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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1925
Page
1
The Glenwood Opinion, established 1864, proclaims itself the official paper of Mills County. Circulation details and postal status are noted, with contact listed as phone number 123.
A long digest covers Fire Prevention Week October 7 10 and urges safety to curb home fires with preventable causes. It praises the Jordan plan for international peace and education for peace, plus comments on coalitions, economics, and public morals.
Wayne D. Choate recalls Evangelist Claude A. Gunder and the 1916 tabernacle meetings that united the community and inspired 1800 people to pursue higher ethical living. The piece praises Gunder’s sincerity, leadership, and reach across professions, while urging wiser parental guidance to curb youth crime amid rising law violations.
Native son Rev Fred E Dean led a Rochester area Baptist church to a new $50,000 modern building replacing a 92 year old frame meeting house. The church houses a school, plays, dinners, sports, movies, and conferences drawing over 1,000 weekly attendees and growing membership from 100 to 208 in a decade.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Henderson and Mrs T 8 Phillips at the Ralph Viner home in Elliott. Saturday Omaha callers were Charles Hunter and Joe Viner. Mack Carter moved his household to Council Bluffs. Mrs Carter and the children left for their new home Sunday. The Vicks Wilsons spent Sunday with their daughter and family. Mrs Carl Stempel of near Macedonia and Mrs Velma South hosted a miscellaneous shower for sister Juanita with twenty friends attending. Delicious refreshments were served.
Fragmented OCR notes report another gasoline price war with prices dropping in several states. The piece mentions Red Oak and a new barber shop in Emma and mock quotes about local figures, finishing with a humorous line about armistices signed amid the chaos.
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