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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
7
The notice states rates for single copies and multiple month subscriptions, notes the printed tag shows the paid period, and requires advance payment for papers sent outside Mils County.
Leslie M. Shaw ends his term as Iowa governor next week to accept one of the nation’s top posts, Secretary of the Treasury. His tenure is praised as clear, decisive, and honest, with a record of practical business approach and principled leadership.
A farmer test shows 130 bushels stored for eleven months yielded 100 bushels, a shrinkage of about 22 percent. The study suggests price gains are needed to justify holding corn into next spring, affecting timing decisions for selling.
A man paid arrearages to stop his paper, yet the Beacon remained. The writer jokes that the man will eventually die and an obituary will appear praising him as influential and benevolent, noting his post mortem good qualities.
A listings-style report notes sixteen cattle in Ills County raise, thirteen Short Horn and three Herefords, mixed ages from yearling to two years. Half feed Jan 10 to Mar 1, then full feed with corn stock food and blue grass pasture. They weighed about 925 pounds on Mar 14 and 1400 pounds at sale on September Mth, selling near top Chicago market at 6.25 dollars per hundred. Elmer, a top feeder, is praised for handling cattle to maximize returns.
Armed with a warrant Constable Schleder seized eighteen boxes of liquor from a McPaul station. Each box held four quart bottles of Old Kentucky Baboon wine totaling 72 quarts with wholesale value at least $100. The liquor is under Constable Schleder’s custody until Justice Leehan orders disposal next week. Ownership must be proven in court to avoid costs. buyers must assert claims or risk losing their liquor via court action.
In December 1001 Charles Shay writes from Toveland Colorado sending a one dollar and twenty five cent subscription for The Leader to Miss Lettie Bradley. He notes pleasant weather with a rare eight inch snowstorm followed by mild cold and a warm west wind that melted most snow. He mentions traveling fifteen miles to see a Christmas tree in an open buggy and plowing during the trip while Mrs Shay recovers.
A Grinnell Iowa reader Mr J Davis writes that Dr Kay's ungrain is the best cough medicine he used and does not disturb his stomach unlike most cough remedies. It is offered at 10 and 25 cents with 25 and 50 cent sizes and available by mail from Dr Kay Saratoga New York 407.
The fourteenth annual Mills County Farmers Institute opens January 14 in Glenwood’s opera house with a broad program. Topics include crop culture and breeding, sugar beets as stock food, corn fodder value, horse breeding, road improvements, school library use, home economy, dairying profits, farm wastes, landlord and tenant, bridge tax, rural mail delivery, crop rotation, fertility, profitable crops for Mills County, and more led by local and regional experts. The event aims to welcome farmer guests and offer practical agricultural guidance.
Rev A E Slothover, beloved M E pastor of Council Bluffs District, received multiple pleasant surprises last week. Ladies Aid presented an oak center table on Christmas Day. cottage prayer meetings shifted to Mrs Otis’s home with gifts, and parishioners secretly pounded him with packages. A.B. Stone arranged for his medical bill to be paid, covering his recently broken leg.
The minister visited Dr Parsons regarding an issue and the doctor paid half the cost. Mr Stone then gathered funds from the men to cover the remaining half. The act was warmly appreciated as a small but meaningful gesture strengthening church fellowship and future church works.
Royal Neighbors of America Woodman Hall session installs officers for the coming year with Acting Past Oracle Mrs H T Richmond officiating. A banquet and social hour follow as Camp No 2355 notes a bright outlook for the new year. Rev P H McDowell resigns as pastor of the Baptist church to take a call in Winterset Iowa. Malvern and the community reflect on his departure and his promising ministry.
Shenandoah men are among five inmates held in Clarinda on murder or attempted murder charges. J W Sule stands charged with murder of Richardson, Stimson charged with intent to kill, witness Woreman Davis. Dennis Irwin Mason are held for the murder of Oscar K K Millar, who died Thursday. Local text includes unrelated ad copy about a lumbago cure.
News from Jerry Maher’s near Tmo-! one reports Will Schaeffer, also spelled Schaaffer, caught in a corn shredder. His arm torn off and body crushed. he was taken to Magene for medical aid. The incident is described as deplorable and tragic.
Miss Pease wins the trip to the southern coast with February travel to be scheduled, while Miss Bradley receives Hawkins & Mulholland prize of a $20 jacket. Miss Salyers earns W H Creese rocket, Miss Graham secures a $10 dress pattern, and Miss Lacock receives Laraway jewelry. A large Strahan delegation helped push votes, final tallies show strong prize interest alongside the trip contest.
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