Pacific Junction notes a busy week in town
Kelley & Co advertises fine candies and Christmas goods. Dr Bacon and Hines travel to Wahoo. Elsie Reed recovers from diphtheria. Burgesses visit Seattle. Mrs Kelley seeks treatment near Lincoln. Wheat and corn arrivals rise. roads improve. Rumor of Daniel Willard joining Baltimore & Ohio. Burlington payroll around 6000 dollars. paydays set. Ice house foundation under way. mix heated for concrete. dirt dumped. cinder floor planned. No 10 derailed near Lincoln. 8 injuries. Rabbits damage catalpa trees. a shotgun brigade discussed. Claude Anderson family illness. nurse from Glenwood. New EKC bridge raises grade. pusher required for long freight. LBH Stroud visits after 15 months. reports good crops near Oshkosh and plans for Garden county seat. New county officials to be elected Jan 10. Wall paper and window glass at Kelley & Co. Land deal: Hugh Kenney sells 160 acres to D C Shettler for 9600. Steam dredge resumes Pony Creek ditch work. weather delays. Edison Phonographs for sale at Kelley & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O Burgess
Seattle
P P Kelley
College View
Lincoln
Junction Railroad
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Gashier
Claude Anderson
Burlington
Pacific Junction
Lbh Stroud
Junction
Nebraska
Oshkosh
Garden County
Deuel County
Lou
Kelley & Co's
Kelley & Co’s
Hugh Kenney
Walter
Glenwood
Elmer
Theodore Anderson
Omaha
J C Chamberlin
Lo Zornes
Egypt School
Alex Statler
Eugene Vinton
Mable May Hayes
World Herald
D C Shettler
Holdredge
Neb
Pony Creek
Missing Foster lumber yard manager L. O. Zornes
L. O. Zornes, manager of Foster lumber yard, has been missing since Sunday night. He told his wife he would return by the 3:20 train from the west. Relatives fear an accident or foul play as no domestic trouble is known. Several local men, including A. Foster, Lingolo, and Ernest Purcell, are connected with yard duties and future management plans. Post cards at Kelley & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Zornes
Foster Lumber Yard
A. Foster
Lingolo
Ernest Purcell
L. H. Stroud
Bridge Lumber and Piling Bids Opened Glenwood IA 1910
Notice to receive sealed bids at the Mills County Auditor's office by noon January 3 1910 for bridge lumber and piling for 1910. Bids marked Proposal on Bridge Lumber opened at 1 pm. contract awarded soon after. Board may reject any bid. Also listed are advertised letters at Glenwood post office. The draft notes Fundy tides claim world high tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Iowa
Auditor's Office
Mills County
Board of Supervisors
M. Criswell
Oriental servant a jewel in days of travel toil
A historical view extols an Indian servant's role, noting a monthly wage of 12 to 14 dollars. The piece lists duties from ticketing and luggage to room telegraphs, bed making, tea service, and errands. It lauds quiet service, loyalty, and daily vigilance around the traveler, ending with the servant sleeping across the threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dak
Tongue Twister Challenge by Kleiser and Wood Sawing Chuckles
Public speaking pioneer Grenville Kleiser issues a tongue twisting challenge at the West Side Y M C A New York. The sequence centers on Esau Wood who saws wood with various wood saws revealing a punishingly tangled set of phrases. Kleiser notes he was formerly a Yale faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenville Kleiser
Public Speaking Club of America
West Side
New York
Esau
Esau Wood
Kleiser
Yale
Dual Gould Lookalikes Sparked Years of Confusion
A New York physician and the millionaire railroad magnate Jay Gould bore an uncanny resemblance for years. One winter morning at a resort a swarthy dwarf in a brown check suit confronted the physician asking if he was Gould. Gould joked he could be mistaken unless the beard was shaved, warning of potential for impersonation and loss of fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
New York
Gould
The
Pittsburg
Does the number 13 shape a career in the army
A Paris contemporary questions if thirteen affects military careers after M Oudin ranks thirteenth in the St Cyr naval list and is gazetted a sub lieutenant in a cavalry unit. The London Globe notes the superstition rebuked at St Cyr with Marshal MacMahon Bourbaki Laycaucoupet Balloud among thirteens as notable exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Oudin
St. Cyr
London Globe
Marshal MacMahon
Bourbaki
Laycaucoupet
Metz
Balloud
No Match for Her
A terse exchange unfolds as the man admits he cannot reveal his thoughts while the woman questions the necessity of a key to the mind. Thechant bodinege remains unnamed, and the scene ends with the man being unable to match her wit.
County Board Proceedings Mille County Iowa 1909 December
The Mille County Board of Supervisors met in Glenwood to review claims and expenses for the December sessions. Items include aid payments, services, coal, supplies, and salaries for the poor farm, printing, jail, and court house operations, with per diem and mileage for board members.
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Board of Supervisors
Milla County
Iowa
Auditor’s Office
S. W Creech
Geo H Parker
J B Brandt
Welch Mfg Co
Wills
Soldiers Relief
J C McGrew
Utterbuck
Starbuck
L Smouse
Grand Jury
Masters
Independent Telephone Co
Glenwood Drug Co
Welch Co
Luther Rodman
Vetecrocese
Elkins
S. W. Creech
M. Criswell
Mills County
S W Creech
Poor Farm
Wallace Lumber Co
Mcise
F Baker & Co
Knopp
Buch & Murphy
Farmers Co-Operative Associa_tion
pWereled
A J Howe
Heinsheimer Co
Mdse
LE Geil
Glenwood Opinion
Mills County Tribune
Malvern Leader
Ginn & Co
American Book Co
Text Books
H Wheeler & Co
Board actions and school anecdote in Indian Creek region
The report by S B Hutchings on fines amounting to 35 dollars was approved, G W Rimes resigned as Justice of the Peace, Fred M Crane’s bond for Watkins ditch repair was set at 1060 dollars, and tax cancellation for Glenwood City lots was granted. The Board ordered bridge lumber bids for 1910 and adjourned. A school anecdote follows about a superintendent testing pupils with a skeleton question, provoking a literal answer from a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Io
Lurber
S B Hutchings
Indian Creek Township
G W Rimes
Silver Creek Township
Fred M Crane
Watkins Ditch
City Recorder
Glenwood City
S W Creech
S M Criswell
Polishing by Hot Air and Friction
The article describes a new method using a blast of hot air in a centrifugal machine to polish metals. Objects placed in a fast spinning basket receive heated air through a pipe, producing rapid high polish and drying wet metal directly from the bath. Nickel-plated pieces regain brightness in minutes with this method.
Sheriff Sale Notice In Mills County Iowa 1910
Sheriff L G Linville announces a real estate sale by execution in Mills County Iowa on January 12 1910 at the west door of the Court House Glenwood between 9 am and 4 pm. Property includes Lot 17 and Lot 8 and a private road in section 26 township 73 range 43. Debtor Arthur Hice IL Case Threshing Machine Co. The sale follows a 1909 judgment for 664.57 plus costs 859.05. Lost brown fur robe notice follows with reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Mills County
Iowa
Theo. W. Ivory
Arthur Hice
Case Threshing Machine Co
Towa
A. W
Court House
Glenwood
L. G. Linvitue
G. H. Estes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Junction Department
Kelley & Co
Kelley & Co Drug
Bacon
Hines
Wahoo
Elsie Reed
No 10
Eigh
Catalpa
Lang
McClenathan
Anderson
LM Shearer
Edison
Ida Goodfellow
Jos. Weneil
J. A. Davenport
B. Watts
A. D. Welton
E. R- Robison
Thos. Johnson
Lay Hill
John A. Anderson
R. C. White
State Savings Bank
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Cee
Bowar Bros
Jay Gould and the Physician
County Board Proceedings
Mille County
Pervilla Robinson
HK Kemple
Ada Hoghes
de J M Donelan
Edgar Christy
L B Bacon
Jas F Martin & Son
Martin Nebe
Scott & Son
Mary Stotts
Bailey
T M
van Kirk
Auditor's
LG Linville
Grand & Petit Juror
Hackney
Bailiff Grand Jury
O Ferguson
Ez Dalton
Phipps
Lamps
Callahan & Co
McClain’s Digest
Cogley
Ice Court House
E Barber
NOUSG
Geo E Masters
F F Davis
Paveeeer Se
John Johnson
E E Spelman
A Foster
Lumber Co
Pony Creek Ditch
Escenes
Sprague Foundry Co
Davis & Anderson
Moise
CS Royce
Mdsein
BC Bradley
Cole
Mc Clain
Bridge Claims
JP King
Renee
Miles Kier
Wereeneee
John Kunz
S Killman
Robi Knight
Jobo Marley
Veoes
Coe Peppers
Ordene
Fynhes
JJ Starr
Elmer James
Willard
Spikes
Wilson
Swanson & Foster
Geo I Salyers & Co
Mdase
Quinn Lumber Co
J Humphrey
Boston
Price
John Powers
M B Fellows
C & Filton
Chas. Hambsch
Wm Kesterson
Dt S O Burgess
AR Jones
J H Crook
County Road Orde
Gopher
Sheriff's Sale
Depot
van Pelt Livery Barn
West Liberty Road
G. T. Reasoner
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