Historic Farnam

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Thursday June 5, 2025

In Memoriam

Born this day in history:

1880 John Simeon "Sim" Hall

1881 Sarah Blanche (Davies) Uhlig
1896 Bessie B. (Bardwell) Wyckoff

1902 Thomas N. Caster

1905 Roxa (Brown) (Velte) Reed
1917 Mildred M. (Devine) Widick

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1923 Edward W. McCormack

1949 John Owen Adkisson

1960 Darla (Dishman) Lungrin

Died this day in history:

1891 Temple Smith

1910 Amos Cunning

1938 Edward L. Franey

1948 Ray Harper

1951 Walter T. Woolstrum
1974 Clyde G. Blomquist
1983 Beryl A. Johnson
1992 William Maurice Bellamy
2003 Eleanor (Render) Buehner

2005 Earl Rice

News from this week in Farnam history:

6/5
  – Lions Club Gets Charter (1941)
6/6
  – Destructive Wind Hits Farnam (1918)
  – Farnam's Service Flag (1918)
  – Floods Washout Railroad Tracks (1935)
  – Keystone Items - 6 June 1885 (1885)
  – Large Crowd Attended (1918)
  – The Eclipse (1918)
  – Twister Strikes South of Here (1935)
6/7
  – News From Ft. Crook (1917)
  – Rally and Flag Raising (1917)
6/8
  – Golf Club to Be Organized (1923)
6/10
  – Farnam RR Depot Closed (1965)

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