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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR reads like a headline about an instalment from The Week Sean. Readable names and places are uncertain and may reflect a local event or column with odd spellings and broken terms.
The work by Will Rewin channels Zane Grey and Theodore Roosevelt in a melodramatic western set in the 1970 Rockies. It blends action with historical texture, recalling Emerson Hough and The Covered Wagon in period tone.
Seven years with editor charge sees first installment of a serial tale offered to readers. The feature costs $2 for the book form and promises engaging chapters set at Cottonwoods Camp during a Rockies mining rush. An eastern tenderfoot seeks fortune amid social life and adventure.
The Q E S social session on Tuesday evening marked the last meeting before summer. Guests enjoyed wedding groupings to "Here Comes the Bride," dining room floral decor, angel food cake, brick ice cream and coffee served by Mrs Clyde Rhoades. Telegrams using left neighbor's name were exchanged amid merriment. Worthy Matrons announced a picnic for Friday June 25 at Lake Park if weather permits. Guest Miss Gray of Laketchawan Canada brought greetings from her chapter. sister of B L Gray of this city visiting.
The notice states Willan and daughter Fl Cilbett will spend the summer at the home of her parents in Malvern Kansas. Later she will enter Japan as a foreign missionary through Avotk, a chosen program.
Social affairs at the Edwards home featured Mrs. Fred Edwards and her sister as hostesses to the Embroidery club. About twenty ladies attended with stunts, music contests and games, followed by refreshments. A Woman's Club initiation included a live coat present, and a lively mood prevailed. A lodge contest to recruit new members began. Several locals and visitors were noted, with travels to Chicago and Omaha for events and visits.
Farewell notes mark the departure of Agent Weed Farquharald from Reticing County. Albert Hiyser is welcomed as the new agent, bringing continuity and local knowledge to the office.
The Milla County Farm Bureau held a Friday social at the Community Building to welcome new County Agent Bert Hyzer and to bid farewell to retiring agent Fred Farquhar. A cooperative mood prevailed despite heat, with remarks from Othar D. Weanin and others praising Farquhar’s eight years of service and introducing Mrs Farquhar. The gathering featured a piano solo by Albert Donner, a brief program, and a luncheon of ice cream and cake, ending with renewed confidence in the bureau’s future under Hyzer.
A Republican county nominating convention faces whether to nominate a candidate for sheriff beyond the primary. The Iowa attorney general notes the convention may choose any qualified elector, even if not a primary candidate, in a June 16 1926 letter to R. E. Humphrey from Glenwood.
J D Ironmonger, long critically ill, remained in a grave state as a coma deepened after Tuesday. His brother Arthur of Henry Illinois arrived Wednesday and by noon Thursday doctors reported he was sinking rapidly with little hope of recovery.
Dr J Arch Edwards reported the death of Carl Will a well known former Glenwood resident who moved to Oregon about twenty years ago. Survived by his eight year old son and mother with siblings in Portland Prineville and Red Oak his passing brings sadness to the Glenwood community.
Dr G M Agan departed for New Albany Indiana then Louisville Kentucky to attend a clinic at the medical college where he earned his degree over thirty five years ago. He will join a class reunion and alumni banquet at his alma mater and is expected back early next week.
Mills County postal employes were to meet in Mineola with Postmaster Herman Peters on Monday but weather delayed the gathering to next Tuesday evening. All rural and city carriers and postal workers are invited, with a special program planned. Mr and Mrs Paris Cheyney welcomed a daughter born Tuesday evening June 16.
Mills County sues Woods Brothers of Lincoln Neb to recover 7054 acres and 70,000 over river re tards built along Missouri River between Platte mouth and Fremont line. Trial before Judge Earl Peters in Clarinda. costs to be paid by taxpayers. District formed 1922. construction contract awarded to Woods Brothers. drainage report approved in 1923. disputes over engineering and effectiveness. Tax impact estimated at 9.86 to 19.13 per acre with ten-year payments. Evidence to continue. likely appeal.
Center township residents head to a school election next Monday to decide whether to dissolve the consolidated district and, if dissolved, establish separate independent districts for Hillsdale Pleasant Grove and Silver with Center Township No 1 and its subdistricts Barbee Hawthorne Little Brick and Reasoner.
Miss Mary Evelyn Logan returns from Minneapolis where she studied music at Minnesota State University. She will visit her parents, then move to Detroit, Michigan in the fall for a position as YWCA secretary.
Council Bluffs hosts the grand lodge of Town Masons at its next annual convention after a unanimous vote. Davenport and Clinton lobbied months earlier but Bluffs was chosen. About 1,800 delegates attended Des Moines last week and similar numbers expected in Bluffs next June for a three day session.
The Burroughs family tale ends as father Mr. Burroughs retrieves his daughter Sarah from a Omaha apartment where a woman matching the suspect description stayed with a man and four children. The mother, sought by Council Bluffs authorities, is jailed. He plans to place the other three children with care and pursue legal action against the mother and her accomplice.
Announcements report the marriage of Ruth Josephine Plimpton daughter of Dr and Mrs Wm M Plimpton to Burl C Barker of Chicago. The ceremony occurred in Chicago Saturday June 12 with dinner at Edgewater Beach hotel. They will reside in Chicago.
A goodly number enjoyed the first in a Thursday evening band concert series by the Glenwood band in Court House Park. The program for this Thursday includes Duncan Contactor March McKinley Own selection The Princes of Pilsen Luders overture Rival Felles Waltz Enchanted Night King overture The Fountain of Youth King selection The Best Loved Southern Melodies Hayes March The New Madison Square Garden King.
In Des Moines, Theresa is hosting an informal session with lawmakers to consider a trio of road measures. Senator Darting and Representative Haney attend as plans push for a statewide road system under the Highway Commission, a 3 cent gasoline tax, and a proposed 100 million dollar bond issue to pave 4 803 miles in eight years, with a fall vote anticipated.
Southwest Iowa night drew delegations from Mineola Silver City Malvern Imogene Shenandoah Ya aifie Junction Glenwood Sidney and Post master R W Rhoades and others attended the Ak-Sar-Ben Den show in Omaha. The 32nd season noted, with Randalls Royal Orchestra and fine chorus, followed by refreshments and a jovial crowd.
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