17 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1912
Page
1
The Glenwood Opinion, established 1864 by L B and R E Cunningham, is the official paper for UO Mill County. Published every Monday and Thursday. Subscription rates shown include one year and six months. Advertising rates listed as $1.60 Toc.
Hastings notes recount a busy week with motor races at hensudoah, visits to Macedonia and Council Bluffs, births, chautauqua plans, a new track, rail work between Hastings and Red Oak, and social trips among locals including Wearins, Christys, Purcells, and Kirk family. Horse markets and property repairs also feature amid community events and the upcoming chautauqua program.
Nine pound girl born to Myrtle and T. J. Moses on Tuesday June 11. Malvern notes travelers to California and Missouri visitations. Reports on visits by Miss Mona Graham, Miss Vera Anderson, and Raby Teeler. Cadavell family planning Las Vegas trip. Carl Anffaker sending regards from Saskatchewan. Malvern hall basketball vs Henderson slated next Tuesday. Marriage of Fred Cunningham and Mary Mae Alberts officiated at Malvern Presbyterian parsonage.
The wedding unites a popular farmer with the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Alberts southwest of town. The groom plans a new home on his farm with a handsome residence as they begin life together. Local well wishers extend hearty congratulations and best wishes.
A fragment suggests a man rises with a sour mood and escalates conflict at home with his wife and children. The text hints at domestic strife as a social vignette or caption in a newspaper image caption context.
A Victorian style column offers guidance on ethics and daily chores. It touches on life purpose, modest morals, and practical tips such as sewing buttons, mending lace curtains with cold starch, dusting sick rooms with steamed cotton batting, sanitizing milk bottles, enhancing coffee, and making a cream pie and fruit dressings with almond butter and lemon.
Dana Durand in Worlds Work links immigration to census data, noting in 1910 foreign born whites with under ten years in the U S had 155 males for every 100 females. Across all foreign born whites, 7.522 million males and 5.821 million females, 129 to 100, vs 117 in 1900, contrasting native white sex ratios of 103 males per 100 females.
A cook and housemaid discuss a strange term bricky brack and its meaning. The housemaid explains it as bricky break, a mix of ornaments and knickknacks that collect dust and topple, causing the worn phrase bricky-brack to become a colorful nickname for the collection.
A brief Harper's Weekly quip notes Hicks praising the fresh air of motoring while Wiggles responds with a dismissive line. The exchange suggests light satire on chauffeur and traveler attitudes.
An execution issued from Mills County District Court directs the sheriff to offer for sale at the west door of the Glenwood courthouse the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 8, township 72, range 43, plus 25.83 acres off the northwest fractional quarter of section 3, totaling about 106 acres, to satisfy a judgment of 1912 against Emily L. Woodgkinson and A. A. Hodgkinson for 1475.57 and costs. Sale at public auction on July 8, 1912, 9 am to 4 pm, cash to highest bidder. Glenwood, Iowa. Dated June 6, 1912, H. W. Bushnell Sheriff.
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