Daughter Writes Home From Omaha After Disappearance
Platteville couple, Mr. and Mrs. Guy McClenathan, report a letter from their daughter Mary claiming she is in Omaha and offering to return her pony if clothing is sent to a specified address. The note hints she has repudiated her parents and may be pursuing Catholic faith with Dr. Gillian Nuckolls, leaving questions about parental control as she nears 18.
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Guy McClenathan
Platteville
Mary
the Tribune
Omaha
Gillian Nuckolls
Balfour Malvern Names Confuse Travel Reader
The Tribune notes a Tabor man returning from Omaha mistook the Burlington No 14 call for Malvern and alighted twelve miles from home in M. A. B. chased down the track by livery team. He later reached Tabor by telephone and a farmer helped him back.
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Tribune
Balfour
Malvern
Tabor
Omaha
Burlington No. 14
B. m
A. B
Milwaukee
Fast Mail's Thanksgiving Run Sets West Division Record
The Creston Advertiser Gazette reports fast mail No. 71 on Thanksgiving day achieved a likely West Division record from Creston to Council Bluffs, recovering 49 minutes of lost time and beating No. 8 by 9 minutes over 84 miles Creston to Pacific Junction. Alonzo Quinby piloted the late start through Villisea and Ned Qak with a work pang halt at Emerson, finishing Pacific Junction in 1 hour 36 minutes and reclaiming 36 minutes. From Pacific Junction to the U P transfer, 13 more minutes were recovered, totaling 11% minutes for the run, a likely enduring mark.
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Creston
Villisea
Ned Qak
Emerson
Pacific Junction
No. 8
U. P
Grandma Record Undergoes Bladder Stone Operation
The chronically ill Grandma Record at Glenwood underwent bladder stone surgery last Saturday. Despite advanced age and frail health, she rallied, rested well, and doctors DeWitt and Cron with Mrs Schier and Benson from the Institution assisted in the procedure, giving improved recovery prospects.
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Grandma Record
Glenwood
Tribune
Irs. Schier and
Benson
Institution
Drs. DeWitt Ao Cron
Centerville Businessmen Raise Funds Amid City Renewal
Enterprising Centerville businessmen gathered funds as the city plans renewal projects. Leaders stated the drive would support extending riverfront improvements and spurring new reading and civic spaces.
Danger of Celluloid Collars Jar
Report describes a mishap involving a Mitlees of Atlantic figure burned by a gasoline fountain. A spark or flame caused the fluid to ignite as a tube attached to a device directed it, producing a dangerous spray and prompting warnings about handling flammable materials indoors.
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Mitlees
Atlantic
Imogene Mayor Robert Ness Dies in Wagon Load Accident
Robert Ness, mayor of Imogene, collapsed and died Friday while unloading a load from a car near aeny. The 65 year old longtime resident and section boss left three sons and one daughter. Mrs Mc Clees acted to smother flames when a celluloid collar caught fire, noting the incident followed by a local death from teart trouble.
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Robert Ness
Imogene
Aeny
Ite
Tmogene
Flood Gate Installed at Mills Foremont Ditch
Ron Flood Gate Wm Eyler and Sons have installed the figod gate in the Mills Foremont ditch designed to drain Lake Waubonsie. The eight iron wings are three feet wide and eight feet high, totaling a 24 foot gate width, fastened to the public void bridge northwest of Bartlett near the John Hendrickson farm.
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Wm. Eyler & Sons
Mills-Foremont
Waubonsie
Bartlett
John Hendrickson
Women Lead Malvern Mills County Ministers Meeting
The ministers wives group in Mills County met in Malvern for its regular monthly session. The program was entirely in the hands of the wives and proved far more engaging than any men could have prepared. About 18 attendees reported a fine time.
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Malvern
Mills County
Mills County Medical Association Meets in Glenwood
The regular semi annual meeting of the Mills County Medical Association will be held in Glenwood next Thursday. Officers are to be chosen and a program is promised. Dr and Mrs DeWitt will entertain visiting physicians at a six o clock dinner in the evening. The wives will accompany their husbands and a social time will be enjoyed.
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Mills County Medical Association
Glenwood
Second Crop of Apples Exhibition at Tribune Office
A small cluster of second crop apples from near Phelps City Missouri is on display at the Tribune office. Brought by Mrs. We Wright visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Noah southeast of Glenwood, the tree bloomed a second time in August. Phelps City lies 66 miles south of Glenwood, attributed to Mills County weather.
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Tribune
Phelps City
We. Wright
Jesse Noah
Glenwood
Mills County
Endorsement to abolish the circle on the ballot
Squire Tolles of Glenwood urges removing the confusing circle from official ballots to prevent voter spoilage. He asks readers to send short letters about experiences with the circle and says the issue should be taken up by the upcoming legislature. He suggests contacting Senator Gilliland and Representative Washburn to convey constituent sentiment.
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Squire Tolles
Glenwood
Tolles
Gilliland
Washburn
Snowbound passengers endure three days in blizzard
Mrs Charles Evans and daughter Grace arrived in Glenwood from Bisbee North Dakota after a blizzard stopped their train for three days and two nights. Passengers suffered bitter cold and went without food until a snow plow arrived. Also aboard were Mr and Mrs Wrank Walluave who stopped at St Paul.
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Charles Evans
Grace
Gleniwood
Bisbee
North Dakota
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Mirvans
Pierre
Oneill
Evans
Ute
Glens wood surprise at the writing desk cabinets
A fragmentary note mentions Glens wood and a writing desk cabinet discovery. BK, AL Slye, State Savings Hank, Pacific Junction, Iowa are referenced as possible people or places in a locals tone. The snippet hints at a novel or unusual sight unseen before in the area.
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Glenswood
AL Slye
State Savings
Hank
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Furu Lowus
State Savings Bank
Notable Iowa Lawyer Charles Richards Dies at Red Oak
Charles E Richards a leading Red Oak attorney for nearly four decades died November 25 from liver trouble. The brief obituary notes his prominence and long service in the legal community.
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Charles 8. Richards
Red Oak
FE. N. Sanford
Atlantic
T. A. Loos
Bank of Thurman
Fremont County
Arthur Saar Public Sale in Pottawattamie County
Arthur Saar will hold a public sale of stock and farm implements at his farm in Pottawattamie county forty four miles southwest of Treynor on Saturday December sixteen at ten o clock a m See small bills for particulars Robert McKenzie auctioneer F B Nipp clerk Also listings include office desk chairs dining table bookcase stands and furniture For Sale or Trade six room house and lot in Glenwood with barn coal shed brick cave cistern city water fruit trees Inquire at Tribune office Four hole Marseilles Corn Sheller with horsepower price 175 Davis & Anderson Pacific Junction Also Mother's Christmas Reed or Golden Oak Rocker offered by Mr M Myers
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Arthur Saar
Pottawattamie County
Treynor
Robert McKenzie
F. B. Nipp
Glenwood
Tribune
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