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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
3
The second annual short course closed at Glenwood with 256 total attendees, 170 for both courses and 86 in domestic science, plus about $1,100 in prizes and cash. Warren Sawyer won the county spelling contest, with numerous prize lists and corn and apple displays reflecting strong local participation.
The State Institution at Glenwood hosts a week of holiday events for 1800 children and staff. A Christmas tree, chapel program, and presents from Iowa marked the climax. The operetta The Belle of Barnstapoole featured child cast, free art by Syberkrop, and choruses, with Dutch emigration dance and sailors harmony drawing praise.
A lengthy list records the corn show awards with distinctions for best 30 ears of yellow corn, special cash prize to Harry Hilton, and multiple district and county prizes for white and yellow corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, and kitchen crafts. Notable names include A. L B. Thomas, C. J. Deupree, M. J. Williams, G. A. Phelps, and Mintle Bros. Awards cover Platteville Lyons townships and surrounding locales with sweepstakes to Mintle Bros. Additional honors include a teacher’s prize for spelling bee participants and domestic science recognitions for Hazel Hunt and Elsie Evans.
Elmer Harmon shot a large red fox on Christmas morning at his east Glenwood home. The fox became tangled in a wire fence and could not free itself after being shot, a difficult task noted by local observer. Pelt valued at $5. Everett Rhoades chased a red fox with new hounds near his Rawles Township home Tuesday.
Elmer Pritchett, 22, jailed in Glenwood on forgery charges, linked to a string of deposits and checks across Red Oak Malvern Hastings and Council Bluffs. Sheriff Bushnell reports $81.86 in certificates of deposit and an $418 loss to the Red Oak bank as the grand jury weighs formal charges.
Rickabaugh died early Saturday at the rear door of the Vhampson meat market after opening. Heart failure caused the death. He was 61 and long a Malvern and Tabor resident, proprietor or head man in the meat business. Survived by two sons and three daughters.
Alfred Delavan of Long Beach California bade farewell to Tabor relatives after a three month visit. We joined his daughter Mrs Desda Alberg at Woodbine and she heads to Alaska to mine gold, planning a 1400 mile sled dog journey into the interior after a Seattle steamboat passage.
Gordon Munn of Malvern area is sought for securing 260 from Malvern National Bank by pledging horses and mules as security while lacking ownership. He borrowed cash and a 2250 certificate, then bought a 65 diamond for a hospital-connected young woman, aiming to gift her a Christmas present. He had no prior arrest reports but left town before capture.
Friday night at Randolph high school crowned representatives for the Tabor contest in March. Ray Gillette won oratorical with Daniel O Connell on the Repeal of the Union. Iva Reed earned the dramatic prize with The Last Word. Helen Townsend took humorous with Aunt Elinor's Hero. Eva Reed won the gold medal for top score, while Townsend earned the silver.
Nothing doing in Emerson as Chronicle notes no depository has opened here yet for the postal savings system. The editorial cites that no depository exists to date, a fact unlikely to boost government confidence about the program.
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