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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary timetable shows arrival and departure times for Tabor and Northern routes with morning and evening listings. Readable items include 7.06am 4.20pm and 6.00pm as well as 12.08am and 12:30am type echoes, indicating a transit schedule page.
Advertises ten percent cash and ten yearly payments for land in Colorado with strong irrigation, reservoirs, sugar factories, railroads, markets, and climate. Mentions August 4 excursion, low rail rate, and invites inquiry. Also lists three farm sale notices near county seats with details on acreage, improvements, water, and price per acre, urging quick sale by September 15 1907.
Birth announced for a son July 28 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Hardy. Various local notices include Myrtle Rice visiting friends, families moving, and relatives visiting from Boston. Shipping update notes T N Bell Bros transporting cattle and hogs. WINKLER, Reno, and Yowalof listed as rail figures.
West Oak reports widespread storm damage with crops wiped out or ruined on multiple farms. Owners like Wringer, Evernham, and Hodges face total losses while renters face eviction or relocation. Residents relocate, repair homes, and some visit relatives as recovery begins amid continued unsettled conditions.
Dan Kelley visited from Creston on Tuesday. Mrs O Burgess visiting her parents in McCook Nebraska. Harnest Delashmutt saw ball games in Tabor on Wednesday. Miss Freda Dorf returned from Osceola. Cement walks laid in front of Jones Waite livery barn and Odd Fellow building. A lawn social at Wm O’Neil’s for Catholic Church funds. Mrs LM Shearer of Omaha ill at daughter Claude Anderson’s. Stomach trouble noted. The ball team goes to Malvern for the fair tournament next week, playing Wednesday Thursday Friday. Cartier McLaughlin flagged on Taafe Haynie farm south of town. ride track ice cream story told. Express agent John Croat reported a young brown bear in transit to N Reed at Hamburg from Winnipeg. Hitler J R Epperson and family from Des Moines visiting, minister in Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to speak at Wright school house Sunday Aug 4 at 11 A M.
In Milla county probate and district court matters including estate settlements, Friends of the Tribunal are urged to designate their preference for publication to their attorneys or the responsible officer so notices may appear in the Tribu ne.
Elspeth and Hindon debate storytelling as Jack Delany arrives, stirring romantic intrigue. Hindon pretends to block Jack at the steep steps while recalling Thermopylae, and Elspeth teases with a dare to tell the tale. The scene blends love, obstacles, and wit among peers.
Elspeth and Jack improvise a story while preparing a scene high in a broad oak. Jack climbs to a platform, then a rotted branch breaks, sending Delany hurt and Elspeth to tend him, while Teindon and Wispeth react with remorse and relief as the peril ends.
A Metropolitan Magazine feature explains the whaling gun setup aboard a vessel. The harpoon gun sits forward and uses a powder charge to fire a heavy harpoon with a exploding bomb. Barbed, the harpoon often requires blacksmith repairs after each shot. A hemp line of great length connects the weapon to the ship, with two lines ranging up to 1,800 feet.
In the early 1800s London audiences sought Shakespeare in disguised titles to evade a royal patent law. Othello was billed as Is He Jealous, Macbeth as Murder Will Out, The Merchant of Venice as Diamond Cut Diamond, Romeo and Juliet as How to Die For Love, and Hamlet as Methinks I See My Father in the Scrap Book narrative.
A fragment from Chicago Record Herald shows a speaker insisting TJ remains “first rate” and can keep oxy scaré, while another remarks that Straly would think him tired. The incomplete passage hints at a dialogue about capability and endurance.
Lincolnville reports corn plowing still progressing slowly as ground remains saturated after a recent storm. Mrs Lafayette Lincoln visits with her parents on Pony Creek while her mother recovers. Rober Stewart has carpenters at his home repairing a barn torn up by the storm. Local farmers, recently visited by flood, study how to proceed amid wet soil. Lincoln Sunday school organ committee bought a Mason & Tamlin organ on July 22 at Council Bluffs, received Saturday, used last Sunday. A youth party led by Mrs 18 W Goodrich of West Oak fished nearby Tuesday, returning home after rain. The district Sunday school grows in attendance. last Sunday saw 88 enrolled, with hopes for a larger turnout next week. Everyone invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Lee McCoy welcomed a son on July 24. Mrs Laura Dunnegan remains seriously ill at her parents’ home, Mr and Mrs W G Moore. Mr and Mrs Ed Swartz of Beemer, Web., visit Mr and Mrs W C Swarts. Rev R B R Moser returned Monday from Seattle and western travels. General Stone and Congressman Smith will speak at the upcoming reunion here. C W Hammers installed a new lighting piano at his hardware store. Work on C A Moore’s store building and C H Kruse’s residence proceeds as weather allows.
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