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Newspaper

Mills County Tribune

Location

Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1921

Page

3

Football Boys Banquet At Armory Honors Team

About 200 high school pupils gathered at the Armory for a football banquet honoring the season's team. A track meet, letters awarded to players, and a captaincy announcement for Walter Gilmore marked the festive evening, with gifts, refreshments, and cheers accompanying the event. An animal sighting near a road was also noted.

Husky Signe Avery One Yell Walter Wright Carl Standiford Harry Hanks Everett Bennett George Haynie Harry Haynie Walter Gilmore Howard Bishop Tom Kier Laverne Estes Fay McManigal Marion Kates Harold Bichel Estes Stivers Duane Myers William Stowe Fred Kelley Fred Delevan Stedman French Walter Gilmor Axthelm

Greatest Yet Dance Night Promised in Glenwood

Promised event lights up Glenwood on December 26 at the Armory with the Legion boys vowing to deliver top show. Advertisement in Thursday's Tribune urges readers to consult for details and pricing.

Glenwood Armory Legion Tribune

Pythian Sisters Host Holiday Night With Santa Play

On Thursday December 22 the Pythian Sisters invite Knights, Sisters, and families to a festive evening with music a playlet and refreshments. The stage production A Department Store Santa Claus features a large cast including Mr Kelly Mrs Kelley Ronald Kier Irs James Swope Madge Kelley Jim Kelly Orley Altekruse Mr Smithson Mrs Smithson May Smithson Mrs Lewis Robinson Santa Claus and his Children Vera Judkins Ruth Lipsett Risa Jones Myrtle Wheeler Lulu Landon Eleanor Caughlan Mazie Davis and Otto Fudkins.

Pythian Sisters Knights Pythian Mr Kelly Kelley Ronald Kier James Swope Madge Kelley Jim Kelly Orley Altekruse Smithson

Hamburg Republicans Ben Baldwin and Harl McKissick Visit Omaha

Ben Baldwin and Harl McKissick of Hamburg traveled to Omaha Sunday night. While climbing the Pony Creek hill near Glenwood they observed a strange looking object in a road cut and will remember the encounter for a long time.

Hamburg Ben Baldwin Harl McKissick Omaha Pony Creek Hill Glenwood

Government to discontinue war savings stamps on December 31

The government will end sale of war savings stamps and the 2dchriff stamps December 31 and exchange them for new Treasury Savings Certificates in $25 $100 and $1,000 denominations. Certificates are registered and replaceable if lost or destroyed. They are sold at a discount in post offices. pay $20 for $25 face value payback in six years from date.

Treasury Savings

Money Short in Knoxville Express War Scarcity

The piece notes a pervasive shortage mindset from wartime to present, citing shortages of hides leather grain labor and even subjects for medical dissection. It jokingly suggests ostracizing leather profiteers as a cure for medical colleges.

Knoxville Express Medical Colleges

Day of Nativity Observed at Congregational Church

Christmas exercises in the Congregational church Saturday evening December 24 begin at 7 30 oclock. Program includes pantomime music vocal and orchestral pieces a playset and distribution of presents. Everyone welcome.

Removal requested for Glenwood sign at depot

The 6b RT company asks moving the Glenwood depot sign from its present site. The sign’s lettering was chosen after weeks of effort and a prize, with painters completing it for travelers in smoker, coach, diner and observation cars. Now the railroad seeks its removal, citing unspecified reasons possibly related to an architectural shed protecting eastbound passengers.

Glenwood Naupglt Chamber of Commerce

Weather shifts end the spell of pleasant week

Last week the region enjoyed ideal weather until Friday when a change arrived. It rained all day and snow began that evening. Saturday morning brought cleanup as snow melted under a bright sun, leaving the scene less flattering to sledders but pleasant to others.

Sol

Noted Class Holds Reunion

Mrs H M Logan hosted her Sunday school class at her home on Saturday afternoon December 17. The 45 members, under the title N B membership, enjoyed a six month study period and a farewell gift of Trummond's Exposition of Paul's Love Poem for three absent or partial attenders. The class treasurer was to send five dollars to the Christian Home Orphanage and give Miss French fifteen dollars for Glenwood's poor. A two course supper followed.

H M Logan Newton Reasoner David Hatcher Alvin van Pelt Trummond Paul Roy Haynie Christian Home Council Bluffs

Readers Letters From Far and Wide Boost Community Ties

Local newspaper shares Christmas season letters from Colorado and Nebraska readers praising the paper as a link to home. Messages recount crops, markets, and holiday goodwill, with gifts and renewals for The Tribune to accompany distant relatives and friends during winter 1921.

Colorado Nebraska Denver Colo the Tribune Cora A. Wheeler Wayne Mills County Lawrence Day Bheck Missouri C. B. Day Ned H . Kiser Harry Kiser Tribune

Death Streak of Illness Takes Bruce Abel in Omaha

Bruce Abel eldest son of Mr and Mrs W W Abel and a senior at Merson High School died December 17 at Clarkson Hospital Omaha after a three day blood infection following a leg bruise. He played basketball and was injured two weeks earlier. Funeral set for December 20 at 2:30 p m. in the Presbyterian church.

Bruce Abel Emerson Vicinsly Clarkson Omaha W W Abel Merson High School Peo Presbyterian Church

Reading gift from Mrs Buckingham to Miss Ella Gray

Mrs Nan Buckingham presented her friend Miss Ella Gray of Ottawa Kansas with a year's reading of The Tribune.

Nan Buckingham Ella Gray Ottawa Kan the Tribune

Glenwood Boys Defeat Tabor Scouts 24 to 15

The Glenwood boys traveled to Tabor Wednesday for a basketball game against the Tabor Boy Scouts. Final score 24 to 15 in favor of Glenwood.

Glenwood Tabor Glenwood Boys

Annual Gift Time to Needy of City

Citizens are urged to drop gifts at business boxes to aid boys in Christmas cheer for the needful. Donations of clothing or food are accepted. The Welfare Board and Fire Boys oversee distribution. notify Lewis Robinson or any Welfare Board member if you cannot bring gifts to town.

Welfare Board Lewis Robinson Wire Company Tribune

Arrests In Los Angeles Linked To Lake Swindle Scheme

Bernice Hansen a Glenwood milliner and diet trimmer is reported arrested in Los Angeles with Bert F Lake and Frank Marshall Edwards. Lake allegedly swindled grocery firms by posing as an agent for a milling company, using condemned goods to draw larger checks. Hansen’s prior notoriety in Glenwood and a recent announced marriage are noted amid bank checks returned due to lack of funds.

Bernice Hansen Glenwood Bert F. Lake Frank Marshall Edwards Los Angeles Lake Himelf Janke Hansen Luke Hernice Hansen Jake

M W A Officers Chosen At Glenwood Camp Meeting

M W A Officers Glenwood Camp No 3016 selection at the last meeting includes M Ross as Master, Harry Hubbell as G W, Myers as 2s, banker R W Rhoades, clerk Rolla Coleman, escort W Dunn, Sentry B F Ward, Watchman J W Hixson, Trustees Drs G M Agan and George Magudge. Vendors D G Jamison & Co offer tops, knives, guns, wagons and games for 10 cents.

M. W Glenwood Camp M- Ross W Harry Hubbell G& W Myers R W Rhoades Rolla Coleman Dunn FB Ward Hixson M Agan George Magudge

December 16 1921 wedding remembered by Hodges couple

Mr and Mrs Earl Hodges recall their 1921 wedding to Miss Stroud in Omaha during a severe December with deep snow. They rode by sleigh over frozen roads, crossing a ravine east of town near the Ranne place, then returned via Plattsmouth as ice cracked. They celebrated their 63rd anniversary quietly at home with children visiting.

Earl Hodges Hodges Mr Hodges Miss Stroud Omaha Ranne Missouri Plattsmouth

Union Church of Grigwold Calls Dr Buxton as Minister

The Union Church in Grigwold, a prominent southwest Iowa building, has flourished as a community center with a regularly employed minister. It has called Dr A G A Buxton, known for his Council Bluffs prominence and recent law practice in Atlantic, to serve.

Grigwold Iowa Union Church A G A Buxton Buxton Council Bluffs Episcopal Church Atlantic

Postponed Emerson talent play rescheduled after death

The home talent group Emerson young people延 postpones the Tuesday performance to Wednesday due to the death of Bruce Abel. The play titled Sing a Song for Sleepy Joyes will be presented on the new night.

Emerson Young People Bruce Abel

I Am a Little Christmas Seal Poem by Mal Rose

A paraplegic author Mal Rose writes and offers a Christmas Seal poem to the Mahaska County Public Health Association to aid tuberculosis relief. He asks all readers to buy the seal for a penny to fund efforts to save babies and improve health. The piece urges support, noting his condition and determination.

Mal Rose Mahaska County Oskaloosa Rose Iowa Tuberculosis Association Sye Seal Sale Gilbert Cheney

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