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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
7
After 27 years in leased buildings E M Myers moves into his own Glenwood shop in the former Charles Carey building. He plans a three-floor up to date furniture and undertaking place with a chapel morgue and shop, plus an elevator, display room, and basement storage as the business grows.
Glenwood locals note Christmas Seals sales by Red Cross and a New Year sale running through January first. Local events include an Armory orchestra on December 14 with waxed dance floor, distribution of subscription urges for The Tribune, and a Benton neighbor report about Red Cross Seals. Six new names added recently. I. O. F. lodge to skip home-coming session.
Beginning at Leo day morning all trains resume pre disruption schedules. Main line trains UL and 44 run as before with local passenger service. Nos 5 and 4 drop local stops while Nos 21 22 on the KC line between Pacific Junction and Omaha return. Nos 3 and 2 on Carson and Sidney branches from Thaslings restart. Local freight No 91 will not carry passengers Creston to Hastings this Thursday on the CB.
A telegram received December 14 announced the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Hammond Caley at their home. The message from Ned Adams conveyed the good news that the couple have been blessed with a grandchild and both mother and child are doing well. The father plans to visit soon.
Dunn and Dudley Company announces a promotion offering a pound of candy with every grocery order from today until Christmas. The assortment includes waffles pillows and straws in various flavors described as having brilliant finishes. The ad claims access to low cost high grade groceries and overall savings in this department.
The L. Robinson book and jewelry store will be open each night of the business days from Saturday through Christmas.
The Glenwood Baptist Church presents a 7:30 p.m. Christmas program featuring music by an orchestra and soloists, recitations by Janet Jones and Mary Brown, pantomime Rack of Ages, readings, and a piano piece. A schedule of performances includes multiple Plimpton and Miller family participants and ends with a benediction.
The speaker names Ira Cheney, Robert Honeyman, Myron Shipman and Ray Fields as supporters. Proceeds from the Festival will aid Emerson’s Cornet Band. Attendees are urged to buy tickets and show up to applaud the band boys.
Rev. J. I. Wilkins resigns from the Emerson church and accepts a call to the Malvern Baptist church. He previously served Mills county, then Stansberry, Missouri, before returning to Emerson, and now returns to Malvern to lead the Brethren congregation. The Malvern community is pleased to have a beloved pastor back in town.
In a December 6 meeting of the M. W. A. in Glenwood, officers for the gaming year were chosen. Appointments include J. Terry as banker, W. Judikine as clerk, F. Scort We oA. Byers as Waterman, R. Coleman as Sentry, Vinton as escort, and T. La. Smuttse as trustee. Physicians are T. Agan and Geo. Mogridge.
Mr and Mrs Warl Hodges received an interesting letter from a blind 81 year old writer. Chris Stringfield of Priend Kansas claims he lived in Mills county for 33 years and the same length of time in Kansas. He became blind through age and is an uncle of Mrs A W Crow.
Glenwood readers learn of multiple marriages in Adams and Glenwood Nebraska. Ulysses Beatty marries Lois N. Godeon at a Presbyterian church in Adams with quiet ceremony. Danny W. Buffon and Nona Gladys Hevren wed at the bride’s grandmother’s Glenwood home. Albert Schoening’s daughter Maleeta Schoening and John Niemotiler wed at the couple’s Glenwood area home.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court verdict in a Glenwood case where a councilman sold a timber bill to the town. The decision requires the town to pay the lumber bill and upholds the county attorney in dismissing suits against Mayor Wallace. It implies officials may sell town materials while in office, influencing local business service to the town.
A scrapbook fragment recalls harsh winter weather slowing mail delivery as trains blocked and drifts grew. The poem imagines the postman trudging through white lanes while homes stay warm, contrasting storm fury with spring hope and the carrier’s perseverance.
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