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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1906
Page
1
Local items report council meeting upcoming, visits from relatives, new hires, and business notes. People travel to Lincoln and Omaha for care, teaching, or brief trips. New billiard hall opens, meat markets agree to Sunday closures, and window displays attract attention.
Shape for Winter Vine Street from the square to the depot has been improved for winter. A six foot cement walk now reaches the depot, cinder surfacing helps weather, and new foot bridges over Keg Creek and a nearby channel add convenience for workers and residents.
A fragment from a Mills County newspaper urges reader participation to improve the paper. It notes Cheyney Bros. and L. Merguson Co. will close meat markets Sundays through May 1 and advertises cash buyers for an improved 10 to 50 acre farm near Glenwood and a Glenwood residence, with W. M. Donelan seeking a quick sale.
Local notice promotes L. A. Reasoner offering oil and gasoline delivery to homes with guaranteed satisfaction. It urges readers to call using the two listed phone numbers for prompt doorstep service.
For Sale Good second-hand 4-hole Marseilles shelter complete with Power Davis Anderson Pacific Junction Best results can be had out of Mal vern flour by using only half a cake of yeast for every 6 loaves of bread Doctors James and Frank Donelan Send Hour of the Mersholl 3 for latest 25 Coin hats for See Mrs Martha M les and lowest pr Sew and populey styles of visiting terds at the Trivune office 30 for adc Ve will buy Sud pounds of Cream at Floor guaranteed to be equal iw ay by Wade at the Malvern Mills ULARANIERD COME FUR ViLis de Vrouiting Pilse Ding werd to defand mecey is PALO LGINEHENS foe to corede to ad dare ve
A man rushed into Dr Merritt's Emerson office reporting a patient who swallowed a five food rule and slowed to death. The doctor retorted with past cases, recalling a man who swallowed a thermometer and died by degrees, and others who swallowed a revolver or drank applejack and died in odd ways.
An unusually large number of close congressional contests surfaced in the recent election with Democrats defeated by less than 300 votes in multiple states, suggesting a possible Democratic majority if those candidates had won.
Dr Plimpton lists recent home births near Glenwood including Geo Retelsdorf a girl CG D Toles a girl Sam Boyer a boy Leonard Schmidt a boy Bert Lincoln a boy.
An 19th century notice extols Allcock's Plaster for back pain citing remarks from Eve's Daughters. The padded page also lists farm and business ads: Malvern Mills trading flour for wheat, second hand gas engines, piano sales, straw buying, Hereford bulls for sale, a Dustin Nebraska ranch for sale, and sales calls by Capt. Fowler.
A garbled notice warns about danger in seeking cough or cold remedies and mentions a yellow pack product. It references a person named J. Diewe and a Glenwood venue, with unclear guidance on preparation, prevention, and job work.
The Animal Husbandry Department of Iowa State College in Ames will start a winter Stock Judging course on Monday December 31 continuing to January 12, 1907. The program covers livestock judging for horses cattle sheep and swine with top US breeders and college prize winning annuals. Additional topics include feeding breeding and management while veterinary lectures address diseases. Grain judging horticulture and dairying courses run concurrently with a $3 town resident or $5 out of state entrance fee.
Don’t neglect roadside grass burning or leave boxes misplaced. Don’t report to town offices for stamps or money orders. Don’t roast your carrier for mistakes or missed papers. The piece also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $1000 verdict promise and urges readers to consult F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
Janes Donshue of New Britain Connecticut writes of kidney remedy success with Voley's Kidney Unre claiming progress after two bottles and cure after five bottles. The note mentions diabetes treatment by physicians and a life insurance exam. Also references Fuleys Widney Care for kidney and bladder trouble and A J Howe of Glenwood.
The listing notes butter prices, potatoes and onions with ketch-terms, Jonathan apples at 1.40 per barrel, Grimes Golden 1.00, Ben Davis and Winesaps 1.00 to 1.31, groceries at 7de per basket. An ad touts a cold cure with Quinine tablets and Grove’s signatures on boxes, claiming refunds if ineffective.
Fragmented notice lists train and bus schedules with bound numbers and times, plus inconsistent prices and vehicle types. It also mentions old shuttle buses and advertising for a laxative product with scattered misspellings and garbled details.
James Canedy trades 217 acre Malvern area farm for 160 acres near Ft. Collins Colorado to George J. Parker of Anderson township Canedy will relocate to Colorado Other property transfers include parcels in Glenwood Hastings Hastings Silver Creek Pac Junction and White Cloud plus road parcels in Mills County The Baptist church ladies hold a second biennial bazaar on Saturday December 8 with a morning sale and an evening chicken pie supper at 25 cents Wanted local reps in Glenwood to renew and grow a monthly magazine subscription list with salary commission in New York Box 59 Station O
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