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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
2
Local residents and visitors fill Malvern and surrounding towns with travel, family visits, and small business. Mrs. Starr, Miss Engleke, and Miss Mulholland highlight a sequence of guests. families travel to Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Minnesota. farm talk includes hedge pulling and property moves. Rev. Ripley and Shutt relocate briefly as visits unfold across Iowa and Nebraska.
Regular preaching services next Sabbath at usual hours. Sunday school starts at 10:00. All welcome. Miss Black will finish the S. 53. lesson and report on the state convention, followed by Miss Jessie Worlman reporting the convention. All interested in SS work should attend.
The Pad dock's Park ice cream social last Saturday netted 79.68 dollars and 192.02 dollars from subscriptions, totaling 271.10 dollars. The money will support park care and beautification. Committee thanks the public and plans further solicitations.
A. L. Feis, manager of The Iowa Service Company, narrowly escaped death while trimming a limb over a power line. The limb touched the line and a flash struck him. Doctors pronounced him dead for just over two hours, then he revived and is convalescing with minor burns. This was a close call.
In Malvern Thursday evening the Central District of Mills County elected officers for district service. H R Landis became President Frances Cadwell was named Secretary and Treasurer Mrs W E H Kerns oversees Children's Division Supt Mrs A J Berkheimer leads Young People Supt Mrs Charles Gipe heads Adult and Home Dept Supt and Mrs R Warren is Administrative Supt. Seven of nine district Sunday Schools were represented and a district convention is planned.
The heaviest rain of the season drenched Mills County early Monday, with estimates of three to four inches falling over three to four hours. Silver Creek drainage carried water well, but Little Creek caused major flooding along south Main Street near the bridge to the fair grounds. The Nishna River stayed largely within banks, though it overflowed at White Cloud. Minor hail occurred north of town with little damage.
The Epworth Leagues of Shenandoah Malvern Council Bluffs Thurman Coin and Blanchard met at Glenwood Lake Park for a community picnic. An institute plan was discussed and likely to be held on lake grounds in Glenwood with Malvern attendees named. Two Malvern couples faced a wild return from Red Oak, with a wrecked car and a delayed rescue as storms and telephones failed, delaying help until later afternoon.
After a spirited chase and several suspenseful events, the group finally returned to Malvern late Monday afternoon. The sequence of excitement included detours and unexpected delays before the final arrival at their destination.
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce reports safer streets as auto theft recovery improves. Supt of Police figures for the first six months of 1920 show 271 cars stolen and 238 recovered, with 33 not recovered. Months list shows January 39 stolen 7 not recovered, February 38 10, March 48 45, April 50 8, May 56 4, June 40 1.
An advertisement touts Delicia Ice Cream as the peer of all ice creams, credited to N. Jacobs at 45wi2. The brief promo invites readers to try the product.
Ditch Warrants called Glenwood storm sewer warrants No A608 AGO AGLS. R B H Lewis County Treasurer. For six months of year 1918 1919 1920 figures shown with numbers 866 239 867 298 69 271 238 33.
All county road warrants of this county outstanding from No 3114 to 3711 and registered numbers 642 to 1224 will be paid with accrued interest at the office of the County Treasurer. Interest to cease July 31, 1920. R. H. Lewis.
Lost items include Iowa auto number 226949 with return sought at Leader office or G B Laughlin 49 23. Lost Shaffer silver pencil found by G C Hine Jannat ALA Le 0. A set of six keys on an ring found Saturday night. A long blue and white bar pin found on downtown streets near Boyer's Cash Grocery.
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