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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
Pacific Junction sees a railroad shift moving Sioux City freight via Omaha and Plattsmouth, forcing ten families from Plattsmouth to relocate. Local updates include weddings, visits, horse shipments to South Omaha, price dips for horses and mules, and multiple residents moving or remodeling homes. Smallpox in the King family is reported as finally stamped out.
Platteville Township reports delays in moving to Pacific Junction due to Mrs Fowler illness. George Hobson of Plattsmouth assists relatives with farm work. Bartholomew Jones hosts daughter from Nebraska. Granddaughter Elma Slack gravely ill with scarlet fever. L L Cowardin hosts Sunday school ride for sixteen with two visitors Miss Lillie Adams and Miss Leeper. Local visits include Ray, Jay, and Reed Workman from Pony Creek. Mrs Chas Moore's chicken business leads with fifty birds. Gish family hosted by Nebraska-based father Mr Stewart. Claud Tolles moves to Pacl Junction. Pratt to farm the Ez ra Braford place. Chas Robbins buys new buggy.
Lyons Township reports the missing colt found drowned near the pasture. Burr Oak celebrated Easter Sunday modestly with brief exercises and treats for children. Wright Sunday school held good evening exercises at the Wright school. Dr Furry and wife visited Henry Sargent’s home. They have been in Omaha since January seeking treatment for their two year old daughter with a lung issues and plan to leave for Mexico this week for the child’s health.
Hastings C L Brill and wife of Emerson and Collier Boston and wife of Malvern spent Sunday at W P Crow s. Mrs WB Oaks of Monmouth Illinois is here on a visit to her parents Mr and Mrs J F Martin. J B Hicks and daughter Mamie were in Emerson Saturday attending the J A Shields sale. The Easter exercises given by the ME Sunday school Sunday morning were well attended and the program very nice. Mrs B Caven was an Omaha shopper Saturday. Mrs Vanderpool has so far recovered from her sickness that she was able to go to Creston last week. CO Hutchings is spending a few days at home with his parents. Miss Clara Dietzman spent Easter at Red Oak. Alma Dalrymple has returned from Bruell Nebraska where he has been looking for a location. John Morris left for Boston to spend the summer. Miss Magmie Hunt of Clarinda was a guest of CH Baxter s Tuesday. Mrs FA Carey and daughter Virginia are in Prescott this week. Miss Ethel Greeson of Malvern spent Sunday with Lola Boney. LD McMalen of Emerson was seen on our streets Tuesday. Mrs Todd Yarger of Emerson was shopping in town Tuesday. The David Cole Creamery Co will pay the cash and best price for your cream. Located in Mickelwalt uilding. W P Allbee manager.
Emerson and nearby towns see visitors and departures as Bert Renz visits with parents Mec and Mrs Raney. Local tradesmen A le Hicks win a contract to build Joh T. Lor's house north of town, with work starting immediately. Several residents move or travel, including Dr A R Richie and Horace Soapcoat, while local happenings include a tennis court, hotel site reuse, and a Presbyterian mum social that raises 10.89 dollars.
North Grove and Hastings residents visited Mrs Myrtle Shaw on Thursday. Mrs Jas Walker, badly injured by an intoxicated husband in Emerson Febayth, moved to Malvern and seeks divorce this term. Fruit prospects are good, peaches lead. Farmers press seeding, sickness steady but improving. Mrs Allice Morse returned from Nebraska. Ira Hutchings and family visited the J L Dunbar home Sunday.
The newly elected United States senator from South Carolina, Frank Gary, aged 48, hails from a family of judges including brother Eugene Gary a supreme court justice and Ernest a circuit judge. A native of the state he graduated from Union College in 1881, served in the state house where he was speaker for five years, and ran for governor in 1902 advocating local option. He supports William J. Bryan. The piece also reflects on Morocco seen through an atlas, noting its proximity to Spain, hostile reception to Christians, and vast, arid lands as described in St. Nicholas.
The church resolved the Easter date as the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, with Easter shifting to the following Sunday if the full moon falls on a Sunday. This decision, noted by the New York American, ended a long dispute over the proper time for observing Easter.
A playful verse from Youth's Companion portrays a night lesson as a family of birds learns to sing do re mi. Father Bird leads with tewhit and tewhee while Mother Bird offers encouragement and a young bird errs, until all drift into sleepy harmony at the end.
The Springfield Republican, a nationally respected Massachusetts paper, offers strong support for Senator Allison's re election in Iowa. It urges voters to continue this faithful public servant in office, praising state pride and honorable sentiment behind the endorsement.
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A Chicago News summary describes the house fly’s eyes as 8,000 small facets grouped into two large eyes. It notes the fly’s tongue can extend, forming two leaflike lobes to lap up food, and explains how tiny hairs on those leaves cause a tingling sensation when the fly sips sweat.
A lively outdoor game assigns a “monkey” via drawing lots. The chosen boy is tied up with chalk in handkerchiefs used to strike others as he tries to mark a participant. If he marks someone, that child becomes the new monkey and the first is freed. Do not strike too hard or hit the head or face.
The Chinese wall runs over 1700 miles along the northern boundary, following a zigzag path through mountains, gorges, rivers, and plains. It is 20 feet thick at the base and 15 feet at the top, 25 to 40 feet high, with turrets 35 to 40 feet tall every 200 to 300 yards, and the exterior faces use well cut granite blocks set in mortar.
A lively party game has guests guess initials from apprentice tales. Players name items sold by confectioners fruiters and grocers such as B. P. cream puff R. B red bananas and L. & lump sugar, continuing play with each new clue.
A collection of quick conundrums and wordplay jokes. Questions about what comes with a coach and why eggs and umbrellas relate to common objects, ending with the riddle of a carpet bought by the yard and worn by the foot.
A shy girl visits an ironmonger to buy a corkscrew and other small items. A hasty clerk pushes her to buy while detaching from window ads. She challenges him, asks for Silurian note paper and a penny box of tin tacks, then departs after a brief dispute and warnings from the proprietor. The scene highlights miscommunication, sales pressure, and class tensions in a late 19th or early 20th century shop setting.
A fragment titled A Suggestion reveals a mother lamenting endless crying from her baby and a whispered joke about water on the brain. The lines mention Little Hangs and Filegende Blatter in a cryptic, era voice.
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