Farmers at School Opens Mills County Short Course
The first annual Mills County short course in Glenwood opened with 83 men and boys registering for badges at the courthouse while women and girls registered at the Methodist Church. Prof Mosher urged farmers to improve seed and soil practices to raise yields from 35 to 40 bushels per acre, boosting annual farm income. women’s attendance at domestic science lectures aimed to curb saloon influence and improve homes. Exhibits, lectures, music, and moving pictures filled the schedule, with high school students excused from class for the week and a large turnout of corn and grain exhibits expected the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Glenwood
Methodist Church
M. Lt. Mosher
Iowa
Mosher
Corn and Stock Judging Messrs Gilbert Williams and Others
A list of judges and participants for a corn and stock judging event appears. Names include Gilbert Williams, Glassburn, Jackson, Stranatha, Lilley, Phelps, Carter, Miller, Sawyers, Wiles, Warren, Lowe, McGarr, Williams, Dean, Mayberry, and many others. The fragmentary roster suggests a community or school livestock judging contest with numerous attendees and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Williams
Glassburn
Jackson
Frank Fitzgibb
Roy Knopp
Stranatha I
Lilley
George Phelps
SD Anderson
Edwin Carter
A Miller
Ellison Eyernk
Dwight Bolling Willamb
Wayne Choate
DM Miller
Stacy Marl Miller
Clarence Tuog
Chus Cheyney Wilk
M Donel
Wlno Burwick
Edwin McGarr, Md
Williams
JS Sawyers
Wiles Harley Johnsar
Es Warren
Paul Lowe
Con Welly
AS Sawyers
Roy “Immer
Earnest Shark
Harold Graves
A Mayberry
Wilbur Browen
JB Knight
Clargave Cupte
Leroy Williams
KO Jackson
AK Dean CL
Miller Ralph Mayberry
BM Bachman
EA White
Henry Banister
Carl Phelps Liverett White
Harry Carson
Henry Menning
Warren
Stacy d J McCoy
Ki Starbuck
Clyde Bullington
Donelan
Elermer
Stout Noah Johnson
Wiurven LA Leusener
Maddocks Myereth Graves
Graves
Ob Butcher I
Lloyd LS Seeger
Instructors in Ames Lead Farm Work Force
Eight Ames instructors head the program with Prof. M L Mosher directing corn and grain classes assisted by Murl McDonald J M Lefer and M W O Donnell. Professors George W Godfrey and Charles R Bush oversee livestock judging. Gertrude Rowan demonstrates domestic science with helper Helen L Watts GC. Brown runs the exhibit car at the depot and J H Carter manages the live stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
M. L. Mosher
Murl McDonald
J. M. Lefer
M. W. O’ Donnell
George W. Godfrey
Charles R. Bush
Gertrude Rowan
Helen L. Watts
E. Brown
J. 11. Carter
Stock Judging Lesson Opens With Local Stallion Discussion
The first stock judging lesson was held Monday afternoon featuring a handsome black Vereheron stallion brought by car from tes. The Dean building on the east side is fitted for the event with raised raus style seating on the north side for viewing. In addition to animals from Aines, judges will assess locally owned horses cattle hay and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tes
Dean
Wil
Aines
Why not a tug of war and class reminders
Urgent teachers appeal urges on time to classes and tickets for programs. Exhibit Gors at the depot is free to the public and welcomes visits. An electric-lighted courthouse square enhances the night scene while Myers Hall hosts lectures on corn and grain judging. The motto Never too late to learn appears with farmers attending classes. A display case shows a freak ear of corn in the north side corn show room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lien
Court House Park
Myers Hall
Corn Show Room
Three Evening Entertainments At The Opera House
This week offers three events at the opera house. Tuesday night features a home talent play by beachers and officers at the Institution with musical numbers. Thursday night hosts Ames instructors performing, and Monday hosts the county spelling contest. Reserved seats may be secured free with badges at the Howe drop store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligkels
Howe Drop
Ames
Unclear roster fragment from Burlington area game
Fragmentary OCR listing names and initials suggests a sports roster or lineup for a Burlington event. The text names multiple players and associated initials, with little context on teams, dates, or outcomes. The readable portion indicates a club or school roster rather than a complete report.
Excessive Burial Charges Exposed in Malvern Dispatch
Malvern reports excessive funeral charges on a Mexicanses incident of an American death. Undertaker L R Comer presents a crude Mexican shipped casket costing 600 for the box plus 200 to release from Mexico. Widow later buried husband in a new pine casket. undertakers’ society seeks to exhibit the crude coffin at a state meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Patrick McCormick
L. R. Comer
Comer
Mexico
Undertakers’ Society
Injuries after runaway buggy at Davis farm north of Tabor
At the M. T. Davis farm northeast of Tabor in Mills county a buggy upset when a team started as women prepared to alight. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Geo. Davis suffered rib fractures and ankle and shoulder bruises. Mrs. Ickis escaped injury. The team was found the next day in a nearby corn field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
M. T. Davis
Mills County
County Board Deliberations on Waubonsie Ditch
The County Board met Monday at Glenwood with the Iremont county board and county attorney to confer about the Waubonsie ditch. The board adjourned until Thursday. A hearing on objections to establishing the Nishina ditch in White Cloud township is set for Tuesday, Dec. 27.
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Glenwood
Iremont
Waubonsie Ditch
Nishina
White Cloud
George H White Sues Governor Shallenberger Over Heifer
George H White a noted stock breeder from Emerson Nebraska has filed a damage suit against Governor A G Shallenberger in a Lincoln court. He contends a Short Horn heifer bought for 687 dollars and later quarantined due to suspected tuberculosis caused losses and seeks exemplary damages plus the purchase price. Lawyer Ed Mitchell leads the case with an expected trial to reveal stock breeding issues and government tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George EH. White
Hmerson
A. G. Shallenberger
Nebraska
Lincoln
Mr. Shallenberger
White
South Omaha
Emerson
Iowa
Ed Mitchell
Subbells Celebrate Daughter Alice Marries Ross Harrison
A pretty wedding was held at the home of Mr and Mrs George Subbell ten miles south of Glenwood on Jas Tuesday evening. Their daughter Alice married Ross Harrison of Nebraska City in a ceremony by Rev Ferdinand Seitz. About sixty guests attended and a wedding supper followed. The couple will reside in Nebraska City.
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George Subbell
Glenwood
Jas
Alice
Ross Harrison
Nebraska City
Verdinand Seitz
Mir
Telephone Consolidation in Iowa Firms Buy Montgomery Phones
The Iowa telephone company absorbing Montgomery Telephone plans to merge lines and replace independent phones with Bell instruments. Changes involve updating policies and wiring before full interconnection, with completion expected over about a year.
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Iowa Telephone Company
Fled Oak
Montgomery Telephone Company
Bell Instruments
Steers Missing Near Henderson Spark Sheriff Probe
Perry Wilson reports nine head of two year old steers missing from his pasture southwest of Henderson several weeks ago. He suspects theft or escape, noting the loss is severe and prompts concern about livestock security in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arty Wilson
Henderson
Mr. Wilson
Perry Wilson
The
Tribune
Abstracts of Title and Teacher Wanted Ad in Mills County
A scanned notice urges prudent business with responsible abstracting and promotes Mills County Abstract Company as the only local provider. It also announces a job opening for an experienced Iowa certified teacher for a medium sized school starting December 27, salary forty seven dollars per month, inquiries to the County Superintendent in Glenwood, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amr
Mills County Abstract Company
Iowa
Glenwood
Lowa
Corn Husking Record Shocks Emerson Chronicle
The Emerson Chronicle reports James M. Smith set a top corn husking mark aided by Clifford Said. Smith husked and cribbed 4,100 bushels in thirty days while tending six loads of horses and barn chores, averaging about 40 bushels per acre.
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Emerson Chronicle
James M. Smith
Smith
Clifford
Stithlus
Ele
Simith
New G A R Officers Elected at Grenwood Post
The Grenwood G A R post elected new officers led by 1D. J. Shannon as commander and Samuel Hoyer as senior vice commander. A Utterback was named junior vice commander with Seavy as officer of the day and 8. P. Wallinger as chaplain. J. B. Daenzler became quartermaster with FE. M. Scott as guard and L. B. Cunningham as adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenwood G. A. KR
J. Shannon
Samuel Hoyer
A. Utterback
Seavy
P. Wallinger
J. B. Daenzler
M. Scott
L. B. Cunningham
Deaths Haste Hastings resident Samuel Scott dies in Lincoln
Samuel Scott an old Hastings resident died Sunday at his Lincoln home after paralysis struck him while riding a streetcar. His remains will be brought to Hastings Tuesday morning on No 3 for funeral at the Methodist church with burial in Malvern cemetery where two children are buried. Mrs A M A Wizsiar Linge dies at Silver City aged 77 at nephew James McDaniel’s home. She is survived by three sisters and one brother. funeral by Rev Conrey at East Liberty with interment beside her mother in East Liberty cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jessen
Clarence Shaif
Imira Durbin
Malvern
Woodruff
Glenwood
W. GB. Oaks
Silver City
Herman Sabrlander
Charles Bradshaw
Carl Schroeder
We. R. Wall
West Oak
Samuel Scott
Hastings
Lincoln
Neb
A.M. A. Wizsiar Linge
Decatur County
Marely
James McDaniel
Amanda Norwood
Nancy Wilson
Council Tutts
Sadie Stunsinger
Henry Wiveiar
Tabor
Conrey
East Liberty
Essay Writing Contest Winners Named by Minnerson Union
The Woman's Christian Leuperance Union of Minnerson announced essay contest results. Miss Dorris McDowell won first prize for high school on temperance, worth 44 dollars, with Miss Wa Gilmore second. Grammar school top prize went to Jessie Longshore for 2 dollars, with Evangeline Cheney second. Winning essays advance to the state contest offering 15 and 10 dollar prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Leuperance Union
Minnerson
Chronicle
Dorris McDowell
Wa Gilmore
Jessie Longshore
Evangeling Cheney
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Miss Rowan
Miss Watts
Ida Horstmeyer
Ruth Brooks
Hazel Miller
Alice Lamb
Marguerite Moore
Emma Barnes
Theresa Heinsheimer
Warren Uthel Lincoln
Grace Edwards
Cvarlane
Klouise Morgan
Clara Kinney
Oma Frankin
Gertrude Ostrander
Evernham
Ruth Jones
Lucile Dean Flora Sawyers
May Rooney
Josephinae Rooney
Carl McManigal
Lizzie Linville
Faye Chamberlin
Gertrude Reasoner
Lura Lewis
Velura Hall
Grace Glenn
Gladys Waterman
Norma Agan
Nellie Godsey
Daisy Murphy
Fern Jackson Bodw McCoy
May Lamb M Pate
Jessis Wright
CG. N. Reasoner
Julia A. Donelan
Everett Lilley Co
R. Warren
W.S. Lewis
E. Evernham
A. S. Sawyers Co. &, Caray C, Buch
W. N. Graves
A. J. Gettler
W. DeGarzon
W Carter
Rathie
M Donelan
CW Rathke
Elliott Sam Vintoo
Heinsheimer
Wheeler LE Geil J, T, Murphy T
J Koopp
E Cunningham
R. Bruce Gee
Masters
Messrs
Entertainments
Laut
Allenwood
Liz
W C Gilmore
Reasoner
Mat Donnelly
Boyce
Burlington
F M Shriver
Roy Stranathan
Wallace Haney
Cheyney
WHS
Lloyd LC
Adams
Wilson John Merritt
Grover Mickelna
Pace T
J McGarry
Jones
Glenn Clyde Warren
Dunagan
van Pelt Dre
Elliott Will Krecklow
J A
Burgoin
David Guynes
G Adams
CW McManigal Waldo Graves Leonard
Dean Inton
George H. White
Shallenberger
Lemon Qwox
Genung
White Cloud Township
Ella A. Kline
Harrison
Hubbell
Ling
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