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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
5
At the regular meeting last Monday, the board approved purchasing 25 single seats for the seventh grade to replace current seating, awarding the contract to Minds Supply Co. The furniture committee was also directed to buy a furnace for the lower building and to recognize Mrs Young for her long service by raising her salary.
Walter I. Smith is unanimously chosen by the Ninth District Republican convention in Council Bluffs. The meeting praised Smith as a public servant in short time and endorsed Roosevelt administration policies. Delegates applauded temporary chairman John W. Foster and backed reciprocity with Cuba while reaffirming support for Smith. A sales pitch for Electric Bitters followed, claiming benefits for digestion, kidneys, liver, and nerves.
Hon Z A Church of Jefferson, recently nominated to the district bench, was unanimously elected grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Iowa. Officers named include M W White Sioux City deputy grand master, W V Tufford Clinton grand warden, R L Tilton Des Moines grand secretary, H N Smith Spencer grand treasurer, and N Jasper Shelby grand representative. The item also notes the death of Daniel H Solomon of Evensboro Ky and recalls his early western business and railroad achievements including the Omaha & St. Louis line and his later Venezuelan venture cut short by revolutions.
Mills county Board of Supervisors met in adjourned session July 14 1902 in Glenwood to review road and bridge bills. Actions included approving payments to county contractors including Green Bay Lumber Co and Robt Knight for bridge work, authorizing a road right of way payment, and appointing deputy sheriffs E S Bogart B W Bushnell with fixed salaries. The board adjourned to July 15 and reconvened to inspect the Kroon and Watkins ditches and county road damages before finalizing salaries.
Heavy rains north of town pushed the Nishnabotna River to its highest level since 1892, with the river more than a mile wide in places. All western bottom roads flooded, making crossing unsafe for days. Farmers moved stock preemptively. crop damage runs to thousands of dollars, notably N U Hobson whose bottom field corn was ruined.
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