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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1920
Page
1
Local items describe a Gospel Team meeting, visits by J wood Storr of Hastings, Otis Abgttnet in Red Oak, and several Glenwood residents on business or social trips. Obscure anecdotes include theater listings, a potential pot shot rumor, teacher travels, and civic notes on elections and editor remarks.
Rodney B. Yarbrough of the depot force and Flora Miller of Glenwood were joined in marriage at the First Presbyterian manse in Council Bluffs at 1 p m on Saturday April 3 Rev A E Vanorden officiating. The couple, accompanied by Maude Miller and Arnold Jones, plan a honeymoon to San Benito Texas and will establish a home in Glenwood.
Three licenses to wed have been issued since last Thursday. One couple requested omission, another marriage did not occur, and the third covers Elmer R. Boyce and Miss Estella Marie Benedict of Glenwood.
A dense ad section lists for sale and service items across Glenwood and nearby towns. Includes posts, a Chevrolet car, plants, hay, eggs for hatching, farm labor requests, house for sale or rent, seed corn, sorghum, and trucking services. Notable names: J. M. Anthony, Ida Fickel, Mrs. Andy Berkheimer, Ben Stille, Mrs. M. Boyer, Albert Skages, A. B. Hubbell, J. N. Severn, Wm. E. Stout. Also notices about street light service and a request to call with found auto chains.
For Sale Good wheat and corn land in Lincoln and Cheyenne counties of eastern Colorado and Deuel County Nebraska from $20 per acre up. I know this land from my experiences and observation of the past three years and can save you money. Write or call Cai Hammack Chappell Nebraska.
For sale a bargain stock of groceries and building in which business is conducted. Besides the grocery department there are six living rooms. On the premises are a well. An invitation to inspect is extended by F. Al lfrey of Hastings, Is.
Word comes from Glenwood of the death of former resident W. J. Bartholomei at his Hastings Nebraska home. He was a shoemaker in Glenwood before moving less than a year ago. Funeral services were held in Sidney Illinois. George Spencer, Mills county man, died March 31 at Rozet Wyoming with services in Gillette Wyoming. He is survived by his wife and was uncle to Mrs. Fred Fair of Glenwood, who attended the funeral. An extended obituary may follow.
The account records a sequence of spring weather culminated by a blizzard on Saturday night. Easter Sunday brought deep snow with drifts from one to three feet, slowing travel as sleighs and sleds ferried people to church and events while the sun begins melting the powdery cover and uncertainty remains about what follows.
The Times notes Mrs SH Hendrix as likely next postmistress of Silver City. Mrs C H Kruse visited with sister Mrs Julius Roenfeld of near Balfour. Charles Moore tops city ballots for mayor. A ten year marriage brings a son to Mr and Mrs Otto Mass. A combined wedding anniversary is celebrated by Mr and Mrs J G Flanagan and Mr and Mrs Z A Richardson. A farm accident injures a horse after a runaway team hitched to a disc on Leo Jurgens’ property. Grandparents Mr and Mrs A P Reeve learn of a baby girl born March 28 to Mr and Mrs Charles Reeve in New Orleans.
A Des Moines college case involving a young map and a female student led to a college inquiry. The student body and faculty split, resulting in four resignations including Dean Willard W. Bartlett and professors Leshewsky Freed Wester. Former Iowa governor Shaw, living in Washington, has issued a 300 page book Vanishing Landmarks analyzing Bolshevism and internal threats.
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