Mills County Teachers Meet March 4 5 at Glenwood
The Mills County Teachers Association will hold its annual session in Glenwood Friday and Saturday March 4 and 5. Friday night features a talk by Charles Eldred Shelton of Indianola College on The Trials and Tribulations of the School Ma am with music by the high school glee club. Saturday morning rounds tables begin at 9 30 at the high school with sections for Rural Primary Grace High and Grace Teachers and High School Teachers plus general discussions on topics from school libraries to graduation standards. The Glenwood Odd Fellows also hosted a record breaking social last Friday night with a large crowd and program.
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Mills County Teachers Association
Glenwood
Methodist Church
Charles Eldred Shelton
Indianola College
A. H. Earhart
Walnut Grove
Tnrai
Mabel Simmons
Marie Hughes
Ploagant
Valley
Mary Lyon
Genton
Mabel Moore
Gowen
Ora Ostrander
Gowan No. 2d
Sadie Leavitt
Golden Hill
Forest Chartry
Sanbeam
L. F. Johnson
Pacific City
Stella Marsh
Presiding
Myrtle Robinson
Maude McLaughlin
Pacific Junction
GRACE
Mabel Potts
Malvern
Darle Warner
Emerson
Grace Aiken
Daisy Bartley
Fifie Maynea
Ida Quiver
Henderson
Irene Hardy
Hillsdale
J. B. Graham
Silver City
L. D. Salisbury
Malvers
Q. H. Marsh
Pacifico Junction
Fannie C. Amuse
Glenwood Odd Fellows
Brainerd
Nettie Wolfe
Gladys Miller
J. W. Miller
Leona Walling
Mia
Mary
Tabor Tied at Basket Ball
Tabor Academy basketball team visited Glenwood High School Saturday night. A readied crowd failed to advertise the game after a prior Court House game ended in a poor defeat. The Tabor lads fought hard but the score ended 22 to 22.
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Tabor
Academy
Glenwood High School
Court House
Sith Tabor
Luna
Shenanden
Land at 100 An Acre Price Leads Local Farm Transfers
Land deals across several townships show prices from 100 dollars an acre for 160 acres to 4 000 for 80 acres. Joe Gerard paid 16 000 for 160 acres near Silver City section 11 with possession in March. Other sales include Ira Padgett buying 80 acres near Glenwood from Dr C S Shepard for 4000, James H Norwich selling 80 acres in Lyons township to John A Patton, Chas McManigal purchasing 240 acres in Rawles township for 14400, J W Brooks selling 120 acres near Central City for 6000, and Samuel Royer selling a residence in Glensgood to Miss Emma Barnes for 1500.
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Joseph Gerard
Adolph
Silver City
Mr. Gerard
Center Township
Arb Rickabaugh
Ira Padgett
Section 15
Glenwood
C. S. Shepard
Omaha
James H. Norwich
Lyons
John A. Patton
Kansas
Chas. McManigal
Moulton
Rawles Township
J. W. Brooks
Harrison County
Samuel Royer
Episcopal Church
Glensgood
Emma Barnes
Pacific City
Rathke
Swede Experiencesin Glenwood Returnee Reports Cost Differences
Eric Swarts returned to Glenwood after six months in Sweden. He notes Swedes are comfortable but underutilize opportunities while foreigners invest in timber lands and iron mines. Prices abroad are lower for food, lodging, clothing, and entertainment. He did not resume his Webe Shoe store clerking job and seeks new work to stay in Glenwood.
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Eric Swarts
Glenwood
Sweden
Mr. Swarts
America
Swarts
Webe
Glenwood High Pupil Season Social Set for Feb 27
Glenwood high school pupils plan a Season Social at the Odd Fellows hall on Saturday February 27 from 4 p m The event features four seasonal class rooms with themed decorations and refreshments Each entrant pays cents equal to their birth date for a ticket good for the season room They may visit other rooms for 15 cents extra Coffee is 5 cents except Fall booth it is part of the menu Music will be provided The Eighth Grade will sell homemade candy to raise funds for a piano revision.
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Glenwood High School
Odd Fellows Hall
Bummer
Mies Ames
Miss Jackson
Miss Miller
Mise Rist
Candy Booth
Miss Sherfay
Watson Freed After Eighteen Months In Penitentiary
Watson, who had been sent to the penitentiary for eighteen months for a crime, is released after serving the full term with two months credit for good behavior. He formerly lived on Richard Bada’s farm near Silver City with Mr and Mrs Smith, who were connected to the case.
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Dames Watson
Watson
Japan's Martial Spirit Calls for War Against Russia
A Kansas City Times interview with Rev. E. Van Dyke, a Methodist missionary, notes Japan's deep hatred of Russia, eagerness for war, and belief in US sympathy. He discusses public sentiment, volunteers, and the emperor's popular status, plus Taft's neutral stance and impending hostilities. The piece also mentions Speaker Cannon disliking white gloves after a social event.
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E. IL van Dyke
Jarpan
Protestang
Yokohama
Tatusas City
Kansas City Times
Japan
Russia
United States
Marquis Ite
Fast
Taft
Mr. van Dyke
Marquis Ito
Glenwood Chautauqua Talent Lineup for 1900s Event
The Glenwood Chautauqua features the Chicago Lady Entertainers and their reader Mrs. Clark, the Giant Male Quartette, the Temple Male Quartette and Reader, crayon artist Prof Ash Davis, illusionist Mr Edwin Brush, jugglers George E Garritson, and an illustrated Hiawatha with Mrs Clark reading. Moving pictures and illustrated songs accompany acts. Lecturers include Geo L McNutt Dinner Pail Man, Gen Z T Sweeney former Consul General to Constantinople, Rep Littlefield of Maine on trusts, Col W J Bryan hoped to attend, St Louis attorney invited, and a flying demonstration promised with about ten thousand expected.
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Chicago
Clark
Temple
America
Ash Davis
Edwin Brush
George E. Garritson
D. W. Robertson
Geo. L. McNutt
Z. T. Sweeney
Constantinople
Littlefield
Maine
W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
Traveling salesman charged in Mills county theft case
Chas Lewkowitz a Jewish traveling salesman for Rocco Bros of Omaha was tracked to Columbus Ohio and brought to Mills county by Sheriff Morgan. He had shipped $800 for the firm weeks earlier and will be prosecuted for taking $105 from Bogart Miller of Glenwood. His wife remains in Omaha.
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Chas, Lewkowitz
Rocco Bros
Omaha
Columbus
Ohio
Morgan
Mills County
Bogart & Miller
Glenwood
Squire Smith Rules On Cussing In Kiowa County
In Harrison township Kiowa county Kansas Squire Smith cites harsh language as a crime to be punished. A man accused of assault was freed after admitting the act but arguing the other party used vile names. The squire ruled a “cussing” man deserved to be mucked. Meanwhile in London American novelty Miss Crocker draws crowds with darky recitations from Boston.
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Squire Smith
Harrison Township
Kiowa County
Kan
Kansas City Journal
London
Miss Crocker
Boston
The
London Express
Miss Crockers
How buffaloes Were Slaughtered by Migration Chaos
The text recalls a brutal buffalo migration described as a wild dash for food. Leaders tried to steer toward ravines while thousands surged forward, trampling stragglers. The chaotic scene explains why buffalo numbers declined, as quoted from J L Vance in Our Animal Friends.
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J. L. Vance
Animal Friends
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