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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
4
The Glenwood Chautauqua session closed Sunday with good weather and strong attendance. Receipts and expenses close to 3400 dollars. exact figures unavailable. About 1050 season tickets sold, 5895 single tickets, and 25 adult plus 18 child season passes. Tillman day produced the largest single ticket sale.
Mrs. Pickett told Gettysburg and Pickett’s charge to a large group of old soldiers near the platform. She spoke of Lincoln and West Point, with veterans from the 4th and 7th Ohio present. General Stone praised her introduction as one of the finest ever heard.
The speaker praised progress yet warned of wealth gaps caused by labor-saving devices and large capital. He urged greater political involvement, noted Theodore Roosevelt’s rebranding of the national bird, and recounted stories while answering a fly incident that interrupted his remarks.
Sheriff Linville captured Tom Ballard and L. B. Wilkinson following a hardware store burglary in Glenwood. Ballard stole 100 pocket knives 4 revolvers and about 1 dollar in change valued around 80 dollars and faced grand jury action with potential five year penitentiary time. Wilkinson, caught selling 75 pounds of copper wire stolen from the Iowa telephone company at Malvern, received 15 days in jail for petit larceny.
Glenwood hosts a three day tournament Thursday to Saturday featuring Hastings Malvern Pacific Junction and Glenwood with prizes $120 $100 $80 and $60 an outside umpire and three outside players per team. Ball games and a grand balloon ascension cap the event as Thurman Tabor and River ton results and recent games are recalled.
Stolen harnesses from BE H. Vankirk’s farm near Silver City were found hidden in a cornstill field by Milton Knight while mowing. Investigators recovered almost all missing gear and a set and a half remain unclaimed. Two men were seen with a horse that fell into a ditch near the site early Wednesday, tying them to the theft.
Andrew J Russell Glenwood pioneer businessman and longtime Mills County figure died unexpectedly Thursday night of heart failure. He had battled poor health after a paralytic stroke and passed away in his sleep. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM from his home with Masonic rites. Surviving are his wife Sarah Jane Tibbs and five children, plus brothers L W Russell Hastings IT A Russell and G V Russell. Born November 8 1837 in Farmington Maine, he came to Glenwood with his father in 1855 and built a 46 year business career. He held public offices including county supervisor school board and city council and was widely esteemed for his courtesy and generosity. He and Mrs Lewis of Glenwood suffered a separate bereavement with infant son Stanley’s death Friday.
The annual Latter Day Saints camp meeting of Southwest Iowa is in session at Badham Grove near Henderson. It began Saturday and will close next Sunday with good attendance reported.
The Toland School announces the fall term at Toland's Business University begins Tuesday September 10. Special terms to students enrolling now promise positions for those who excel. Catalogs are free and available by sending for details to The Toland School in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
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