29 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
1
Clarence Carter is home on furlough as Liberty Bond Day nears. Residents share family visits, travel to California and Nebraska, and community happenings at Glenwood and Center township. A parade, farm talks, and school changes mark the week amid war era reflections.
For Sale listings include rooms for light housekeeping in Glenwood Iowa contact 97. other ads offer a nearly new shovel plow. Aermotor wind mill from D Haines Silver City. thoroughbred White Wyandottes 5 cents each. farm work position sought by Ferdinand Schoening. 1916 seed corn $4 per bushel by Henry Timmermann. Rhode Island Red eggs 75 cents per setting of 15 by Mrs T J McGarry. Rex Hog Feeder and Waterer by R H Noah. Dempster mills inquiry. piano class starting May 13 organized by Olive Gass. sales position with Townadvertising Company in Council Bluffs Iowa.
A London Tit-Bits note reports that most animals swim naturally with rhinoceros and hippopotamus noted as excellent divers and the Indian elephant crossing rivers with heavy loads. Elk and reindeer are strong swimmers with different head positions, while polar bears swim half their time. A squirrel in a lake incident showed remarkable swimming ability, swimming rapidly once released from captivity.
The writer argues poetry risks vanishing from print and language if isolated by misunderstanding. He cites Babel as danger and insists poetry intertwines with present action, emotion, and conviction beyond past experience, urging prose to carry its power.
A New York photographer along the riverfront tries to pose a grouchy seaman for a lasting record. The sailor delays, saying he will return later in the week when he has no chaw of tobacco left to chew. The anecdote contrasts American thrift with a sailor’s simple habit.
A writer claims that numerous similarities between Japan and the Malayan archipelago prove a Malay origin for the Japanese. The comparison spans helmets, police weapons, night fishing by torchlight, and cultural practices such as cock fighting and insect keeping.
H 8 Griffis shows a slight improvement after two weeks of illness. Malvern visitors Mulholland Worth and Worth of Glenwood discuss Silver Creek Ditch matters. Glenwood Mire Department meeting postponed to next Monday at 8 at the fire station. Deer Creek township resident W E Rice visited Glenwood for seed corn. Local residents attended a Maude Powell recital in Omaha. W S Dean of Glenwood and nurse Mrs E K Bailer arrested in Omaha on white slavery charges, with Bailor claiming Doan broke his home. Doan is 65, Bailer's age 36.
Miss Deerwester was hostess last Thursday at the Deerwester home for the J. M. C. club gathering. All but three members attended sharing past incidents, future plans, music, and light refreshments before departing with thanks to Miss Deerwester.
The docket lists 196 cases with 20 slated for trial and 14 divorces. Forty two new filings since last term. Eight state cases. two defendants are not in the county. Seventy named women appear in docketed suits. Fifteen attorneys at bar from twelve firms. Fifteen suits charged on unpaid notes. Judge Cullison will preside as the term convenes.
Five appeal cases against The City of Glenwood relate to paying assessments. Sealed bids for two concrete plazas for bridge No. 882C in White Cloud Township Mills County must be received by 1 to cloak p m May 9 1918 at the County Auditor's office. Deposit 6 percent bid bond required. Plans available from County Auditor or County Engineer. Board of Supervisors may reject any bids. R B Humphrey County Auditor.
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