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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
1
Glenwood residents share Thanksgiving visits across Missouri and Nebraska. Several families travel to Omaha and York while others host relatives from Des Moines and Plattsmouth. Local events include church society meetings and a Japanese embroidery picture display at Myers Furniture. a theft and car recovery tense the week.
The ad invites the public to observe chiropractic practice and witness patient improvements. It urges skeptics to test the system and decide for themselves if adjustments aid recovery, offering fair evaluation and personal health exploration.
Local notes recount Thanksgiving visits across Glenwood and nearby towns. Several families from Emerson, Neola, Council Bluffs, Red Oak, and Omaha are listed with travel, visits, and host gatherings. A marriage license to Edward Stone and Ruth Anna White is recorded, along with a Glenwood football trip to Elliott for a Thanksgiving scrimmage where Glenwood lost 18 to 6.
A dense ad page lists jobs and sales: girl for house work in Glenwood, cream delivery, Maxwell ear repair in Glenwood, advertising for rent, farm work by Claude Brooks in Balfour, saw mill for sale via Ad Rager farm, registered Percheron stallion M. Coad in Glenwood, Holstein calves for sale by D. W. Bennett, eighty five acre stalk field near Pacific Junction, and a Vox social at Stumsoney Khoo with Nora Manette as host inviting all.
Orchard Camp No 3016 M W A announces its election of officers on Friday December 7 at 8 p m in the lodge hall over the post offices. Luncheon and a smoker will follow. Members are urged to attend. Gard of Thanks to neighbors for kindness during bereavement from the death of husband and father. Mas W C Hix Hon and family.
The Malvern Milling Co offers Flour Situation pricing with 60¢ to 80¢ lower than previous costs. Mal-Co Ideal 48 pound sack at 2.76, Triangle Biscuit Sour mix at 2.26. All flour sold with a money back guarantee if not completely satisfactory. Also featuring new corn meal 10 pound sack for 60¢ and a breakfast food product.
In Mills County Iowa a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Margate Lafayette Scott was filed with the Clerk of the District Court on November 24 1917 and again set for December 1 at 9 o clock AM The notice addresses all interested parties and directs probate action in Waid County court proceeding
The Red Oak trial of Rev Lynn George Kelly ended with a not guilty verdict on the first ballot after a two week proceeding. The case concerns the 1912 murder of the Moore family at Willisey and followed a hung jury in the first trial. Detective Wilkergon will continue the search for the guilty parties.
Mills County teachers gather for a study center meeting on Saturday December 8 at Malvern High School. Sessions run 9 30 a m to 4 p m with forenoon and afternoon periods. Three instructors conduct classes for high school grade and rural teachers in games, English and dictation.
James Hill presented the roster of his company of North Dakota boys and the Thanksgiving menu served at Camp Dodge. The spread included oyster stew, baked halibut, salted almonds, roast turkey with giblet gravy, creamed asparagus, celery, olives, coffee, fruit salad, Imperial cake, mince pie, pumpkin pie, orange sherbet, nuts with raisins, fruit, candy, cigars, and cigarettes.
Mrs A Badham writes from LeMons praising The Tribune. She notes the newspaper has been delivered to her home since it began, reflecting long standing reader loyalty and appreciation for the paper.
The statement notes Mrs Badham and her late husband were friends of N C Field, founder of The Tribune. It expresses pleasure that Mrs Badham continues to like the paper and remains a reader despite the loss.
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