Big Year at Glenwood Institution Power Plant Expansion
The Iowa State Institution for the Feeble Minded at Glenwood enters a busy expansion, with up to fifty workers, new custodial building near completion, three new wings planned, and a state investment of about 85 000 dollars. The project includes tunnels, upgraded water and electric systems, a 300 horsepower Corliss engine, and a modern pumping plant supplying large capacity for baths and fire. Chief Engineer Davidson leads, with Parr and Anthony assisting, as Murray Ironworks installs the engine and related infrastructure.
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Mills County
Iowa State Institution
Glenwood
F. X. White
Eldora
Deerwester
Jos. Bortenlanger
America
Glenwood Institution
Murray Ironworks
Burlington
Corliss
Davidson
Smith Anthony
Arch Parr
Parr
W. T. Kellar
Pacific Junction
Glenwood Depot
Postmaster Urges Prepaid Stamps for Rural Delivery
Postmaster R. C. White urges rural customers to provide stamps in advance and avoid placing loose coins in mailboxes. He notes the practice causes hardship and delays for rural carriers and suggests using small detachable cups in boxes to hold coins for stamp purchases.
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R. C. White
Masonic School to be Held in Tabor Early February
A Masonic school of instruction for the west half of district No. 21 will convene in Tabor on January 30 31 and February 1. Representatives from all Fremont and Mills counties lodges are expected to attend. Taft clubs have been formed at Corning Creston and Mt. Ayr.
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Tabor
Fremont
Mills Counties
Taft
Corning
Creston
Mt. Ayr
Auto wreck injures Shenandoah women near Hillsdale
A Friday dusk crash near Hillsdale involves ladies from Shenandoah who were touring Omaha and Council Bluffs. Following a telephone line off the main road, their car plunged into a deep hole and was wrecked. The group stayed as guests of Mrs Barnard in Hillsdale overnight.
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Hillsdale
Shenandoah
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Tabor
Primary Elections Procedures and Local Notices
The notice outlines primary election rules including polling hours, party affiliation voting, nomination paper requirements, and ballot procedures. It also records local social updates such as visits, illnesses, and travel of residents in nearby towns.
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Election Board
Secretary of State
Eletion Board of Supervisors
Ice Dealers Busy as Harvest Continues
The ice harvest occupies the week for local ice dealers with Windham hauling 80 loads on Tuesday. The 11 inch ice is described as good quality and the firms are busy meeting demand.
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Windham
Land seekers and relocations across states noted
Henderson J A Stonebraker and son Sherman viewed land in Texas. Marion Maxwell resigned from Citizens bank and moved to Oklahoma to search for a site. Mrs Hayden Carter and daughter Viva visited Ft Collins Colo with Mrs Carter’s daughter Mrs Cunningham. T D Phillips and C E Irwin visited Parsons Kansas to see N G Cook, former local merchant now running a drug store there.
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J.a.stonebraker
Sherman
Texas
Marion Maxwell
Citizen’s Bank
Oklahoma
Hayden Carter
Viva
Ft. Collins
Col
Opinion and Chicago Daily Tribune Offer
A promotional notice offering a one year subscription to both The Opinion and the Chicago Daily Tribune for a total price of three dollars. The deal targets readers seeking bundled print access and savings on two metropolitan newspapers.
Red Oak corn show yields high gains for Mills county
J W Murphy attended the Red Oak corn show and praised its quality despite grippe. Center township growers led by Clarence Genung and Murphy’s corn team ranked top in several classes with Reed's Yellow Dent. premium ear by Carl Stimson sold for 15 dollars. The event drew 400 entries, 220 students at the corn school, and netted 700 dollars in sales.
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J. W. Murphy
Red Oak
Mr. Murphy
Clarence Genung
Murphy
Gus Travis
Harry Smith
Center Township
Travis
Genung
Reed
Carl Stimson
John Summers
Malvern
Weddings Color West Oak and Glenwood Marriages
Funk Brower wedding at the bride’s West Oak home officiated by Rev Stille. About 75 relatives attended. The couple plan to live on a Saar farm. C W Edwards heads to Aurora for wedding to Carrie Cook then returns to Glenwood to start housekeeping. Walton Ridgeway and Elsie Drury wed in Denver then travel west for a two week honeymoon before settling in Glenwood. Several men from Henderson took civil service exams for a rural route carrier. top scorer to replace the resigning postmaster.
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Gernard D. Funk
Bessie L. Brower
West Oak
Rev. Stille
C. W. Edwards
Aurora
Ill
Carrie Cook
Glenwood
Record House
Walton Ridgeway
Elsie Drury
Denver
Samuel Drury
Carson F. Plumb
Charlies Wilds
Curtis Curran
James F. Wilson
Fred F. Carter
Jacob H. Kiger
Samuel Houser
Henderson
White
Affinity Joke Traps George Ade At Chicago Dinner
Dispatches describe a prank on dramatist George Ade at the Indiana dinner in the Auditorium annex Chicago last night. A young French woman claimed to be his affinity and sought him out, prompting blushes and laughter as a guest in disguise moved the scene from tremor to bass.
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George Ade
Indiana
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Ade
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Hastings
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Cartwright
Ped Crow
Mesdames- Lemon Cox
Geo Kirk
Frank Kuntz
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Lodge
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Sidney
Ralph Fisher
McPherson
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Neice
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Elmer Honeywell
Pacific City
Rev Bollinger
LS Ferguson
Will Bingaman
H A Russell
Purcell
S Heisman
Chicago Daily Tribune
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West
A. S. Edwards
Glenwood, Iowa
I. N. Edwards
Beaver, Okla
Red Oak Sun
J. R. Clark
Chas. W. Comer
T. A. Hougas
R. P. Pierson
Anderson Township
L. C. Genung
A. P. Travis
Nims & Shaw
F. E. Shaw
W.S. Wortman
Deer Creek Township
W. F. Johnson
Glen
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Montgomery County
R R Pierson
Chase Comer
J R Clark
A P Travis
L C Genung
Deer Creek
EB Shaw
W S Wortman
White Cloud
Wualter
Hilton
H L Summers
Harry Hilton
Ist
Vy International Harvester Co
Shaw
Bolleau & Thomas Furniture Co
Walter Hilton
White Cloud Township
Elliott Implement Co
F E Shaw
Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum Bros & Co
Livestock Commission Merchants
Chi
Cago
I E Shaw
Deer
Creek Township
Evans-Snider-Buell
Hvanse Snider-Buell Co
Livestock Commission
E Shaw
Pioneer Implement Co
Council Biuffs
Funk - Brower
Ridgeway
Drury
China Department
China
Chinatown
Robinson’s
Robinson
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