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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
2
Readable ad lists 48 women’s cotton covert street skirts at 95 cents, plus 1200 yards corded lawns and 2500 yards violet lawns offered per yard. Also 100 ladies’ fine lawn wrappers with white yoke and braid priced at 95 cents.
The Glenwood class of 1901 received fourteen diplomas at the opera house on June 6. President Chas. E. Shelton of Simpson College delivered the address, urging care for boys, praising youth, and reflecting on liberty, responsibility, and the role of parents in guiding young men toward better futures.
A humorous tale of a boy named Tom returning as a ghostlike figure after a chimney climb. The piece blends a folk verse with a pastor’s reflections on virtue, work, love, and character. It closes with graduation notes and Glenwood community events for 1901, including a July celebration, football plans, and local notices.
A local poll lists contestants for the OPINION summer outing trip with votes shown next to names Emma Pettit of Silver City 9 407 and Anna Beckman of Glenwood 9 234 alongside Maud Crook Pacific Junction 7 123 Edna Harlan Henderson 5 230 Alice Smith Glenwood 1 623 Wauneta Weller Malvern 1 567 Birdell Baird Malvern 1 480 Midge Keffer Hastings 1 307 Hdith Barrett Strahan 1 228.
Inspector General Olmstead announces the List regiment standings. Company M of Red Oak leads with 97.1 percent. Dubuque’s Governor's Greys second. Several units, including Troop A Des Moines and new C G H bands, were not inspected due to recent organization.
A Mills County girl investigated chain letters for a church in Oklahoma and found the organization had more money than needed. The church replied they had sufficient funds and instructed recipients not to respond to Lebanon church, Iowa chain letters. W. D. Durnier, building committee chairman.
Marriage licenses list James F. Basking and Margarette E. Ranne of Glenwood, Michael O'Connor and Lucy Dailey of Hastings, L. M. Starr of Walker with Grace M. Harlan of Henderson, all ages noted. Lincoln County items advertise Buckeye Liniment for horses, housing for rent in Manhattan Kansas, voice training aids, and local sales and lost items notices. Also referenced are farm gear, harness shop, belting loss, and testimonials for Chamberlain pain balm and Rocky Mountain Tea.
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