Janet Record Weds Harry Leroy Pike in Quiet Glenwood Ceremony
Miss Janet Record wed Harry Leroy Pike today at the bride’s home with only close relatives present. Rev J O Staples officiated, and the couple left for Omaha to start housekeeping, with attendance noted from F W Higginson, Mrs Clarence Jones, and the Record family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Record
Glenwood
Harry Leroy Pike
Omata
James I. Record
J. O. Staples
Glenwood Baptist Church
M. J. Williams
F. .W. Higginson
Omaha
Clarence Jones
Sioux City
S. B. Record
Pacific Junction
Red Oak Sun
Henderson
Mabel L. Q Crosthwait
Harvey Crosthwait
Harold Worlkman
Wm. B.thompson
M. EB. Church
Red Hog Sale Averages Reported At Malvern And Red Oak
Hog sale at Malvern by W L Gaston on December 4 averaged 23 with top 940 as the day was poor for attendance. T H and J D Isaac sale at Red Oak same day averaged 24.10 with 27 head sold and top at 843.
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Duroc Jersey
W.L. Gaston
Malvern
T. H
J. D. Isaac
Red Oak
High Prices for Corn At Omaha Exhibition Auction
An Omaha corn show exhibition held Saturday featured high bids for corn. EH Faville of Des Moines bought the champion ears from J R Overstreet of Franklin, Indiana for 335. The previous year Faville also purchased ten championship ears after paying 20 bushels. G L Kerlin of Franklin is also mentioned among bidders.
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Omaha
EH. E. Faville
Des Moines
J. R
Franklin
Ind
Kerlin
Prize corn prices at Des Moines auction noted
Ind. was bought by the Topeka Capital for $285. Hi. E. Kruger of Beaver Dam Wis bought his own peck of prize cars for B14. The corn show at Des Moines closed last week and the prices paid for the corn sold at auction were nearly as good as those realized at Omaha. They were: Best single car 160 Best ten ears 300 Best bushel 52.50 Best thirty ears 26.
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Ind
Topeka
Hi. E. Kruger
Beaver Dam
Wis
Des Moines
Omaha
Stars Defeat Glenwood Bowls. Rishel Tops Score
Omaha Stars overpower Glenwood 2 second game totals 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Out of the Ordinary A 300 Horse Killed by Electric Shock
A 300 horse owned by CGC Ratcliff of Shenandoah was killed when it stepped on a broken electric wire, throwing Ratcliff from his buggy and wrecking the vehicle. Forsythe near Grigwold burned by carbolic acid after mistaking it for bay rum. Mills in Randolph saw a snake on river ice washed out by high water. A 28 page will filed in Logan for Mrs. H. B. Brown of New Jersey, estate worth over a million dollars with holdings in Harrison county.
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CGC
Ratcliff
Shenandah
J. ©. Forsythe
Grigwold
Chas. Mills
Randolph
Logan
H. B. Brown
New Jersey
Harrison County
Des Moines Bar Endorses Judge Deemer for U S Supreme Court
Judge Horace B. Deemer of Red Oak, after 15 years on the Iowa supreme court including term as chief justice, receives unanimous Des Moines Bar endorsement for appointment by President Taft to fill the Peckham vacancy. Bar associations statewide follow. Millis County locals recall his service and urge appointment.
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Horace B. Deemer
Red Oak
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines Bar, Association
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Peckham
Deemer
Millis County
Officials Inspect Tuberculosis in Glenwood cattle
State officials visited the Glenwood herd of Holstein cattle, testing 109 head. Only one showed tuberculosis, a marked improvement from 15 diseased last spring and 45 about a year ago. Infected animals are promptly killed.
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Glenwood
State Institution
Broom Factory Closes At Malvern
Dave Copson closes his Malvern broom factory due to broom corn shortage. He says in forty years he has never seen brush prices as high as they are this year. He will not make more brooms until production costs are covered by sale prices. A 25 cent Rexall Goibpe Pills ad appears with Red Cross Drug Company reference.
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Dave Copson
Malvern
Dave
Clarence Flanders Jailed for Bigamy Case in Iowa
Clarence Flanders, a former Glenwood bus driver, is jailed in Des Moines awaiting grand jury action on bigamy charges after marrying Cora Burt Flanders while his first wife, Marie Flanders, still held legal status. He pleaded guilty to a related charge in police court, and both women testified about their marriages.
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Clarence Flanders
Glenwood
Des Moines
Albia
Flanders
Cora Burt
Justice Roe
Greenwood Park
Marie Flanders
Troye Clarence
Clarence
Fire destroys George W. Jones farm house near Glenwood
Six miles northwest of Glenwood the George W. Jones farm house burned at noon Saturday. Mrs. Jones and children were inside while Mr. Jones was in town. Fire likely started from a defective flue. A girl upstairs discovered it. Neighbors removed lower floor furniture. Insurance covered 250 on the house and 160 on furniture. The family moved to a new on-farm house and tenant Joe Purcell relocated to the Cornelius Anderson farm with help from neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Jones
Glenwood
Jones
Joe
Purcell
Cornelius ‘Anderson
Good Town Good Paper Christmas Edition Shapes Hamburg
The Hamburg Republican prints a 40 page Christmas edition with many illustrations of leading citizens business houses and residences. Local business men showcase enterprise through liberal advertising making the edition notably creditable for a country paper.
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Hamburg
Mills County Apple Winners Take National Trophy
J W Murphy of Glenwood and partners B Stuart and F O Harrington won a silver cup at the national apple show in Council Bluffs for Iowa. Murphy attended the State Horticultural Society meeting in Des Moines last week and earned 87 of 115 possible prizes. The trophy, now owned by the Iowa society, was presented by the trio and sits in the Capitol office of Wesley Green where visitors admire it.
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J. W. Murphy
Des Moines
State Horticultural Society
Mills County
Murphy
Queen Mills
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Coanoi
Bluffs
J.W. Murphy
Glenwood
B. Stuart
F. O. Harrington
Williamsburg
Iowa
Wesley Green
State House
Miss Fields Wins Auto Miss Jessia Field Display
Page county superintendent Miss Fields receives three $500 Bush automobiles after her pupils win the first Premium for best county display in the industrial section at the Omaha corn show.
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Jessia Field
Page County
Omaha
Pottawat
Page county pupils win county prize and best manual exhibit
Table County placed third. Mills County had no display. Page County pupils won first in the county prize competition and also took first premium for the best exhibit in manual training at the corn show.
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Table County
Mills County
Page County
Dining Car Feast Delays Malvern Bound T And N Party
On Burlington train No 2 a French chef served a toothsome supper in the dining car causing a Malvern party led by President Robert McClelland and his daughter Myra to miss Malvern. They were carried to Hastings and returned by freight in a Jim Hill caboose after a late local. They vow to avoid sumptuous banquets on trains.
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Tabor & Northern
Africa
Burlington
Robert, Mcllelland
Myra
Malvern
Hastings
Jim Hill
Glenwood barber shops reshuffled as Laraway buys Howard's
J W Laraway purchased A S Howards barber shop on the west side and moved his watchmaking and jewelry business there. He plans to avoid barbering and store the tensorial outfit. Edwards shifts to full time real estate, Ralph Snodgrass moves to Milliron shop. M W Rogers buys S Clark barber shop with Clark uncertain about his plans but staying briefly.
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J. W. Laraway
Howards
Mr. Laraway
McCluskey Drug
Glenwood
Edwards
Ralph Snodgrass
Milliron
M. W. Rogers
Clark
Rogers
Glanwood
Mr. Rogers
Mammoth Ear of Corn Raises World Record Ear in Iowa
A. L. Plummer of Camp township near Des Moines reportedly raised the largest ear of corn in the world, 19 inches long and weighing four pounds. The ear is nearly perfect except for a tip extending about an inch beyond the grains, and the Iowa Corn Growers Association challenges others to duplicate it.
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Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
A. L. Plummer
Camp Township
Des Moines
Interstate ruling cuts Omaha Council Bluffs fare to 10c
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge Co a interstate corporation under the commerce act and declared its 15 cent fare between local Omaha and Council Bluffs points unreasonable. It ordered the two city fare for two years beginning next February not to exceed 10 cents between any points in either city.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha & Council, Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge Company
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Scales That Cheat Spark Calls for New Laws on Retail Weighing
A movement seeks laws targeting scales used in retail to weigh and charge. Critics say many scales miscompute prices in favor of sellers, causing buyer overcharges. Also noted is promotion for a Glenwood shop offering a special Xmas room with Ladies and Gents furnishings from D. G. Jamison & De Jamison's.
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Glenwood
D. G. Jamison & de
Mills County Lands Sell at Good Figures
Real estate reports from Mills County show multiple transfers. John Schmidt sells a 60 acre Pony Creek farm to Samuel Boyer for his son Fred Boyer, price 4600 with possession March 1. W J Johnson trades to John Reth er a Glenwood blacksmith shop for 36 acres near Pacific Junction, Johnson paying 800 difference. Ensign buys 76 acres northwest of Glenwood on Pony Creek for 4500. Charles Hunt occupies. Al Dean gains Boyle Co store property from Fin nel, valued 6500, in exchange for a 200 acre Glenwood farm. Other transfers include Emerson lots 403 and 404 for 1400, Platteville land 700, Malvern blocks 6–8 for 290, Ogden acres 800, Oak 78 acres 4000, Glenwood lot 6 8 31 500, Hastings lots 577–579 1500, Center 80 acres 7500.
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W. Rathke
John Schmidt
Glenwood Mail
Pony Creek
Samuel Boyer
Fred Boyer
Nebraska
W. J. Johnson
John Rether
Otis
Glenwood
Pacific Junction
Johnson
Mr. Rathke
B. G. Ensign
Little Pony Creek
Charles Hunt
Mr. Ensign
Neola Bank
Thurman Times
B. F. Boyle & Co
al Dean
Finnell
W H Eaton
M E Yates
Emerson
J W Stone
W L DeLashmutt
Platteville
O G Brown
Geo Palmer
Malvern
Ensign
Charles W Rathke
Oak
G W Holdrege
T H Mathers
F Hi Priest
Abner Clark
Hastings
Elmer Stone
Chas Conger
Center
Doings of the Death Angel
Steven Woodrow 85, a Mills County resident buried in Malvern Cemetery after dying in Bedford. Infant son of Dr and Mrs Estes dies at Malvern. Laura Hillhouse dies at 43 near Tabor Green Hollow. home burned last year and she died of pneumonia. Interment at Thurman.
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Steven Woodrow
Hmersop
Malvern
Bedford
Mills County
Illinois
H. H. Woodrow
Summers Brothers
Elmer Estes
Tabor
Laura Hillhouse
Green Hollow
Thurman
Close of Court Ends November Term at Glenwood
Judge Woodruff closed the November term at Glenwood on Saturday and today opens a regular session at Clarinda. Among closing items was the submission of arguments for new trials in the O C Knight dog case and the Mann railroad case. The court took both matters under consideration.
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Woodruff
Glenwood
Clarinda
O. C. Knight Dog
Mann Railroad
Building at Balfour Burlington Erects New Station Hous
Building at Balfour The Burlington is erecting two commodious houses for the station agent and the section foreman’s family as the town grows with new construction and a thriving stock and grain shipping trade. Joyce of Claremont NH reports kidney medicine benefit from Voles Kidney Remedy after a long-standing ailment.
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Burlington
Balfour
Joyce
Claremont, N. H
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