Glenwood News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Ads
Mrs. Della Dodder visited Omaha. Walter Ferguson returned from a three day Omaha trip. Palmetto Rubber Roof Paint advertised at Fackter's. Miss Esther Stranathan visited from Lincoln for two weeks. Local officials and residents travel for business and family. The Interchurch World Movement drive runs April 25 to May 2 with a large budget. A newborn son named Robert William Huebner born April 17 to John and Mrs. Huebner.
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Della Dodder
Omaha
Carter
Fackler’s
Walter Ferguson
Fackter
Kier & Son Grocery
Esther Stranathan
Lincoln
Wm. Harmon
Malvern
Glenwood
Carl Cook
Emerson
Perry Bishop
Fred Bishop
J. O. Hathaway
Interchurch World Movement
Robert Greenlee
John Huebner
South
Robert William Huebner
South Omaha
Robert William
A New Law Chiropractic Promotes Spinal Health Theory
A New Law Chiropractic proclaims a new law of mechanical corrections claiming disease stems from deficient nerve supply. It stresses spinal alignment and free nerve lines, asserting when the spine is right the whole system is right. The ad cites personal testimonials and offers free consultation with varied hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiropractic
City life struggle over economy and conveniences
The Chicago News notes a fierce mental struggle among neighbors as they push each other toward the country or city for cheaper living and better city conveniences, highlighting tensions over cost and lifestyle.
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Cileago News
Fashionable woman shuns tramp over a dollar
A stylish woman tells a loose man to stay away, declaring she would not allow his touch for a dollar. He retorts he merely planned to touch her for a nickel. The exchange captures a tense street encounter with sharp one liners.
Advertising readers and local notices from Glenwood
A dense ad page lists items for sale and services including windshields at Fackler's, three clerks wanted, ice chest sale, gloves corsets and hair switches at Noonan Emerson, raspberry plants, a nice Hastings residence, a farm job sought by Lonnie Sherfey, Mogul tractor and 8-horse engine for sale, desk and furniture, baby chicks, linseed oil, and local society notes. Also mentions Bryan primary victory, whiskey requisition for Mt Pleasant hospital, a slugging at Pacific Junction, visits by families, travel notes to Florida, and a parade of assorted sales and notices across Glenwood Hastings Pacific Junction and Emerson.
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Fuller
Fackler
Dave Phipps
Thurman
Glenwood
Fackler’s
Edwards
Dumfries
Lon VanBuskirk
Stratton
W. (. Pace
Bryan McCleary
Pacific Junction
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
San Francisco
Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Lee Gammon
Round House
Gammon
J. L. Waterman
Perry Waterman
Tacoma
Wash
Omaha
Perry
Hela
Pullman
Mr. Waterman
John Lewis
Okeechobee Lake
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Infant authorship and early works by Stevenson and Macaulay
A Youth's Companion piece notes moral courage in burning their early verses by Pope and recounts Little Tom Macaulay writing a universal history at seven and a heroic piece at eight. It highlights Robert Louis Stevenson dictating Moses at age six with illustrations, praised as a remarkable example of infant authorship.
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Mr. Trevelyan
Moses
Robert Louis Stevenson
Honor Paid Saint Michael in Michaelmas Bird Customs
Fragmentary customs tied to Michaelmas involve geese and grain offerings for luck. In England, geese are sacrificed for dinner on Michaelmas, with farmers scattering grain for birds at homesteads, a practice linked to harvest time and luck. Queen Elizabeth’s Michaelmas goose at the Armada news day is noted as a possible omen.
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England
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
Elizabeth
Michael
San Francisco
Lowden Delegates Heads to Des Moines Convention
The Tepublians of Mills County hold a Glenwood convention to select eight delegates for the state event in Des Moines on April 22. John Y. Stone chairs, W. S. Wortindh secretary, with eight nominees named. Delegates go uninstructed for president, but lean toward Governor Lowden.
Flowers that Bring Bad Luck in English Folklore
Devonshire superstition warns that daffodils brought into the home signal death and require a bunch. cowslips are restricted. hydrangeas bring trouble and snowdrops are unlucky. wildflowers deter hatchings. Planting soil from a recently baptized infant’s grave promotes large blooms. No yellow flowers may enter the house in May. Bergamot nearby invites illness. A snowdrop plant in church can ward off untrue wives.
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England
Devonshire
For Rent Farm of 270 Acres in Bran deis area
Farm rental notice seeks tenants for 270 acres mostly rough pasture with some corn land. Owner reserves house and half of apple crop. Offers invited. Contact Weaver and Giller, Bran deis Building, Omaha, or Mills County Abstract Co., Glenwood. Auto trucking long distance hauling and stock hauling also advertised by BE Stout, phone 303W.
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Weaver and Giller
Brandeis Building
Omaha
Mills County Abstract Co
Glenwood
Win
BE. Stout
Commercial Trucking Service Ad in Glenwood
J N Severn offers trucking of any kind anytime with a new 134 ton truck and livestock hauling. Austin Aubry also advertises, quoting prices right, with contact numbers 222W and 138W in Glenwood.
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J. N. Severn
Glenwood
Austin Aubry
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S. H. Peters
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Gorn Bros
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Rosecomb R. I. R
Benj. F. Stille
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A. B
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Harold Krecklow
Towa
Clenwood Tire & Vulcanizing Co
R. Ji. Cogley
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M. M. Eaton
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Hese
ST. Michael
Lyon & Lyon
Chiropractors
Glenwood, Ja
Eastman Supplies
L.S. Robinson
C. B. & Q. Watch Inspector
Mary Pickford
Daddy Long Legs
the Hoodlum
Burkies Amy
Julie M. Lippmann
Mary Pickfords
Rex Theatre
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