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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
5
Several Sunday schools present festive pageants and cantatas in Glenwood churches led by Sun id School casts. A variety of recitations songs and choir numbers star in the Nativity and Christmas joy programs. Santa Claus visits and a Near East Relief offering cap the Christmas observances with public attendance invited.
The Blue Bird Club held a Wednesday night gathering at Miss Alice Scott's home. Participants enjoyed candy and games, with Virginia Seeger Arline Allen Maxine Maxwell Ruth Adelaide Kier Lucille Linville Hazel Edmonds and Mabel Burson in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Everett Rhoades host a Christmas Day gathering as Mr and Mrs George McMillan welcome their children and grandchildren at their home. Two relatives cannot attend while Mr and Mrs Charles McMillan of Butte Wyoming join the extended family. Mrs Rhoades is noted for her culinary skill.
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation sent six voting delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Indianapolis December 6 to 8. C. W. Hunt Logan WH H Cunningham Ames Isaac White Albia Ray Redfern Yarmouth H Martin Spencer J Palmer Ames BE H Cunningham chaired the resolutions committee which processed about 270 resolutions. The committee adopted 30 distinct resolutions addressing vital farm issues and sent three to Congress on farm finance protection tariff policy and opening foreign markets. An additional resolution urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate United States Steel and the Pittsburg Plus Schedule affecting farm machinery prices.
Wayne Gilmore, a Glenwood High School graduate, writes from Willows California on December 18 about persistent rain since November 5 and its toll. He reports farmers facing high harvest costs, incomplete rice cutting, low paddy prices, scarce jobs, and many fellows broke. Local aid and a school Christmas program are noted, with best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Everett Whisler and Louise Birdsall were married at 8 p m on Wednesday December 15 at the bride’s parents home in Emerson. Rev H E Morgan officiated. The bride wore white satin crepe. Louise is daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Birdsall and a Emerson High School class of 1918 graduate later at Simpson College for a year. The groom, son of Dr and Mrs Whisler of Tingley Iowa, has assisted in Abel Pharmacy Emerson. After a luncheon the couple visited in Glenwood with the bride’s sister Mrs Clyda Rhoads before settling with Louise’s mother.
Pioneer citizen Noah Hanks lies ill at his home as his children Mr and Mrs Roxy Hanks of Omaha and Mr and Mrs Oscar Osterholm of Des Moines are summoned to his bedside for his care.
On December 21 a fifth son was born to Mr and Mrs W Johnson of Lyons township. On December 14 Mrs Rey Phunb welcomed her first born daughter. On December 19 Mr and Mrs Charles Linville welcomed a son, with Blanche Linville as mother.
Daily papers report the U S Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal of W. Boehner of Malvern who was convicted in federal court on espionage charges. The sentence calls for a $5,000 fine and three years in federal prison. Readers know the cape history.
Heirs to the Wycoff estate gathered in Glenwood to discuss their interest in the Coney Island property. About thirty people attended, with heirs from three states present. Future meetings may be in Fulton county Illinois, original home of Abraham Wycoff. Mrs. W J Lucas of Glenwood serves as historian.
Monday market data shows cattle priced from 6 to 13 dollars for beef steers and 5 to 7.50 for beef cows. Hogs closed at 9.30 with 180 pound and up at 9.10 to 9.25. Lamb tops at 10.66 dollars.
Curt Harris displayed a curious fowl on Wednesday a three legged chicken described as a mix of Black Spanish and Rhode Island Red. The extra leg sits near the center of the two normal legs and slightly behind them. The strange bird was raised by Caleb Fisher who owns the poultry.
Alfred Moraine, age 69, former Benton resident, died Tuesday at Edmundson hospital after a weeklong illness. Funeral Thursday with burial in Walnut Hill, Council Bluffs. He moved to Council Bluffs in 1904 and ran a grocery. survived by wife and eight children. brother M Moraine lives near Malvern. Joseph Shaw Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaw near Bartlett, died Sunday evening aged 1 year 1 month 23 days after pneumonia illness. funeral Tuesday at Bartlett church, burial in Pubor cemetery. grandparents listed. Violet Sauer Iumainger, younger daughter of Mrs. Sadie May Hulfiger, born near Marvern March 2 1918, died December 20 1920 in Glenwood from pneumonia after whooping cough. funeral December 22 at home, burial in Glenwood cemetery. mother, two sisters, a brother died. father Floyd Kenneth Hulfiger had died earlier. Funeral services led by local ministers. deaths noted with comforting religious sentiments.
Susan Letitia Vinton Barbour of Pacific City who died December 15 1920 aged 77 years 3 months and 25 days lived near Glenwood for decades. Born in Beverly Ohio she moved to Glenwood then Pacific City with her family and raised seven children two surviving Mary L and Herbert. She was a devoted Congregationalist and Sunday school worker admired for generosity and steadfast character. Her funeral was at the Pacific City home with Rev Thomas Evans and interment in Glenwood cemetery. She rests peacefully awaiting reunion.
Word arrived that Robert Shannon, brother of Mrs. Harvey Mayberry, died at his Norfolk Nebraska home on Wednesday, noting the sudden family loss and a quiet local observance to follow.
A reader is urged to consider a year long Mills County Tribune subscription as a Christmas present for absent friends. The note proposes gifting a semi weekly visitor, noting several readers have already remembered their friends with this idea.
The Glenwood Camp No 350 of the W. O. W. met last Thursday evening to elect officers for the coming year. Consul Commander St H Butterfield, Advisory Litut F H McDole, Banker Jas Radford, Clerk Treas WW Kirk iscott, C M Maxwell, Watchman Harl McClary, Auditor 1 year M B Wiles, Auditor 2 years F H McNale, Auditor 8 years Geo Wolfe, Physicians Drs Agan and Caughlan. 20,000 bushels of corn sought at 75 cents a bushel, Mulholland farm 3 miles SE of Malvern, pay 76 cents in trade. Trade offer to settle tight money, scale tickets issued, Mulholland Co. Malvern. Death noted in Mills county with sale prices offered.
J R and Fred Mintle entered ten ears of their Mills County White corn at the National Corn Show in Chicago, out of 3,000 entries. They report six acres yielding 106.6 bushels per acre, with twenty four acres averaging 90 bushels. The Mintle brothers, long breeders of white corn, are renowned exhibitors and hope for strong demand and further support for their work.
Walter Marshall Jr. completes two years of life today. A happy gathering at the Marshall home will be held this evening with a shared dinner to honor the occasion.
Residents are urged to keep fire hydrants clear on Glanwood streets. Shovel snow away with care to avoid burying hydrants and save minutes in emergencies. Fire crews appreciate cleaning around hydrants at street corners.
The Cosmopolitan Study Club of teachers met Monday evening at the Woman's Club rooms for a Christmas party. Christmas decorations and a beautiful tree brightened the occasion. Each attendee received a gift, with jokes exchanged and a jolly evening shared. Present were Mr. and Mrs. George Masters, Mrs. Neveln, and Mrs. Axthelm.
A Washington style metaphor portrays the government as a vast, unruly animal that overwhelms its handlers. Uncle Jcha notes the difficulty in taming it while Warren and Wick scramble for control, hoping to harness the elder mule by early March and begin spring plowing.
Malvern Iowa based retailer offers to exchange any Liberty Bond at par for merchandise and will also accept War Savings and Thrift Stamps at cash value. The ad notes a desire to trade and use bonds in exchange for goods.
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