Mills County Crime Record 1921 Convictions and Costs
The Mills County clerk reports 26 persons convicted of crimes and misdemeanors in the year ending June 30 1921. Among them eight laborers, two tramps, three with no occupation, two farmers, a horse trader, two gamblers, two army men, one transient. Sentences ranged from $100 fines to 26 years in state prison. ten men to state prison, eight to jail, two received 25 year prison terms for incest, army deserters got 10 years, one man paroled. Total fines $1200. County costs for conviction and punishment totaled $409379 with no acquittals that year. The clerk notes this is the largest list he has reported.
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Board of Control
Rand
Twilight league limits on substitutes announced
Twilight leagues rule bans more than two substitutes per game. teams with seven or more members present must play or forfeit. Weekly schedule lists Ready to Wear, Post Office, Court House, Farmers, Prune Slingers, Blue Skyers, and Institutions Diamond as participants with matchups and a postponed game.
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Prune Slingers
Court House
Post Office
Ready To Wear
American—Mechanics
Farmers
Legion
Blua
Death of KH Oppenheimer S to Shenandoah Pioneer
Mrs. Millard Wyant of Rawles township returned from Shenandoah after the illness and death of her father KH Oppenheimer. He died of pneumonia at 74, three days short of 75, after a life as a southwest Iowa pioneer from Prairie City, who moved to Shenandoah seven years ago. He leaves five children and several siblings. Funeral services were held from the local church.
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Millard Wyant
Rawles Township
Shenandoah
KH Oppenheimer
Mr. Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Southwest Town
Iremont County
Prairie City
Double Bereavement In Singleton Cemetery
The home July 22 and burial by his wife in Singleton cemetery. Many friends of Mrs. Wyant in our county extend heartfelt condolences in this double bereavement.
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Singleton
Charlie Chaplin at Rex Theatre in The Vagabond
Charlie Chaplin, the supreme comedian, appears at Rex Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday in The Vagabond a return engagement for Glenwood. Also shown is Antonio Moreno in The Three Sevens a five reel prison life drama with universal appeal. Don’t miss this big program.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sereen
Rex Theatre
Glenwood
Chaplin
Antonio Moreno
Universal
Accident Injures Arch Parr at School Plant
A letter from Mrs. Parr reports Archer Parr, chief engineer at a Kansas state school, had a serious arm accident. His arm was crushed in machinery, eight bones were removed, and doctors at Wildcrest hospital in Kansas City are treating him with cautious optimism. The superintendent and Dr. Jones accompanied him.
Malvern Defeats Glenwood in Weekend Baseball Game
Malvern defeated Glenwood 10 to 4 on Sunday afternoon as Ralph Zanders hit a grand slam in the first inning. Shiley pitched for Glenwood, striking out 12 while allowing several walks, and McCord pitched for Malvern.
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Glenwood
Malvern
Ralph Zanders
Shiley
McCord
Local marriages amid Nebraska law shift and town notes
Liggett and Evans unite in Silver City on July 30 with Rev. Spiller officiating. Knight and Hurst wed in Plattsmouth as Nebraska raises consent age to 21. Royte ties with a Glenwood man in a noted local posting. Cass and Hattie Boyle wed near Fleming with plans to live on a farm, tribune congratulates all involved.
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Liggett-Evans
Herman L. Liggett
Misa Wintifred
Irene Evans
Avery, In
Silver City
Edwin N. Spiller
Coss-Royte
Glanwood Birks
Nobraghan
Miss Royte
Nebraska
Lyrar
the Tribune
Joln Cass
Hattie Boyle
Ernest Royle
Fleming
R. Is. Bird
Cass
Bert Agot
Iowa
Mr. Acott
Will Burres Recovers After July 24 Operation
Will Burres is making good progress after his operation on July 24 at the Edmundson Hospital. It was a serious hernia case. Mrs. Burres has stayed by his side most of the time.
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Will Burres
the Edmundson Hospital
Bernia
Burres
D. of H. Lodge Meeting Tuesday Evening
The D. of H. lodge will hold a regular session on Tuesday evening August 2. Important business requires full attendance.
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D. of H. Lodge
Sudden Death On Ball Ground At Glenwood Park
Clivia Epperson, 23, died while playing shortstop in a Sunday morning practice game at Glenwood Park. He had a heart condition for three years, improved under Dr. Hester’s care, and collapsed after throwing to second. No inquest. body moved to Myers undertaking and funeral planned at L D B church at 3 pm.
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Clivia Epperson
L. D
Glenwoot
Hester
Olivia
Myers
Lamsons Visit Glenwood Friends on Westward Trip
Colorado couple Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lamson of Lamar visited old friends in Glenwood last week. Lamson, former Glenwood schools superintendent in the late 1880s, was warmly welcomed by about a half dozen locals at the T. Q. Records home where they spent the evening. The Tribune editor and Lamson were fellow county teachers.
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W. G. Lamson
Lamar
Colo
Lamson
Glenwood
Hag enbeck-Wallace Circus Heads to Council Bluffs
The Hag enbeck-Wallace circus arrives in Council Bluffs on Monday August 8 with new acts and trained animals. A free street parade runs for over a mile at 10 am, tickets sold at Clark's drug store, doors open one hour before shows at 2 pm matinee and 8 pm night show.
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Council Bluffs
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Harapa
Clark's Drug Store
Plains states face greatest farming risks for corn wheat oats
The USDA reports show the Texas to North Dakota plains experience the highest average deviations from expected yields in corn, wheat, and oats. Despite vast output, weather, insects, and disease create persistent risk, with risk concentrated as analysis narrows to county and farm level.
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Plains States
Texas
North Dakota
Bureau of Crop Istitiutes
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Sow Sale I. 7. Swain & Sons Announcement
Swain & Sons hold a public sale of bread sows on Thursday, August 4, 1921 at 1 p m in Williams' sale pavilion at Malvern. The finest offerings of sows in the county this year.
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Swain & Sons
Wiliams
Malvern
E L Institute votes to hold next Glenwood session
Attendants vote without dissent to hold the E L Institute in Glenwood next year. More tents are engaged than this year as Shenandoah led attendances with seventeen present. A total enrollment reached 227 with 161 girls and 39 boys, and 27 ministers among the participants.
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Glenwood
Council Bluffs &. L
League
Shenandoah
Agan
Dan City
Coin
Northboro
Climax
Farragut
Hamburg
Riverton
Madison
Thurman
Pacific Junction
Macedonia
Malvern
Siiver City
Emerson
Handolph
Tabor
Hillsdale
Council Muffs
Dow City
Denigan
Logan
Woodbine
Manilla
Missouri Valley
Dunlap
Strahan
Omaha
Opinion on Climax consolidated school district dispute
The Emerson Chronicle reports a petition by a majority of Climax district voters seeking dissolution. It faults county boards and superintendents for resisting local will, argues consolidation wastes money, and notes growing statewide sentiment against the current system. A lone obstruction by one woman is cited as blocking the majority’s wishes.
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Cole
C. Cole
Boards of Education
Climax Consolidated School
Efe
Emerson Chronicle
Climax Consolidated
Montgomery
Mills
Page
Red Oak
Lathor
Educaation
Board of Education
Farms Open to WWI Veterans in Wyoming Openings
September 9 marks the opening of 222 North Platte Irrigation Project farms in Wyoming for World War veterans with a 60 day filing period. A week later, September 16, 57 Shoshone Project farms open, totaling about 19 000 acres. Details and application ways are available from the Project Manager in Mitchell Nebraska for North Platte and Powell Wyoming for Shoshone, or the U S Reclamation Service in Washington.
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North Platte
Wyoming
U. 3S
N. S
Mitchell
Neb
North Platte Project
Powell
Wyo
U. G. Reclamation Service
Washington, D. GO
Cost of Raising Corn by Various Growers
A data table summarizes planting and cultivating costs for 70 to 40 acre plots by Albert Pollitt Harold Wilson Floyd V Purcell and Wimo Davis. It lists man hours horse hours equipment hours seed costs and totals with per acre costs ranging from about 7.76 to 10.04 dollars.
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Albert Pollitt
Ife
Nlarold Wilson
Floyd V Purcell
Wimo Davis
Omaha Eighth City Reports Living Cost Drops
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce publicizes a city report showing Omaha among five western cities with a 1 to 6 percent decrease in living costs since 1913. Omaha claims leadership in butter and pig lead production and ranks high in corn and livestock markets, noting only one weak period in five years.
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Ifn
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Ciites
Kansas
Iby
St. Paul
Aeago
Los Angeles
Seattle
Omaha
Wedding Trip Anniversary Recalls 1877 Smith County Marriage
In summer 1877 a prairie schooner carried J M Anthony and Amelia A Schade to Smith County Kansas for their wedding on August 1 1877. The couple later returned to Mills County with six children. A gathering of 56 guests on Locust Street in Brooks Iowa recalled the event as they near their 60th anniversary in 1927. Notables include four generations of the Baker family and Bernard Baker. The Anthony family faced illness this year but celebrated with friends and kin.
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Mills County
Smith County
Kan
S. D
J. M. Anthony
Amelia A. Schade
Georgette Crepe
J. M. Wyant
Glenwood
Locust Street
Louis Baker
Gary Baker
Glenn Baker
Bernard Baker
Brooks
Anthony
Sandstorm Reunion Plans Sit At Ak-Sar-Ben Festival
The 84th Sandstorm reunion, former National Guard units from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota trained at Camp Cody New Mexico, will meet during Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha September 19 20 21. Fort Omaha will be reunion HQ with free billeting. Ak-Sar-Ben to stage parades shows races and athletic events. veterans eligible for reduced rail rates and entertainment. officials including Colonel John F Malony General John A Johnston and General George J Harris expected to attend.
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Dlylelén
Iowa
Min Novata
Nebraska
South Dakota
Camp Cody
New Mexico
Omaha
Fort Onimbha
Omaha City
Lmits
Ak-Sar-Ben
John F. Malony
34Th Veterans
Atresto
John A. Johnston
George [J. Harris
Wnits
Neb
Hillsdale Church Fm Schedules Meetings This Week
The W F M S of Hillsdale church will meet Thursday afternoon August 4 at 2 p.m with Mrs Will VanOrsdel. The King's Heralds will meet Friday afternoon at 2 p.m August 6 with Mrs Jeonia Reasoner.
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Hillsdale
Will VanOrsdel
King’s Heralds
Jeonia Reasoner
Postponed Meeting Of Milla County Health Association Cited
The Milla County Public Health Association meeting scheduled for August 2 at Pacific Junction is postponed to later in August. A new meeting time will be announced.
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Milla County
Pacific Junction
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Parr
Colorado
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