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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
1
The Trainvser office is temporarily without a newspaper press and prints this week with courtesy of brother publishers on a power press in the Opinion office. The former press was shipped away for a newer model, delaying delivery and causing irregular issues. The change aims to meet growing needs and improve promptness and quality.
Glenwood community marks Appomattox Day next Monday with a dinner at Jeffrey Hall. G. E. Desa and eight others deliver afternoon addresses. a musical and literary program follows in the evening.
The American Bonding and Sate Trust Company of Baltimore forms a Glenwood board with Q. Records as president C. H. Otis secretary J. F. Hanson £ Robinson C. P. Hale and Theo W Ivory as directors. Officers hold power of attorney to issue surety bonds on application to the secretary. Court bonds and other bonds are issued promptly at the lowest rates. Do not ask friends to act as bondsmen. a nominal fee avoids obligations to neighbors.
Triuny county map for Mille County ready for presses with limited 750 copies. Subscribers who order before May 1 pay 90 cents. after May 1 price rises to cover higher production costs. Maps unlikely to be produced again once plates are reset for new county lines.
Obituary notes report Anna Gauss died in Shenandoah at 70. Charles Landon, Essex druggist and longtime resident, died recently. his widow inherits most, with 80 acres and a thousand dollars to a Stanton home. Other notices record Mrs. J A Johnson of Clarinda dying at 41 from typhoid fever, Mrs. D L Bell of Lyons Township dies at 50 from dysentery, linked to caring for her quarantined son, and Alexander Laitch of Sidney dying at 76. he helped found Sidney’s post office and joined a wagon train to Salt Lake City in 1861.
A complex case ties a jailed suspect, A M Wilson, to a December Atwood bank safe burglary. Detectives traced funds to Wilson after a tax day theft, recovered a crowbar and prying bits, and found an emigrant wagon hidden under hay. Election returns tabs multiple city races across Des Moines to Shenandoah with parties split and a strong local flavor.
A parade of names fills the Glenwood item as H W Seeger visits near Hillian, W F Sebade calls from Center township, Mrs. Moyer arrives from Council Bluffs, and many others drop by the county seat for business, visits, or news. Mentions include teachers Anon Ivory and Blanche Blackwell, Postmaster L H Stroud, J M Midler, and local farmers like Jurgens and Walling.
A fragmentary record describes a wagon and hay piled sheltering a sleeping area, with a Woll panel replacing a segment. It notes Wilson offering limited defense and that the trial result remains undetermined.
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