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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
7
Pacific Junction and surrounding area residents are noted with visits, social events, and local changes. The community reports weddings, baptisms, school games, church activities, and familial travel, including Council Bluffs and Glenwood interactions, a bakery rental, and multiple family bereavements and moves.
Mra Gilbert Cheney was an Omaha visitor. Willy William and Walter returned Thursday to their home at Town after a ten days visit with their aunt Mrs. Ty. R. Eidie. Mrs. Henry Sehick came home from Blair Neb where she visited her brother George. Bliss Mary Crawford returned home Friday from Creston. The barn on the Salyers farm near town burned.
Local residents from Henderson and surrounding towns spent Sunday and midweek visiting relatives. Activities included radio installations, Omaha and Des Moines trips, visits to Prescott and Council Bluffs, and numerous calls to Kin. Social events featured lodge installations by I O O F and Rebekah chapters, with community members attending alumnae events and weddings notices in nearby towns.
The Hastings area outlines the Layee courses at the high school starting February 2 with Windmills of Holland and later on February 19 the Strahan Consolidated School will present a musical. Gladys Walton performs The Wild Party this Thursday and Jack Hoxie stars in Back Fire on Saturday. Local ownership changes include Mrs. F J McMillan selling the Loyal hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Maretta of Bellevue and Otto Huebner acquiring the White Front Cafe in Glenwood. Community life features marriages, road work, lodge installations, church events, and visits from Omaha and Council Bluffs residents with a focus on local people and institutions.
Horace Birdsall D visited his sister Mrs J. McMilla last Thursday. A. C. Hodges and E. Seidner attended the Strahan horse sale at Malvern last Saturday afternoon with Clairmont. Martin was present in Omaha last week.
The Glenwood Welfare Board presented a $10 check to the R. I. G's of Center Township. The donation was warmly welcomed and public thanks were issued to acknowledge the generosity and support for welfare programs.
Mr and Mrs Dark Morgan enjoyed a twelfth wedding anniversary in a regal surprise hosted by fifteen close friends. Guests arrived with well filled baskets for a wedding feast, followed by games and refreshments. Evening plans promised many more celebrations for the couple before guests departed late.
A Studebaker touring car owned by Dempsey Ferrel caught fire on a road near the Charles McManigal farm north of Glenwood after a can of gasoline spilled and ignited on the exhaust. Ferrel escaped with injuries to his overcoat and hair as flames consumed the vehicle before firefighters arrived. The blaze followed a detour to fetch gas thinking the car was nearly out of fuel, though it held only two gallons.
Des Moines University students will furnish a program from 7:80 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday evening. Hear Glenwood youths sing on the broadcast, with several named on the program.
Data from Dr. George F. Zook of the U S Bureau of Education shows Iowa ranks fourth among eleven western states for college attendance. Oregon leads with one in 122, Minnesota sits eleventh with one in 159, and Iowa has one in 127 people in college.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the glacial age as a division of geological time with Arctic temperatures and vast ice sheets. It references continents, rivers, and landscapes shaped by glaciers during a cold era. The text is garbled with misspellings and unclear details.
Fragmentary notes describe elderly salmon visiting waterfalls and tributaries. Mentions habitat, spawning, and possible dates but text is unclear. Strong entities include places and people tied to a river system.
A Philadelphia Record line intertwines time and memory noting a girl who hates gin and forgets her birthday at twenty but becomes grateful to a bin by forty, framing a wry reflection on aging and judgment.
A reflective critique questions a man who touts his own achievements and expects admiration. The piece urges deeper introspection to reassess his claims and the value of his creations, warning that genuine merit requires more than boastful self-praise.
Popular Science Monthly advises corked chair legs to prevent scratches on varnished floors and to dampen noise. Drill a half inch deep bore in each leg, insert a cork or rubber stopper so it projects a quarter inch or more, and expect a long-lasting set.
A fragment explains how the term lukeavoren and the word luke were linked to warmth. It notes misinterpretation over time leading to the belief that luke referenced a special warmth and that tepid derived from this confusion.
The article notes a practice where women of Asenm may initiate marriage customs. It describes brides sometimes fetching bridesgrooms and etiquette requiring him to resist until carried off. Wealthier women may choose a temporary husband and later dismiss him for another.
Roger Babson distinguishes capital from capitalism, noting that capital is the accumulated result of thrift and self restraint while capitalism denotes profit driven industry and commerce. He argues self gratification under capitalism contrasts with self sacrifice as the foundation of capital.
The movement aims to help buyers act together to improve welfare of producers and distributors. It started in England in 1890 and spread to the Working Men's Society in New York around the same period.
A common variety of crystallized quartz is used as an abrasive in sandpaper, crushed for polishing marble, and as a wool filer. Quartz sands play a role in manufacturing glass, refractory brick, mortar, and cements.
Obliging Aman informed a police court he could not attend in the morning but asked that the court sit in the afternoon so he could attend by appointment. He added he would be pleased to make an appointment if possible.
Accidents in London increased on Saturday, surpassing other days in the week. Officials report heightened incidents across multiple districts, prompting safety appeals and investigations into contributing factors. Local services are coordinating responses and outreach efforts amid the rise.
A Wushbidgron Star line notes that some men seek constant flattery about looks while a woman will judge for herself when faced with praise or criticism. The remark highlights gendered doubles of vanity and judgment.
A Dutcher in a small town displayed a provocative sign in his window praising sausages from pigs that died happy. The odd slogan touched on dairy and meat production themes, drawing local attention and debate about contemporary farming practices.
Franklin notes that the amount of food should closely match the stomach’s quality and condition, since the stomach digests what is eaten. The excerpt emphasizes proportionate intake as essential to digestion.
The harbor mole at Algiers in Africa was constructed around 1620 by an army of about 20,000 Christian slaves. The Turks forced the workers, and it took roughly three years to finish the project.
In Greece during a drought children march to wells and springs led by two flower-adorned girls amid a singing procession.
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