Christmas Celebrations Brighten Glenwood Ahead of New Year
Christmas Eve in Glenwood featured church entertainments, a play at the opera house, and crowded streets as Santa Claus visits Martin's Chapel. Glenwood schools held merry closing exercises with decorated rooms, a high school program, and a notable So Long Mary sing. The Institution presented The National Flower operetta with visitors from the region. Upcoming events include a band concert on Dec 27, Vander ville entertainment on Dec 28, Elky Quartette concert on Dec 29, and a New Year masquerade ball on Dec 31.
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Glenwood
Martin
Mary
Ida Goodell
Bryan
Institution
The
Institution Band
Vanderville Entertainment
Elky Quartette of
Council, Bluffs
Uncle Sam
J. H. Skiles
Congregational Church
Santa Claug
Santa Plaus
Christmas Celebrations Highlight Mills County Churches
A single week issue summarizes festive events across Mills County churches. Santa figures, cantatas, and Christmas trees charmed children at the main church, with Ernest Stout rumored as Santa. Episcopal services featured pampas grass decor and gifts for Rev Brainerd. Startin's Chapel showcased a children’s operetta with the sunflowers quartet and a playful national flower scene. A Sunday service and Christmas Eve activities included gifts, orchestra music, and a Christmas dinner for staff and families.
District Court Sessions Bring Several Divorce, Estate, and Agreement Cases
Judge Macy encountered a short session with lawyers unready. Next Thursday in Council Bluffs he will hear arguments for a new trial in the Hawkins-Mickelwait case and consider attorney fees in the supervisor case. The Iowa supreme court upheld the executors in the W. H. Anderson estate case. J. W. Dunagan seeks divorce from Bertha, citing adultery. J. K. sues Julia Tucker for divorce after she deserted him. Mrs. Lillie Warren seeks divorce from Andrew Warren for cruelty and drunkenness. A Waterloo Creamery dispute with Silver City ends in settlement by agreement, with the town to quit claim the lot and receive 3175.
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Judge Macy
Council Bluffs
Waterloo Creamery Company
Council of
Silver City
Creamery Company
Waterloo
Waterloo Company
Christmas gathering at A H Burger home Grenwood
A family reunion at the A H Burger home in Gren wood Christmas day brought together all of his children and most grandchildren including Oscar Turton a great grandchild Geo W Shields longtime employee also attended They presented Mr Burger with a gold watch chain and charm in front of relatives including Mrs Burger and seven children E and Lizzie Burger Hubbard and their seven children W and Carrie Birger Wade and their two children Paul and Innes Barhart among the grandchildren
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A. H. Burger
Grenwood
Oscar ‘Turton
Geo. W. Shields
Mr. Burger
Carrie Birger Wade
Paul
Innes Barhart
Mail Wagons in Mix-up Cause Stampede at Glenwood Office
A stampede occurred Monday morning when four mail wagons at the Glenwood point office were joined by frightened horses. An empty pasteboard box blew under the feet of horses belonging to W. H. Hittle, causing them to rear and surge.
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Glenwood Point
W. H. Hittle
Rigs collide as teams race spooks horses in street chaos
broke their hitch straps and started running striking other rigs. The Hittle team escaped into the alley but were stopped. In the commotion other horses caused damage to harnesses and gear. J. N. Darland’s horse suffered a badly sprained hind foot.
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J. N. Darland
Mysterious Absence of Dr. H. Brunig in Mineola
Speculation swirls in Mineola over the disappearance of Dr. H. Brunig, a six year resident and Democratic candidate for coroner. He left for the South with money and instruments after the election, last heard from in Haid Oklahoma. His wife learned of a Warsaw Indiana clipping alleging a visit to his parents during Thanksgiving.
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Mineola
der. A. Brunig
Dr. Brunig
South
Brunig
Old Settler Joseph Munsinger Dies in Mills County
Joseph Munsinger an early Mills County settler and Tabor founder died Wednesday at his home near Tabor after a year of poor health from heart trouble and pneumonia. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday led by Rev J W Ferner. he is survived by a wife and four children Myron Alfred Warren and daughter Mina B Blake of Tampa Fla. He was born in Pittsfield Ohio and came to Mills County in 1853. He helped found Tabor and Tabor College and was highly regarded in the community.
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Joseph Munsinger
Tabor
Myron
Alfred
Warren
Mina
F. M. Blake
Tampa
Fla
Monsinger
Pittsfield
Ohio
Mills County
Tabor College
Missouri River Frozen Over Near Platteville Township
W G Pace reports the Missouri River near his Platteville Township home is frozen for several days. He visited Glenwood on Monday and notes the ice is not very thick and would not be safe.
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W.G. Pace
Missouri River
Platteville Township
Glenwood
Gambling stops when officers arrive in Glenwood
City Marshal McMiMen and Constable New man halted a craps game in a vacant space under the Ivans O Neill livery barn. They sought names and evidence but made no arrests, aiming to curb a growing gambling problem. Joe Littrell swore out a warrant for H L Hiatt for an assault on Littrells 11 year old daughter. Hiatt was arraigned in Justice Days court at Glenwood.
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Ivans & O'Neill
Glenwood
McMiMen
Newman
Joe Littrell
Dr. Plimpton
H. L. Hiatt
Heaton Station
Hiatt
Littrell
Justice Day
Five Happy Brides of Xmas Tide
Hammack and Miss Mary Estes married Christmas night at the Estes home south of Glenwood Rawles township. Rev. Edward Longman officiated before about 65 relatives. They stood under a Christmas bell as Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Mabel Estes accompanied the ceremony. The bride wore white silk with lace and carried roses. a sumptuous supper followed.
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Gateway Hammack
Mary Estes
Geo. Estes
Glenwood
Rawles Township
Edward Longman
Lincoln
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Mabel
Prosperity in Queen Mills Mills County in 1906 crops and trade rise
The year 1906 brings high prosperity to Mills county with farmers reporting good crops and merchants noting increased trade compared with prior years. The county is described as thriving and hard to beat for prosperity.
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Mills County
Christmas Weddings and Local Court Action Report
Christmas eve and Christmas day marriages unfold in Glenwood Malvern Emerson and Ta bor with consent required for the 17 year old bride. Prelim hearing in a local assault case delayed. Grooms and brides, travel plans, and a Malvern flour tip headline the item.
First Irrigationist Wright Pioneers Mills County System
Attorney C. C. Wright of Omaha is credited with the first irrigation project in Mills County. In 1884 a dry year spurred him to build a dam on Pony Creek feeding a small two acre district. He grew 600 bushels of onions on one acre and huge cabbages on another, hauling excess to Omaha where buyers paid top prices. Neighbors and a German farmer soon hauled away the surplus for sauerkraut, and the system continued for several years as a profitable experiment.
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C. C. Wright
Omaha
Mills County
Pony Creek
McCartney Sea Pond
Wright
Glenwood
Good Renters Wanted for Pan Handle Farm Land
Nelson C. Field seeks three to four first class renters to farm land owned by F. M. Buffington and himself at Pan Handle Texas. Inquiries may be sent to F. M. Buffington Glenwood Ions or to Columbia Missouri.
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FP. M. Bufington
Pan Handle
Texas
F. M. Buffington
Glenwood
Ions
Columbia
Nelson C. Field
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Santa Claus
Ed Cook
Christian
Ernest Stout
Methodist
Christ
Bethelehem
Dale Skiles
Episcopal
Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
Frank Crennan
Brainard
Mr. Brainerd
Startin
Supreme Court
W. H. Anderson
E. B. Woodrif
A.C. Sabin
John Anderson
J. W. Dunagan
Center Township
Bertha
J. K
Julia Tucker
Hillsdale
Lillie Warren
Andrew B. Warren
Nebraska City
A. A. Burger
DR. H. Brunig
Sidney Herald
Fremont County
Iowa
Herald
Hannah Melkissick
Hamburg
Cornelius McKissick
Madison Township
Missouri
John Hammack
Rickabaugh-Stamper
Glenwood Court House
Elbert Stamper
G. M. Ackley
Cleveland
Florence A. Partridge
Baptist Parsonage
Emerson
John Taylor
H.O. Dixon
Nebraska
Pitzer
Hammond
R. D. Gammond
Malvern
Wlora May
J. R. Pitzer
E. E. Gillilland
Bessie Gilliland
Ralph B. Robinson
Chicago
J. W. Ferner
Burlington
Denver
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