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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
2
A Iowa fruit note questions why Ben Davis apples this season lack the wood pulp taste of past years yet a few Jonathans Grimes Golden and Ben Davis reveal surprising acidity and sweetness. Horticul turists discuss recuperation, while other notes cover Christmas advertising and local schooling shortages.
The piece narrates how the star of empire started from Jamestown and Plymouth Rock, carried by pioneer mothers and children in wagons and prairie schooners, to build log cabins across Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and beyond. It honors the mothers' sacrifices, recalling rustic life, weaving, spinning, and buzzing bees, and ends with a tribute to the hand that rocks the cradle and shapes history.
The Des Moines Register and Leader announces the hire of J. N. Darling known as Ding, famed for Sioux City Journal cartoons. His daily pieces on state and national affairs will delight readers and provide material for state legislature commentary, strengthening the paper’s stature.
Sheriff from Fremont County travels to Pittsburg to recover a man named Fenberg accused of an earlier robbery in Clarinda. Witnesses cannot confirm guilt, prompting the Fremont County sheriff to arrest Fenberg for a horse stealing offense in Hamburg. The counties argue over who pays, while Fremont gains the prisoner at no cost.
Judge Addison Oliver of Onawa in Monona county offers 20000 dollars for a larger public library building and endowment. He previously donated the current library and recently contributed about 8000 dollars to establish manual training and domestic science departments in the public schools. He is noted for advancing education and has amassed substantial wealth in Monroe county.
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