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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
The Glenwood Malvern and Tabor teams each secured two wins in the tournament ending with Glenwood and Malvern tied for first and the purse split. Umpiring disputes sparked controversy, with Sidney criticizing Tabor umpires and a postgame brawl involving Juke Hall.
A second hail storm hit southwest of Glenwood Tuesday around 5 PM, spanning about five miles east from the Missouri river. It did little damage where crops had already been ruined by a prior storm, though John Mulvihill said his corn suffered more this time as leaves were stripped. The hail lay a few inches deep on the ground.
The two cent fare rate extends yesterday to Nebraska within the inter state schedules. Through tickets now cover Denver, Colorado and South Dakota with a two cent rate to Nebraska, after which the previous fare applies. The new Denver fare from Glewood is 12.80 dollars, down from 17.15.
A horse valued at 200 was reported stolen Monday night from A. %. Lewis's pasture four miles southwest of Pacific Junction. A 30 reward was offered. informants were asked to contact Sheriff Linville at Glenwood. The 1300 pound, 9 year old hay horse with white mane and tail was later found dead on a Missouri river sand bar three miles south of the Lewis farm, likely drowned after drifting toward the river bank.
Rally Hall recalls a Arizona rabbit drive near Peoria with 300 laborers and ranchers, two miles of Page wire fences, and a slaughter pen. The crowd stampeded rabbits into the pen, producing a tally of over 7 000 killed and a five‑cent bounty per pair of ears posted by Maricopa county officials.
James Crawford an inmate at Clarinda asylum died Wednesday afternoon of heart trouble at age about 9. The body will be moved to Glenwood for burial with funeral at 2 40 this afternoon at his home near the institution. He was born in Holt county Missouri and moved to Mills county 17 years ago. He lived ten years on a small farm north of Glenwood. Survived by a wife and one daughter. One brother in Missouri, three sisters and four brothers in Nebraska with a sister in South Dakota.
A wedding took place yesterday at the Methodist parsonage in Glenwood as Rev. GM Ward united Ross Atkinson, a young farmer from near Randolph, with Miss Bessie M Cozad of Malvern daughter of John Cozad. The couple were accompanied locally to the ceremony.
Desperate gunman murdered Policeman George W. Wilson and wounded Officer W. M. Richardson during an attempted arrest in Council Bluffs and vicinity. Richardson's condition improved as police hunted the suspect who fled north and east. Bloodhounds hampered by rain. Mills County units and Pacific Junction Constable John Farrel pursued leads across Mills Station and Glenwood. Conductor Dave Fisher reported a man matching the description arrested on Burlington train at Ottumwa. accomplice and lame condition linked to a supposed running sore.
A. E. Barnett on his southwest Glenwood farm saved about ten tons of timothy and clover hay after a severe hail storm that ruined most crops. The patch of wheat was threshed, yielding little, and many fields in the area reported similar damage. the storm extended about a mile wide from the Deacon farm north to the Waubonsie hills near the county line.
A four-week-old pig with an extra left front leg, about three inches long, stands at Glemwood home of Iles Peck. The five-legged pig belongs to a thriving six-member family, two siblings lost in a hail storm, and the unusual limb is seen as a likely permanent feature.
The Waubonsie church will not hold preaching services this Sunday due to the Sunday school convention at Barr Oak. A special meeting of elders and members is set for Tuesday night next week August 6 to elect a delegate to the lay conference in Council Bluffs on September 13 and to conduct other important church business. A full attendance is requested.
The Minner barber shop is the proper place to go for a good clean shave, buy cut or bath. Try it and you will go again and keep on going.
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