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Newspaper

Mills County Tribune

Location

Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1921

Page

4

Woman's Club Entertainment Begins Holiday Series

The Woman's Club met Monday afternoon December 6 at the Congregational church. The play committee led by Mrs Carter presented two comedies Compromising Martha and Mrs Black's Pink Tea with a full cast including Aunt Martha Mrs Records Monica Mrs Dale Miller Jane Box Mrs James Sawyers and others. Guests included Mrs Kelley Haley Mrs Schade and several more. Light tea wafers were served after the performances. A large turnout of club members and visitors enjoyed the event.

Woman's Club Congregational Church Carter Martha Monica Dale Miller Jane Box Marthaee James Sawyers Box Floyd McCluskey the Choate Frank Choate Black negro comedy Mrs Black, the hostess ~.-------_. ante ek nae Mrs Farle A Davis Pansy Elsa Jones Saratoga Washington Ralph Vinton Kelley Haley Schade Mra Wheeler Hollingshead Skiliorn Wmn Plimpton

Rebekahs Entertain Monday Night Program Pleases Attendees

Glenwood Rebekahs hosted a regular lar evening featuring music readings and songs under Mrs J W Edwards. Highlights included Long May Timmons Musical Skit with H Nilson and Myrtle Anderson, readings by Genevieve Humphrey Eva Bishop and Bishop and Evans, songs by Phyliss Timmons Hazel Brandon and little Miss Timmons aged three, with an encore from Genevieve. Refreshments followed.

Glenwood Rebekahs J. W. Edwards H & Nilson Myrtle Anderson Genevieve Humphrey J D Tronmeonger Ella Geneva Bishop

Travelling Library Offers for Freight Only

Sunday schools and neighborhood organizations may obtain the traveling library for the freight cost. The set contains 50 volumes shipped in a sturdy case with a protective box. After use, repack into the box and reuse the case for future shipments as more volumes arrive. Communities can access winter reading for a small charge.

Charter Membership Close at Glenwood Legion Auxiliary

Notice announces the Glenwood Legion Auxiliary charter membership class will close Saturday at noon December 16. Women interested in joining should contact Mrs. D. G. Gwinn by that Saturday.

Legion Auxiliary of Glenwood D. G. Gwinn

Deflation Inequalities Reported Across Commodities 1913 1921

The Financial Chronicle presents price comparisons from August 1913 to August 1921 with 1913 set at 100 percent. It shows farm crop and livestock costs rising sharply, wholesale and retail food prices surpassing 150 percent, and beef and pork values reaching well over 100 percent of 1913. Freight rates from Minneapolis to New York and Chicago to New York show steep increases.

Financial Chronicle Minneapolis New York Chicago

Wages and freight index figures across industries

The report compares wage levels and freight rates to 1910 benchmarks. Meat packing wages show 186 percent, coal mine wages 173 for union scale and 130 for common labor, with Pittsburgh coal freight 187 to 209 percent. Building materials rise: lumber 428, brick 204, cement 175, freight 264. onion wage scales in printing 144 in book and job work 157 in newspapers.

Pittsburgh New York

Burks Earned D C and DSM for Heroic WWI Action

Charles R Burks of Malvern Iowa, Private, Company I, 168th Infantry, won the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Sergy northeast of Chateau Thierry France on July 20 1918. He volunteered to carry a message under bombardment and machine gun fire and was killed by a machine gun bullet. Father J H Burks listed as next of kin.

Iowa Charles R Burks Charles BR. Burks 168Th Infantry Sergy Chateau Thierry France Burks J. H. Burks Malvern

Waterman sells Sidney paper to Shenandoah man

G M Waterman, longtime editor and publisher of the Fremont County Herald in Sidney for 29 years, sold the paper to Jamey T. Kesnan of Shenandoah and will move to Oklahoma to start anew. Kesnan comes from Caldwell Ohio and has worked with the Shenandoah World.

G. M. Waterman Fremont County Herald Sidney Jamey T. Kesnan Shenandoah Waterman Oklahoma G M. Waterman Iowa George Keenan Caldwell, O Shenandoah World

Bazaar and Sale by D. of H. at Timmons hardware

The ladies of the D. of H. will hold a bazaar and fuel sale on Saturday December 10 in front of Timmons Hardware Store.

D. of H Tront of Timmons Hardware

Glenwood Con Artist Passes Checks At Local Stores

An unknown man identifying as WA Harris appeared in Glenwood Saturday evening and passed several checks on local banks to obtain goods. He signed the name WA Harris and ordered items but did not collect some purchases.

Glenwood WA Harris

Hog Diseases and Hog Management Insights

Dr K W Stronder of Ames spoke at five Farm Bureau meetings about hog diseases. He warned that cholera causes most rapid losses, and serum is the practical treatment, while other methods are unreliable. Ventilation and dry settled air lessen pneumonia risk. a well ventilated hog house reduces overall trouble and many attendees plan ventilation upgrades.

K. W. Stronder Ames Farm Bureau Stouder My Am

ODD FELLOWS HOME COMING OBSERVANCES SLATED

Hastings Lodge 397 will hold home coming and roll call on December 10 with a rich program and refreshments. Glenwood Lodge 97 hosts December 13 with open meeting, music, an address by Grand Master Lynn J. Trvin, and various speakers and musical acts. Pacific Lodge 11 holds December 24 in the Mid church with a program and refreshments for all members and families.

ODF Lndges Tribune Hastings Lodge No Glenwood Lodge No 97 Lynn J. Trvin Geo. O. Pree Graham Bahle Boyer Ronald Jer J D Ironmonger Ella Geneva Dab Wheeler Rebekah Pacific Lodge No. 11

Rebekahs Elect Officers for Glenwood Lodge

The Rebekah lodge in Glenwood elected officers to oversee lodge interests. Vera Judking Georgia Hammend Inez Morgan Luin Gilleard Lizvie Brandon were chosen as treasurer secretary and other roles in the roster.

Rebekah Lodge Glenwood Vera Judking Georgia Hammend Inez Morgan Luin Gilleard Lizvie Brandon Treas F Seer Secy

Legion Elects Officers At Its Meeting

Harvey Rimel Post American Legion held a Monday night meeting electing officers David Barnett as Post Commander Prunk Maxwell as W P Commander Carl Mauk as Post Adjutant W C Rathke as Financier Lipsett as Chaplain and Fred Tlose as Historian.

Legion Harvey T. Rimel American Esson Felows David Barnett Prunk Maxwell Carl Mauk W C Rathke Lipsett Fred Tlose

Election of officers at O O F Lodge No 97

At the regular Tuesday session the lodge elected officers for the coming term. Logan was named National Grand, Johnson as Worshipful Grand, Murphy-Seey as Secretary, Barber Seey as Treasurer, Cheyney as Treasurer, and Caley as General Prustes.

Lodge No Logan Johnson Murphy Seey Barber Cheyney - Treas Caley Prustes

Deaths Gather Rayden and Weatherhead in Two Towns

Deaths report two notices from November events. Rayden, an elderly Black woman of Glenwood, died suddenly on Tuesday November 6 with funeral held the next day at the Congregational church. Weatherhead, a young citizen of Tabor, Ira Weatherhead born November 4, 1895, died November 27, 1921 at age 46 after a ten month illness. he was World War I veteran and son of Frank Weatherhead of Billings Montana. funeral services were well attended and Magonic order conducted graveside rites.

Gathering Rayden Glenwood Congregational Church LL. Weatherhead Tabor Ira Frank Weatherhead Billings Mont Magonic Order

Welfare Board Organized Forms New Community Departments

The Board of Public Welfare held its first regular meeting in the Armory room. Ward was elected president Bogart secretary and Hamilton treasurer. Plans include a Family Help, Labor Bureau, and Education department to aid needy families secure clothing employment and reduce truancy. Regular meetings will be the first Tuesday each month. The group aims to promote Christmas spirit and cooperate with civic religious and fraternal societies in Glenwood and vicinity. They welcome public contributions to aid community welfare. Local demonstrations included chiropractic education and a report from Des Moines on the state meeting with Drs Hul fine Taester and others.

Board of Public Welfare Caughlan Company IT Co. M. Ward Mies Neh Bogart PF. Hamilton Katie French Howard Mintle Miss Bogart Mr. Ward Department of Labor Thea Qureau Armory Department of Education French Ward Welfare Board E Fire Company Glenwood

Santa and Reindeer On Christmas Secret Rounds

Poem recounting Santa Senta guiding a reindeer team through snowy streets on Christmas Eve. Snow and Starlight assist as bells ring and stockings are sought, while a childlike voice imagines gifts arriving and treats placed on chimneys. Verses evoke festive imagery and wonder from a publisher's page.

Seo Santa W. T. Wolfe

Chiropractors Meet in Council Bluffs Bi Month Event

Southwest Iowa chiropractors gathered in Council Bluffs on December 1 for their regular bi monthly meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. The forenoon included short addresses and reports from the Des Moines state meeting held in November, while the afternoon handled routine association business. Forty one chiropractors registered at this meeting.

Iowa Council Bluffs Chamber of Commer Rooms Des Moines

Strike Spreads in U S Meat Packing Industry

A general strike has begun among meat packing workers over wage cuts, led by meat cutters and butchers with unions. Sympathy strikes ripple through packing plants as Omaha reports about half the staff out. Extra police patrols the district while St Paul guards the plants with state troops.

United States Tno Omahu St. Paul

Movies Under Water at Crystal Theatre Next Week

Below the Surface stars Hobart Bosworth with Grace Darmond Lloyd Hughes and Gladys George. Directors Irvin Willat and crew risked diving in a bell to shoot ocean sequences written by Luther Reed. Produced by Thomas H. Ince for Paramount Artcraft.

Hobart Bosworth Crystal Theatre Irvin Willat Luther Reed Mr. Bosworth Grace Darmond Lloyd Hughes Gladys George Thomas H. Ines Paramount

Petit Jury Decisions Report Amid Court Deliberations

A local court notes multiple cases with jurors selected for slander and rental disputes. Alfred Hummel v W Hummel proceeds, others settle or are dismissed. A parole case returns John Hedlund to Clarinda State Hospital. guardian appointed for Mary E liwing with $200 bond.

State of Tawa Cal Hosier Alfred Hummel W. Hummel John Hedlund State Hospital Clarinda Stortenbecker Peterson Garage John M. Stewart Square Deal Garage Sadie Hildreth Law Hummel Yoon P. Milmartin Iveret Daniel Root Clyde Pace Frank Sawyer Pearse A Anderson Mary Feliwing

Bazaar at Mineola Church Fundraiser Dec 15

The Mineola Cemetery Association hosts a Dagaar in the Mineola Opera House on December 15 starting at 6 pm. Proceeds fund church seats. All welcome to support a good cause.

Ladies of the Mineola Cemetery

Farm Bureau schedule features H D Hutchins talks

The Farm Bureau has engaged H D Hutchins of Algona Iowa to lead a series of open meetings across Kossuth County. Hutchins, a plain farmer, will discuss past Farm Bureau achievements and future goals, with programs including music and recitations. Events include Strahan December 8 Mineola December 9 Malvern December 11 Wesley December 16 West Oak December 12 Glenwood December 18 Lyons December 13 Silver City December 14 St Marys December 14.

Farm Bureau H. D. Hutchins Algona Hutchins Kossuth Strahan School House Mineola Bichel Hall Malvern Wesley Chapel West Oak Silver City St. Mary's Spelman

Plattville Farm Bureau Plans January Meeting and Talk

The Plattville Farm Bureau met in the Community Hall of the Methodist church with good attendance. Rudolph Hopp explained the Co operative Shipping Association at Balfour and a member canvass will seek members wishes. Next month entertainment is planned by Mrs Lincoln and Mrs Bantrup, with a lecture and slides announced.

Plattville Platt Ville Methodist Church Rudolph Hopp Co-operative Shipping Association Balfour Claude May Hixson Shirley Lincoln Rosa Bantrup Mesdames Carl Lincoln Horton Nilson

Basket Dinner and Program at Riches Hall Mineola

East Oak township farmers and wives plan an all day program and basket dinner in Riches Hall Mineola on December 1. Officers for the coming year will be elected during the day. W W Hutchins of Algoni expects to attend and speak on Farm Bureau work with Keg Creek farmers also set to participate.

East Oak Township Riches Hall Mineola Priday WW. D. Hutchins Algoni Keg Creek Township

Red Cross Annual Meet Marks Chapter Changes

The Council Bluffs Red Cross chapter held its annual meeting at Croning in Council Bluffs. Funds exhausted, the chapter will cease county nurse aging after May 1. A resolution authorized branches to campaign to continue nurse work. Directors elected include Mrs. Gilbert Cheney Emerson Miss Mary Rathke Nelle Bogart Dr G V Caughlan Glenwood Dr M S Campbell and Antry Landis Malvern. EP Schoentgen becomes president, succeeding WR Orchard. Miss Randolph Mills county nurse filed a written report.

Red Cross Council Bluffs CO of Croning Mills County Gilbert Cheney Emerson Mary Rathke Nelle Bogart G V Caughlan Glenwood

Challenge Accepted Between Glenwood K P and Hastings KP

The Glenwood K P team accepts the Hastings K P challenge from last Monday's Tribune. Details of the contest will be announced in the daytime by order of the committee.

Glenwood K. P Hastings K. P Tribune

Also Mentioned on This Page

Woman's Club Entertainment Rebekahs Entertain D.S. C. and ODD Fellows Rebekahs Elect Glenwood FE. P Lewis Robinson Hoallingshear — Dahle Boyer Rhoades Maxwell Myers Ciard Tlarry Tlalibell Dewpres Danas AV Catherine Rayden Ira L. Weatherhead Authorized Welfare Board F F Bur Horn Omaha W T Taester Red Oak Association L C Hulfine W Floyd Smith Atlantic GC Lucas Santa, Snow Senta John Mate Chiropractors Lee W. Edwards D. G. Jamison Petit Jury Farm Bureau Gatherings
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