Glenwood Notes On Local Life And Official Notices
Personal notes from Glenwood reflect letters on strawberry shipping, paint at The Cottage, fishing season closure at Glenwood Lake, hospital visits, travels to Des Moines, and community events. A formal legal notice cites a 1913 district court petition against several defendants for a $4270 debt plus interest, with a mortgage on Mills County property and a September 25, 1918 court date.
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B. Fred
Glenwood
Fred C. Nutter
Charles Towand
BL Miller
Frank Sydow
Iinterest
Wihich
Charles Howard
B.midler
Agama
Montgegiekdh
KL Us
Jiow Wand GB
R. R
Lawl
Sahl Highway
Sahl Quarter
Recorder of Mills
Ehrerstein
Amd
Mille Comunity
Jimmy on Guard Keeps Watch in Illinois Town
An elderly local character nicknamed Jimmy patrols a county farm wearing a police uniform. He guards motorcycles, baby carriages, and threshing engines while owners are away. When boys tried to slip through a fence hole, he stopped them but hinted another exit around the corner.
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Jimmy
Illnois
Birds Learn Ragtime Songs From Trained Bullfinches
London man Thomas J. Dawson reports bullfinches trained in Germany by cobblers can sing arias from Carmen and Faust and the hymn Now the Day Is Over with accuracy and sweetness. Birds begin lessons as hatchlings and fetch up to £10 in England.
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Thomas J. Dawson
Lower Sloane Street
London
Germany
England
Frainfeld Reader Endorses Chamberlain’s Chiefs
A letter from Mrs G Stengle of Frainfeld New Jersey praises Chamberlain's products for chronic constipation. She reports relief after using multiple packages and credits the advertisements with guiding her to try the remedies.
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G. Stengle
Frainfeld
N. J
Chamberlain
Khem Anlcan
Gerything
A.J. Stowe
Tests of sense of smell reveal male edge in detection
In France, experiments compared smell acuity between men and women using solutions of cloves oil, musk, garlic extract, bromine, and bitter almond oil. Men showed greater sensitivity on average, with wide individual variation. Detection limits ranged from 1 in 60,667 to 1 in 389,254 for males and 1 in 16,244 to 1 in 311,330 for females.
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France
Woman Mimics Dog in Striking Fifth Avenue Ensemble
A New York Mail report describes a woman in a clingy black satin gown with fur trim walking with a French poodle styled to resemble her, the dog mirroring her gait and fringes to create a canine dupe. The observer notes the peculiar imitation, not canine behavior.
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Fifth Avenus
New York Mail
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Ofinson
Mills County
National Bank
H. Peters
Hazel Weimmer
Cottage
Glenwood Lake
Dr. Mognidge
Schemmer
Glenwood Hospital
Olga Hull
Shenandoaha
Jarl Stimeon
Missouri Valley
Board of Control
Wetek
Pearson
Des Moiines
Des Moines College
Glenwood Granite
Hazel
Maxine Pettie
Malvern
Gihensgood
Mionktay
Clumminghen
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Mmegenth
Ihlis
Lonva
Hastings
Boys of
Co. I
J. W
House of Commons
Ude
Mans, Nolds
C. H. Nolds
C. UU
Nolds Tamiber Co
St. Josepih
TLC
Tony
Silver City
C. A. Rommel
Mie
O. H. N. Foster
Hillsboro Bridge
New Hampshire
Mas. M. TL. Weston
Missei Valley
Lowa
CG. H
Red
U.S. Supreme Court
Serecants
Bierman
Dixons
School of Instruction
Tle
Pawt Imi
Elizings
District Court of
Iowa
Malls County
KW. Binder & Company
Swone’s
16Th
Harney Streets
Omaha
iOrkin Bros
16Th and
Central West
Council Bluffs
Glenwood Granite Works
Mills County Abstract Company
Glenwood, Iowa
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