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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
4
A detailed sewing lesson outlines assembling two fabric pieces to form a coat bodice and sleeve. It covers joining front and back pieces, tracing hip curves, adding seam allowances, and drafting sleeve measures and lines with step by step ruler placements and proportional divisions for a three segment sleeve pattern.
Silver City reports a memorial address by Attorney WL Harding in Silver City, and local mishaps like a girl’s arm breakage. Sanborn marks Hibbs age 102 with Civil War service, while college elections name Rev Long and Rev Walcott. Editorials praise workers, and a blurb extols the “girl who works” with supportive, old‑style sentiment.
The document outlines commencement week activities for Oberlin including sermons by Dean E J Bosworth and Rev F D Rouge, the inauguration of President Fred W Long, alumni events, a concert by the Oratorio Society, and multiple departmental ceremonies. It notes no faculty changes except a year’s leave for Prof D F Craig and a summer session beginning June 28 with fall term September 14.
Mr Johnson and Mr Moire, aiding Fremont county officers, spent a year in Sidney and Mr Moora finished there on Thanksgiving week. They expect to turn into the county treasury about 20000 dollars, largely due to clerical errors and assessor oversights. They note no fraud intent by Fremont officials and contrast with Mills county records.
An advertisement extols Quaker Oats as the cleanest oatmeal, asserting no grain touches human hands before delivery. It describes over fifty dustings and washings by machinery, with each grain stood on end to dry before cooking, and offers prices of 10c for regular, 25c for large family, and 0c for another large family package.
Real estate transfer notices dated May 1909 show RH Kuntze to M Kunts for multiple lots in Hastings and Emily Shaw to SB Hutchings for a Hastings lot. Jones to Sherman Jones lists several blocks in Malvern. Holyoke to Holyoke and Davinot to Eva Miller involve parcels in Pacific Junction and nearby areas with prices noted. May 28 1909 entries include Greeson to Quimby and Hastings lots 541 and 644 with values around 1000 dollars.
The notice lists residents including Marley Whos Wilson Gooding Pred Pickenpaugh and Elmira Dayle among those petitioning to alter a described highway starting at a northeast cottage of the southeast quarter and running south to the current road. objections or damage claims must be filed in the Auditor's office by July 9, 190. The eastern and northern property owners are named with sections and ranges, and a commission is to view the proposed change.
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