Court Begins Next Week at Glenwood
District court at Glenwood opens next Tuesday with Judge Thor nell on the bench. The docket lists 100 cases: 8 criminal and 92 civil, including 26 trial notices and the Doyle-Burns mining case as the term’s big fight likely to run into summer. Mrs. James Walker seeks a divorce after a brief marriage that ended with him bound to the grand jury for beating her. Mae Rhamy also seeks divorce from George Rhamy, requesting her maiden name Mae Perkins.
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District Court
Glenwood
Thornell
Doyle-Burns
Sumer
James Walker
Malvern
Emerson
Walker
Mae Rhamy
George Rhamy
Mae Perkins
Correction in Hastings mayoral vote error
A correction in the Hastings item of last Sunday's Tribune states that 8 B Hutchings received 47 votes not 1, changing his majority from 49 to 9. The Hastings contest was lively with Hutchings facing strong opposition due to enforcement of the laws.
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Hastings
Tribune
B. Hutchings
Mr. Hutchings
Trouble for a Missouri Valley bridge deal in Malvern
A flashy red car carried a bridge company agent to Malvern as County Supervisor Creech rejected a steel Wishna river bridge due to substandard main draw bars. Delays, a runaway wagon injury near Council Bluffs, and missed train connections colored a tense episode ending with the county’s refusal to accept the bridge.
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Mills County
Glenwood
Malvern
Wishna
Creech
Bridge Company
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Supervisor Creech
Nebraska to Silverton Tribune Address Change
From Subscribers Oru A Slarold of Nebraska writes to update his Tribune address from Republican City to Silverton and notes he is laid up with the mumps and looking like a lumpy jawed steer. He mentions spring drought in the area and dry conditions.
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TW. White
Kansas
Valley Center
Kechi
Smouse Chosen To Represent Mills County Camp Delegation
The Mills County Modern Woodmen of America held at Silver City selected T. L. Smouse of Glenwood as county delegate to the State Camp in Des Moines on May 16. Twelve delegates attended. Henderson and Strahan lodges were absent. Dr. G. M. Agan of Silver City was chosen as alternate. The next county camp is set for Malvern in 1911.
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Mills County
Woodmen of America
Silver City
Des Moines
Henderson
Strahan
T. L. Smouse
Glenwood
G. M. Agan
Slvler City
Malvern
Populists Nominate Watson for President at St Louis
The Populists at their national convention in St Louis last week nominated Tom Watson of Georgia for president. The Nebraska delegation threatened to bolt, and departed the hall with the Minnesota delegate after the nomination was announced.
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St. Louis
Tom Watson
Georgia
Nebraska
Minnesota
Globe Trotter Nelson Bids Friends Farewell in Glenwood
Field a Globe Trotter Nelson visited Glenwood a few days ago to bid friends goodbye as he prepares this week for his third trip to Europe. He is becoming quite a globe trotter.
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Nelson
Field
Glenwood
Europe
Court House Expansion Plans Authorized by County Board
The County Board in Glenwood ordered bids for a new north wing to the court house. The 40 by 16 foot two story addition includes steel and concrete vaults and would cost about 3500 dollars. If built, clerical offices would shift, freeing vault space and possibly relocating the surveyor and court use rooms.
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Court House
County Board
Glenwood
Death of Miss Harriet Paul Funeral Today
Miss Harriet Paul youngest daughter of A. Paul of Mendelson died at her home on Saturday afternoon of typhoid fever after a three week illness begun in Lincoln Nebraska. About 25 years old she was born in Henderson and remembered as a devout Methodist and active Christian worker. Surviving are a father one step mother two sisters and two brothers. Funeral at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev Davis officiating.
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Harriet Paul
Henderson
Methodist Church
Davis
Samuel Shutterly
Mills County
Shenandoah
Malvern
Pennsylvania
Chas. Baxter
Hastings
Iowa
Kill em Quick Mite and Lice Killer Sold Locally
An advertisement proclaims Kill Em Quick Mite and Lice Killer guarantees to beat any mite and lice medicine in the county by a test. Order by phone or mail and receive it at the house. Sold by John Stout of Glenwood, Iowa.
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John Stout
Glenwood
Lowu
For Sala Six Town Lots and House for Sale
County news note directs inquiries to J F Dike of Hillsdale about a sale of Sala Six town lots with a house and stable and a good water well, as featured in the Tribune.
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J. F. Dike
Hillsdale
the Tribune
Depot incident ends with Glenwood inmate taken into custody
Sheriff Linville and Deputy Dalton rushed to Balfour after a call about a crazy man at the depot. Rally Walker, a Glenwood Institution resident, sat on the operator’s table but offered no resistance and was returned to Glenwood to resume dairy work. He is 26, weighed about 175, and hoped to celebrate his birthday by taking a day off.
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Linville
Dalton
Balfour
Rally Walker
Glenwood Institution
Glenwood
Rally
Ife
Balfour Depot
Jim Hill
Wabash Reopens Strahan Freight Handling
Strahan lost its station as Wabash Railway closed the facility weeks ago forcing freight to be handled at Malvern or Imogene. Freight business there, including 31 grain cars shipped in March, prompted state railway commissioners to require the agent’s return to Strahan and ongoing freight movement from the town.
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Wabash Railroad
Strahan
Malvern
Imogene
Smallpox Case Quarantined Near Emerson
A smallpox case has developed at Fred McLaughlin's home on the M. L. Evans ranch five miles northwest of Emerson. His sister from Southern Kansas visited two weeks ago and fell ill last Friday. Dr. Merritt of Emerson pronounced smallpox and ordered quarantine. The lady is reported very sick. McLaughlin's wife and two children are exposed and the family will remain isolated for some time.
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Fred McLaughlin
M. L. ‘Evans
Emerson
Kansas
Merritt
Cash for Contestants in Mills County Tator Event
Four Mills county youths who won at the Tator contest two weeks ago received checks totaling 116.08 dollars after expenses. First prize winners Percy Rist Glenwood Veda Moore Silver City and Warden Rimel Malvern each got 31.67. Hazel Fleming Glenwood won a second prize for 21.07, a bit more than last year’s contestants.
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Bright Mills County
Ihem
Percy Rist
Glenwood
Veda Moore
Silver City
Warden Rimel
Malvern
Hazel Fleming
Doane Will Set Aside by Sidney Judge
Last week Judge Thornell ordered that the will of Fred A. Doane be set aside and a statutory distribution of the $375,000 estate made. Doane, a wealthy farmer east of Sidney in Vermont County, had sought to cut his children out in favor of grandchildren. After the widow receives her third, each child will receive about $3,000.
Moore County Superintendent Becomes Grandfather
It is reported that Superintendent Moore is now a grandfather for the first time after the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. BR Purcell of Pacific Junction. The infant is frail and doctors fear she may not survive.
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Moore
BR. A. Purcell
Pacific Junction
Democratic Candidates Named in County Central Meeting
A Glenwood gathering of the County Democratic central committee discussed candidates for county offices and a state senator, naming H. H. Huffaker for Representative. Current sheriffs, treasurers, clerks, and attorneys seek renomination, with others urged to petition for roles like auditor, recorder, superintendent, coroner, and supervisors. Primary date is June 2, petitions due 30–40 days prior. County convention set for June 20 to fill vacancies and appoint delegates.
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Democratic Central Committee
Glenwood
Montgomery County
H. H. Huffaker
Silver City
Linville
Fickel
Davis
Starbuck
D. M. Whitfield
John Taylor
Rawles
John Crook
Pacific Junction
George Masters
J. 3. Brandt
West Oak
Henry Maxwell
Henderson
James Greig
Hastings
W. Creech
Lake Yields Up Body Mystery of Mrs. Borchers
The Chicago police recovered the body of Mrs. Borchers, a former Hamburg resident, from Lake Michigan about a week ago. Her daughter, Mrs. G W Lyon of Glenwood, was summoned after learning of the disappearance in February and her mother’s death remains unexplained though suspected to involve mental distress.
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Tribune
G. W. Lyon
Glenwood
Chicago
Shenandoah Man Sentenced for Obscene Letter
John Baldwin, 22, of Shenandoah, was found guilty of sending an obscene letter through the post. In federal court at Ottumwa, Judge McPherson sentenced him to two years in the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary for the offense directed to a Shenandoah young woman.
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John Baldwin
Shenandoah
Ottumwa
McPherson
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Shenandoph
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Burlington
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Nishna Valley
Tastings
J. Wearin
Olive Wearin
Coloma J. Hyde
Nishna
Gering & Gerng
Gering
Green
Fess
Edward Branter
Gil- Wyand & Logan
Mat Gering
Plattsmouth
Glenwood Law Firm
Gilliland & Logan
Amanda A. Barnes
Seriff Linville
Wm. &. Barnes
C. B. Christy
J. W. Barnes
Hymen
Queen Mills
Tennyson
Bert W. Crewdson
Lulu Unne Lutz
Lorenz Lutz
J.C. Harris
The
Christian Church
Charles Crewdson
Jennie Haynie
Harriet Schofield
Lohengrin
Harris
M. M. Crewdson
Morgan & Co. Grocery
Lutz
Crewadson
Lincoln
Neb
Out of Glenwood
Wm. D. Lutz
Helena
Ada Timmons
Rockport
Isaac Wilson
N. M. Chambers
Hubert
A. Q. Frizzell
William
Leslie Richardson
Jennie
Pearl
Ethel Haynie
W. S. Morgan
Robert and
Carl
Rolly Skeered
Doane
Grandpa Moore
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