Twenty-Five Years Ago in Glenwood Opinion Highlights
Twenty five years ago items note Postmaster T A Stephens winning the title of weather prophet for predicting a storm. George L Goodell YMCA Glenwood thanks Mr Spear for favors at a social. Mrs Gov Hale visits from Cheyenne to old home. Chas Schappel of Chicago in town en route to western cattle ranch. visits father A Schappel. Will Skillicorn and George Spear to open a skating rink under the Commercial house Monday. L S Mershon sells to H G Spencer. Rev M N Thompson resigns due to ill health. H C Watkins starts a ranch in Montana. Frank Watkins Addie Myers and Jas Deupree take about 70 head of cattle and horses for the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Stephens
W. P
George L. Goodell
Glenwood
Spear
Commercial House
Gov. Hale
Cheyenne
Chas. Schappel
Chicago
A. Schappel
Will Skillicorn
George Spear
M. N. Thompson
Congregational Church
H. C. Watkins
Montana
Frank Watkins
Addie Myers
Jas. Deupree
Local Social Notes and Health Updates
Pony Creek M Treet has been sick for a week but shows some improvement. Grandma Hunt of Tabor visits her son Noah Hunt. Roy Warner and Florence Goodrich wed at Council Bluffs on Monday, surprising friends. Vernon Hunt suffers an abscess on the lungs with sister Valda, a trained nurse from the institution, tending him. Salem Curtis returned Monday from Omaha after a thirty year reunion with an uncle, aunt, and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Warner
Florence Goodrich
Council Bluffs
Vernon Hunt
Valda
Salem Curtis
Omaha
Smally Returns to Glenwood for Davidson Funeral
E Smally of Dyan South Dakota attended the funeral of Mrs Davidson in Glenwood on Friday. He was an adopted son of the Davidsons and left eight years ago. Now in the implement business with a half partnership. He was joined by his brother W H Smalley of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Smally
Dyan
South Dakota
Glenwood
Wealthy Philanthropist Heals Chicago’s Poor
A quiet Chicago philanthropist named Cooper operates from The Public Drug Store and is praised for miraculous cures and mass aid. Reports from Cincinnati and Chicago residents claim swift health recoveries, though doctors threaten action. Cooper refuses payments and does not personally dispense medicine while receiving vast mail requests. His charitable work includes food clothing and money, and he plans to leave after about a week.
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Chicago
Cooper
John Stauber
Broadway
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mr. Stauber
Dearborn Street
Thomas Webster
Omaha Packing Company
South
Morgan Street
Mr. Webster
Cooner
Vincent Trocolo
Armour Avenue
Old Mexico
Iowa News Roundup From Towns and Firms Across State
A fire near a corpse in Town City damaged the lace curtains but the body was saved. Ora Durr lost an eye to a bottle explosion at Mason City Bottling Works. Farmers in Chickasaw county cut timber from cottonwood trees along the Wapsie for lumber. The Epstein will dispute in Burlington heads to court with a $50,000 estate. Charles Chinland’s tree trimming accident near Gilmore injures him seriously. Wolves captured near Wapello with bounties paid for young and old wolves. A $2 million loan funds Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Railway expansion, with trust deeds for forty years. Roy Lewis Davis and wife reconcile after an arrest at Mason City. Prof. Dickman promotes a $150,000 endowment for Upper Iowa University, Carnegie gift aiding the drive. Interurban mail service between Des Moines and Fort Dodge slated for May. Eight-year-old Louise Stephen dies from burns at a bonfire in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Shidhelm
Town City
Mason City
Ora Durr
Chickasaw County
Wapsie
Chas. Groves
New Hampton
Jacob Epstein
Burlington
Eugene Epstein
Iowa City
Des Moines
Dr. D. Graves
Gilmore
Charles Chinland
Chinland
Wapello
Everett Reed
Grandview
C. F. Swygard
Oakville
Paxton
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Louis Boinsot
First Trust and Savings Banks
Chicago
Roy Lewis Davis
Nora Springs
Lewis
Uper Iowa University At
Fayette
Andrew Carnegie
Dickman
Wm. Arnold Shanklin
East
Quintus Babcock
Upper Iowa University
Fort Dodge
J. L. Blake
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. S. Mershon
H. G. Spencer
Pony Creek
M Treet
Grandma Hunt
Tabor
Noah Hunt
Iowa News
Louise Stephen
Clinton
Jacob Stephen
United States
RE Gray
U. S
Lowe Brothers
Lowe
Tetes
J. S. Miclennan
Postoffice
Asparag
Asparagus
D.L. Heinsheimer
J. W. Murphy
Marshall Williams
Frank Newman
D. L. Heinsheimer
Iowa
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Sawyer
Marager Tabor
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