Housing and sports era reflections in Malvern Observer
Editorial notes housing conditions in Mills County with up to 20 percent of homes failing decency norms and need for better shelter. It contrasts social issues with football mania, gambling, and growing European tensions as readers consider civic improvement and cautious foreign policy. The piece urges action on housing, finance, and community betterment.
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Malvern Leader
Mills County
F. A. Wortman
Board of Supervisors
Garden Gate offers humorous cook book project and seasonal notes
The Malvern Garden Club presents Throw the Garden Gate edited by The Leader. A lighthearted account of printing a Methodist Circle cook book, followed by garden tips, seasonal poems, November gardening reminders, a field trip to Glenwood, and turkey production notes from Iowa with names of local residents and vehicles listed.
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Finsign
The
Malvern Garden Club
Glenwood
ATL
Dragoons Passed Southwest Iowa on 1844 Expedition
The detachment from Fort Leavenworth, led by Major Clifton Wharton, crossed the Missouri into Iowa during a high profile 1844 mission to calm Indian tensions, urge peaceful relations, and showcase U S power. Officers included Philip Kearny, with councils held at Pawnee and Otoe villages before crossing into Missouri.
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Peter Jacobs
Dragoons
Iowa
United States
Cavalry
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Platte River
Loup River
Bell-Vue
Missouri
Regiment of Dragoons
Clifton Wharton
Philip Kearney
Chantilly
Leander Ker
Fort Leavenworth
Charles Dear
St. Louis
Ard Milletary Department
Wharton
Grand Island
Grand Pawnee
Loup Fork
Loup Pawnee
Belle Vue
John C. Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Peter Sarpy
Pottawattamies
Poweas
Lieut. Fremont
Major Wharton
Tri
Dians
Mosquito Creek
Tve
Wah-bamn
Missouri River
Iowa Creek
Council Bluffs
Snte
High Bridge Creek
Rock Creek
Kenpas
Malvern Student Cast in Drake Play The Ghost of Yankee Doodle
Phibvius Wilson cast in Drake University's production The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard to run December 7 to 9 in Drake auditorium under James Fidertick. Wilson, Malvern High School 1935 graduate, studies speech at Drake and participates in Kappa Alpha Theta Zeta Phi Eta and women's glee club.
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Phylla Wilson
College of Fine Arts At
Lake University
Carl Wilson
Malvern
Althiversity
Sidney Howard
Drake Auditorium
James J. Fidertick
Drake
Miss Wilson
Christian College
Columbia
Pevera Drake
Kappa Alpha ‘Theta
Zeta Phi Eta
Women's Glee Club
America
Real Estate Transfers Record in Mills County Iowa
Record of instruments filed from November 8 1989 to November 17 1939 in Mills County Iowa lists transfers including W Kuhl to Blanche Kuhl for land in 4672 into Lota 310 371 Emerson and accretions with 47 08 dollars, Carl Morgan to J W Mickelwalt for Gut Lot 1 Glenwood, and J W Mickelwalt to Joy C Mickelwalt et al for V C.
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Recorder
District Court
Mills County
Iowa
W. Kuhl
Blanche Kuhl
Milla Co
Marshall Mart
Emerson
Carl Morgan
J. W. Mickelwalt
Vc. TH
Gut
Glenwaad
Joy C
Mickelwalt
Local 1680 Pastor Honored At Methodist Gathering
The Leader reports Rev Ward received a warm blessing from Methodist members on Tuesday evening marking his new pastorate. A separate note mentions provisions and valuables gathered, while Wainright and Knight captured a white owl destined for a taxidermist in Omaha. Weather forewarning hints at substantial snow before spring.
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Ward
Wainright
Bob Knight
Omaha
Iowa
Thos. W. Gidlyy
Ad Gulch
Tows
Nlew
Them & Ules
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