The Dawson Herald from Dawson, Nebraska • 23

THE DAWSON HERALD DAWSON NEBRASKA HISTORICAL EDITION HAS SPENT OVER 60 YEARS HERE SIPPLEYS CAME HERE IN 79 pley Georgt and Mrs Sippleys mother Mrs Gross! They settled on the farm now tenanted by Pat Mrs Sippley died March 1 1099 and Mr Sippley in August 1903 Only two of the children Are now living Mrs Mollie Fessler of Pawnee City and Andrew Sippley of Council Bluffs Iowty Henry Sippley who was married to Belle Bodle died a few years ago Mrs Sippley continues to live at their home in Dawson Their only child William A Sippley lives in Pasadena Calif Ellii Sippley was married to Max GCorgi and her death occurred In August 1935 There are two sons Henry and Andrew Georgi both of Dawson staunch member of the Republican party Eight years ago he was elected county commissioner from this district and during that time he has faithfully served the people of the district devoting much time to the building of ioads The result is that the western part of Richardson county has a splendid system of county and township roads and on his retirement from office on December 31 of this year Mr Morris can look back with pride on his accomplishments Mr and Mrs Morris live in their comfortable home in Dawson and plan to spend the balance of their years here A brother Tom Morris farms in the Honey Creek Community Morris better known to his many friends round Dawson as is one of the older residents who has spent most of his life in and near this community Coming to this country from Wales with his parents when but three years of age he grew up with the western country which in those days was raw and untamed He farmed most of his lifetime making a specialty of raising fine stock For years his annual sales were looked forward to by breeders and fanners who wished to improve their herds a Mr Morris became a full fledged citizen of the United States in October 1887 and since then has taken his full share of responsibility as a The following letter was written by bohn Sipple of Bucyrus Ohio on March 3 1879: "Jacob Heim Esq Dawsons Mills Dear Sir: I ship my goods today consigned to you Enclosed find bill of lading Please unload them soon as they arrive and be careful to keep boxes the same side up they are in the car We will leave here next Tuesday' March 18 and will arrive Thursday or Friday Yours truly John Sipple" Among some old papers Mrs Henry Sippley found the above letter written by Mr father when they were preparing to come to Dawson The family consisted of Mr and Mrs Sippley and their four chi'dren Mrs Mollie Fessler Henry and Andrew Sippley and Ella Sip SHIER FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS HERE Mrs Herman Shier had the first millinery store in Dawson In 1879 Mr and Mrs Shier and three children Eva age 5 Verner age 3 and Nettie a baby of three months arrived from Illinois They came by rail and drove across country to the home of their grandfather Bobbitt who lived between Verdon and Stella They later located here and Mr Shier for a number of years was in the harness business Elsewhere in this issue is a sketch of Dawson as Mrs Eva Shier Lyons remembered it from the early days JOHN A KERR John A Kerr and family of four children came to Nebraska from Ohio October 19 1883 They located two miles west of Dawson where Wagner now lives The roads were so muddy it required four horses to a wagon to move the household goods out to the new home In the spring Mr Kerr bought tire James Clancy farm north of Dawson and moved there and in 1892 die bought the farm where Elvin Kerr lives and where the family made their home until 1917 when Mr and Mrs Ken-moved to the home in Dawson Mr death occurred in July 1935 Mrs Kerr and son Charles Ken- make their home here Among the early day settlers were James and Anna Wyne De-weese grandparents of Miss Lena Deweese who came from Iowa in 1863 and settled on a farm near Dawson Mr Deweese died in 1896 in Humboldt where he- moved from the farm home WELL KNOWN STOCK FEEDER Edward Auxier has been identified with Richardson county developments since coming here in 1885 For two years he taught in couritry schools and in the fall of 1887 he bought the farm east of Dawson where he and Mrs Auxier have made their home--Mr Auxier is widely known as a feeder of cattle and hogs and his shipments always sell well and frequently top the market A Modern Plant For Modern Printing The Dawson Herald is thoroughly equipped to do your printing and no job is too small to receive our best attention and none too large for us to handle to your complete satisfaction Since purchasing the business more than eleven years ago we have added much new equipment of the most modern kind including a linotype with type sizes varying from 6 to 1 4 point a new press and much new type and other equipment We can do printing in two or more colors and some of the commercial work we have done in the past year or two includes everything from calling cards to large folders requiring press runs up to 1 50000 We have every modern- facility to enable us to do your work promptly neatly and at a reasonable price and this combined with more than 35 years of printing experience is a guarantee that the work will please you when it is done here ADVERTISE IN THE HERALD The Dawson Herald is an excellent ad- A- vertising mediurp for this section of the 'I' I 1 LT lift county as we cover it quite thoroughly and the paper goes into almost every home in the commwfoity You get results from advertising in The Herald The Dawson Herald CHAS ROSS PUBLISHER PHONE 73 DAWSON NEBR CHARLES SMITH Charles Spilth came to Richardson county as a young man of 18 years In 1858 he came to Nebraska and settled on a farm on Honey Creek in Nemaha precinct Mr' Smith was a Civil War veteran and after his marriage to Lucinda Lock-wood on March 11 1869 they established their farm home Mr and Mrs Smith were the parents of Mrs Funk Mrs Avi Mrs Ardie French Mrs Helen Stal-der and Fred Smith CUTS ARE FROM OLD PICTURFS Many of the cuts shown herein were made from snapshots that were taken years ago or from early-day photographs that were badly faded It was impossible to reproduce them clearly CHRIST WUSTFR Christ and Martha Marquardt Wuster came from Pennsylvania in 1880 with their children Anna Henry Thos and Charles Wuster They lived in a tiyo-room log cabin on the farm occupied by Iliff and now owned by Wuster Mrs parents Fred and Penna Keiss Marquardt settled here in the' early days living on the farm now owned by John Coons RAISED AUCTION The Board of Equalization meeting in 1897 raised the valuation of live stock from the Grant precinct books as follows: Horses 12 V2 per cent mules 50 per cent and hogs 5 per cent FROM THE DAWSON NEWSBOY OF JULY 11 1902 A Belden received a severe fall from a load of hay while filling his bam Friday Dr Waggener was immediately called and we are glad to say he pronounced the matter of no serious consequence During the storm Monday night Jonas ijarn waf struct by lightning qjMi damaged To the am-oiint of seWral dollar Only the heavy rain falling at the tjme saved it from being destroyed Alexander and wife spent the Fourth with Dr Morris and family at Humboldt.