Grace Landis. 
 
 Saturday, December 18th, 1897, the grim messenger death calls Mr. 
 Wm. A. Hunter of Malvern, a strong courageous man for truth, justice and 
 right living, pressing his views, in advance of the times on the great moral 
 questions of the day. Age prevented an active business career here and 
 his sons S. L. and S. C. Hunter assume the duties as good and useful citi- 
 zens after the father's teachings. 
 
 Mrs. John Chambers dies at the home in Malvern, only a few hours 
 from usual health, to the quiet sleep of death. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers 
 were truly pioneers, coming to the county in 1853. 
 
 At Mrs. A. E. Wilson's home in Malvern, the marriage of her daughter 
 Etta to Chas. W. Boles, December 29th, 1897. 
 
 Malvern students away at school are home for the holidays. John Mont- 
 gomery, Albert Benton and Gay Smith from Simpson College, May and 
 Fred Welpton from Tabor College, Addie Ward from Mt. Pleasant, Marie 
 Christy from Nebraska University and Dakin Miller from Amity College. 
 
 January 6th, 189 8, 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. 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. 
 
 Miss Mattic Hawkins and Mr. Walter Boles take a joy ride to Sidney 
 and get married. 
 
 Harlan Travis resigns his position at Groses 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. Bush- 
 nell. 
 
 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. 
 
 H. A. Norton trades his livery stable and stock to G. W. Wyant for 80 
 acres of Kansas land. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bushnell are mourning the death of their little four 
 year old son Paul. 
 
84 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 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 bank- 
 ers. 
 
 Newly elected officers of the town, Fred Zanders, Mayor; C. S. Royce, Re- 
 corder; 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. 
 
 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 Jonos, 
 Dick Paul, Claude Vandcvert, 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. 
 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. Wills. 
 
 "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. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 85 
 
 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 McKiniey'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 Seargen 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, Albort Marshal, Frank Van Doren, J. H. Jones, Ray 
 R. Wilkinson, Harry Landis, Bernie Donner, Edwin L. 
 Hill, C. Shechan, Chas. Adams, I. R. Rains, R. E. Boles, Ray W. Sham- 
 blin, S. J. Anderson, Bob Masters, John L. Baird, Jamuel 
 Show, John E. Smith, E. R. Clay, Wm. Andrews, Geo. C. Masters, W. M. 
 Evans, Henry Meadows, Timothy Walters, J. R. Wills, Alva D. Donner, 
 Geo. W. Talbott, O. 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. 
 
 The happy mating of some of our young people. Frederick E. Mulhol- 
 land 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 eloquent- 
 ly, 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 
 
86 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 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. 
 
 Geo. L. Cleaver has been quite a frequent visitor at Red Oak, and the 
 consumation 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. 
 
 A baby girl takes up her residence at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. 
 Strahan. 
 
 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 enter- 
 tain 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 nativety 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 v/eight Mr. John Dyson 
 2371/^ 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 din- 
 ner 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. 
 
 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 acquaint- 
 ance 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 hositilities betv/een 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 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 87 
 
 overtues of Peace, to be made on the basis of the proclamation of cen- 
 turies ago, "Peace on earth, good will toward men." 
 
 Have no further records from August, 1898 to August 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, Super- 
 intendent; May Miller, Principal; A. I. Jones, Assistant; Amelia Green. 
 Jessie Cheney, Marie Foss, Emma Young and Florence Ockerson. 
 
 C. M. Nicholas sells nis meat marKet to Cozad and Fleharty. Mr. Me 
 Mahill is proprietor of the art studio. Dr. Corbin presents the medical 
 practice of Osteopathy. 
 
 Miss Agnes Maguire is with Miss Clara West in the millinery store. 
 Miss Lavina Potter and Mr. W. E. Ryan are married at the Potter hom^. 
 
 An important business change is effected to day 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 MillsC ounty Chronicle, October 15th, 1870, with pluck and wind 
 constituting the greater part of their capital. June. 1872, "Billy" receiv- 
 ed 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 own- 
 ers 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, la. 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. Ris- 
 ing 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 20th, 1878, convey their in- 
 terests 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 pro- 
 prietors. In 1882, the plant is purchased by Messrs. S. C. Hunter and 
 
88 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 E. B. Brown from Red Oak under firm name of Hunter & Brown. In 
 18 85, 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 returnes to his old home town again. . The Hunters v,^ishing 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 lowan, a newspaper was started in 1898, representing 
 the interests politically of the free silver wing of the demacratic 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 P. P. St. Clair, until about 1905, Mr. J. R. Graham took 
 charge and worked valiently for its success, until 1909, when it was de- 
 cided to discontinue its publication. As we look back over these inter- 
 vening years, and call to mind our acquaintance Avith these men as citi- 
 zens of the town and the important unterests 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. 
 
 At the home of Mrs. H. V. Evans, to day September 25, 1900, her daugh- 
 ter Mattie is married to 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. 
 
 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. Beck- 
 ett, 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. 
 
 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 ballott for year 19 00 elec- 
 tion: Republican, Democratic, Prohibition, Peoples, Socialistic Labor, 
 United Christian, and Social Democratic. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 89 
 
 At the home of Mrs. Eliza J. Aistrope, November 14, 1900, the mar- 
 riage 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 chinaman for many moons. 
 
 Talbott, Bushnell & Wortz, Implement Dealers. The Bank of Malvern, 
 I. F. Hendricks, Pres. ; W. H, Guyer, Cashier. David Elson, J. P. Retels- 
 dorf & 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, Al- 
 bert Baird, Delia 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. 
 
 Mrs. Mattie Evans Hovey dies to day November 27, 1900, at hre Chi- 
 cago home. The many friends who wished her joy and happiness at the 
 wedding festivities a few months ago, now follow in the funeral proces- 
 sion as the body is laid away in our place of the dead. 
 
 Miss Eula VanVranken is teacher of 9th and 10th grades. 
 
 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. 
 
 The startling casuality 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 jump- 
 ing 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 
 
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 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. 
 
 January 1901, The S. N. Y. Co. send out four salesmenon 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. 
 
 James Anderson, a citizen of Malvern is accidentally shot, dying in- 
 stantly, by the discharge from a gun in the hands of John Garvin. 
 
 At the Elson home their daughter Viola is married to Mr. Chas. O. Hart- 
 man, 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. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Betts, the founder of the Cottage Hotel dies at her daugh- 
 ter'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. 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 occur- 
 ring to take up an established practice. 
 
 To day, 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 O. J. Davis home. 
 
 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. 
 
 Miss Ellen Hawkins, a life long resident of Malvern and Mr. Chas. Har- 
 vey make an evening call on Pastor McDowell and go away as husband 
 and wife. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 91 
 
 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. 
 
 A sudden death summons comes to day, March 2 2d, to the H. E. Boeh- 
 ner 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 10c, Cattle $4.00 to $4.75, Hogs 
 $5.50. 
 
 Mr. Seeley touches the button and electric power starts the new flour- 
 ing mill machinery, March, 1901. 
 
 Mrs. J. T: 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 Churf*h, 
 Wessel Stephenson of Christian Church. 
 
 O. J. Davis buys the A. L. Chantry residence, consideration $1800.00. 
 
 The Ladies Cemetery Association e 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 comes into another home and takes the mother, Mrs. S. T. Broth- 
 ers, one of the pioneers of the county and of Malvern. 
 
 Mrs. Fishback, Store for the latest styles of Millinery goods. The Pres- 
 byterian 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 
 the orc^jjriery plant. Gerhard Nellen, wife and daughter move to a new 
 home at Wellington, Kansas. 
 
92 BRIEF -HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Across the border to make record of the death today, May 16th, 1901, 
 of Mr. W. G. feummers, 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, Presi- 
 dent; 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 wo 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, 
 tout 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 19 01 class: Ethyl A. Norton, Brevier 
 Brown, Harriet Benton, Corwin Byers, Olive Hammond, Ed Higgins, Ina 
 Mason, Myrtle Bushnell, Albert Baird, Delia Clement, Harry Wearin, 
 Edith Davis, Carl Harris, Ethel Cunningham, Mary Evans. 
 
 John Perdue is mail carrier from the Q. 
 
 The wedding ceremony at the W. C. Haynes home today, June 26th, 
 19 01, is quite a social event. The marriage of the daughter, Miss Mayme 
 Haynes to Mr. Adel Avrill, united by the strong bonds of love and wed- 
 lock 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 the Moser home. 
 
 J. L. Buckingham & Son, Restaurant and Lunch room, west of the 
 Leader office. 
 
 The Bridges brothers, Vernon and Prank with their talented wives, have 
 been touring the country with good success, in creating an educational 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 93 
 
 interest in music and giving the people interesting programs of musical 
 entertainment. 
 
 Fenno Smithi goes to Omalia for bargains and takes Miss Marie 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 plan- 
 ning routes, getting signatures of those wishing to avail themselves of 
 the privilege and making requests for inspection were made by the Mal- 
 vern 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 
 m;'ny 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. 
 
 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 eleir.ents 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 ye?.rs in their home on .3rd aveniie. 
 
 Our national holiday 1901 is celebrated in due form, Rev. Story of Glen- 
 wood the patriotic orator of the day. 
 
 Frank Bridges invests in Real Estate, buying the brick business build- 
 ing of Wm. Kneeland, occupied by the firm of Smith Brothers. 
 
 A base ball game is on to day between the printers and those who ad- 
 vertise. 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. 
 
 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. 
 
94 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 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 Retels- 
 dorf Bros, open a new business in the same line. 
 
 Miss Nettie Weller goes from the Iowa Telephone at Malvern to a posi- 
 tion at Red Oak. 
 
 Miss Edith Frizzell buys residence property of Mrs. Snyder on Chase 
 Street. 
 
 Geo. Talbott is 21 to day 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. 
 
 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 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 i.he 
 village in 1894 and Mr. Hertz was a helper with Mr. Knight in the heavy 
 lifting of County work, until 189 9, he buys the dray business of B. P. 
 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 regu- 
 lar 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. 
 
 A bright baby boy comes to the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mulholland. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 95 
 
 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 prop- 
 erty. Cha.rles 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. Carman. 
 
 Mr. Hank Richmond after an absence from Malvern for some time re- 
 turns 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. 
 
 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. 
 
 New Year's day 19 02, was the 40th a,nniversary of the marriage of Mr. 
 and Mrs. J. F. Christopher, and friends left with them some mementoes 
 of the occasion. 
 
 Miss Nellie Blades and Mr. J. W. Shenifiold are married at the home 
 of Mrs. R. Foxworthy, the bride's mother. 
 
 The festivities of the happy New Year soison 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. Higglus, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell 
 anc' Mr. and Mrs. Laird. 
 
 Union farewell services at the Baptist Church ss Rev. P. H. McDowell 
 leaves Malvern to take up work at Winterset, Iowa. 
 
 Hon. C. W. Black and wife leave today. January 2, 190 2, for the com- 
 ing session of the State Legislature at Des Moines. Three former students, 
 and foot ball players of Amity College meet together in town to day, Dak- 
 iu Miller, Frank Van Doren and Frank BartJey. Miller has signed up 
 with the white stockings club of base ball for 1902. 
 
 Rev. Stephenson, pastor of Christian Church resigns and goes to church 
 at Pierson, Iowa. 
 
 The Malvern Odd Fellows Lodge hove inGtollaMon service, J. L. Talbott 
 installing officer; L. Dunn, D. W. Wagner Reed Graves, W. C. Wortz, 
 
96 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 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. Grose 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 Alice 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. 
 
 Married to day, March, 1902, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Kern- 
 ey, 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 im- 
 portant 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, Mayor; 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 Chib, a portion 
 of her worldy 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 re- 
 call 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 cf 
 Malvern in the early days, dies at his late home, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 97 
 
 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 to day, 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 to day, April 8th, 
 1902, of Mr. Otha Wearin, a pioneer to the county years before the rail- 
 road 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 Imsl comes to Malvern and takes a posi- 
 tion 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. Reteisdorf is building another brick residence as an invest- 
 ment. 
 
 H. E. Mulholland, the mannger of the South West lowan, and a former 
 well known Malvern young lady. Miss Blanche Taylor are married at the 
 home of the bride's parents in Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 The death summons comes today to Mr. T. J. Wilson at his home on 
 Marion Avenue. Rev. IT. R. Waldo accepts a call to the Baptist Church 
 as pastor. 
 
 C. G. Harris from Hoirtredgo, Nebr., is the new jeweler at W. D. Wil- 
 son'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. Weid- 
 ner 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 iheir lumber business to Crooks and Savage 
 oi' Stuart, Iowa. Gladys Baird has her 9th birthday party. 
 
 Rev. Alex. Corkey delivers the baccalaureate address to the graduating 
 class of 1902. Laura Otis, Addle Churchill, Pearl Harris, Hugh Gibson, 
 Lawrence Talbott, Walter Crow, Pearl Vandervert and Lottie Deardorff. 
 Attorney Whitfield presents diplomas. 
 
 Friends have been anxiously watching the serious illness of Mr. Thom- 
 as Paul, which conquers ond takes the Ufe of a good citizen. 
 
 D. W. Perley is another stock buyer. Allen Chantry one of our Mal- 
 vern boys, wins first place in his class of nine in examination at the U. S. 
 Naval School, Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Loiti? Deardorff takes position at the Strahan and Christy bank.. Mrs. 
 M. J. Newman purchases a home of Mrs. Pearl Montgomery. 
 
98 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Mrs. Jane Sherman, "Aunty Sherman" dies to day, June 3, 1902, at her 
 home place on 4th St.. Mrs. Sherman came to Mnlvern 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 companion- 
 ship, 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 personalitiy, watched and cared for her needs 
 until the life closed. 
 
 A salesman for a whip house at Westfleld, Mass., is the center of attrac- 
 tion today as he guides a horseless carriage doM^n 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. 
 
 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 Bushneil's 
 big implement house. The fire boys soon got together and under the di- 
 rection 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 att he 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, la. 
 
 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. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 99 
 
 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. 
 
 Mr. Elmer Abbott and Miss Maud Potter make a call on Rev. "Waldo at 
 the Baptist parsonage and he performs the ceremony that makes them one. 
 Frank Wills and Miss Carrie Stafiord 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. Mr. Fred Davis 
 and family move into town to see how they will like us. Mrs. J. Durbln 
 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 tele- 
 phone 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: Mesdpmes Jennie Thomas, Laura 
 Pease, Edna Baird, Mina Collins, Mary L. Maguire, Eva Hillier, Mattie 
 Jones, Mary E. Thomas, Mattie Cozad, Luana Richards and Julia E. Norris. 
 
 Mr. W. G. White who bought the lurniture business of Mr. Crose now 
 buys his home also. Dec. 190 2. The steam shovel is busy tearing up the 
 sf)il "or the new road bed of the C. B. & Q. 
 
 Frank Higgins resigns as deputy at Mie post office to take up a line of 
 insurance benight of Mr. W. C. Haynes. He will be missed at his accust- 
 omed place. 
 
 It is Christmas tide 190 2, and the festivities and glad gatherings of the 
 holidays are on, pleasing entertainments at all the churches and friendly 
 gatherings at the homes. 
 
 December 31st, in the Cottage Hotel par'ors. Rev. Cable unites in m-^.r- 
 ringe M'ss Florence Avrill to Mr. John S. Emerson of Hartington, Nebr. 
 
 Tli.T 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. 
 
100 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 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. 
 
 We make record of the 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 
 
 Mrs. Poe Rickabaugh, a resident of Malvern for many years, and a kind- 
 ly 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 cul- 
 ture, in the Baird building. J. D. Barrack is helper at the Green Ba/ 
 Lumber yard. Dick Beeson is agent of the Wabash Station. 
 
 Dell Harris goes to Hastings for a wife. Miss Rose Berry. Mr. F.-ed 
 Davis buys the Kneelpnd home. 
 
 A quiet wedding at the Arva Burrus home, when Mrs. Burrus's xuotlier. 
 Mrs. Hattie E. Landis is married to Mr. Wm. H. Cowperthwaite of Bush 
 nell, 111., a renewal of old acquaintance of school days. 
 
 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 depart- 
 ment. 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 un- 
 tried work of country mail delivery. 
 
 We have some important threads of life history, from oversight and mis- 
 sing records, that must be woven into the narrative of events to make it 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 101 
 
 more complete. A quiet wedding ouf at the Peaceville home of Mr. and 
 Mrs. E. A. Stone, Ocober 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. Morris, 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. Lenuie V. Davis the good bread maker at The Burrus Bakery goes 
 to day March 22. 1899, to Glenw'ood for a wife. Miss Lulu Davis. A little 
 change in title only of the name when she assumes the marriage relations. 
 
 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 county 
 schools is married today, June 20, 1900, at her mother's home, Mrs. S. 
 A. Tipton, Malvern, to Mr. Frank Bishop of Indianola, la. 
 
 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 south part of town and buys another of 
 J. L. Talbott. G. H. Eveland of Lewiston, 111., buys the City Hotel fur- 
 nishings of landlord Hubbell. 
 
 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. 
 
 Mr. W. D. Evans is dead is the word on the street to day 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. 
 
 Joseph Meyers a resident of Malvprn since 1879, dies at the home of 
 Samuel Myers, March 14, 19 03. 
 
 Otis Boles and Walter Williams open up a new barber shop. Mr. M. D. 
 Huston is the new tinwork man at Kronsbeins. 
 
 Another one of the family wedded at the Cottage, Miss Grace Avrill to 
 Mr. Frank Nelson of Toulon, 111., Rev. W. G. Moore, m.aster of ceremonies. 
 
 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 build- 
 
102 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 ing 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 propo- 
 sition for issue of $12000 in bonds for the building of a new school build- 
 ing and where it should be built. 
 
 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 Buohnell. 
 
 Graduating class for 1903: Myrtle Rice, Arvilla Summers, Carrie Wil- 
 son, Ivy Kerney, Elbert Nickerson, Nora Summers, Bertha Bushnell, 
 Charles Higgins, Fannie Beeson, Leonard Baird, Wilma Bentley, Lelia 
 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. 
 
 At the Wyant home on Center Street, June 10th, 1903, occurs the mar- 
 riage of their daughter Maude E. to Mr. Wm. J. Tutt of Des Moines. 
 
 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 patri- 
 otic 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 days, 
 but the program was carried out. The bands played livlier music and the 
 uniformed firemen did their best on dress parade while the citizens cheer- 
 ed them on, and $1500 in prizes awarded. 
 
 Mr. A. N. Felton buys the Crooks and Savage lumber yard. Miss Ber- 
 tha Williams of Bedford is elected as teacher in place of Miss Chantry 
 who resigned to take up higher work. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 103 
 
 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 in- 
 terests with Malvern by a trade of the Cottage Hotel for a tract of Mis- 
 souri 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 side- 
 walk 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 65000 gallon and the flag staff top 16 feet higher, 
 which can be seen for many miles in all directions from Malvern. 
 
 News come to friends ofthe 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.. 
 
 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. 
 
 Rev. S. J. McCormick, a former pastor of the Malvern Baptist church, 
 dies at the home of his son Robert in Villisca. Robt. Masters takes Claude 
 Pease place at the Watch tower. 
 
 T. J. Moses our stock buyer buys 5 5 head of hogs from Mr. Black av- 
 erage weight 363 lbs. at $5.35 per hundred. 
 
 Charles Albert Nelson and Miss Amanda Garst form a life partnership 
 bv the marriage vows. 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Fields buys the Wilbur M'^Cabe 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 rnd is now absorbed and lost in the 
 new. 
 
 Mrs. Fannie Crow a resident of Malvern for some years, dies at her 
 home at Pomona, Calif. 
 
104 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 November, 1903, Chautauqua Association formed with the following 
 officers and directors: President, H. T. Beattie; Vice President, W. D. Wil- 
 son; Secretary, F. E. MulhoUand; 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. 
 
 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 Osteo- 
 pathic school at Kirksville, Mo., and is given a good salaried position at 
 the infirmary. 
 
 John Perdue and Miss Lottie Dunn take a little trip away and are mar- 
 ried at the Methodist parsonage at Creston and return to Malvern, to take 
 up life's duties. 
 
 E. L. Donner takes James Ervin's place as distributor for the Standard 
 Oil Co. 
 
 Cupid has been making his head quarters at the banks, and the cash- 
 iers 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. 
 
 Victor Benedict is the new picture man and F. W. Lessel the new tinner 
 at Kronsbein's. 
 
 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 busineRS, 
 and opens up a furniture store in the Foulks building, under firm name 
 of D. E. Miller & Co. James S. Miller his father is his assistant in its 
 management. 
 
 The Retelsdorf Bros, sell their restaurant business to James and George 
 Buckingham. 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 to day. Carl Harris is helper at 
 the Wabash. 
 
 Charley Adams for a long time the popular clerk at the Cottage dies 
 today, January 23, at his Chicago home. 
 
 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. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 105 
 
 Miss Libbie Dull, grown from childhood to womanhood in Malvern is 
 married to Mr. W. D. Kayton. 
 
 Rev. Watson, a long time pastor of the Baptist church at Malvern goes 
 from his little farm home to a pastorate at Villisca. 
 
 A wtdding 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. 
 
 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 carrl rs advanced from $600.00 to $720. 
 per annum. Swanson & Foster, a new firm of blacksmiths and wagon 
 makers, build a shop on the site of the old Judkins House. 
 
 Rachwitz and Wills is the new barber firm. John Garst is distrubutor 
 for the Standard Oil Company. Thos. Laney is a new clerk at Kneeland's. 
 
 A fatal accident to day March 26th, 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. 
 
 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 
 27th, 1904, was varied some, by theplaying of the wedding march, and 
 the coming of the actors upon the stage for a wedding ceremony. The pas- 
 tor performed his part in the drama, uniting Mr. Xanthus Imel of Mal- 
 vern 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. 
 
 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 birth- 
 day entertainment to a goodly number of their little friends. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda Buell, a resident and business woman of Malvern for sev- 
 eral 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. 
 
106 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 All the old teachers reelected excep Miss Hutchings who has a position 
 at her home town. 
 
 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 f t the hungry in his restaurant 
 rooms near the Leader office. 
 
 Geo. Masters for the last year teacher at Corning, is reelected for an- 
 other 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 Miilvern for sev- 
 eral years with his family move to St. Joe, Mo. 
 
 The graduating class for 19 04 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 con- 
 dition it is pitiful indeed. 
 
 The Chautauqua assembly is on July 2 to 10th, and a surplus of mois- 
 ture is making the tenters on the old camp ground, uncomfortable, and 
 many more wishing thart the weather hnd gone dry. Our National Holiday 
 is on the program of exercises for a fitting observance of the day in lec- 
 ture and music, and in sports and games on the diamond. 
 
 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 compan- 
 ions act as pall bearers, as the body is taken to the quiet re.sting place of 
 the dead. 
 
 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 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 107 
 
 18, 1917, for social coniradship and reminisconces of camp life and those 
 strenuous times of '61 to '()5. The t-ii ring address of L. T. Genung, Walter 
 I. Smith, John Y. Stone and Shirley Gillilaud 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, Nobc D. Smith takes a position with II. A. Deardorff, 
 the grocer. 
 
 Our Mills County Fair and exhil)its 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 stu- 
 dents at the State University, Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 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 toe ay and some 1.5 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 Tjilbott 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. 
 
 One of the participants in the first marriage of residents of the little 
 village of Milton, August 17, 1870, Mrs. Eli Vickery dies today, Novem- 
 ber 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. 
 
108 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Flick and Johnson close their grading contracts with the Q and go into 
 wnter quarters at Davenport. Mr. Flick retires from the firm and J. W. 
 Soderstrom takes up his interests in the business. 
 
 H. E. Boehner dies today, December 25th, 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 
 harljor of Milton for business and a home. We imagine, as his mind 
 would turn to the years of his earlier life, he would hear agam the swish- 
 ing of the waters and the rumbling of the ocean waves and breakers, in 
 v>'hofee company ne 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 Beesou of the Wabash resigns and C. E. Jasmine takes his place. 
 Frank Weatherhead and Irve Liviiispire 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. Mulholland 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. 
 
 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. 
 
 A happy New Year is the salutation as people meet at the opening of 
 another year with the number 1905. 
 
 James McMillen dies at his home in Malvern in his 87th year. 
 
 A partial water famine in town. A little misunderstanding and a little 
 obstinacy combined between the town council and the firm of Wortz and 
 Bushnell the water providers. They put the lid on tight, and the thirsty 
 citizen seeks "the old oaken bucket that hangs in the well" to quench his 
 thirst for two successive days. 
 
 Mr. S. Timmons having sold his farm buys the Walt Mulholland resi- 
 dence and moves to town. Mr. A. N. Felton our former lumberman, takes 
 an interest with Mr. Seeley in the Malvern Mills. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 109 
 
 Mr. Stewart is Superintendent of the school. Karl Hertz builds and 
 opens up a neat little restaurant business awaj' up first avenue, close to 
 the new Q station. Robt. Vandevert is manager. 
 
 Mills County Teachers in session at Malvern, February 3rd, and 4th. 
 
 K(;v. A. E. Kiser comes as pastor to the Presbyterian Church and there 
 is I'nion service at the Church to welcome him to Malvern 
 
 Lolia Norton takes a position as clerk at Minnich and Anderson's. Mr. 
 Wm. Weaver buys the fine suburban home place of Mrs. E. A. Stone and 
 gives up farming. 
 
 J. Degenhart, the harness maker returns to Malvern and starts again 
 with us in lusinrss. J. C. Maguire sells bis home to Mrs. David Gary. 
 
 Big snow storms, railroad traffic blocked and the doctors .ire slow in 
 getting out to their country patients. The neat and pleasant new station 
 building of the Q is open to the public. 
 
 Mr. E. R. Craves feels quie young again, as he observes h's 85th birth- 
 day with a gathering of friends. Wm. Biugaman buys the Tom Butler 
 property in south part of town. 
 
 Allan J. Chantry a student and graduate from cur schools, now in the 
 Navul A'joden.y school at Annapolis, Md., rnnks first in competitive exam- 
 inations of the class of 130 students. 
 
 Friends and neighbors of J. W. MeNulty and family drop in to say good 
 bye. as they are packing up to move to Colorado. 
 
 The short term firm of Minnich and Anderson sell out dry goods ond 
 grocery stock to Wm. Van Doren and son, Milton. 
 
 J. F. Smith and J. S. Miller are helpers at Wm. VanDoren's Store. 
 
 Malvern market. March 9th, 190.5, Corn 40c, Oats 30c. Potatoes 3.5c, 
 Butter 18c. Eggs 15c, Cattle $5.00, Hogs $4.65. 
 
 The Burrus bakery are selling good bread, 6 loaves for a quarter. 
 
 The young may die, the old must die. Mrs. Mary Hawley — Grandma 
 Hav.-iey — dies today. February 27, 1905, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 
 J. E. Neiman. a remarkable and lengthy span of life of near a century, re- 
 taining her faculties of mind and body until near the closing hours of life. 
 a christian life of 70 years, a resident of Malvern 34 years. When Mary 
 Hatton was born August 6th, 1806, in Montgomery County, New York, her 
 baby eyes opened on a world without steam propelling power on land or 
 sea, no matches for common use, no grain harvesters, but the sickle, scythe 
 and grain cradle; no window screen wire or mosquito bar; no fly swatters, 
 steel wrting pens or paper blotters; letter postage one shilling an ounce; 
 no sewing machines; no telegraph messages, or telephone calls and no 
 practical knowledge or use of that wonderful power of electricity. What 
 strides of progress as a nation and in betterment of living has come within 
 these years. A longer life yet is that of a sister of Mrs. Hawley who cele- 
 brated her one hundredth birthday at Minneapolis, Minn., June, 189 8. 
 
110 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 We go out over the border to make record today, March Sth ot the death 
 of one whose interests in the upbuilding of the town and financial aid to 
 church, school and business, have made him ?, history maker. Harvey W. 
 Summers closes a life of 79 years. A good citizen, neighbor and valued 
 friend has gone out of this life. 
 
 Jess Bell buys lots on 1st Avenue and will move his lower town resi- 
 dence to them. Walter Larison after 25 years of service to the public sells 
 his shop to Chas Minner and goes out of business. 
 
 Bonney McCoy, the pleasant and hustling porter at the Cottage takes 
 a position with a new hotel at Red Oak. 
 
 J. W. Pointer buys residence property on 1st Avenue formerly the Gid- 
 ley home. Mr. J. W. McNulty transfers his interests in the real estate 
 firm to his partner, P. M. Cadwell. 
 
 J. T. Brohard and wife, residents of Malvern for thirty years move to 
 Bassett, Nebr. 
 
 The honorable town council have had the nerve to pass su ordinance 
 ordering about 4 blocks of cement sidewalk laid without talking with us 
 much about it. Geo. Talbott, the editor of the Ravelings column in the 
 Leader of April 10, describes the situation in verse. 
 
 "Forty blocks of sidewalk 
 
 The council orders in 
 
 Forty angry citizens 
 
 A cussin' do begin." 
 We are all boosters when the expense is on the other fellow. 
 
 Our school instructors for the coming year: Superintendent O. P. Stew- 
 art, Prin. May Miller, Asst. Prin. Bertha Willams; Daisy Bartley, Mabel 
 Potts, Fannie Beeson, Emma Young, Pearl Miller and Bertha Bushnell 
 grade teachers, all of last year reelected except Fannie Bee;^on takes the 
 place of Miss Ladd, who was not an applicant. 
 
 The post office is moved from the rear of First National Bank to east 
 side of First Avenue, while business was asleep. 
 
 Fred Hall is shoe repairer at Mr. Hammes' Shoe Emporium. Victor 
 Benedict one of our picture men moves to Fontanelhi. 
 
 The fire boys in training for taking part in the state meeting at Council 
 Bluffs: Joe Johnson, W. H. Guyer, Geo. Talbott. Ed Higgins, Forrest Chan- 
 try, Otis Boles, Charles Smith, Lawrence Talbott, Albert Baird, C. R. 
 Brothers, Lee Robbins, Fred Barkus, Frank Hawkins, N. D. Smith, Robt. 
 Cooksey, Elbert Nickerson, Harry Bently, Geo. Blackman, Ike Rains, W. 
 Dunn, Jess Bell.^ 
 
 C. E. Califf buys the Livery Barn of Geo. Mellor and has control of the 
 business. Geo. Talbott resigns his position with Hawkins & Mulholland. 
 
 Aprl 26th, 1905, a quiet home wedding at Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chantry's. 
 their daughter Lillian to Mr. H. T. Beattie, Rev. Corkey, master of cere- 
 monies. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 111 
 
 The Malvern Mill is selling (heir best Hour ?1.30 per 50 lb. sack. 
 
 McLaughlin & Son of Red Oak are awarded contract for laying cement 
 walks and cro.ssings, at lie per square foot for walks and IC^/^c for cros- 
 sings. Miss Elizabeth Somes goes from Malvern to a position at Billings. 
 Mont. 
 
 An alumni association founded of high school graduates: President, H. 
 J. Baird; Vice Presidents, Lottie Deardorff and Daisy Bartley; Secretary, 
 Bertha Bushnell; Treasurer, Ed Higgins. 
 
 The curlew rings to night at 9 o'clock if you are under 18 you hustle 
 for home. 
 
 A bequest of one hundred dollars from Mrs. Abigail Morrow to The 
 Malvern Cemetery Association Trust Fund, the interest only of which can 
 be used in keeping the grounds in perfect order. This was the foundation, 
 some similar gifts have since been made. May some readers of these lines, 
 at once make plans to aid this fund by gift now while living, or by will, 
 that this work may be sustained and kept up, in the years to come, when 
 we too are residents of the silent city of the dead. 
 
 The 1905 graduates from our schools: The Misses Flora Benton, Helen 
 Hammes, Adda Kronsbein, Ruth kneeland, Lillian Hammons. Bessie Gar- 
 man. Edna Scott and Donald Cunningham, Joseph Whitesides and Karry 
 Bently. 
 
 The Mills County Telephone Co. organized with headquarters in Mal- 
 vern, officers and directors elected: M. W. Sells, M. T. Davis, O. P. Stewert, 
 C. D. Cxreenwood, B. B. Dean, A. B. Judson, Robt. McKenzie, J. T. Mc 
 Cready, H. J. Baird. 
 
 Fire, fire, at 2:30 p. m. The old Guenther barn, occupied by Mr. Califf 
 is on fire. The fire boys are now in the fight. A strong wind is blowing, 
 and the flying embers are being watched with anxiety as they fly on and 
 over buildings to the north and east. The strenuous work of fighters and 
 watchers keep it in bounds and the loss is the barn and nearly all the con- 
 tents and Mr. Pace's paint shop. Mr. Califf is lessee and a heavy loser. 
 No insurance. Some outside losers who had property in the barn. Major 
 Barns, John Wise and Rev. Kiser. 
 
 To day May 28th, 1905, that grim reaper, death comes and takes away 
 the life of Mrs. Eliza J. Aistrope at her home in Malvern, so well known 
 and loved. Her whole life had been passed in this vicinity as school girl, 
 woman, wife and mother. 
 
 A telegram comes to Mrs. Mina Brown of the accidental death of her 
 husband J. S. Brown at Argentine, Kansas. The body was brought to Mal- 
 vern Cemetery for burial. 
 
 An old established business in Malvern changes hands. J. E. Skadan 
 sells his stock of Implements and Farm Machinery and a residence prop- 
 erty to H. A. Vankirk. 
 
112 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Dr. W. S. Corbin transfers his Osteopathic practice to his brother Dr. 
 M. E. Corbin. 
 
 The Mills County Chautauqua is on the rostrum at the Fair grounds 
 Mrs. Angle Fishback transfers her millinery business to the ownership 
 of Miss Myrtle Mulholland and W. G. Bingaman trades his Malvern busi- 
 ness and properties for a farm. 
 
 The death summons comes to two of our well known citizens today. R. 
 J. Brown, an early pioneer of the town, an honored and respected citizen 
 and business man for over 30 years and Isaac Mulholland, a business toiler 
 in the first bunch of business men of the town for a number of years. Af- 
 ter an absence of 25 years he returns to make Malvern his home again 
 where his first home was established. 
 
 A. N. Speer sells his lumber yard to The Quinn Lumber Co. 
 
 Eggs lie per dozen, butter 15c pound. 
 
 Mr. Frank Clark sells to T. J. Moses, the stock buyer, a bunch of hogs 
 at $5.25 and the editor remarks that "there is good money in hogs at that 
 price." The farmer at the present writing would not think so. 
 
 Five miles of first class cement walks in town. Geo. Pace, the painter, 
 buys the old Q depot building and moves it up on 2nd Avenue for a shop. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Jacobs dies at the home of her daughter Mrs. Angle Fish- 
 back, S3 years of life record. 
 
 Willis and Abner Clark buy the old Skadan business of Vankirk. 
 
 Amy Deardorff entertains about fifty of her little friends. Clay pipes and 
 soap bubbles was the great frolic of the day. 
 
 Mr. Wiilard Ruth and family from Blockton, Iowa, become residents of 
 Malvern, and Mr. Ruth is an employee at Hawkins and Mulholland Store. 
 Miss Dorethea Swanson is Art trimmer at Myrtle Mulholland Millinery 
 Store. 
 
 Mr. Al Hawkins retires from an active part in the large mercantile in- 
 terests of Hawkins & Mulholland. 
 
 A grand gathering of the Mills County I. O. O. F. lodgo-s at Malvern, 
 August 23, 1905. 
 
 Dr. Campbell buys an auto and is learning the ways of his new steed. 
 
 At an early hour this morning, August 21st, night watch Whitmer, saw 
 smoke issuing from the third story of The Malvern Flouring Mill. Des- 
 perate fighting saved the granary and storage building part. Quite a 
 heavy loss to the owners, above insurance. , 
 
 A large bunch of boy friends of Byron Thomas help him celebrate his 
 birthday. H. E. Boyer. the Strahan merchant, finds a home for his family 
 in Malvern for the benefit of school privileges. 
 
 W. H. Miller is elected janitor of school building. Fred Barkus takes 
 Lee Robbins place at Gibson's Store. Ed Hlggins goes from The Chicago 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 113 
 
 Dry Goods Store to Colorado and Lawrence Talbott takes his place. Har- 
 vey Knight and Miss Emma Clarey take a trip to Omaha and are married. 
 
 At the home of Mrs. R. J. Bently, August 31st, her daughter Wilma, is 
 married to Edward C. Higgins, and commence married life in a home at 
 La Junta, Colo. 
 
 A large delegation of G. A. R. men are off today, September 4th for 
 the encampment at Denver. 
 
 W. H. Morris, Assistant Cachier at the First National, gives up his posi- 
 tion, and embarks in business at Wayne, Nebr. 
 
 Mrs. W. J. C. Smith buys Miss Place's home, one of the early land- 
 marks of the town. An important deil is effected today by P. M. Cadwell 
 our real estate man, whereby A. J. Kronsbein trades his hardware stock 
 and fine home to W. H. Salyers, for his farm and farm home in White 
 Cloud Township. M. S. Conrad is helper at the VanDoren Co. Store. 
 
 V. W. Beeson trades his warehouse and residence to Samuel Estes for 
 Nebraska land. Wm. Bingaman buys the Howard Restaurant. 
 
 Rev. W. H. Cable for three years pastor of the M. E. Chu'-ch is succeed- 
 ed by Rev. W. W. Bollinger. 
 
 W. G. White, our furniture store man buys the Kronsbein hardware 
 stock of W. H. Salyers and Geo. Keffer of Hastings is induced to come 
 over to his old business home, to help him in the business. 
 
 Leonard Wilkinson, carrier on aiwndoned R. F. D. route from Hillsdale 
 is transfered and goes out on route number 3 from Malvern. 
 
 Mr. Allen Smith from Massena buys the home of Mrs. G. W. Bates. Mrs. 
 Bennett dies at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martha Rickabaugh. Guy 
 Harold rustles the delivery wagon for the Gibson store. 
 
 New corn is worth 32c a bushel. 
 
 A lively baby boy comes to the home of Dr. and Mrs. Parsons on No- 
 vember 1st. 
 
 We have to make mention of so many as they pass out of this life, that 
 our records ought to show the coming in of the new life to keep the bal- 
 ance. Our records of the dear baby life has been poorly kept by the his- 
 torian, and but few have been mentioned and now they will have to be left 
 until they individually make some record that they are living and making 
 good records for future hisotry. Brute life is registered as to type and 
 ancestry at birth. Human life it may be better to register at its close, 
 when the records have been made up. Is it not well worth while to de- 
 vote more care to those essential things, that will make better the type 
 and pedigree of human life as well. 
 
 Mr. Callen. the owner of the Cottage Hotel trades it to Mr. Brower of 
 Hamburg for 300 acres of Missouri River bottom lands, Allen and Legore, 
 the lessees will go ahead with its refitting for opening to the public, No- 
 vember 15th. 
 
114 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The Feltons move to Council Bluffs. Mr. Whitmer buys Perdues dray 
 line. 
 
 Frank L. B. Goodwin dies at the home of Mr. M. Cunningham of that 
 dread disease cancer. He came to Malvern in the 70s, where his brother 
 Charles was already located, and has been here or near by ever since. De- 
 scended from titled English ancestry, himself and brother both kept the 
 name untarnished. 
 
 Father and son quietly observe their golden and silver wedding anni- 
 versaries, today December 15, Wm. VanDoren and wife 50 years, Milton 
 VanDoren and wife 2 5 years. 
 
 The 86 year lease of life of Mr. J. F. Tyler expired today and he lays 
 down in death's sleep at his son's liome. 
 
 The calendar says it is now 190 6. 
 
 Mr. C. S. Royce buys residence of Mrs. C. J. Hyde. Mrs. J. F. Christo- 
 pher dies at her home in Malvern. 
 
 The Strahan and Christy Bank is reorganized into The Malvern Nation- 
 al Bank and the following named officers elected: C. B. Christy, President; 
 James Durbin. Vice President; Fred Durbin, Cashier; Directors: C. B. 
 Christy, Fred Durbin, James Durbin, L. C. Stevesson and C. M. Follett. 
 
 Mr. Cecil Graves is getting quite a reputation as a cartoonist. 
 
 Alice Cottrell Woodrow dies at their home at Sioux City, and is 
 brought here for burial. 
 
 A. L. Arnold buys the Miuner barber shop. Evangelist Pratt and his 
 singer Brlson are in the midst of interesting revival meetings at the Bap- 
 tist Church. 
 
 Mr. W^. C. Wortz and Miss Grace Mulholland are married, January 24th, 
 at the home already prepared by the groom. 
 
 Dr. S. T. Brothers dies suddenly while sitting in his chair, a grand good 
 man, conscientiously performing the arduous duties of his profession, to 
 the poor and rich alike, for over forty years in the county, the first of his 
 profession in Malvern. 
 
 McElhose and Hall buy the blacksmith shop of V. W. Bceson. 
 
 L. W. Boehner buys the old Baptist church building, for several years 
 the work shop of the Neck Yoke factory, and will have it transformed into 
 a residence. 
 
 J. R. McClymond and family become permanent residents of the towa. 
 
 Allan J. Chantry graduates with hl^h honors, standing at the head of 
 his class in the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Timmons wife of S. Timmons dies at her son's home near 
 Pacific Junction, while on a temporary visit there. 
 
 The Kronsbein family bid their many friends goodbye as they go away 
 to their new home at Litchfield, 111. 
 
 Mr. S. J. Clark is manager for the Quinn Lumber Co.. J. J. Hartzell 
 takes Mr. Harts place at the Wabash. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 115 
 
 Mr. aud Mrs. A. J. Chantry get their boys and girls all together for a 
 full reunion, gathering at the banquet board of the home. 
 
 Mr. David Duncan, Father Duncan, dies to day, Malvern's oldest citizen, 
 nearly 94 years of age. 
 
 Church pastors, II. R. Waldo and Lew C. Harris, leave their pastorates, 
 and young and old friends gather at each of their homes for the last good 
 byes. 
 
 Mrs. Leah Dice buys the V. C. Bridges property, for a home. Mr. Samuel 
 Bonham and family move to Shenandoah. John Meryhew is sub-carrier 
 for rural route number 3. 
 
 Mr. J. A. Foster is building a big barn on lower 1st Avenue for the 
 livery business. S. Burrus buys the Collins bakery. 
 
 Miss Carrie Wilson is book-keeper at Mulhollands. 
 
 W. H. Salyers goes into partnership with P. M. Cadwell in the Real 
 Estate business. 
 
 Mr. Forrest R. Chantry goes abroad for a wife and is married to Miss 
 Ethel Lovett at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lovett at Shenandoah. 
 
 Harry Thomas moves to Friend, Nebr. James Buckingham moves nis 
 grocery stock into one of Newt Jacob buildings on 1st Avenue. 
 
 W. R. Thomas sells his business to F. D. Stitt, rents residence and goes 
 to farming for a hoped for change to better health. 
 
 .*.gent Bell of the Q buys the former home of J. J. Wilson. 
 
 Dr. Will N. Hiett and Miss Myrtle Mulholland are old married people 
 having been married several months ago but the world didn't know it 
 until today. 
 
 Joss Smith v/ho has been so long in Malvern, as school boy. helper and 
 business man, moves with the family to Council Bluffs. 
 
 The fine tulip bed of Mr. Geo. Mellor is a pleasure to the passer by. 
 
 A valiant fight is now on, for a reloca,tion of the County Capitol from 
 Glenwood to Malvern. The location made by the early pioneers, was the 
 best at the time, it was their home and their home town. But the changes 
 since then have sv/ung the dial marker to a new center, for convenience 
 and economy and the contest is on for the change. Generous guaranteed 
 bonds have been placed to make good to the county the cost of removal. 
 Friends in possession are pressing hard on the string of the utter ruin of 
 our neighbor towns if such a thing should occur. The fight is stirring 
 up the latent powers of many minds, which have heretofore been dormant, 
 and in prose and poetry and derogatory terms for and against the ques- 
 tion, the pages of our county papers are replete with the news of the war. 
 The ins won the race, and since then the lid has been put on at the State 
 Capitol, to the budding aspirations of Malvern in this direction, and well 
 spiked down "Requiescat in pace." 
 
 A little daughter is entrusted to Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Hiett for safe keep- 
 ing. 
 
116 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Channing Baird receives his appointment as Post Master of Malvern. 
 Rev. W. G. Hoover and Rev. H. H. Utterback are the new pastors at the 
 Baptist and Christian Churches. 
 
 J. W. McNulty gives up his position with the Green Buy Lumber Co.. 
 and E. W. Gregory talies his place. 
 
 Our people are terribly wrought up over the a\Yful calaraily that has 
 befallen San Francisco. Those having friends in the destroyed city are 
 anxiously waiting further news. A thrilling description is given of the 
 event by Miss Gail Shipman in the Leader of May 17th, 19 6. 
 
 A hoodoo is on The Cottage. Allen & Logan retire and Mrs. Skahill is 
 the next. 
 
 From their last years work at Moulton, Iowa, the sisters Lillian and 
 Ethel Cunningham go to higher positions in Sigourney Schools. 
 
 Miss Hazel Whitmer enters the Mills County Telephone office to learn 
 the work, and she learned it well, as at this writing, she is yet at hc-r 
 station. 
 
 Will Evans a Malvern boy, now grown to manhood and out in the world 
 m;iking good, dies at Kansas City, and is brought to his old home place 
 for burial. 
 
 W. E. Larisou is again behind the barber's chair, his sale or trade was 
 not adhesive enough to stick. 
 
 School graduates for 19 06: Olga Otis, Hazel Richmond, Frances McCoy, 
 Rhebba whalen, Liva Richards and Ivy Campbell. Where are the boys? 
 
 Lee Baldwin is moving into a new home he has been building. J. L. 
 Buckingham buys a home of J. T-. Ward. 
 
 Shelby Watson the faithful and efficient assistant at the post office, un- 
 der the old regime, takes a position at the Bank of Malvern. 
 
 The new flouring mill to replace the one burned is now complete and 
 ©pen for business. 
 
 Mrs. J. T. Brohard, one of the early pioneers dies at her home near 
 Bassett, Nebr. 
 
 Wm.. Weaver a well known and respected citizen of the cminty since 
 1857, dies at his lately purchased home at Peaceville. 
 
 The Malvern Chautauqua Assembly for 1906, is now in session. The 
 idea of these assemblies, conceived and set in motion by Bishop J. H. Vin- 
 cent of Chautauqua, N. Y., has become of nation wide annual observance. 
 Some of our people will remember the first noted gathering at Council 
 Bluffs many years ago. Those who had been taking the regular courses 
 of study as students formed the nucleus of that gathering in the commod- 
 ius amphitheater erected by the citizens. Changes have been so made, 
 that commercialism now conducts and presents the great moral and intel- 
 lectual force to the public. Since our first assembly in 1904, in a mam- 
 moth tent on the fair grounds, they have been well supported, and for the 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 117 
 
 betterment of our social, intellectual and moral life, from their presenta- 
 tion they should be well sustained. 
 
 Miss M. Edith Davis is elected as teacher to fill vacancy caused by res- 
 ignation of Miss Williams and Miss Adaline Ward as teacher of vocal 
 music in the school. 
 
 Mr. Frank Miller and Miss Elizabeth Shane are married at the Shane 
 home by Rev. Hoover. Mr. Eli Vickery and Mrs. Jennie Crumb invest in 
 bonds of matrimony, being the second investment for both of them. 
 
 Mrs. S. J. Curls 72nd birthday was pleasantly observed by her grand- 
 daughter Ollie Hammond inviting in a number of her old time lady 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. I. L. Morgan has been building a home, corner of Douglas Street 
 and Prospect Avenue and is moving in today. 
 
 John Myers and Mrs. Katie Dunn take the vows of marriage at Squire 
 Van Doren's office. 
 
 Lennie Baird, Donald Cunningham and Harry Bently are students at 
 Des Moines College and Perry Hendricks goes to the military school ai 
 Culver Indiana. 
 
 September 13th. Ernest Anderson goes to Omaha and finds a wife, Miss 
 Peterson. Hazel Richmond is helper at The Chicago Dry Goods Store and 
 James Baskins is at Kneelands. 
 
 Mr. J. D. Robbins comes away from his extensive farming interests in 
 the county and trades some land for Beeson & Estes's warehouse and 
 stock on 4th Street and invests in a new business, with Mr. Roy Robbins, 
 his son, opening up an Auto Garage, for sales, repairs and hire. The 
 starting of this business here, which has so grown, that large commodious 
 buildings have since been erested to meet the demands of the times. 
 
 Royce and Smith are moving their stock into their fine new business 
 place, neighbor to The Malvern National Bank. Membraneous croup takes 
 the daughter Elizabeth from the Poulson home 
 
 An ox team hitched to an old prairie schooner is on the street today. It 
 was Ezra Meeker, locating the route over the old trail of the forty niners, 
 to the gold fields of California. John Cain, who has been for the last 25 
 years, the faithful and trusted employee of the Q as their section foreman, 
 resigns. 
 
 Miss Eula VanVranken a former teacher in the school writes an inter- 
 esting letter to the Leader on her arrival in China to take up the mission 
 work of the Church. 
 
 Mr. Otto Burrus, a former Malvern lad is married to Miss Barnard of 
 Glenwood. The mother of Mrs. I. L. Morgan dies today at the home of 
 the daughter. 
 
 Those who are in charge of business at the school rooms: Superintend- 
 entJ. E. Clayton. Mae Miller, Daisy Bartley, Mabel Potts, Cora Owens, Mrs. 
 Emma Young, Mae Churchill, Bertha Bushnell and Ruth Thompson. 
 
118 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 The Malvern National Bank move into their new building -with its fine 
 furnishings and fixtures and are well prepared for business. 
 
 Dick Paul, R. F. D. carrier, one of the starters of the Rural free de- 
 livery, gives up the job and is succeeded by Wm. Emerick, December, 1906. 
 
 Ray and Will Kline are landlords at the Cottage and Mr. Hubbell takes 
 Len Davis' place at the City Hotel. 
 
 The eighth double wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Cadw^ell 
 and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Berkhimer is observed at the Cadwell home. 
 
 Some of the youngsters that have birthday parties, Frank Talbott, Macey 
 Himebaugh and Ruth Wyant and they are red lettf^r days in each of their 
 homes. 
 
 Charles Hollins and Miss Emma McDaniels, who with her parents were 
 formerly residents of Malvern, are married at Council Bluffs. 
 
 The great cereal of our State, a corn show, is on exhibition at Malvern, 
 229 entries for $300 premiums. 
 
 S. B. Barnes sells his grain elevator to J. D. McClain of Peoria. 111. 
 
 The Woodmen Lodge elect officers, T. C. Lake, S. E. Harold, John 
 Moore, J. C. Maguire, C. M. Morford, G. W. Short, Arva Burrus, M. S. 
 Conrad. 
 
 Mr. Philip Hambsch retires from the farm and buys Emerson Brown's 
 residence, for a home, on Douglas Street. Out at Peaceville. Miss Flora 
 Hammond is married to Mr. J. R. Pitzer. 
 
 The VanDoren Co. sell their business to our Attorney A. E. Cook and a 
 brother C. H. Cook from Sioux City, la., and the new firms is The Cook 
 Mercantile Co. 
 
 The young people that are away at school and work are coming home 
 for the holidays and some good feeds of mother's coolving 
 
 Cards are out introducing the reader to a bright chubby youngster, with 
 a label on him, 1907. 
 
 Rev. W. G. Hoover resigns his pastorate at the Baptist Church. The 
 Christian Church has been enlarged and built over new, and is rededicat- 
 ed to day, January 13, 1907, Rev. W. H. Utterback, Pastor. 
 
 A baby boy is welcomed at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Laird. 
 
 Today January 15th, the death call comes to Mrs. R. J. Brown, a noble, 
 helpful woman, in her earnest Christian life, and deeds of kindness and 
 love in her thirty three years of home life in Malvern. 
 
 January 8th, Mrs. L. W. Miller dies at the Presbyterian Hospital in 
 Omaha, another noble Christian life. 
 
 News comes that Dan Farrell, an old time resident of Malvern and well 
 known as the plucky. Mills County Sheriff, is dead at his home in San 
 Antonio, Texas. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 119 
 
 Mr. L. E. Smith and family purchase a home and become residents of 
 Malvern. Mr. N. G. Patterson is the maker of new, and a renovator of the 
 old, at his harness shop on 1st Avenue. 
 
 Cadwell and Salyers our real estate men have gathered together from 
 our county a train load of the goods and chattels of a number of our good 
 citizens, that starts today for Wellingtm, Colo., for new homes in the new 
 west. Mr. F. D. Kilpatrick moves from the farm to his residence proper- 
 ty in town. 
 
 The brothers Sam and John Myers, early settlers of the town, are both 
 taken by death within a few days of each other. 
 
 Mr. R. A. Wills trades his Peaceville home to G. W. Wyant for his town 
 residence and they will change their abiding places soon. Mrs. Laura 
 Uttvits, who by her kind hearted, gentle ways has a long list of friends, 
 who surprise her on her 70th birthday by their presence or by letters of 
 congratulation and expressions of good will. 
 
 There were 218 teams at one time on our Street last Saturday. Alice 
 Windom and Mr. C. A. Pickerel are married. Jesse H. Evans and Miss 
 Emily Gardner, take some friends along and go joy riding to Council 
 Bluffs to get some bonds, as husband and wife. 
 
 Major Barnes buys the former residence of Dr. Love. Leni Jones takes 
 Len Wilkersons place as carrier on No. 3. H. T. Richmond, the harness 
 maker, inventor. Neck Yoke factory man, musician and good citizen, tears 
 himself away from Malvern and m>ves to Sedgwick, Colo. 
 
 S. A. Tipton is on duty as upstairs salesman, at MulhoUands. Mr. T. J. 
 Moses buys a home. E. L. Perkins and Elizabeth Starr are married. 
 
 Higgins Bros, succeed the firm of Baldwin and Higgins. J. D. Robbins 
 sells the implement part of his business to Ash and Long. 
 
 Leonard Wilkinson, mail carrier on route 3 leaves his task in the hands 
 of Bert Crumb. Baton Tennant is with Higgins Bros. W. A. Barrier buys 
 the Buckingham barber shop. 
 
 Albert Baird gives up his position at the Royce Drug Store and Blaine 
 Young is learning the ways of the business. Mrs. Andrew Swanson' dies 
 at her Malvern home. Miss Hazel Rumsey wins first honors in dramatic 
 contest at Tabor. 
 
 April, 1907, Mr. and Mrs. James Criswell purchase a home and move to 
 town as a respite from the strenuous cares of the farm. 
 
 Mr. J. W. McNulty and family return from Colorado and Mr. McNulty 
 takes Mr. Clark's place with the Quinn Lumber Co., deciding that Malvern 
 was a better pleasure resort for business than Colorado Springs. 
 
 Edna Shenefield dies at her parents' homo in the suburbs. Mr. Hugh 
 Mcintosh ,the miller, who was associated with Dr. Brothers in the Silver 
 Creek flouring mill and a long time resident of Malvern, dies at his Mary- 
 ville ,Mo., home. 
 
120 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Mr. Marion Kerney buys the Bushnell residence property on Marion 
 Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Allen Anderson and wife and son Ernest Anderson and wil'e return 
 from Sweden, where they went about a year ago, intending to make it 
 their home, but time had made changes and it was not the same to them 
 as in their younger life and they again come to America and Malvern. 
 
 Rev. J. E. Wilkins has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist Church and 
 is here with his family to take up his work. 
 
 It is Katherine Mellor's tenth birthday and ten playmates help her to 
 spend the day. Agent Matheny of the Wabash buys the home of Mrs. M. 
 E. Johnston and Mrs. Johnston buys the I. L. Morgan home on Douglas 
 Street. Fred Smith finds a wife at Shenandoah, Miss Ada Schick. 
 
 A new Insurance firm, Mr. O. J. Davis and daughter Edith and son El- 
 mer as partners. Henry J. Baird and family start today for their new 
 home place at Delta, Colo. A long time resident and we will miss him 
 in the daily run of business. 
 
 Harry Keffer comes from Hastings to Malvern, his boyhood home to 
 help Ash and Long sell farm implements. 
 
 Our base ball team, Carl Cook, Guy Conrad, Kenneth Cook. Arthur 
 Dice, Forest Deardorff, Harry Wilson, Elmer Davis, Walter Scott, Paul 
 Kneeland and John Brooks, go down and take the scalp of the Red Oakers 
 by just 7 to 6. 
 
 S. E. Harold sells his home to Mr. Viner and will soon move to Colorado. 
 E. L. Donner buys the old Q Elevator. The Donners always have some 
 horses to turn in on a trade and he turns in a thousand dollars worth. 
 
 At the Graham home on Saturday Miss Mona's friends, Gladys Smith, 
 Amy Deardorff, Irene and Margaret Beckett, Doris Barnes, Edith Smith, 
 Ruth Boehner and Ethel Muiholland come dressed in grov/n up's clothes 
 and have a frolic celebrating her 10th birthday. 
 
 The question of sewerage for the town is breaking out. 
 
 1907 school graduates, Grace Churchill. Maude Coiner, Josie Kerney, 
 Pearl Lake, Mildred Priest, Elsie Skerritt, Ruth Young, Arthur Dice, El- 
 mer Davis, June Fickel and Harry Kneeland. 
 
 W. L. Johnson, better known to us as Laban Johnson dies today. May 
 17th. at his Malvern home. 
 
 Decoration day services in honor of the soldier dead was properly ob- 
 served. 
 
 Miss Edith Smith is seven today, and there has to be some doings &t 
 the Walter Smith home to commemorate the event. A goodly number of 
 her little friends come and furnish the doings 
 
 Miss Ethel Himebaugh and Mr. Edward Gilmore, take the vows to love 
 honor and obey, and their home will be at Omaha. 
 
 The 1907 Chautauqua is a winner. The stock market, fat cattle ^5.85 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 121 
 
 to ?r..35, Hogs $5.85. 
 
 Miss Florence Skahill is helper with the Cook Mercantile Co. G. C. 
 Boston buys the hardware stock of W. G, White. 
 
 Malcolm Campbell, Walter Scott, Paul Kneeland and Guy Conrad are 
 taking their vacation, developing manly muscle and fine crops out on the 
 farms. 
 
 Cadwell & Salyers, the real estate men trade the Cottage Hotel prop- 
 erty for 1120 acres of land near Bassett, Nebr, 
 
 To day, August 14th, 1907, while at his work, James Miller Strahan is 
 stricken with death. "God steps in and says thy work is finished." The 
 eulogy of his life has been ably spoken. We cannot say more A true and 
 valued friend and citizen has been taken from us. 
 
 Mr. James Berry buys a home south of the ball park and Ernest Ander- 
 son buys Karl Hertz's residence property. F. D. Kilpatrick buys the 
 north half of the old academy block tor a place to build a nice home for 
 his family. 
 
 X. A. Imel takes a well earned vacation from the Leader office and accom 
 panied by his wife goes thro the west sight seeing. Arthur Howard leaves 
 his position with the lowan to engage in business for himself at Coupeville, 
 Washington. The Baseball Tournament is on with four good teams ready 
 for the contest. 
 
 Monday, September 2, all roads for the young lead towards the opening 
 of the public school. 
 
 Mr. V. G. Williams is assistant at The First National Bank and Joy 
 Parker is helper at Kneelands. 
 
 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Criswell, September 4th. occurred 
 the marriage of their daughter Ague to Mr. Frank J. Steele of Strahan. 
 W. H. Manifold is our new Superintendent of the schools. 
 
 T. D. Gibson, the grocer, a short time since traded his fine home and 
 some other property for a Woodbury County farm, and today he trades 
 his grocery stock, fixtures and business buildings to Mr. H. D. Anderson 
 for his farm just across the creek and Mr. Anderson in a few hours time 
 is in possession of to him a new business. But he does not stay on the job 
 but a few days until he desires to go back to the farm and makes a trade 
 with Mr. Sheets of Carson for 240 acres of land near Macedonia. Mr. 
 Sheets is also a trader and in a few days he sells his stock and fixture^ 
 to Mr. Fred Mulholland who winds up the deal by adding a grocery de- 
 partment to the already large business of the Mulholland Co. 
 
 A list of students from Malvern and vicinity that are away at College 
 studies: Elbert Nickerson, Perry Hendricks, Otto Gibson, Nora Summers, 
 John Summers, Si Wearin, Roy Robbins, Blanch Coffman, Claude Kerney, 
 Olga Otis, Juno and Ward Fickel, Ralph Wilson, Rolfe Whitnell, Ruth 
 Young, Ivy Campbell, Florence and Cora Durbin, Ruth Kneeland, Mary 
 
122 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Goodwin, Mildred Priest, May and Grace Churcliill, Harry Benlly, Edna 
 Scott and Frank Wilson. 
 
 Mr. Frank Scoles and Miss Pearl Lake go to Glenwood and Rev. Skiles 
 of Congregational Church, performs the ceremony that makes them hus- 
 band and wife. 
 
 Mr. J. W. Jones buys the W. W. Wills home property, in the north west 
 part of town. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Johnson dies today, September 27th, at the home of her 
 dc-ughter Mrs. S. Masters. She was with her husband J. J. Johnson and 
 family, early pioneers, staked out a claim for a home in 1856, near where 
 Malvern has since been built. 
 
 The price of new corn at the elevators is 5.5c. Sam Dowden, a helper 
 at Patterson's harness shop, moves to Sterling, Colo. 
 
 A. O. Purdy who is an experienced pharmacist, takes a position with 
 Mr. Royce the druggist. 
 
 Over the border to make record of the death of a well known, earnest, 
 practical Christian woman, Mrs. Olive Wearin, an early pioneer and one 
 of those who were stricken by the railroad disaster at Chillicothe, Mo.. 
 November 8th, 1879, where Mr. Josiah Wearin, the husband lost his life. 
 
 Guy Harold enters the employ ofH. A. Deardorff, the grocer, as clerk 
 and delivery man. Lyle Wilkins i^' helping to wait on customers at the 
 Landis store. 
 
 Miss Mabel Nickerson weds Mr. R. E. Lindsay, the operator at the Q. 
 
 A new enterprise is started. Dr. J. H. Gasscn is fitting up rooras over 
 the Malvern National Bank for a hospital. 
 
 Mr. W. G. Salyers is the purchaser of the B. W. Rush home on Pros- 
 pect Avenue. The coming of Mr. Salyers to Malvern for a home, calls our 
 attention to the number of good citizens who have from time to time, come 
 to make their homes in the town, from Strahan and vicinity: Salyersos, 
 Criswells, Eacretts, Bellwoods, Hani])s<:'h, Roberts, Boyer. Ewing. Black. 
 
 W. R. Thomas has recovered his health oul on the farm and is shaving 
 again for a living. 
 
 Section foreman Wires of the Burlington is promoted to rotsd master of 
 branch roads out from Creston. 
 
 John Miller, "Uncle Jo.hn" dies while visiting a daughter ot Winside, 
 Nebr., October 20th. He has been a long time resident of Malvern, aonther 
 one added to the list of passing friends. 
 
 Rev. Wilkins performs the ceremoiiy of the marriage of Ossie Smith 
 and Miss Stella Thompson, a quiet home wedding, Novemb^^r G. 
 
 A masquerade party of young friends of Stewart Foster, played a sur- 
 prise game on him last Thursday evening, when he was 15 years of age. 
 lots of fun and something good to eat. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 123 
 
 Mr. W. F. Dormer, one of the young generations of the Donuers, finJs a 
 girl to his liking at Shenandoah, Miss Cora Richards, where they have just 
 taken the marriage vows. 
 
 A record overlooked the death of Mrs. Chan. C. Baird, a noble, kind 
 hearted, Christian woman, who is called from her home and large family 
 who much need a mother's care. The elder daughter takes up the work 
 as best she can as guide and counselor in the mother's place. 
 
 Mr. Joe Evans who was one of the Malvern boys in the start, comes 
 from Seattle, Wash., to visit his mother Mrs. W. D. Evans. 
 
 Mr. C. E. Eacrett, weary of living on the border comes over from the 
 farm for a residence in town. 
 
 Baton Tennant is now with The Cook Mercantile Co. 
 
 Little Margaret Jean is a new arrival as a guest at the Beattie home. 
 
 Mr. Fred Barkus and Miss Jennie Van Doren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Milt Van Doren take a joy ride to Glenwood and engage Rev. Utterback to 
 tie the matrimonial bonde. 
 
 Mr. Philip Hambsch has just returned from a visit to his old boyhood 
 home at Obenhausen on the Rhine, after 50 years in America as soldier 
 and citizen. He does not find many of his old time friends and they do 
 not recognize the young man Philip Hambsch in the gray bearded veter- 
 an Philip Hambsch of Malvern. 
 
 Mrs. Maurer is matron at the Malvern hospital. 
 
 Mr. Eugene Porter takes the place of Ben. R. Busby in charge of the 
 jewelry department at Wilson's Drug store. 
 
 Plazel Head is the hat artist at Mrs. Hiett's millinery shop. 
 
 The institution of the annual Dutch Supper is introduced to the public 
 by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mr. Everett W. Masters and Miss Roselle E. Konnefke take the mar- 
 riage vows as husband and wife. 
 
 The Corn Show, Farmers Institute and Dairy Show, the great and at- 
 tractive combination is now in session at Malvern, December 10th, 11th 
 and 12th, 1807. 
 
 Mr. J. A. Fletcher and family take up their residence here and Mr. 
 Fletcher takes a position as manager of grocery department at Mulhol- 
 lands, and Mrs. Wainwright has charge of the cloak and suit department. 
 
 At the home of Mrs. Nickerson, her daughter Esther is married to Mr. 
 Wood Wearin of Roseville, Calif. 
 
 Mr. M. F. Beckwith dies to day, after three months suffering from an 
 accidental gunshot wound, another good citizen and neighbor gone. 
 
 W. A. Beckett, the postal clerk on the Q sells his Peaceville home. 
 
 Mrs. George Short dies today, December 26th, at the home in Malvern. 
 
 Legal documents and love letters are now dated 1908, a new tag on old 
 father time. 
 
124 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Uncle Ben Martin, a country neighbor buys the home of A. Swanson and 
 moves to Malvern. Fred Tubbs sells his dray line business to J. A. Foster. 
 
 A once familiar face in Milton, appears again upon the canvas after the 
 trailing of the reels of forty eight years, Mr. James D. Cook, now of Chi- 
 cago, one of the first of the grain buyers here, being the manager in build- 
 ing the Ladd elevator during the winter of 1869 and '70. The well groom- 
 ed man at 70 years is the older grown personality of the younger Jim 
 Cook in dusty overalls and jacket on duty at the elevator in 1870. His 
 coming to Milton was in times of industrial business and Peace. His bus- 
 iness to the town today, is in the interests of War instead, which is on at 
 the writing of these records. 
 
 The Barrier barber shop burns to day, Mr. Buckingham owner of tue 
 little building. 
 
 Mrs. R. J. Madigan for a long time resident of Malvern died at her home 
 here yesterday. Andrew Purcell, Squire Purcell for 35 consecutive years, 
 as Justice of the Peace at our neighbor town of Hastings, surrenders his 
 90 year life lease at Shenandoah. In 185 7 his cabin home was on our 
 present fair grounds. 
 
 Miss Bessie Smith is with the working force at The Chicago Dry Goods 
 Store. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Getman one of our pioneers passes away at her Malvern home. 
 
 S. Garner and Son are the new landlords at the City Hotel. 
 
 Rev. Utterback at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pointer, performs the cere- 
 mony, February 4th, that unites in marriage their daughter Miss Pearl 
 and Mr. Earl Eichelberger. 
 
 At the W. A. Barkus home, Febru? -y 19, Miss Bessie is married to Mr. 
 Ed Jefferson. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Norris's body is brought from Ft. Scott, Kansas, and laid be- 
 side her husband in the Malvern Cemetery. 
 
 Mr. W. S. Grosse buys the Sloneke home and the bus line and becomes 
 a citizen of Malvern. Mr. Wm. Knceiand purchases the Gibson property 
 for a home. Mr. F. L. Shaffer succeeds A. L. Purdy as assistant at Royce's. 
 
 The interesting and helpful revival meetings of evangelist Smiley and 
 his singer Hanson close to night. 
 
 The election for free school books to the pupils carries. 
 
 Mr. Geo. Short buys the Mrs. Pease property and lot and home adjoining 
 
 The Cottage Hotel has opened doors again under the management of 
 Mr. J. R. Cully. 
 
 The young life of Frank Talbott goes out today at the hospital at 
 Council Bluffs. 
 
 Warden Rimel takes first place in oratorical class in contest at Tabor. 
 
 The Summers Seed House has business with the State, selling to the 
 State College their seed oats. 
 
 Charles Knight is a new helper at the Boston Hardware Store. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 125 
 
 The regular spring batch of oflicers fi^r town election, Mr. D. E. Whit- 
 field re-elected as Mayor, Frank Higgins on the Council, James J. Wlisou 
 Treasurer and James Miller, Assessor. 
 
 The spring sales. Dr. Thos. W. Gidley buys Dr. Humphrey's home and 
 veterinary practice. Mrs. Skahill sells her residence to Mr. W. H. Miller, 
 and Mr. Kneeland buys Mrs. F. M. Benton's home. 
 
 It is April fool day and the young people plan a gathering for fun and 
 frolic in two courses at the homes of Lyle Wilkins and Miss Bessie Smith. 
 Those thought worthy of the game that were present, Lawrence Talbott, 
 Ed Califf, Arthur Dice, Eugene and Winford Porter, V. G. Williams, Lyle 
 Wilkins, Harry Kneeland, Ed Benton and the Misses Harriet and Flora 
 Benton, Lottie Deardorff, Bertha Bushnell, Bessie Smith and Ruth Thomp- 
 son. 
 
 Little Tommy Cunningham is today laid away in our city of the dead. 
 
 Mr. D. G. Schenck is 87 years old and his boy friends E. R. Graves, Wm. 
 Robinson, T. M. Aistrope and Geo. Mandigo meet with him and talk over 
 the events of three quarters of a century. 
 
 At the J. T. Ward home, the daughter Adaline is married to Mr. Lester 
 E. Barnum of Monmouth, Illinois. 
 
 Miss Anna Nellen is trimmer in the millinery department of The Cook 
 Mercantile Company. 
 
 G. T. White sells his residence property to Mr. D. W. Harvey. 
 
 Arva Burrus buys the Landis home on Marion Avenue. Mr. Ed Thomas 
 buys a home place of Mrs. R. J. Bently. 
 
 A business sale today, by G. T. White to Mr. Allen Smith and L. R. 
 Comer, name of firm Smith & Comer. 
 
 Our teachers in the school for the coming year: Superintendent W. H. 
 Manifold, Principal May Miller; Lillian Cunningham, Mamie Forman, Daisy 
 Bartley. Mabel Potts, Carrie Wilson, Mrs. Emma Young. Bertha Bushnell, 
 Emma Boylan and Rue Otis. 
 
 The grave digger himself. Jack Pierce dies at his out Peaceville way 
 home. Some one else will have to dig the one for him. He was a,n early 
 settler and an honest toiler. 
 
 Union Church service tonight. May 3, 1908, to welcome the new pastor 
 of the Christian Church, Rev. J. E. Stebbins. 
 
 Evelyn Churchill is seven years old today and the home is filled with 
 her little friends. 
 
 Mrs. L. Bentley, a well known and respected woman in church and home 
 circles in Malvern for many years, dies at her later home at Tampa Florida. 
 
 The fire alarm is sounding out its alarm notes and the fire department 
 and citizens are hurrying to the scene of the fire caused from a leaking 
 gasoline stove in the Tunison Restaurant on 4th Street. The old frame 
 building is now enveloped in tongues of flame and the fire is spreading to 
 
126 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 the storage building adjoining on the east and to the auto repair shop antl 
 implement building on the west. The fire boys are having trouble with 
 the hose and intense heat. 20 ft. alley only is seperating the valuable 
 property on First Avenue from the flames. The tension on nerve and 
 muscle of looker on and worker is intense. Faithful watchers of the old 
 bucket brigade are on duty at all points of danger from the flying embers. 
 It is now under control, and the crowd is going to their homes for the 
 balance of the night in rest and sleep, and settlement of their losses anoth- 
 er day. 
 
 New blacksmith firm of F. J. Stebbins & Son. 
 
 Mr. Henry Boyer's new home is now about complete and ready for oc- 
 cupancy. 
 
 W. F. Wi'kins and family locate in Malvern and he has a position with 
 the Green Bay Lumber Company. 
 
 Dr. D. M. Kline sells out his practice at Carson and locates at Malvern, 
 the home town of his boyhood daye. 
 
 Mr. Will Swan and wife are here on a visit with Mrs. Swan's mother, 
 Mrs. W. D. Evans under the old home roof for a few days. 
 
 Squire Van Doren ties the bonds of matrimony that unite Mr. Frank 
 Berry and Miss Laura Rasmusen in wedded life. 
 
 Fourteen graduates from the high school: Louisa Stone, Hazel Rumsey, 
 Ford Wearin, Hazel Thompson, Maude Johnson. Inez Bell, Harry Wilson, 
 Velma Johnson, Leona Bell, Kenneth Cook, Mixie Cunningham, Roy Don- 
 ner, Ruth Bingaman and Carleton Cook, start out on the journey of life. 
 
 Otis Martin helper at Cadwell and Salyers gives up his position and E. 
 F. Bayer takes his place. 
 
 G. T. White and family move to their new home at Delta. Colorado. 
 
 Mr. S. B. Barnes re elected as manager of the telephone business. 
 
 College graduates and students home from their studies, Ruth Young 
 from Iowa University, Edna Scott from Knoxville, 111., Claude Kerney, 
 Milton Yockey and Olga Otis from Simpson, Blanche Coffman from Par- 
 sons and Florence and Cora Durbin from Nebraska University. 
 
 Dr. I. W. Humphrey adds to his work as Veterinary Surgeon, a hard- 
 ware business, bought of M. Cunningham. 
 
 Mrs. W. P. Wortman buys the former home of Mrs. Eliza J. Alstrope. 
 
 Miss Hannah Angus purchases the millinery business of Mrs. Maurath. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Alexander is surprised on her 71st birthday at her daugh- 
 ter's home, Mrs. S. A. Tipton, by a post card shower of 106 cards of DOst 
 wishes and friendly greetings. 
 
 O. M. Harris opens up a Real Estate office. 
 
 Mr. Matheny, the agent of the Wabash dies, and the remains are taken 
 to his old home at Savannah, Mo. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 127 
 
 Our National holiday opens up today with the first session of the sea- 
 sous Chautauqua program with exercises appropriate to the day. The 
 closing hours of the day are saddened by the accident to Eddie Califf, who 
 loses an eye while helping with the display of fireworks, to give pleasure 
 to the waiting throng. 
 
 W. E. VanArsdall sells his barber business to young Will Donner. 
 
 Mr. Jos. Foxworthy, one of the main stays out In Peaceville suburbs, 
 buys the home of Mrs. Leah Dice on Douglas Street. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reynolds are testing town life to see how it will 
 agree with them. 
 
 A party of our young people who charter the carry all and get away to 
 the banks of the Nishna for a picnic spread, Olga Otis, May Churchill, Mary 
 Evans, Liva Richards, Rue Otis, Pearl Harris, Claude Kerney, Milton 
 Yockey, Abner Clark, Elbert Nickerson, Ralph Robbins and Shelby Wat- 
 son. 
 
 Mr. J. D. Robbins buys the home of Mr. Henry Viner on Marion Avenue. 
 
 The 3 4th annual session of The Mills County Fair exhibits are on the 
 grounds, and are one of the best. 
 
 To day an accident occurs at the Wabash crossing resulting in the death 
 of Mr. Guy Gageby. 
 
 Roy Miller, a Malvern boy who has been railroading for some time is 
 checked in as Wabash agent here. 
 
 Clyde Fletcher is a worker with his brother J. A. at Mulhollands grocery 
 department. 
 
 Beulah Moses is 6 years old today and a good sized bunch of her young 
 friends come to see her. 
 
 Two new men at the Burlington, S. P. Spencer and Guy Cadwell. 
 
 Charles Salyers buys the O. J. Davis home on Douglas Street. 
 
 Miss Coral Sanford puts the style on hats at Miss Jones's millinery Store. 
 
 Mr. Pointer gets away from the Wabash by moving his residence on to 
 east Douglas Street. 
 
 Eddie Knight is helping at Royce's while Shaffer is for a while away 
 at school. Miss Ruth Bingaman is waiting on customers at the P. O. 
 wicket. 
 
 Charley Higgins wants another partner and Miss Clara Hammes and 
 he agree to walk the ways of life together. 
 
 Miss Nellie Boyer is assistant at Mrs. Hiett's place of business. 
 
 Old time residents of Malvern return. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Snyder. Mr. 
 Snyder is helping at W^. D. Wilson's drug store and Mrs. Snyder that she 
 may give a daughter's care to her mother Mrs. W. D. Evans. 
 
 Our graduates and others for special courses are going to their work: 
 Harry Kneeland to Boulder, Colo., Carleton and Kenneth Cook to Nebras- 
 ka University, Maude Johnson, Olga Otis, Rheba Whalen, Liva Richards. 
 
128 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 June Fickel and Falph Wilson to Simpson College, Harry Wilson and John 
 Summers to Ames, Perry Hendricks and Walter Scott to Culver, Indiana, 
 Frances Lewis to Council Bluffs commercial school, Arthur Dice, Grover 
 Rinehart and Mildred Priest to Drake University, Ruth Young to Iowa 
 City, Grace Churchill to Wesleyan, University Place, Nebr., Winifred Seeg- 
 er to Mt. Carroll, 111., Merle, Blanche and Olive Coffman to Parsons Col- 
 lege, Annie Davis to Brownell Hall, H. G. Parker to Evanston. 111.,, Dr. D. 
 M. Swain to University of Pennsylvania, Ivy Campbell to Boulder, Colo. 
 
 Last Frldny, September 4th, death came to the poor helpless body of 
 Mrs. John Higgins, who was stricken with paralysis at her home in Mal- 
 vern, and has been for 6 long years a helpless invalid at St. Bernards 
 Council BlulTs. Mr. Higgins, who himself has only lately passed away 
 labored faithfully all these years, at his bench in Malvern, that the min- 
 istrating care of the hospital might be given to his stricken wife. From 
 Saturday evening until Monday morning, with only two unavoidable ex- 
 ceptions, he was at her bedside during the six years. An example of true 
 fidelity and loyalty. 
 
 The death toll is continued, Mr. James Jones, a country neighbor when 
 Milton was platted, a leading farmer, and for some time a citizen of the 
 town, a soldier of the Civil War answers to death's roll call today. 
 
 Mrs. Alva Donner comes to her mother's home, Mrs. Bently, for k isit 
 and a change and death comes and closes her young life. 
 
 The two firms of Milt Van Doren and the Cook Mercantile Co. trade 
 business for land. 
 
 The old soldier boys time comes for their annual eat and they gathcT' 
 at the Dice home for the occasion, and if they sleep as well as they ate, 
 they will live a while yet. 
 
 T. W. Beckett of Sidney buys the Arva Burrus cottage south of tho 
 school building. 
 
 Union service at the M. E. Church to bid farewell to Rev. Bollinger as 
 he goes to his new field at Odebolt. 
 
 TheCatholic Church is building a residence for their pastor. Father 
 Quinn. 
 
 Rev. W. A. Black is welcomed as successor to W. W. Bollinger. 
 
 The Malvern Electric Light Co. have enlarged their plant and power, 
 and soon will have our college town of Tabor, hitched on to the light sys- 
 tem. 
 
 Miss Ruth Kneeland and Miss Mae Churchill have opened up a kinder- 
 garten school in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, and they have 
 a big bunch of little life to entertain and instruct. 
 
 F. D. Kilpatrick's fine new modern home is complete and they are tak- 
 ing possession of it. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 1:^1) 
 
 Business interests are taking away Mr. O. J. Davis and family to a new 
 home at Council Bluffs. We will greatly miss them from business, home, 
 social and church circles in which they have taken an active part for many 
 years. 
 
 Master Willie Aistrope has reached the age of 8 years, and his mother 
 and young friends help him to make it a great day on the calendar. 
 
 Mr. H. G. Robbins and family from Indiana become residents of Mal- 
 vern for business and a home. 
 
 Rev. Hill at the Villisca home performs the ceremony, that unites the 
 interests of life of his daughter Ethel Hill and Dr. Thos. Gidley, a Mai- 
 vern boy, born and bred. 
 
 Mrs. Almira Durbin departs this life at her home to day. The little 
 village of Milton, later Malvern, was her first home place as wife and 
 mother, and just out over the border, after honored years of home service, 
 she returns and abides under the roof of her later and finer home until 
 the summons came. 
 
 Mrs. Ernest C. Bragonier fills the vacancy in the school by the resigna- 
 tion of Miss Rue Otii. 
 
 Billy Kryselmier and Mrs. Jennie Wren agree to walk the ways of lit* 
 together. 
 
 Mr. W. J. Wilson the horseman, makes Malvern his home and place ot 
 business. 
 
 Clayton Roberts celebrates his 13th birthday. At this later writing with 
 thousands of others he has donned the uniform as a soldier fcr his country. 
 
 One of our Malvern boys, Carl Poulson is in training for the work as 
 agent of the Wabash at Strahan. 
 
 It is sad news to the many friends of Rev. D. C. Morris, to hear of his 
 death today, December 6th, at his daughter's home at Wayne, Nebraska 
 His home has been Malvern for several years as church pastor and citizen. 
 
 Little Willis Mulholland dies at the parents home. 
 
 Harold Case expert seed corn tester, is assistant at The Summers Seed 
 House. 
 
 It is holiday time and the week has been a great home coming time as 
 the absent ones return for a visit at the home and the holiday gatherings. 
 
 Mr. Henry Boyer sells out his business at Strahan that ha may be more 
 wih his family in his Malvern home. 
 
 Eight years of the 20th century have passed and we come to the new 
 year 1909. 
 
 Dr. M. E. Corbin sells his residence and practice to Drs. Elmer and Ray 
 Estes. 
 
 The Real Estate firm of Harris and Tyler trade Mr. N. G. Patterson's 
 harness business to Mr. Hutton for land, and then Mr. Frank Degenhart, 
 
130 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 an old acquaintance buys the business and starts again as a business citi- 
 zen. 
 
 A quiet wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, January 12. 
 their daughter Grace to Henry A. Young. 
 
 Benjamin C. Martin — Uncle Benny — surrenders his 80 year lease of 
 life for one on that "beautiful isle of somewhere." 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith have leased the City Hotel. 
 
 Mr. T. M. Aistrope and daughter Nellie move into their lovely new homo, 
 on the street of fine homes, Marion Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Viuer 
 into theirs just completed on the same street. 
 
 Mrs. J. D. Reynolds buys the Lee Baldwin place on Prospect Avenue. 
 
 T. F. Emerson succeeds W. G. Gregory at the Green Bay Lumber Co. 
 
 Death comes sudden to an old resident, Henry Slonaker, while at his 
 work, and today Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler's life passes out into the great be- 
 yond. 
 
 John Uttvitts, a Malvern boy, after nine years of world travel, comes 
 again to the old place to see his mother. 
 
 Death comes to the weary body of Mrs. J. F. Dull, for thirty three years 
 a home keeper here. 
 
 Wm. Stamper of Clearfield, Iowa, is now landlord of the Cottage. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Barnes and family, break the ties of long time friend- 
 ship that bind them to Malvern as they say good bye and go to a new home 
 in California. 
 
 John Evans Jr. better known to us as Jack Evans, passes away at his 
 home in Illinois, and his body is brought to Emerson for burial. His bus- 
 iness interests in connection with Malvern have been such that we count 
 him as citizen. 
 
 Mr. Geo. Short and Mrs. Gena Dolan are married today at their own 
 home where they expect to reside. 
 
 Mrs. C. J. Hyde buys a home, formerly Mrs. D. M. Whitfield's residence. 
 
 The change from active life to death comes quickly to Mrs. Ella Roberts 
 at her mother's home, Mrs. Viner, and to Grandma Moses, in the quiet of 
 her home in south town. 
 
 Our school boy Warden Rimel wins in the State declamatory contest at 
 Osceola. 
 
 Mr. Geo. Berry and Miss Bertha Dawson go to Council Bluffs and the 
 veteran Henry De Long signs their marriage bonds. 
 
 Mr. B. F. Bellwood buys the John Dull property on 2nd Avenue. 
 
 John Greeson, an old resident of the town, and who has been on life's 
 trail for 81 years closes the journey today. 
 
 It is spring time and fresh eggs are 19 cents a dozen. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 131 
 
 Our citizen C. E. Califf, with his family are about to move to Tripp, 
 South Dakota, for a wider range for his activities. 
 
 A comrade and soldier of the civil war, Salathiel Timmons, passes over 
 the dead line today, May 2, 1909. 
 
 Samuel Mudd, a Malvern young man is killed by the accidental dis- 
 charge of a gun while at the home of B. L. Garrow at Serena, 111. Burial 
 in the Malvern cemetery. 
 
 A Malvern student and school graduate, Ethel Cunningham, graduates 
 from the Boston school of Oratory and expression. 
 
 Mr. Sutton, section foreman of the Q buys the former home of Mrs. Win- 
 nie Moore. 
 
 It is decoration day, and loving hands are putting flowers on the rest- 
 ing places of the dead. 
 
 Death calls J. Degenhart, a business man of Malvern mopt of the time 
 for twenty four years. 
 
 We celebrate our national holiday with the opening of the Chautauqua 
 session on Saturday, July 3rd. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Foxworthy quietly observe their 65th wedding anni- 
 versary at their Malvern home. When we see the courts working over- 
 time to release the bonds of marriage, it is encouraging to note the lengthy 
 span of this many years and often of the Golden and Silver ones. 
 
 As we make record of this event we think of two other lives who have 
 so quietly come with us into our daily life, as neighbors and citizens, that 
 no record has been made and we will now weave it in. The coming of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Wm. Byers from the farm home where they were before the rail- 
 road brought the town and the people of Malvern. At this writing they 
 are yet with us and like the ones above have lengthened the span of their 
 married life beyond the golden wedding day by many years. 
 
 We cross the border a little way to make record of the death of Mr. Hen- 
 ry Donner on June 29th, at his home. The Donner name has been on the 
 list of Malvern business men for many years. 
 
 The little tots who have grown to manhood and woman hood here, are 
 now taking upon themselves the responsibilities of home makers in other 
 places. Miss Etta Retelsdorf in far away Calgary, Canada, is married to 
 Mr. J. Malcolm Curl, and Miss Ada Kronsbein to Mr. Lewis Stockho, a St. 
 Louis citizen. 
 
 Mr. J. A. Foster trades his livery barn for land. 
 
 The Mulholland home is filled with frollcing young friends when Kath- 
 erine Mulholland comes to her 10th birthday. 
 
 Throngs of people are in attendance this week, August, 1909, at the 
 annual exhibits of the County Fair on the Fair grounds, only a stone's 
 throw from where stood the old elm tree, beneath whose branches was 
 
132 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 sheltered the canvas covered emigrant wagon that stopped for the night of 
 August 7th, 1869, whose occupants were seeking an Iowa home. 
 
 After the passing of forty years we will again call the roll of those who 
 as proprietors and employees, now guide the business interests of the 
 town. A few of the early workers who yet have the harness on and some 
 of the sons and daughters of the early pioneers with later arrivals are now 
 at the helm and making history for future records. 
 
 General Store Merchants: F. E. Mulholland of The MulhoUand Co., H. 
 T. Beattie of the Chicago Dry Goods Co. 
 
 Grocers: H. A. Deardorff, Higgins Bros. 
 
 Hardware: Harry Landis, G. C. Boston, I. J. Humphrey. 
 
 Clothing: Wm. Kneeland, Harry and Paul Kneeland as assistants. 
 
 Farm Machinery: Wortz & Bushnell, Clark Bros., and Ash & Long. 
 
 Lumber Yards: Quinn Lumber Co., J. W. McNulty, Manager; Green 
 Bay Lumber Co., Mr. Emerson manager. 
 
 Banks: First National Bank, W. L. Summers, President; Jas. J. Wilson, 
 Cashier; V. G. Williams, Assistant. Malvern National Bank, C. B. Christy, 
 President; Fred Durbin, Cashier; Lottie Deardorff, Assistant. Bank of Mal- 
 vern, I. F. Hendricks, President; Will Guyer, Cashier. 
 
 Blacksmiths: Alfred Hall and Brothers, Reed Graves, Swanson & Fos- 
 ter, F. J. Stebbins & Son. 
 
 Restaurants and Lunch rooms: Arva Burrus, Newt. Jacobs, W. W. Tuni- 
 son, Wm. Bingaman, F. V. Williams, J. S. Sloan. 
 
 Malvern Light and Power Company, L. W. Boehner, President; Harold 
 Boehner, Secretary; Joe Deardorff and Forrest Deardorff, engineers; Robt. 
 Elliott, electrician. 
 
 Malvern Cold Storage Company, L. W. Boehner, President; Fred Boeh- 
 ner, Manager. 
 
 Elevators and Grain buyers: E. L. Donner, G. W. Wyant, P. Kilmartin 
 
 Furniture: Smith & Comer. 
 
 Drug Stores: C. S. Royce, W. D. Wilson. 
 
 Jewelers: Walter L. Smith. C. E. Porter. 
 
 Tailor, J. H. Retelsdorf 
 
 Pool and Billiard Halls: John Perdue, J. L. Buckingham. 
 
 Millinery: Mrs. M. L. Hiett, Miss A. S. Jones; Miss Hannah Angus. 
 
 M. Hammes Shoe Store and Fred Hall repairer. 
 
 J. and Frank Degenhart, Harness Shop. 
 
 Mrs. Hattie Boston, Fancy Goods and China Ware decorator. 
 
 The Malvern Leader, W. P. Wortman, publisher; X. A. Imel, foreman; 
 S. L. Hunter, C. E. Huffaker, Mabel Abbott, compositors; Hazel Thomp- 
 son, office girl. 
 
 Real Estate Dealers: Cad well & Salyers, C. E. Eacrett, Harris & Tyler. 
 
 Hotels: Cottage. J. R. Cully; Central Hotel, Geo. Smith. 
 
BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 133 
 
 Painters: Harry Hoover, Geo. E. Pace, Robt. Vandevert, Ob Raines, 
 Everett Masters, Cecil Graves sign painter. 
 
 Barbers: G. A. Piatt, W. R. Thomas, Eli Springer, R. L. Rachwitz. 
 
 Summer Seed House, John Summers, Proprietor. 
 
 Auctioneers: J. L. Talbott, Lawrence Talbott. 
 
 J. W. Pointer, Photographer. 
 
 Meat Markets: Geo. Rockafellow, Ike Raines. 
 
 Livery Stable keepers and horse dealers: C. F. Maynes, Lem Bellwood. 
 Sam Norton, J. H. Nellen, John Dunn, Frank Elder. 
 
 Draymen: Karl Hertz, W. S. Gross, Harvey Miller. 
 
 Carpenters: D. R. Martin, James Jones, W. P. McCullough, J. W. Bart- 
 ley, Robt. Hammond, W. L. Leonard, Geo. Nahley, T. C. Lake, W. F. Don- 
 ner, Eli Vickery. 
 
 Plasterers and cement workers: J. H. Smith, M. E. Bell, Geo. Short. 
 Frank Petty, Dave McDonald. 
 
 Movers and cement block manufacturers: Frank and Charles Churchill, 
 Zopher Perkins, Assistant. Fred Stone, Brick and tile manufacturer. 
 
 Auto Garage, J. D. Robbins and Roy Robbins, H. G. Robbins, Chas Sal- 
 yers. Machinists. 
 
 Doctors: S. A. Campbell, J. R. Scott, I. U. Parsons, W. A Rush, D. M. 
 Kline. 
 
 Dentists: J. O. Laird, W. M. Hiett. 
 
 Veterinary Surgeons: Thos. W. Gidley, I. J. Humphrey. 
 
 Lawyers: A. E. Cook, D. E. Whitfield, G. C. Rinehart. 
 
 Telephone office force: S. B. Barnes, Manager; Mrs. W. L. Leonard, 
 Hazel Whitmer, Rena Robbins, Fannie Clark. 
 
 Railroad agents and office force: W. S. Bell, R. L. Hale, S. P. Spencer, 
 Guy Cadwell of the Q. Roy Miller, Agent Wabash. Section Foreman Q, 
 Ben Sutton, Section Foreman Wabash Joe Poulson. 
 
 Stock Buyers: T. J. Moses, C. F. Maynes. 
 
 School instructors: W. H. Manifold, May Miller, Lillian Cunningham, 
 Mamie Forman, Daisy Bartley, Mabel Potts, Carrie Wilson, Mrs. Emma 
 Young, Bertha Bushnell, Rue Otis, Emma Boylan, W. H. Miller, Janitor. 
 
 Post office: Channing C. Baird, Post Master; Harry Baird, Assistant; 
 Ruth Bingaman, Clerk. R. F. D. Carriers; J. C. Maguire, Bert Crumb, W. 
 R. Emerick. J. R. McClymond, Railway Postal Clerk. 
 
 Church Pastors: Rev. J. E. Wilkins, Baptist Church; Rev. R. Bruce 
 West, Presbyterian Church; Rev. Mr. Black, Methodist Church; Rev. J. 
 E. Stebbins, Christian Church; Rev. Father W. J. Quinn, Catholic church. 
 
 Department managers. Clerks, book keepers, assistants and general 
 helpers: Willard Ruth, J. A. Fletcher, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Eva Wainwright, 
 
134 BRIEF HISTORY OF MALVERN 
 
 Jess Bell, Tacie Poulson, Stella Poulson, Clyde VanHorn, S. A. Tipton, N. 
 D. Smith, Guy Harold, Earl Nickerson, O. H. Snyder, Wiley Dunn, Baton 
 Tenuant, Harry Wilson, Allen Anderson, Ernest Anderson, Clyde Fletcher, 
 F. L. Shaffer, H. E. Boyer, Nellie Boyer, W. F. Wilkins. 
 
 City Directory: Mayor, D. E. Whitfield; Councilmen, Frank Higgins, 
 Frank Churchill, F. E. Mulhollund, Andrew Swanson and E. W. Bushneil; 
 Treasurer, Jas. J. Wilson; Assessor, James Miller; W. H. Guyer, Recorder. 
 
 With these notes we close the records of forty years of the narrative of 
 events of what folks were doing yesterday. It is a pleasure to the writer 
 to day to sit at the window and look out at the moving picture of life upon 
 the street and we have also enjoyed these pictures of review, as memory 
 has recalled them to mind, in the coming and going of the preachers, 
 teachers, doctors, lawyers, tradesmen, mechanics, home keepers and help- 
 ers, that have had a part in the program, and with whom we have been as- 
 sociated these forty years of history traveling. 
 
ERRATA 
 
 Page \}, the union meeting to organize. Sunday School is reported to have 
 been held in the hall over The Chronicle office. It was held instead over 
 the McCrary store. 
 
 Page 10, first line should read "Abbott, Knisely & Co." 
 
 The death of C. A. Donner, reported on Page 37, should have date of 
 November 3, 1889. 
 
 Page 41, C. D. Paddock should read C. H. Paddock. 
 
 Page 46, Joseph Jacqua is "Joseph Jacquat." 
 
 Page 50, G. K. Vauhn is "G. K. Vaughn." 
 
 Page 51, Onist Larison is "Quist Larison." 
 
 Page 85, repetition of names "Gidley, Evans and Perdue." 
 
 There are a few names misspelled on the various pages, which cannot 
 now be corrected. 
 
 Also, a few names are repeated, as on Page 90 "Olive Hyde Hyde" and 
 on Page 25 "Frank Hobbs, Hobbs new candy store." The last item should 
 read "Frank Hobbs, new Candy stores," etc. 
 
 On pages 50, 76, the words "Continued next week" appear, having been 
 overlooked when using the material as it came from the news columns. 
 
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