Imogene Mills and Imogene Fire Scene in 1900s Notice
Imogene S E Mills details a fire at a local property with alarms sounding and firefighters saving the home. The report notes a household tragedy followed by community updates, including anniversaries, visits from relatives, school matters, and local business and farm news. The piece weaves a social calendar with oblique mentions of residents’ movements, travel to Dubuque, Farragut, and Des Moines, and farm cooperative actions in Mills, Montgomery, and Fremont counties.
Three Births and One Expectant Family Notice
A baby boy named Dominic Lewis was born August 14 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Martin, their first child. In Imogene a son named Willard Gene was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Olson, completing their family of two girls and three boys. The Redett family of Will Head Farm welcomed a son on August 15, adding to a prior daughter. A daughter named Sharon Ann arrived July 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Curt Crosby of Port Arthur, Texas. Mrs. Crosby is formerly Catherine Ryan, daughter of the late Denny Ryan. The community notes that Perryman’s undertaking parlor is being redecorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Farragut
Des Moines
Charles Giinepy
Jon Vernon
Huntington Park
Cal
John Fattars
Bhenandolah
Misses Hose Head
Louise O'Connor
Omaha
Muggia Sweeney
Florence
Zwindle
T. P. Maher
Sweeney
James Laughliner
C. C. Maher
Donald Martin
Minnesota
Peetersburg
Neb
Lydia Harmon
Arty
Shenandoah
Fort Crook
Monterey
Hayden Jones
Wales
Joe Harvilie
Irene Cody
Missouri Valley
Wil Comstock
Frank Darcey
Mound City
Sam Utterback
Claude Philips
Merle Uresher
Bigelow
Utterback
Imogene
Ed Jenks
Dale Jenks
Gordon
Dona Lott
A. E. Addy
Eileen
Maurice
Russell Addy
Colorado
Russell
Mrs. Addy
Iowa
Lakes
Matt Gilmore
Leo Hughes
Emmett Hughes
James
Joseph
Michael
B. R. Butcher
Margaret
Co. J. Addy
Will Kammerer
H. H. Hillyer
Ben Floyd
Munson
Dale Hillyer
Charlea Wilson
Bobbie
Tabor
Michael Martin
Garry
Anna O'Connor
Kenneth Rhodes
Ewing
J. Addy
Harry Smith
Barbara
Julius Dinville
L. E. Guischenritter
Red Oak
Tom Regan
John Owen
A. J. Head
Maurice Gilmore
Joseph Laughlin
Eddie Gutschesritter
Willie Laughlin
Ambrose Saner
Osceola
J. J. Saner
Donald Maher
Coburg
Ted Gernar
Marie Dorsey
Mary
Risymond Kempe
Lincoln
Josephine We
Vineet Slovie
Hushand
Mercy Hoapitel
Connell Bluffs
Johnny Martin
Domnic Lewis
Dick Olson
Willard Gene
Adam Redett
Will Head Farm
Curt Crosby
Port Arthur
Tex
Sharon Ann
Mra
Crosby
Catherine Ryan
Denny Ryan
Perryman
Eulalie Burns
Creely
Ed Hanson
Sioux City
Camp Facilities at State Fair Camp Ground
Camp facilities for the 1940 state fair include 60 acres of glotved farm Bureau camp space with basic amenities. Registration handled by John Ih Longstreat, county agent, and Specht depot staff. Special admission privileges may be granted. campers can register at the fairgrounds for services and a yearly improvement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetaly
Regent Ward
John Ih Longstreat
Couney
Specht Degt
Camp Walchapeain
Chu
Campere
Farm Bureau
Win
Home Project Exhibits at State Fair Highlight Display
Twenty five Iowa counties selected to exhibit in the home project program at the state fair. Saturday August 24 features discussed by exhibit judge Miss Grace Delong. Placings announced by Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis on Thursday August 29 from 3 30 to 4 p m in the ground floor auditorium. Exhibits open daily and Sunday 12 to 6 p m. Mille county women encouraged to view for inspiration and county program ideas.
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Home Project
Iowa
Grace Delong
Sarah Porter Ellis
State Home
Damonairation
Women's
Mille County
Milla County
Town Paragraphs and Curious Farmyard Tales
Town reports odd corn leaves knitted on Mrs Alba Kline’s Grinnell farm while Earl Mendicott moves a truck with bunger gear from Albert City to Storm Lake for 26 dollars. The Glen Argotzinger residence in New City reported stolen money later returned. Harold Beach uncovers a rat in the truck fan and a second rat killed by the fan, a curious but impractical rat control effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alba Kline
Grinnell
Kine
Earl Mendicott
Storm Lake
Albert City
Glen Argotzinger Regidenca
New City
Harold Beach
Vernon
Beach
Real Estate Transfers From Mills County Records
A series of real estate transfers listed with buyers, sellers, and price figures including a $7200 tract transfer to Richard Orlando Jackson, a $3685.80 transfer to Met Life Insurance Co, and multiple parcels in sections 11, 36, 39, and 43 across Mills County. Names include John D. Miller, Roy Wasser man, Reuben Sule, William L. Mass, Jean Augustus Reafieng, Wendell Lambert’s attorney in fact, Mary Hambseh, Edna Elizabeth Hambseh, Gladys Wilson, Glyde Hiummers, Jet Dale McCure, Fred W. Beno, Tucker, Olavy Huse, Adine, and Admr. to Bewale Wallace among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Miller
Roy Wasserman
W. TD
Elk
Mineola
A. M. McCluskey
Reuben Sule
W. D
William L. Mass
John W. Mass
Jean Augustus Reafieng
Fed. Farm Mtg. Corp
Wendell Lambert
Richard Orlando Jackson
W. S. DeMoss
Sheriff of Mills Co
Met. Life Ins. Co
Mary &. Hambseh
Edna Elizabeth Hambseh
Hlark
Malvern
Gladys Wilson
Hiummers
Gleawon
Fred W. Benoet
BOW. I
Tor ‘Tucker
Fred Winlow
Yguo
Willkie Acceptance Speech Ignites Nation in Elwood
In Elwood Maryland Wendell Willkie accepts the Republican nomination before a vast crowd. He calls for a united American democracy and vows leadership to keep the nation free and prosperous. He denounces strict party lines and stresses help from all Americans across faiths and races. He outlines a foreign policy centered on defending democracy and avoiding entanglement in unknown future actions. He warns against letting emotions steer policy while stressing national defense and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
America
Republican Party
New Deal
Times
United States
Mr. Willkie
Europe
Foreign Polley
Willie Hirned
Philadelphia
Abell
Tom
Mate
Wilkie
Amaeriga
Willkie Addresses Nation on Defense and Liberalism
In a stirring 1940 speech, Willkie argues for selective service as a democratic path to trained manpower for defense, criticizes Roosevelt’s foreign policy, and pledges to rebuild America from within. He contrasts New Deal safety with growth, champions free enterprise under regulation, and calls for stronger domestic production, wages, and rural electrification while warning of nationwide hardship to secure a stronger nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
India
Roosevelt
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
Willkle
France
United States
Wilikie
Hitler
Willkie
Ghd
Prince
Blum
WNL
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Imogene S.E. Mills
Fee Bane
Hailey
Donte Saver
Deine
Rister
Mary Rowe
Carte Uead
Art Tatty
Mary Trempsey
Tnogene
Art Gilmore
Matsern
Dubucie
Llerrey
Mary Rose
Vorronica Saner
Sisters of Mercy
Dubuque
Farm Credit Association
Malverth Trast & Bartosa
Reyseas
Fenier Tour Barragat
Dissartation
Hit
Aptler
Mills
Montgomery
Freevont
Northwest Page Coy
Associaion
Lee Hosene
Mr. Haoter
Floyd de Vous
Lergx
Anderson
Gravity
Edwin A. Carter
Glenwood
R. M. Coven la
Leo Welsh
Bern Maher
Charles E
Ramsay
Gmb
Educational Cliinton Laws Department of Public Safety
Fran Emsto
Arthur D. Smith
Westfield
Pearl C. Christiansen
Brayton
Ill
Jack Frary
Marilyn Raymond
William Pattavina
Patricia Utrecht
Lloyd W. Belt
Bonnie B. Kinney
Crescent
Thomas O. Lininger
Diagonal
Darleen Benson
Glen E. Shelton
Dorothy L. Mortenson
Council Bluffs
Burdette L. Bauers
Gwen F. Saladen
Tecumseh
Frank Fatania
Gene Collins
Charles F. Kracher
Johanna C. Magensen
Ernest E. Zeller
Beulah Mae Wolfe
Edward N. Myles
Baltimore
Margaret F. Cramer
Roanoke
Rudolph G. Mulder
Alice Mae Dooley
Oscar L. Bledge
Laura E. Zentz
Rollin G. Bass
Emerson and Clyda
Warren
Hastings
George P. Jacobeon
Dorothy L. McKercher
Phillip William Gotsfrit
Gertrude J. Connor
Rarpl V. Walthers
Josephine M. Sirinanni
Auk
Theodore KL. Ktasan
Juanita KH. Lenmdey
Gua
Hytou
Hop Krome
Adine
Bau Prlou Cada
Lote Bhe
Bimeuly
Corti. Cove
Admr
Bewale Wallace
Lafollette
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Wendell Witlkie
Etwood
Ind
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