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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
2
Glenwood residents host visits and departures with family friends and relatives from Des Moines Waterloo Hastings and Omaha. Local cafe Cosy reopens as area continues school supplies shopping with Robinsons and other stores advertising.
Local notices recount students entering law college at Iowa State University and credit transfers, a Des Moines state fair visit, property transfer between Stubberfield and Elkins, multiple visits, and community events. Residents join picnics, barber shop opening, and a swimming season wrap up at Glenwood Lake Park with lifeguard mentions.
The Glenwood tennis tournament narrows to a few players as finals approach. Frye Kaley Jr. defeats Richard Stivs to reach the finals, while J A M Cleveland earlier beat Fiwin Myers. Cleveland’s final position remains unsettled ahead of a third round match with the winner of Ralph Vinton versus Stedman French. Doubles and consolation rounds proceed toward completion, with finals due late in the week. The love cups are on display at F. J. Kelley’s drug store, and Stivers emerges as a dark horse after beating seeded players Rathke and Woodruff.
Dan R. Lewis longtime real estate partner of Bly and Lewis died after a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Born April 1868 in Jefferson Iowa he lived in Malvern Glenwood and Omaha and is survived by his wife four children and many friends. Funeral services were held in Omaha with Masonic rites at Glenwood Cemetery.
The Travers company of Des Moines supplies talent for five evening programs at the armory, moving indoors from the usual tent setup. Monday features a mystery play in two four member casts, Tuesday offers a musical trio, Wednesday presents a varied quartet musical program, Thursday presents Her Son's Wife, and Friday closes with a Poor Concert prelude and a lecture America Forever by Dr. Berry, a Chicago clergyman.
The old Vine Street bridge over Key creek is being repaired this week after flood damage. New steel I beams, sunk piles, and a shifted south span secure a solid approach while work progresses rapidly and traffic is expected to be restored in a few days.
Mrs A J Wolf hosted the Past Matron's club at a three course luncheon at her Walnut street home. The gathering included music, fancy work, and social time. The group mourned the soon departure of Mrs J B Chamberlin to Atlantis Iowa, a founding member and longtime helper of the Glenwood OQ FE 5 past matrons club.
Announcement says Senator A B Cummins will address a state meeting of the Town tax clubs in Des Moines. His remarks on taxation will be broadcast by station WHO at 8 p m central standard time.
The Hodges family from several states gathers at Glenwood Park for the annual reunion honoring Mother Hodges on her birthday. She is 76, yet described as young in spirit, as children and grandchildren travel to attend the event and more than eighty are expected.
Prospective high school students may confer with Superintendent Spencer or Principal Haworth about registration and courses by calling the high school Friday or Saturday this week.
The local Eastern Star chapter will open their fall work Tuesday evening of next week. A picnic supper at the lake park will precede the regular meeting, and all Stars are invited to attend.
A Kentucky lawyer rises to Chicago as attorney for a lumber firm. He moves to a grand house with servants, then asks his new black butler if he should wear full dress at dinner on nights with company, prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
Two French Canadians travel on a house boat down a Quebec river. One knows the river. a sudden rise pushes the boat toward daylight. After hours, a traveler awakens to unfamiliar scenery and shouts Baptiste, realizing they are twelve miles from the expected site.
An improvised court article recounts the first use of an electric chair inside the state prison. The warden and assistant watch as the condemned undergo the execution, while a crowd of 16 fellow convicts listen for grisly details. The witness describes the process with shocked, fragmented recollections.
Mary Carat died at her daughter Mrs Got Dunn's home in Te Kamah Nebr on August 20. Funeral services were held in that city Friday with burial in the local cemetery. Mrs Carat had lived with her daughter about ten years and was connected with the Dunn and Dudley firm. Relatives from Glenwood and Des Moines planned visits this week, including Dr Merrill Myers and family, as the state fair occurred. Edwin Abe participated in a chorus work directed by Dean Carr of Des Moines joined university school of music.
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