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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
3
The store reports a week of arrivals including black and color fall dress fabrics plus heavy suiting for walking skirts and tailor outfits. A large lot of leftover wool dress goods from spring is being cleared at reduced prices, with Summer merchandise also deeply discounted to clear inventory.
An advertising sale offers 22 dozen boys colored shirt waists ages 4 to 14 at a reduced price. The real 85 cent item is offered at 19 cents, aimed at school wear needs.
Lot 1 offers all sizes valued to 75 cents at 25 cents. Lot 2 waists valued up to 1.25 at 50 cents. Lot 3 waists priced up to 2.00 on sale at 1.00. Choose your items while stock lasts.
The Great Clearing Sale of our Summer Wash Goods offers dress materials at deep discounts. Lot One to Lot Five present prices cut from 5 to 7c down to 10c for assorted fabrics, with Dimities and popular lines included.
Surveyor Dean outlined two routes to shorten the Kroon Ditch outlet to Pony Creek. On Tuesday residents and Supervisor Estes reviewed the plans near Pacific Junction with J. D. Robbins and William Lamb among those present. A preferred plan would cut the ditch length from five miles to about four. A petition to formalize the change may be started soon as landowner support becomes clearer.
W H Muncie accused A R Caudle of converting a bay gelding into cash to pay a note and life insurance premium. Caudle waived examination, posted 200 bond, and the case was bound over to the grand jury. Muncie later asked county officials to drop the charge after settling with Caudle.
William Barnett was convicted in O'Neill Nebraska for horse stealing and sentenced to five years in state prison. The trial revealed that his family members perjured themselves to deny his involvement. His 11 year old brother Tom testified Barnett was at home in Iowa at the time, while other evidence placed him in Holt and Garfield counties Nebraska. Further, the judge questioned Tom and Barnett’s stepfather Phomus, who faces perjury charges.
Contractors estimate grading bids as preparations accelerate for the new railroad track. Examinations of the right of way show fast progress with landowners being compensated fairly. First parcels bought include Robert Wright’s three cornered plot near Glenwood for 300 dollars and the Malvern Ranne farm section at 75 dollars per acre for thirty acres with damages paid for two cuttings.
A county grand jury action targets Ed Lounsbury and Ray Lilley linked to a burglary at Mrs. Cram’s home with bond set at 300 dollars. Ed Donat faces threatened prosecution over selling to minors. J Christy pays a 50 dollar fine for selling intoxicants in Emerson. Real estate moves shift Clover Hill Dairy farm ownership to J. Hanson, Iva McKnight gains city property. The Tabor Telephone Company expands wiring to Glenwood area with multiple new subscribers. Hog disease spreads across bottomland farms impacting several herds. A Tiverton exchange connects Tudor telephone system. A new show My Uncle from New York plays at the opera house Tuesday evening Aug 26.
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