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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
9
Glenwood items report moves of residents to Center township farms and Pueblo Colorado, births, university events, local lectures, railroad surveys, cherry crops, council actions, marriages, divorces and upcoming speeches. Mentions Teague, Peters, Whittaker, Maxwell, Beckman, and local civic happenings plus weather and river rise.
A young lady receiving the most votes by Opinion subscribers earns a trip choice among three options. One option is a Pan-American Exposition with two weeks board and exhibit tickets. another to Manitou Colorado with four weeks board. the third to the Epworth League convention in San Francisco with no expenses paid. Also a private sale of household furniture after Tuesday June 25, with sale by June 29, plus notices of lost Jersey pigs and bakery orders.
A Masa meeting on Sunday observance will be held at Glenwood Opera House at 8 p.m. Churches unite for a program featuring choruses led by Mr Bissel, prayers, readings, and multiple speeches on Sunday observance including home life, legal aspects, and church roles. Choir practice Friday at 8 p.m. all city singers urged to attend.
County Normal Supt Marsh selects instructors to lead the Mills county teachers institute convening in Glenwood starting June 24. Henry Sabin of Des Moines will oversee school management. H L Adams of West Union handles arithmetic algebra and geography. J B Shorett of Harlan covers civics physiology. Mrs Q O Marsh leads primary work. C B Marsh teaches history and economics.
Stolen C B & B freight car 13324 broken into at Glenwood on June 10. Seventeen pairs of ladies kid shoes with laced fronts branded Goodman & Co Columbus Ohio were taken. The company sent out arrest notices to police and wired information to Sheriff Morgan Glenwood.
Mills County sends three Glenwood youths Clyde Warren L T Genung and Frank P Bradley to Iowa University for commencement with Genung and Bradley earning law degrees and Warren the engineering degree Miss Lillian Chantry of Malvern also graduates from the classical department Col Chantry departed yesterday to attend the exercises
On the first warm day Bert Prench vowed to wear a shirt waist this century’s start. The bold move drew attention as he faced public nerves and celebration of a sensible fashion reform. Later reports credit Gerard Hanson as the first to wear the fret shirt waist briefly before him.
Pedagogic personals list several young women leaving home for summer activities or study. Misa Mason returns to Milford Ohio near Cincinnati. Misa Patten to Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa with sister instructor. attends commencement and summers in Greenville Michigan. Florence Kiskaddon goes home Osceola. Katherine Mouthie leaves for Washington area home for summer. Nutting and Hustretter depart for Cedar Falls for summer Normal. Della Otis plans Yellowstone trip. Also, sale of 15 head work mules by Davis and Anderson Pacific Junction Iowa and latest millinery at Mrs Myers.
Mills County boards increased assessor figures at last week's meeting raising land values by 548 149 and personal property by 10 164. The combined valuation totals lands, town lots, personal property, railroad and express firms to about 19 500 000 with average farmland value around 43 75 per acre. Telegraph and telephone valuations remain unsettled.
The piece contrasts Dunkards returning from Lincoln with Modern Woodmen in bright uniforms at St Paul. Dunkards, mostly elderly, discuss church matters and welfare in the life to come. Woodmen meet to strengthen an order aimed at protecting families after death, both urging uplift of the race.
The Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting appointed Frank G. Day to fill the unexpired term of Squire Wm. Allen, deceased. Day was chosen from about a half dozen applicants and has an office in the Carter block over Bower Bros. store. He has already begun receiving bills for collection.
Three Glenwood churches held children’s day services on Sunday with varied attendance due to rain. At Congregational, a pink and white peony decorated oral pyramid and a program by Sunday school children were led by Rev. Stanton, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Mohr, and Miss Emma Williams. The Methodist church featured a large archway and a strong young performers program, while Baptists hosted an evening session where ten infants advanced to the intermediate division. Darwlo Bradley gave two solos, showcasing a fine voice learned at Trinity Episcopal in Omaha.
A. C. Sabin notes Missouri and Ohio will have full apple peach pear and plum crops while Kansas faces mixed results with upland peaches thriving and bottom areas damaged. The outlook is strong districtwide with smooth color and healthy trees though rumors on a trial case are corrected. Excursionists flocked to Lake Okoboji via a Milwaukee rate, and local reports cover town news from residents’ travels to late court remarks, a June snow claim in Kansas, sermons, and various local happenings.
Lydia Walling aged 84 died at her home in Glenwood on Monday June 10 1901 from paralysis of the heart. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. She was born in Middleton New Jersey and moved to Glenwood with her husband in 1809. Mr Walling died in 187? and she had resided here since then. Lost lace handkerchief seeks finder near Haptlet church and Cowslae’s steward C H Townlee.
W L Cubbs traded the Judge hotel at Emerson to Charlie W Rogers of Eldorado Kansas. Tubbs gave the hotel and $5000 for a land section in Butler county Kansas worth 19000. The hotel sold for 14000 and the land for 19000. The land is praised as fine property on a Missouri Pacific station with good market facilities. Robert W Greenlee the Glenwood real estate man arranged the deal.
The Nickel Plate road offers three daily through trains with vestibuled sleeping cars and fine dining on the American club meal plan. Prices from 35 cents to $1.00. Chicago depot Van Buren St and Pacific Ave on the elevated loop. John Y. Calahan, IL Adams St, Chicago, provides full information and an illustrated folder. Also a sales pitch for Howell's Anti-Kawf and various local sellers.
A flurry of visits and homecomings fills Glenwood and nearby towns. Roscoe Hanks tours Omaha. Charley Davies returns from Chicago. Bert Hammond from Oklahoma. Miss Helen Moulton from Towa City. Mrs. L. Clark visits Randolph. Pearl England visits Red Oak. Geo. Kelley from Long Pine visits Glenwood. Latwrence Trager of the Vinton Eagle also visits. Numerous other entries note relatives, guests, commencements, and trips to Lake Okoboji and Lincoln.
The thirty fifth commencement at Tabor College is set for June 19 with exercises on Wednesday morning. Chancellor Andrews of Nebraska State University will deliver the address at 10:40 a.m. The Spinolat campus event outlines the formal ceremony and speaker details.
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