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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
2
Subscription terms for the Glenwood Opinion show rates for annual payment options. Broadfield and Measure provide the pricing, including advance and non-advance payment terms. The notice references established publication in 1864 and lists unit prices like 1 es and 1.2t $1.90.
The Postoffice department forbids back issues older than one year for weekly newspapers to curb fraudulent use of the mails at the 2 cents per pound rate. Opinion publishers ask subscribers to bring accounts up to date and settle annually for smoother service. Immediate attention requested.
The city council met Monday evening to arrange the annual election on the first Monday in April. Polling places will be F. G. Day's office in First ward Mickelwall auto shop in Second ward and City Hall in Third ward. The slate includes a mayor recorder treasurer marshal and an alderman from each ward with an extra to fill a vacancy. Editor BE. L. Anderson returns to daily publication from his Atlantic Telegraph office and the Atlantic Democrat shifts to Evening News advocating Republican principles amid controversy over a disputed issue.
Frederick C. Larrabee of Fort Dodge announces Republican bid for senator from Webster Calhoun district. son of ex governor Larrabee and Fort Dodge resident since 1901, active in real estate. William Larrabee Jr seeks renomination as Fayette county representative. Andrew Carnegie pledges 1250 toward a 4000 dollar pipe organ for Tabor Congregational church, to be installed by June 5 after storm damage on July 6. Silver City home talent staged the four act drama Because I Love You So in Tabor last Saturday. stars rehearse in side streets, Beacon notes.
The school board held a busy session re electing E M Myers to replace Jas A Swope and reelecting Albert Heinsheimer and C P Hale. C E Dean will serve as president for another year while Prof L C Bryan is reelected superintendent for a second year. A $13,000 bond issue was refunded with annual $1,000 payments. Glenwood schools report harmony as a class of thirteen prepares for spring commencement, listing the graduates Paul Gillilland Everett Seymour Mary Blair Catherine Colgan Alta Oelberg Estella Ostrander Clara Rether Ethel Winkler Mabel Turner Nettie Wolf Irene Buffington Bernice Kelley Beulah Johnson.
February last week exam listed common words and miss counts for a class of fifty five. Five pupils spelled the list correctly: Bernard Seeger Myrtle Wolfe Mary Drone Hazel Shipper Paul Van Horne. W. M. Moore County Superintendent.
A good stack of wheat straw offered for sale by lump or load. Also a limited quantity of Timothy hay. Inquiries directed to the poor farm, T. J. Knopp, Steward.
A list of teacher transfers and new hires across Mills county rural schools is noted, with Mrs. C P Ridgeway moving to Valley View White Cloud township and Flora Van Doren to Silver Creek Ingraham, among others. Eighth grade exams were held in late February with 55 of 81 pupils listed across multiple schools awaiting results. an educational meeting is planned for April 17 at Strahan.
Senator Shirley Gillilland attended court in Council Bluffs as the case against Sniff Missouri Valley newspaper man proceeds. Mrs. Mary Hammond won a $2000 federal court verdict for her husband Fielden Hammond on death alleged to stem from liquor sold at a Missouri Valley area account. The judge had capped damages at $8000.
Henry Rankin of Tarkio Missouri, a wealthy farmer aged 82 to 83, has been chosen as a delegate to the national Republican convention from Missouri's Fourth district. Rankin recently invoiced a estate value of 3 041 000 dollars. He is described as still half hearty and not selling corn, instead feeding it and buying more. Mr Day, a Squire, recalls his early ties in Henderson County Illinois and acquaintance with Rankin and his sons.
Supt Mogridge of the Glenwood Institution attended the quarterly meetings of state institution superintendents in Des Moines. He read a paper on Mental Deficients in the Public Schools and announced that New York City reportedly has no fewer than 50 classes for mentally weak children. He will lecture at Iowa College Grinnell this month on The Feeble Minded from a Sociological Standpoint.
Word reaches of the marriage of Mr. George Davis and Miss Ruth Green at Grinnell Iowa on Wednesday evening. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Taylor Davis longtime residents of White Cloud Township. The bride was a Grinnell College classmate of her husband.
Urges immediate investment in a Colorado King mining venture with a stated plan to open a mine. Describes strong officers, mining value, and a limited stock offering at 10 cents per share. Encourages filling subscription blanks promptly.
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