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Son of
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Ella Elizabeth Gamble Tower
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Death of J. Tower.
F. E. Gamble received a telegram today announcing the death of J. Tower, at College Port, Tex. The remains will be brought to Wayne for the funeral and interment, starting for this place next Saturday. Mr. Tower used to live in Wayne, and was a well known and highly respected citizen. He moved from here to Laurel six years ago, and from there to Texas a year ago. He leaves a wife and three sons.--Wayne Herald, January 22, 1914
Julius Tower Died in Texas
Just as The Advocate was off the press last
week word was received of the death of Julius Tower the night before
at his home at Collegeport, Tex. Mrs. Tower and LaVerne brought the
body to Wayne, where the funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon from the
Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Tower was for many years an elder.
Rev. F. J. Tower and family of Rochester, N. Y., joined them at
Kansas City, and C. B. Tower and family of Papillion at Omaha. Not
wishing to undertake the long journey with her little son, Mrs.
LaVerne Tower remained in Texas with the Spence family.
The service at the church was conducted by Rev. H. G.
McClusky of Laurel, assisted by the local pastor, Rev. Alexander
Corkey. At the grave the beautiful Masonic service for the dead was
read, members of the Wayne and Laurel lodges participating.
Mr. Tower had not been in the best of health of late,
had complained of shortage of breath, etc., and had consulted a
physician. The day of his death he and Mrs. Tower spent at LaVerne's
home six miles from Collegeport. He did not feel quite right in the
afternoon, but was in the best of spirits and discussed irrigation
and other matters of mutual interest with S. G. Anderson, who
called. He spent the evening pleasantly visiting with the family and
playing with the baby. About 9 o'clock he complained of feeling
exhausted and retired to his room. Suddenly he called to Mrs. Tower
both she and LaVerne heard and responded instantly, the latter
catching him as he fell. He smiled in recognition of his son's
assistance and breathed his last. The spirit had fled, but the smile
remained to touch the hearts of those who looked for the last time
upon the face of an old friend in the church on Tuesday. "He was
not, for God took him."
Mr. Tower was beloved by many and his sudden taking
away brought sadness to many hearts. To those who knew him well the
following lines used in the sermon by Rev. McClusky seemed very
appropriate.
OBITUARY
Julius Tower was born at Rochester, Vt., June 16,
1839. Most of his boyhood years were spent at Saxton's River,
Vermont.
At sixteen years of age he went to Monticello, Minn.,
to begin his independent career in the pine forests of those days.
After a few years he began working his way through Knox College,
Galesburg, Ill., where he mastered the scientific course well into
the senior year when he was prevented from graduating by a year's
siege of sickness with typhoid fever. During the period of his
college education he engaged in teaching school in which he gained
marked efficiency.
On Dec. 31, 1866, he was married to Elizabeth Ellen
Gamble at her home in Woodhull, Ill., where they spent the first
eleven years of their married life. In 1877 the family moved to
Harrison county, Mo., in 1882 to Anamosa, Iowa; in 1886 to Wayne,
Neb., and in 1912 to Collegeport, Tex. where the earthly career
closed for him on the night of Jan. 21, 1913. Three sons were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Tower: Charles B. of Papillion, Neb., Rev. Fred J.
of Rochester, N. Y. and H. LaVerne of Collegeport, Tex, all of whom
are left to mourn this first visitation of the death angel to the
household.
The earlier years of the deceased were devoted to
business life, while the later years were divided between business
pursuits and agriculture which was his chosen field of action where
his inveterate industry found the most congenial environment.
Mr. Tower was a loyal, usually active, and always a
worthy Mason. In the year 1884 he was confirmed in the Scottish Rite
degree, a Knight Templar. It was in 1866, a few months before his marriage that Mr. Tower surrendered his heart to his Lord and united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Woodhull, Ill., on the profession of his faith in Christ, a profession which he held ever thereafter in inviolate sanctity. After a few months he transferred his membership to the Presbyterian church to be with his loyal and devoted wife. Later he was ordained a ruling elder, and his service in that capacity is well known to the citizens of Anamosa, Ia., and Wayne and Laurel, Neh., who have experienced his ministration in that office. * * *
Mrs. Tower and sons were in Laurel yesterday
attending to business. All will return to their homes within a few
days. The Laurel Advocate, Laurel Nebraska, January 29, 1914
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Mrs. Ella J. Tower, wife of the late Julius Tower of
Laurel, and a former resident of Wayne, died in Lincoln Monday
morning. The body was brought to Wayne today.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Mr. Parker of
Laurel, assisted by Rev. A. F. Ernst of Omaha, were held at the
Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Burial was made in
Greenwood cemetery. The Towers lived in Wayne several years ago when Mr. Tower was engaged in the implement business. The latter died five years ago. Mrs. Tower was a sister of the late W. O. Gamble of Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Tower were both active members of the Presbyterian church. The only surviving members of the immediate family, three sons, Rev. F. J. Tower, of Rochester, N. Y.; C. B. Tower, of Papillion, Neb.; and Verne Tower of Laurel, were with their mother in Lincoln, and accompanied the body to Wayne. Wayne Herald, Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska, April 28, 1921
Card of Thanks—Words fail us in the
expression of our heartfelt appreciation toward those who so
tenderly assisted in the laying of our mother to rest. Please
imagine how she would appreciate a kindly act, and that will portray
our gratitude. May you always feel that we will, so far as you can,
do for others what you did for her. Sincerely, Charlie Tower, Fred
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Train Kills C. B.
Tower
Mr. Tower, according to members of the family, has not been in very good health of late, and has been in the habit of taking long walks and while on one of these walks the accident occurred
Funeral Services For C. B. Tower Are Held at Papillion
Funeral services for C. B. Tower, who was
killed near Papillion Wednesday noon when a Union Pacific passenger
train ran over him were held from the residence at Papillion this
afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. R. C. Sitts of Bellevue officiating.
Burial was in the Fairview cemetery four miles south of Papillion. South Omaha Sun, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, June 26, 1925
Nellie Smith Tower Papillion Funeral Service
Mrs. Gene Sassaman accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Restede of Laurel to Papillion Thursday to attend the funeral
of her aunt, Mrs. Nellie Tower, 102 years of age.--Coleridge
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Frederick J. Tower of 40 Otseg Avenue died last night
in New Rochelle Hospital after a long illness. He was 71 years old.
A retired clergyman, Mr. Towe had recently been
engaged in business. He had lived in New Rochelle for 17 years and
was a member of North Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Tower had been active in the University Club and
in the Charter League. He had written many of the verses for
political songs sung by League members at their dinners and
meetings.
A native of Illinois, Mr. Tower was the son of the
late Julius and Ellen Gamble Tower. Surviving are his wife, the
former Mabel Reid; and two children, Miss Ruth E. Tower, and Arthur
F. Tower U. S. Consul at Kobe, Japan, who is now interned there. The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, New York, February 24, 1942
Mabel Reid
Tower
Mrs. Mabel S. Tower of 30 Eastchester Road, eighty-seven, died Sunday at a local nursing home. A native of Chicago, Ill., she was born Jan. 24, 1876, the daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth Gilmore Reid. She was the widow of Frederick J. Tower, who died Feb. 23, 1942.
Mrs. Tower, a resident here 38 years, was a member of North Avenue Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Miss Ruth E. Tower of the home address, and a son, Arthur F. Tower, in Austria.
The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, New York, July 15, 1963
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Harris LaVerne "Verne" Tower
Laurel Funeral services were last Tuesday for Harris
LaVerne Tower, Laurel, in the Presbyterian church, Laurel, with Rev.
F. B. Helsman officiating.
Mr. Tower, 65, died at his home near Laurel last
Friday morning. Burial was in Greenwood cemeterv. Pallbearers were
E. C. Smith, Albert Johnson. Arnold Sauser. Ray Lentz, Arvid
Peterson, and Harvey Rastede.
Mr. Tower was born Aug. 7, 1889 at Laurel. Son of
Julius and Ella Gamble Tower, he received his schooling in Wayne
county. Nov. 18, 1911 he married Marie Mitchell at Belden. He had
lived at his present home since 1917.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Boling, Sand Point, Idaho, and Mrs. Katherine Rohde,
Coleridge, and 11 grandchildren. Two sons preceded him in death. Wayne Herald, March 17, 1955
Pallbearers were Ray Lentz, E. C. Smith, Albert Johnson, Arnold Sauser, Arvid Peterson, and Harvey Rastede.--Coleridge Blade, March 10, 1955
Marie Colleen Mitchell Tower
Services for Marie Tower, 95, were held Saturday,
September 20 at 2 p.m. at the McBride Wiltse Mortuary Chapel in
Laurel. Rev. Thomas Robson of Laurel and Rev. Paul Weckle
officiated. Mrs. Tower died Wednesday, September 17 at Laurel.
The daughter of Robert and Emma (Scott) Mitchell.
Marie Colleen was born November 9, 1890 in Sloan, IA. She moved as a
young girl with her family to the Belden area and attended school at
Belden and Laurel and graduated from Central High School in Sioux
City. She married Harris LaVerne Tower on November 18, 1911 at
Laurel. They farmed for four years in Texas and returned to farm
south of Laurel until his death in 1955 when she moved to town. She
had been a resident of Hillcrest Care Center in Laurel since 1978.
She was a member of the Laurel Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Gene (Kathryn)
Sassaman of Coleridge and Mrs. Fred (Elizabeth) Brisebois of Old
Town, ID: 13 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sons and two sisters.
Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Wayne.
Pallbearers were Gary Rohde, Randall Rohde, Larry Thies, David Grage,
Edwin Rohde, Richard Rohde, Kevin Kollars and Todd Olson. Coleridge Blade, Coleridge, Nebraska, September 24, 1986
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Charles B. Tower
Mrs. C. B. Tower has decided to continue the abstract business of her late husband and has hired an expert abstractor, who is arranging alphabetically the data and putting everything right up to date. She expects to be ready for the compiling of abstracts in a short while.-- Papillion Times, Papillion, Sarpy County, Texas, July 30, 1925
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South of Town--Messrs. Larsen and Tower were well pleased with their trip to Texas; saw some fine country and found the climate all that could be desire. Mr. Tower purchased 176 acres of land, six miles from Collegeport, in Matagorda County.--Laurel Advocate, September 29, 1910
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tower returned last evening from their trip to Collegeport, Texas, near which place Mr. Tower purchased some land recently. While there this time Mr. Tower purchased a residence lot, and The Advocate has been informed by wireless that it is the choicest lot in the town, overlooking the bay. Wonder if this means that Mr. Tower is thinking of going to a milder climate?--Laurel Advocate, March 9, 1911
The Collegeport (Texas) Newspaper of last week contains a letter from J. Tower of Laurel advising mixed farming for that part of the country.--Laurel Advocate, June 1, 1911
J. Tower went to Collegeport, Tex., last week to look after his property there. He will be absent several weeks, and may arrange to take his family there for part of the winter.--Laurel Advocate, September 14, 1911
J. Tower returned yesterday from Collegeport, Tex. He is highly satisfied over that country and expects to spend part of the winter there. Laurel Advocate, September 21, 1911
Winter in the South Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tower expect to spend the major part of the winter at Collegeport, Texas, where Mr. Tower has made investments recently. They have rented a furnished cottage and will go down before the holidays and remain until spring. Rev. Fred Tower of Rochester, N. Y., will join his parents there for a time. Laurel Advocate, November 2, 1911
To Texas For The Winter The party bound to Collegeport, Texas, next Tuesday for the winter reads about like this although there may be changes at the last minute: Julius Tower, J. M. Spence and H. H. Grosvenor and wives, Mrs. Jacob Norris and daughter Dorothy, and brother, Elmer Hamm. Mr. Norris will go later; and Thos. Norris and wife and J. H. Coburn and wife and Clinton Price talk of going down after the holidays. They all have six-months' tickets, but probably none will re-main more than two or three months. Laurel Advocate, November 30, 1911
Julius Tower, Chas. Day, J. M. Spence and Jake Norris and the wives of these gentlemen left Laurel Tuesday for Collegeport, Texas, where they will enjoy milder winter and feast upon the fish, oysters and wild game that abound in that section.—Wayne News, December 7, 1911
Fixing for Winter Home Collegeport (Tex.) Chronicle: J. Tower is having his lots on Prospect Hill improved by clearing off the brush and plowing the land preparatory to building for his winter home here. Mr. and Mrs. Tower are enthusiastic in their praise of Collegeport as a winter home; even the rainy season did not phase them. Laurel Advocate, February 1, 1912
Here to Build. Mr. Julius Tower who with Mrs. Tower spent last winter in Collegeport has returned to improve his property on the south Boulevard drive between the Holsworth house and the channel. Mr. Tower has a choice property overlooking the bay at is widest part and has plans to make the place blossom into a winter home. He has a force on the ground erecting a large barn, also a cottage which the family will occupy for the winter. Later he plans to build a handsome residence on the property. Mr. Tower will return to Nebraska soon and will return for the winter with his family. It is quite probable that his son will also come to Collegeport and develop their farm on the Robbins tract. We welcome them.--Collegeport Chronicle, September 12, 1912
J. Tower and wife of Laurel and Chas. Tower and wife from Papillion were visitors at Wayne last week, guests at the home of Mrs. Gamble and Dr. and Mrs. Williams. This piece was formerly their home, and they met numerous friends while here. J. Tower and wife are planning to move to Texas in a few weeks to make their home for a time in the Lone Star state.—Wayne News, December 5, 1912
Appetite for Work Gone
From the Towers [LaVerne Tower received the following letter last week from his father, J. Tower, who has been spending the winter at Collegeport, Техав] Collegeport, Tex., March 4, 1912. Dear Son:-- Monday morning--warm as June, grass green and everything growing to beat the band. Was looking over our garden yesterday, potatoes up, radishes and lettuce, grapes, figs and china umbrella putting out leaves. When I learned that Spence's were coming soon I put in all kinds of garden seeds, so they can have it right at hand when they arrive. I planted a bushel of potatoes which were shipped over as ballast in cotton vessels to Galveston from Belfast, Ireland in January--so they can enjoy their own Erin grown Irish "Murphies" all summer long. This job made me fat on the ribs a pound or more--missionary cause, you know. Well, we are nearing our stay here, only about ten days more and we will begin our journey homeward, which will take two or three weeks or more. But before we go our garden will all be up save trifoliatta seeds. I am going to have about 40 yards of shell shipped up from an island 5 miles down the bay and piled on the lot for fall building and have that much in readiness. I haven’t been out to the farm yet, but they tell me it is in fine shape and looks very promising. Well, I'll hush up for this time, Yours, etc.. J. Tower.--Laurel Advocate, March 14, 1912
Back From the South Mr. and Mrs. J. Tower returned Saturday evening from Collegeport, Texas, where they spent the winter. They had expected to spend two weeks visiting along the way up, but a few days before leaving Collegeport Mrs. Tower sprained her ankle quite seriously so that it was almost impossible for her to move about, and for that reason they made no stops on the way. Mr. and Mrs. Tower enjoyed their stay in the Lone Star state, and expect to spend next winter there having a house of their own erected in the meantime.--Laurel Advocate, March 26, 1912
J. Tower departed Monday afternoon for Collegeport, Tex., to look after his rice crop and build on his town property at Collegeport preparatory to spending the winter there.--Laurel Advocate, September 5, 1912
J. Tower started to Collegeport, Tex., Monday to erect a house preparatory to moving there in the early winter.--Laurel Advocate, September 5, 1912
J. Tower has leased his home place with 360 acres to Christ A. Hansen for a term of five years. Mr. and Mrs. Tower and son Verne and wife expect to move to Collegeport, Texas, this fall to make their future home.--Laurel Advocate, October 24, 1912
J. Tower advertises his sale for Thursday of next week. The family expect to leave about holiday time for Collegeport, Texas, to reside in the future, and The Advocate joins their many friends in wishing them happiness and enjoyment in the Gulf breezes.--Laurel Advocate, December 5, 1912
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tower and son Laverne and wife expect to leave the latter part of next week for their new home at Collegeport, Tex.--Laurel Advocate, December 12, 1912
From the Southland My Dear Mrs. Nevin: We are enjoying life in our cozy little cottage on the bay, just now we are having the porch screened. And when our friends visit us we can use it for sleeping quarters, or as a sun parlor, as occasion demands. We are having delightful weather; it has been very dry in some localities, but today we are having a general all day's rain, and it may continue two or three days--it rains so easy here when it once gets started. The rustling farmers have been bending every energy to get the soil and crops ready for the June moisture. Farmers are rejoicing over the prospect for good crops. Heard Mr. Tower say last week that he had been in two fields where the corn was so tall that he could scarcely reach the ears that looked to be a foot long hanging two on a stalk. May 25th we had the pleasure of entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Spence and Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Anderson. We had the first of the season's roasting ears for dinner from our garden One week later we had ripe tomatoes, and have feasted on them every day since. If you could come and visit as now I could give you a purely vegetable dinner--such as corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, beans, peas, beets, cabbage and cucumbers. The dry weather cut our strawberries short; however, we had them every day for two months, and that is doing pretty well for new soil. We take considerable pride in our ability as gardeners since we lead in producing early vegetables. Yes; we have proven to the early settlers here that we are not from "Missouri." We are in our usual good health. Mrs. J. Tower.--Laurel Advocate, July 3, 1913
Rev. Fred J. Tower of Rochester, N. Y., and son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tower of our city is visiting here. He is engaged in temperance work and gave a very spirited talk to the federated Sunday school last Sunday. He is to preach from their pulpit next Sunday morning.--Matagorda County Tribune, June 27, 1913
Mr. and Mrs. Tower of Collegeport were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Spence Tuesday.--Matagorda County Tribune, July 4,
1913
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tower
were visitors to Bay City Monday,
returning Tuesday evening.-- Matagorda County Tribune, July
4, 1913 Rev. Fred J. Tower of Rochester, N. Y., has returned to his home after a delightful visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tower. The latter accompanied their son as far as Buckeye, where they were the dinner guests of the Spence family.-- Houston Post, July 6, 1913
Will Remain in the South J. Tower writes John Welburn from Collegeport, Tex., that they had a fair crop of rice this year on the new ground, while other on older ground had far better. He says he will never live in the north again. That part of the country, he says, was an old settled country before the war, and their county was the banner County for cotton and cane, and there were sugar refineries galore; but after the darkies were freed their land went back to herding ground, and is now being opened up again. He says they have had three frosts so far, and the lowest the thermometer has reached is 34 above, and that their orange trees are safe for this year, as the winter is three-fourths over. Mr. Tower says he is much better in health and heavier than he was last year, but was in poor health part of the time; says Mrs. Tower and Verne and family are feeling fine.--Laurel Advocate, January 8, 1914
Those who were here from out of town Tuesday to attend the funeral of the late J. Tower: Mrs. J. Tower and Laverne Tower of Collegeport, Texas, Rev. Fred Tower and wife and daughter Ruth and son Arthur of Rochester, N. Y., C. B. Tower and son of Papillion, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of Belden, and Mr. and Mrs. Furley of Laurel.—Wayne Herald, January 29, 1914
Mr. and Mrs. James Spence and Miss Agnes returned from Citrus Grove Saturday where they went to attend the funeral of Mr. Tower who was an old friend when both families came south from Nebraska. Mrs. Verne Tower and little daughter will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Spence while her husband takes his father’s remains North.—Matagorda County Tribune, January 30, 1914
Laverne Tower left Tuesday morning for Papillion where he will be joined by his mother in a few days’ visit after which they return to their home at Collegeport, Texas.—Wayne News, February 5, 1914
Miss Agnes Spence came down from Buckeye last Friday to attend the Washington banquet and remained with Mrs. Julius Tower until Monday.-- Matagorda County Tribune, February 27, 1914
Cold in the South A letter from Verne Tower writes to The Advocate from Collegeport, Texas, Feb. 26, said: “You folks certainly must have had very cold weather up there, as it sleeted here, and the thermometer was flirting with 26, which is rather a chilly reception for this neck o’ the woods. Wednesday we had a light blanket of snow, but it made a hurried get-away when Old Sol got his eye on it. Today we are going around in our shirtsleeves, so you see what a change. Oranges are not hurt.” Laurel Advocate, March 5, 1914
Word from Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Tower of Collegeport, Tex., says a daughter—Elizabeth Ellen—was born to them April 1. Laurel Advocate, April 30, 1914
MIND SUFFERS AS A RESULT OF THE HEAT Today's Omaha Bee states that Mrs. J. Tower, formerly of Wayne, and a sister of the late W. O. Gamble, suffered an unbalanced mind as a result of the heat at the Burlington depot in Omaha yesterday. She was taken in charge by the authorities, and relatives were notified. On learning of the unfortunate condition of the woman this morning, her nephew, F. E. Gamble, of Wayne, telephoned her son at Papillion, near Omaha, and he reported that he had been apprised of his mother's trouble, and had taken her home to properly care for her. Mr. Gamble says Mrs. Tower lives in Texas, and thinks she was in Omaha on her way to Brooklyn to visit relatives.—Wayne Herald, June 11, 1914
Wayne friends of Mrs. J. Tower, who was overcome with heat in Omaha last week, have received word that she has fully recovered from the effects of her unfortunate experience.—Wayne Herald, June 18, 1914
LaVerne Tower and family of Collegeport, Texas have been visiting relatives and old friends here and at Belden lately.—Wayne News, July 23, 1914
Mrs. E. E. Tower of Collegeport, Tex., arrived Tuesday morning for a visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. O. Gamble, in Wayne. Mrs. Tower came here from the east, where she had been visiting in New York City, Rochester, Cleveland, Chicago and other cities.—Wayne Herald, November 12, 1914
Mrs. E. E. Tower who had been visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. O. Gamble for a week, left Friday for Omaha. After a visit with relatives there, she will return to her home at Collegeport, Tex.—Wayne Herald, November 26, 1914
Only a few of the friends of the family and contracting parties were guests at the ceremony and consisted of the following persons: I. M. Glasser and daughters, Misses Mariam and Ruth, Mrs. E. A. Holsworth, Miss Margaret and Jack Holsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and children, Mrs. Julius Tower, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Yerxa and daughters, Misses Leone and Lucy.—Collegeport New Era, December 3, 1914
Verne Tower went to Bay City Wednesday to meet his wife and mother on their return from the north where they have been visiting for some time.-- Collegeport New Era, December 3, 1914
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and
family spent Christmas at Collegeport.-- Matagorda
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and family of
Citrus Grove spent New Year’s Day here [Collegeport] with relatives.--
Matagorda County Tribune, Friday, January 8, 1915 Papillion News--Papillion friends have received cards from Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tower who arrived at Collegeport, Texas, stating that theyhad a very pleasant trip and that they are enjoying the southern climate immensely.--Springfield Monitor, Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska, March 18, 1915
Mr. Verne Tower of Citrus was in
Collegeport Saturday to visit his mother.-- Matagorda
Mrs. Tower is enjoying a visit from her
son from
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tower and son, Roin,
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Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and children of
Citrus spent Easter at Collegeport.-- Matagorda Mrs. E. E. Tower and family and a number of friends enjoyed an outing on the "Ben Hur" last Saturday, going to Hurd's landing via the Tres Palacios River.--Matagorda County Tribune, May 21, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tower and son Robin
returned Saturday evening from Collegeport, Texas, where they had
spent the preceding three months at the home of his mother. They
report having had a most enjoyable trip and Mr. Tower has returned
the picture of health. He wears a dark brown tan that speaks of an
active outdoor life under sunny southern skies.--Springfield
Monitor, Springfield, Sarpy
County, Nebraska, June 10, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and children were
guests of their mother, Mrs. Ellen Tower, over Sunday.--
Matagorda
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and children of
Citrus spent Sunday with Mrs. Ellen Tower.-- Houston Post, July 25, 1915
Mr. Verne Tower and family of Citrus spent
the past week here with his mother.-- Matagorda
Verne
Verne
Dairying has proved profitable and every
man who has given it attention has made money. Some men who started
with one cow now own from 20 to 50 head of cattle. Vernon [Verne]
Tower owns two cows and one bull, all thoroughbreds.--Matagorda
County Tribune, Friday, October 1, 1915
Mrs. Tower has been at Citrus the past few
days, visiting her son's family.-- Matagorda
Flag Union News--Mrs. E. E. Tower is in the Clarkson hospital at Omaha, having a serious operation.—Wayne News, August 3, 1916
Mrs. Julius Tower Here Mrs. Julius Tower arrived Friday for a two weeks' visit with old friends, Mrs. Tower came in June from her home at Collegeport, Tex., to Papillion, where her son, C. B. Tower, resides. The necessity for an operation sent her to an Omaha hospital for a month and she has since been recuperating at Papillion. She will not return to Texas this winter. Her son Laverne and family are still there, on the farm near Citrus Grove. A heavy storm at the wrong time injured the rice crop this season, but even so Vern came out pretty well. It appears the crop is a most expensive one to harvest. Laurel Advocate, November 9, 1916
Flag Union News—Mrs. Ellen Tower, of Collegeport, Texas, has been spending the week at the A. J. Peterson home.--Wayne News, November 23, 1916
Mrs. J. Tower from Citrus Grove, Texas, who has been visiting relatives and friends in different places in northeast Nebraska, where they resided until a number of years ago, and where she has a large circle of friends, is a guest at the home of Mrs. Mary Gamble. She had been at Belden and Laurel before coming to Wayne. While here she received a letter from her son Vern, which will interest some of his former Wayne friends. The letter tells that the ducks have come back to the rice fields, and are plentiful. Vern and a companion managed to bag 35 ducks at four shots, lacking but one of averaging nine to the charge.--Wayne News, November 30, 1916
The Roads Bad That Day Vern Tower tells The Advocate he doesn’t know any news, but says he does know he never saw any sleighing half as good as this in Texas. Verne also says they received an invitation to a dinner party, celebrating the fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Liggett (Agnes Spence), but the roads being bad that day they couldn’t attend. (Mr. and Mrs. Liggett live in Collegeport, Texas.)
Laurel Advocate,
December 17, 1919
Bond Yerxa Wedding Among the out of town guests were: Mrs. L. W. Matteson of San Benito, aunt of the bride; Rev. L. E. Selfridge of Bay City, Mrs. R. R. Lewis of Bay City, John Bond of San Antonio, Mrs. Caroline Fisher of Markham, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Liggett and son of Collegeport, Texas; Mrs. Verne Tower and family of Citrus Grove, Texas; Francis Spence, Miss Spence and Miss Anna Spence of Buckeye, Texas.–Houston Post-- Matagorda County Tribune, May 18, 1917
Verne Tower and family of Citrus Grove, are expected to come to northeast Nebraska next month as they are to reside on the Tower home place.—Wayne News, November 22, 1917
Word comes to Verne Tower from the superintendent that his mother, who has been in Green Gables Sanitarium at Lincoln since last spring, goes about the house happy and contented, but that they can see that her age is beginning to tell on her.—Wayne News, November 6, 1919
Mrs. C. B. Tower has decided to continue the abstract business of her late husband and has hired an expert abstractor, who is arranging alphabetically the data and putting everything right up to date. She expects to be ready for the compiling of abstracts in a short while.-- Papillion Times, Papillion, Sarpy County, Texas, July 30, 1925
Margaret Holsworth informed me that Vern Towers, now living in Nebraska, reads the Tribune and enjoys "Thoughts" [by Harry Austin Clapp] and often thought he would write me. Well, why don't you, Vern?-- The Daily Tribune, January 9, 1929
Former Residents of Laurel Visit Friends Laurel—Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Liggett, daughter Robert, 20 and son Merlin, 17, of Collegeport, Tex., were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Tower and family. Mrs. Liggett was Miss Agnes Spence, a former Laurel resident. They had been touring the western states and were returning from California and had been at Carroll visiting Mrs. Liggett’s sister, Mrs. William Mills. The Spences lived here between 25 to 30 years ago.--Cedar County News, August 1, 1940
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