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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
9
Glenwood brief lists new hires at Jamison's and Miss Mans dress shop in Treynor, plus births in December. Local officials and travelers frequent Glenwood, while farm and road news include Curt Curran’s ankle break and typhoid recovery of D. W. Himes. Community notices cover plumbing updates, cattle care cautions, and December events with public talks and lodge counts.
After a year in the works the Mills county Tribune map is ready for delivery. Subscribers who ordered early will receive priority, while non subscribers can buy at 1.26 dollars each. The 3x4 foot map shows townships, landowners, roads, railroads, creeks, schools, churches, and more, with bright colors and wall mounting.
Several Mills county fruit growers are on the program of the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society meeting at Clarinda December 16 to 18. Speakers include Dr. F M Powell Glenwood on public enterprise in horticultural work F P Bradley on commercial apple growing J W Murphy on the apple barrel J N Colby on the blackberry J P Jackson on liquor spray Samuel Holmes on compulsory spraying Ways of scion selection and its relation to fruit crops will be discussed.
W G White of Rawles township has ceased delivering butter to Glenwood after five to six years of weekly strips. He produced about three thousand pounds this season, earning roughly 20 cents per pound, milking about 14 cows. He will now sell cream at Clavinda or Omn aba and rest with his wife, leaving a potential opening for another butter producer in Glenwood.
The annual tax sale at the county treasurer office on Monday December 1 yielded only fifty eight certificates and about 481 in cash. Treasurer Carson sent notices to delinquents warning of sale which reduced the property for sale and helped taxpayers. Carson praised for informing taxpayers, reducing costs, and serenening prospects of an adjourned sale.
Mr and Mrs Crewdson announce sale of the Cosy Restaurant in the north Midway area. They describe a good patronage but heavy workload on Mrs Crewdson, seeking a buyer who can continue the business.
George A. Davies of Glenwood Iowa offers a nearly new Phaeton with leather top and curtains for three, a second hand Phaeton with leather top, a second hand top buggy with harness, and 3 or 4 ton bluestem hay with a large straw tine for baling.
Eighty acres of land located one mile southwest of Hillsdale Iowa priced at seventy five dollars per acre. Also zero acres of timber three miles from place at fifty dollars per acre. Notice to Hunters forbids hunting and shooting on land. Harvey Dean notice and old papers for sale at Tribune office.
A Southern Vindicator excerpt blends fiction and satire with Brer Fox and Brer Bear in a surreal hunt plot set in Mississippi. Brer Bear fears a confrontation with Teddy Roosevelt, while Brer Fox mocks him and Buzzard offers comical advice as a chase erupts through cane brakes. The scene shifts to a separate note about Walter Graham and Laura Havener eloping from Tabor Iowa to Lincoln Nebraska to wed against the Havener father.
An advertisement touts Roschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs and lung troubles. It claims to heal tissues, relieve inflammation, aid expectoration, and ensure restful nights. Available at A J Howes and G Green Woodbury New Jersey almanac listings.
A compact guide asserts hens can lay as many eggs in December as in May with proper food and care, promising greater profits to owners. It mentions Leura abit Lees Egg maker and other guidance on making hens lay, hatching and rearing chicks, killing heat and disease, and offers Leo's Poultry Hooklet free by request.
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