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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
4
Hogs moved higher at St Joseph stock yards on Saturday with top bids reaching 8.60 per hundredweight while Chicago reported strong activity as buyers pushed prices up. The market showed firm demand and buyers remained active into the trading session.
Up to noon today Auditor Criswell issued 902 licenses to Mills Com users. Rabbit hunting remains lively as the season continues. A flock of wild geese was seen yesterday but ducks and geese have mostly migrated for the winter.
Following are the newly elected officers of the Glenwood Workman Lodge EW D Miller past master work man W H Adams master workman Geo Kates overseer Bill Anthony foreman Geo Haley recorder Robt Burnsett guide Dan Lugech financier and recorder John Jackson inside watch O Rishes outside watch Hill Anthony trustee
Dr. Agan, a well known city physician, will move to Oakwood on January 1 and form a partnership with Dr. C. H. DeWitt. Both bring wide experience to a strong practice, with Agan noted as former Silver City auditor and current mayor. The family plans to join in spring. Local tribune extends welcoming wishes.
Glenwood Cold Storage House shows success as residents retrieve apples stored last fall. Only fruit in good condition when stored remains excellent. damaged fruit is poor. Manager Bortenlanger repacks and ships apples, sending about fifteen carloads to market.
Judson A B Juudson of Balfour was reelected president of the Iowa State Grange at its Des Moines annual meeting. Leslie L Richardson of Balfour became steward. The grange backed road improvements, a state highway commission, 40 foot roadways where practical, and federal aid. It urged better highways than France’s, endorsed parcels post and postal savings bank, opposed oleomargarine changes, and criticized packing interests’ tax repeal effort as harmful to dairy farming.
County Treasurer W H Fickel invites bids at Glenwood Iowa up to noon January 4 1910 for 86000 Pony Creek drainage bonds bearing 6 percent interest payable semiannually dated November 2 1909 and due five equal annual installments with no sale below par and right to reject bids. Dated December 20 1909. Foley ad inserted.
Attorney I T Genung has been at Avoca since last Tuesday for a malpractice damage suit. Plaintiffs Charles R Chase of Council Bluffs seeks 2000000 damages against Dr A P Condon of Omaha and Dr F H Houghton of Council Bluffs. Defendants contend nurse negligence caused the retained sponge. The case features a large legal team including Turn er Cullison M J Wade Allen and Geo B Clark alongside Genung.
Glenwood area youths studying at Des Moines business college Council Bluffs Nebraska State University Knox College Tabor college Cedar Falls Iowa City and military school Delafield Wisconsin are returning home for the holidays. Names include Miss Fannie Linville Merrill Myers George Staples Leon DeBrohan Miss Edna Miller Clyde Merritt Alfred Standiford Miss Annie Bellatti Edwin Dean Paul Gilliland Max Morgan Lena Godsey Inslee Bogart and Ralph Heinsheimer.
WJ Spillman head of Washington Farm Lands Dept warns Iowa farmers about farm management. He cites crisis in crop rotation and urges more clover, and raises corn for feeding cattle hogs and sheep rather than selling. He argues farmers are not intensive enough.
Secretary of State Hayward's office states only the Republican and Democratic parties may hold primaries. In June, each party must cast 2 percent of the total governor vote from the last election to qualify. Prohibitionists and Socialists failed to meet the threshold and lose primary participation.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Phelps, tenants on the Ed Van Kirk farm three miles north of Silver City, died early Sunday morning. Burial was held Monday in Malvern cemetery after a short home service led by Rev. G. O. Baker, pastor of the Silver City Baptist church.
Rudolph Hopp sold to Frank Pritchard the Ben Taylor farm three miles northeast of Glenwood. The 97 acre property was priced at 13000 dollars at 134 per acre. James Severn now occupies the land with ordinary improvements.
A German chemical hexamethylenetetramine is cited as a valuable ingredient in Foley's Kidney Remedy. It is noted as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine. Readers advised to take Foley's Kidney Remedy at first sign of irregularities. A. J. Howe, Glenwood.
The secretary of agriculture James Wilson notes modern laborers live better than Elizabeth I, citing comforts such as heating, screens, elevators, and sanitation. The piece contrasts royal life with present ease, praising or lamenting lost ails while highlighting lack of conveniences in Elizabethan times and the pleasurable sprawl of today.
A New York man, moving to London, leaves a bequest for his dog. The dog dislikes his first care group, then a second family, finally settling with a smoker. A dog expert explains the dog is drawn to tobacco smoke, preferring the scent of its former master.
A husband jokes he has reached the wifeless breakfast stage of marriage prompting his wife to retort that she began with the newspaper at the breakfast table. The exchange ends with mutual amusement as they share a breakfast moment.
Nashua Iowa night officer J N Paterson quotes his winter cold and lung misery then credits Foley’s Honey and Tar for cure after trying many medicines and two doctors. A friend’s recommendation and a two thirds bottle figure in his testimonial. Glenwood’s A J Howe endorses similarly.
Farmer Nubbins recalls a comic claim that a man cannot run faster than a walk. He jokes that a field trial near Hawkinses shows a mysterious boarder outpace his two year old bull across pasture. Local exchange captures rural humor and skepticism about speed claims.
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire writes about buying two bottles a year ago and curing a severe kidney trouble lasting years. She calls it grand medicine and highly recommends it, while A J Howe of Glenwood signs the endorsement.
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