07 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
1
Local items report J B Brandt improving after pneumonia, Mrs Terry visiting Council Bluffs, and Frank Deerwester pledging ten percent of net receipts to the Red Cross for sixty days. Others include births, hospital updates, travel to Omaha, a county wolf donation, and a new baby girl weighing 9 pounds 14 ounces born to Walter and Mrs Boyce.
Article praises chiropractic as a breakthrough, arguing 95 percent of disease handicaps stem from spinal trouble. It notes growing acceptance and compares chiropractic to a new star rising, with the profession breaking barriers and gaining visibility worldwide.
A batch of advertisements and sale notices from Glenwood Iowa items include milch cows for sale by M. T. Young and C J Deupree, a cheap gasoline engine, wild baled hay for $20 a ton, Barred Rock cockerels, and a large dispersion sale by Stant Warren on Monday February 25 1918. Other listings cover alfalfa hay, Red Globe onions at $1.85 per bushel, farm labor Wanted a married man, lunch service for public sales, stray sheep, good posts and wood, a postponed 9 cent sale, two six room houses for sale or rent with an equity option in Nebraska land, modern house for rent and sale, a ninety acre Glenwood farm, and various ид items including a Kahler and Campbell player piano and threshing outfit sale. Nursery stock by M Nebe.
Dick Edwards bakery advertises war bread and rye bread with guidance for housewives on adjusting mixtures to make wood brown bread using barley flour as a substitute.
Looking for Good Farm We have a number of desirable farms for sale in Iown and at prices during the next two weeks that will be worth your while considering Just consult us and see if we cannot ft you out Mekingns Evans Glenyond Is phone 328
Miss Laura Simpson visits Glenwood from Hastings. J and Knox visits Kewanee. Mrs. Morris Wakely and Mrs. Elmer Buckingham of Malvern visit Glenwood. Harry Adams in Lincoln hospital shows encouraging bedside reports. Clarice Rist confined with German measles. Mrs. Murray Waterman from Rochester, Minnesota to visit in the Waterman home. Ef A Roehry of Ralston Nebraska attends Mills County Light and Power business in Glenwood. A buggy accident injures two boys but causes no lasting damage. A U S Boys Working Reserve movement aims to enlist 16 to 20 year olds to aid in Army manpower shortage. Oak Township to appoint road superintendent February 18 1918 at Mineola State Bank. F G Deitehler clerk.
The article lists a February 1918 church schedule at St John Episcopal and other local churches with morning prayers, sermons, Sunday schools, and revival meetings. It notes joint union services with Baptist and Congregational churches, a flag dedication service, and a Sunday evening union service at the Methodist church due to coal shortages, all ordered by the Ministerial Alliance.
Glenwood court convenes Tuesday February 12 with Judge Rockafellow presiding. The first week concentrates on equity cases and petit jurors are not called until Monday February 18. The February docket lists 186 cases, including 46 new filings with three divorces and one for separate maintenance.
A voyage yarn recalls a 1908 Atlantic crossing aboard the Titanic era liner New York to Liverpool. A resourceful Brand saves the ship with eggs reused, milk drawn via rocket, and buckets lowered for currants and fowl. A passenger confirms he was on that trip and notes a goose went missing.
The Dani is praised as a premier food, with bananas urged as a substitute for bread in a crowded world. The article notes the Dani’s high protein and 20 percent fat content, its starch to sugar transformation as it ripens, and advises picking bananas when the skin shows just a slight blackening before peeling and eating.
A woman confronts her husband about his betrayal and seeks solace in letters he once wrote before their marriage. He dismisses her with rude humor while they share a cold supper, as she recalls passionate words and laments the lack of affection one month after marriage.
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