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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
1
Retrospective reminiscence of Malvern's 1876 Fourth of July celebration with anecdotes from W C Johnson and editor, describing parade, crowd, dinner, ice cream stands, and family picnics. Appeal to donate clothing to Near East Relief via Des Moines address.
Des Moines reports the Tabor Ball Tournament will be held Tuesday through Thursday, August 17 to 19. Dr J Howard Kirbye, state director for Near East Relief, outlines Iowa’s assigned work and urges clothing donations for Armenia, noting last year’s shortages and cold deaths among refugees.
The Malvern ball squad shows strong form overall with five victories and three losses. They crushed Donia 6 0 at Macedonia on July 3, allowing just four hits, then won 11 6 in an eleven inning thriller at Stanton. A tough day at Council Bluffs yielded a 1 9 defeat, but the team remains solid overall despite the off game.
The article discusses the first Iowa state park near Devil's Backbone in Delaware County and advocates creating a similar park in Lyons township on the lower Waubonsie hills. It praises natural features, potential waterworks, and boating by dredging Buclingham Lake, urging local action to provide a regional resort and save costs on distant trips. Leader advertisers promise strong circulation among Mills County residents.
An Omaha World Herald editorial lauds Iowa roads as improving and well graded with many dirt roads kept dragged and drained. The piece credits a statewide system and the State Highway Commission, though it urges measured limits on their power and praises the road program’s impact on travel and perception.
The next regular examination for uniform county certificates will be held at my office in Glenwead Iowa on Wednesday Thursday and Friday July 28 29 and 30 Examinations begin promptly at eight oclock Wednesday morning GEO H MASTERS County Superintendent
The Red Cross chapter covering Mills, Potta wattamie and Harrison counties launches a comprehensive survey of social and health conditions to guide future activities. Despite postwar funds, current health work needs expand as three trained nurses are already deployed. more services are sought. Miss Hyeliia Belden, longtime Federal Children's Bureau associate, leads the survey for the American Red Cross.
Graders from Phelan and Shirley Omaha contractors arrived in Corning last Friday to start grading the federal road westward toward the county line. The outfit includes 32 men, 86 head of mules, 14 dump wagons, and 2 graders, brought from Utica, Nebraska in 12 days. the crew, led by foreman James Brannock, is described as quiet and orderly. Cement work is planned to begin soon with cement gangs expected in Corning shortly.
The report notes several concrete bridge sections and culverts, with four large bridges costing about 4000 each and five others included in the total. The lump sum for bridge work reaches 70000 dollars, previously misquoted as 140000 due to item duplications. The road will drop to a six percent grade, aiming to be a premier highway in the state, aligning with commissions’ standards and Corning’s principal street grade.
During Celebration Day in Persia a large crowd gathered as power outages lasted about an hour allowing three cars to be stolen. In Council Bluffs Ferritone Chemical discussed a new laxative product Just One and aimed to attract a seven million dollar Corn Products plant, with 2500 bushels of corn daily. Prohibition raids netted stills and mash in Audubon and Pottawattamie counties. July 4 celebrations included a wine car incident and ten arrests. Red Cross added two nurses serving Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie counties. A farewell in Malvern featured a grand car ride for Mr and Mrs Barkus amid a celebratory city procession.
All county warrants of this county up to and including number 295 registered number 730 will be paid with accrued interest. Interest ceases July 31, 1920. Payments at the office of the County Treasurer.
Malvern's seventeenth annual Chautauqua began Monday afternoon in Paddock Park in a big tent after high attendance at the ticket office. White & Myers provide the talent, the Orchestral Troubadors perform, and Judge Roland W. Bagegott of Dayton speaks on juvenile court experiences.
A Saturday afternoon collision near the Jueader Office involved a Higgins delivery horse and a team on the wrong side of the street. The mare bolted from the east, struck the other wagon, and became entangled in harness. The driver leaped away and escaped injury as both wagons suffered only minor damage and moved on.
Perkins Chard of Lyons and Fannie Perkins of Malvern wed quietly on September 9 in Tekamah Nebraska at the Methodist Parsonage. The bride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gopher Perkins, has lived and worked in Malvern. The groom, an early World War I volunteer with the Signal Corps, served 21 months overseas and returned in May 1919. They plan to settle in Auburn Nebraska.
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