Italian immigrant Vietti found dead under cloud of fear
Justice Day received a lawyer letter from Madera California naming Bartolomeo Vietti as the deceased. Vietti left for Italy with a wife and five children in Cogliani. Brother-in-law Peter Torone in Madera reported Vietti had $25 and a silver watch when last seen. Coroner’s jury suggested suicide, though no eye witnesses exist.
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Justice Day
Pacific Junction
Madera
Cal
Bartolomeo Vietti
Cogliani
Italy
Peter Torone
Vietti
San Fransisco
Torone
Tribune
Henton
Denton
Missing Man Reappears in Silver City Known as Shank
J S Moore called Shank resurfaces in Silver City after 18 months absence. Council Bluffs report notes his return to relatives in Mills County. He claims time in a California hospital and later work with a grading crew, carrying 3300 in draft. His wife died during his disappearance. he is an elderly former Glenwood resident.
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J. S. Moore
Shank
Silver City
Council Bluffs
Moore
California
Kiel Hotel
Miner Jack Brewer and Albert Arnold Die in Coal Mine Accident
Two miners, Jack Brewer and Albert Arnold, were killed last Friday in a coal mine near Clorinda due to a state failure. Brewer, described as an old and experienced miner, had lived in Emerson recently and is survived by his wife and three grown sons. He was uncle to Mrs. Harry Adams of Glenwood, who attended the funeral held Sunday after traveling to Clorinda.
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Jack Brewer
Albert Arnold
Clarinda
Brewer
Emerson
Harry Adams
Glenwood
Henderson residents, visitors, and a church superintendent
An insurance adjustor settled a school house contents loss Friday. Mrs Claude Owens of Red Oak and Jack Morgan of Caroll Neb visited relatives. Joe Parker returned from Chicago with stock. James Sale and family moved to a Hawthorne area farm. Rev MT Butterfield, district superintendent of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League, was in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Owens
Red Oak
Jack Morgan
Caroll
Neb
Joe Parker
Chicago
James Sale
Hawthorne
MT Butterfield
Iowa
Anti-Saloon
Methodist
Great Tribulations on Rural Roads in Mills County
Last week snow drifts blocked roads while this week a mix of snow melt and mud slows travel. Some routes remain impassable as roads freeze then thaw, forcing carriers to ride horses. Few main routes are passable for the rural carriers in Mills County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Mills County
Real estate transfers 기록 list shows multiple deeds and sums
A series of transfers records ownership changes across Silver Creek Anderson Platteville Indian Creek Pacific Junction Malvern and Mineola involving Beckett Francis Kayton Pollard Oaks Worley Nimmo Shirley Norton Thiel Stockton Flammant Brandon Stark Thompson Wendricks Salyers Grosse Shirer Foster Harding and others. Property sizes range from 0.5 to 240 acres with prices from 80 to 15000 dollars.
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A Beckett
W W Francis
Silver Creek
Francis
L Alexander
Kayton
T S Kilgore
Anderson
M W Smith
Platteville
Indian Creek
Steiner
McGuire
Worley
Pacific Junction
DeLashmutt
R Henry
Paciet Junction
Shirley
Slump
Henderson
A Norton
M Babbitt
Thiel
Stockton
Et al
Strahan
Flammant
Pirmann
Mineola
Brandon
Rager
Sec
Glenwood
ED Stark
G Selurr
Hastings
CM Thompson
T Wolt
Malvern
I F
Wendricks
Salyers
St Salyers
Grosse
F Shirer
R J Harding
R D Foster
Same
Two Fires at Glenwood
A 9:30 Wednesday blaze at Albert Abramson’s house, owned by Mrs. Gilleard, caused heavy smoke and water damage from an overheated stove. Firefighters faced low water pressure and a hose leak, moving the family to a nearby property. A second incident at Theodore Beckman’s home later that day was stopped by a bucket brigade after a defective flue.
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Glenwood
Albert Abramson
Robert Gilleard
Abramson
Myer
Theodore Beckman
County Convention Set for Malvern Opera House
The Democratic county central committee met Tuesday in Malvern and fixed the county convention for Saturday at one o clock in the opera house. Delegates to the state convention at Cedar Rapids on March 26 will be chosen, with a suggested pre meeting on March 14.
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Democratic County Central Committee
Malvern J
Opera House
Malvern
Cedar Rapids
Why Leap Your Leaps February 29 Birthday Facts
This piece explains leap years and calendars from Julius Caesar to Pope Gregory, noting March and Christmas shifts in early times. It mentions February 29 birthdays as rare, estimates Mills county in the context of a 1500 birth rate, and comments on Russia’s calendar lag.
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Mills County
Julius Caesar
St. Patrick’s Day
Malvern
Caesar
Russia
Gregory
Satisfied By Byron Williams
Poem about chasing a distant, elusive ideal of satisfaction on life’s road. Repeated motif urges readers to be content with present blessings and to find joy along the journey rather than in a distant promised town.
Comic Opera at Glenwood Opera House Next Saturday
Loston Ideal comic Opera Co presents Mascotte an all fun opera at Glenwood Opera House next Saturday night Feb 29. Cast features WH singers and dancers chosen for vocal ability with several pleasing specialties promised. The Boston ideal Opera Co inspired this laughing success claim.
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Loston Ideal Comic Opera Co
Glenwood Opera House
Boston Ideal Opera Co
Knights of Pythias Convention Celebrated at Hastings
The Knights of Pythias district convention in Hastings drew over 200 attendees led by Glenwood's 35 delegates. An exemplary second and third degree demonstration by a Council Bluffs unit preceded a banquet prepared by Pythian Sisters. Grand Chancellor Bilby and ex-Grand Chancellor Sallinger spoke on fraternal unity.
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Knights of Pythias
Hastings
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Lingille
Free
Davis
Pythan Sisters
Tribune
Bilby
Sallinger
Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
T. T. Genung
Red Oak
Doings of the Death Angel
Mrs. Martha Warren of Henderson district died Tuesday morning at her daughter's home after years of poor health from pneumonia. Also, Mrs. J. F. Pickernell of Malvern died Sunday at home with a newborn babe, the family having moved from Neola. burial pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Warren
Henderson
Frank Babbitt
J. F. Pickernell
Standard Oil
Malvern
Neola
Death by own action shocks Essex area
Charles Swanson, a former Emerson man, died at his home three miles east of Essex. Burial occurred in Emerson. The Shenandoah World reports he was found dead at 8 am with a cup containing strychnine beside him. The coroner ruled death by own action after an inquest, noting domestic troubles and a quarrel with his wife the night before as probable causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Charles Swanson
Emerson Nan
Essex
Emerson
Shenandoah World
Married for a month reveals secret union across towns
The Glenwood auto expert J M Mickelwall secretly wed L W Nelson’s daughter Janette of Plattsmouth about a month ago in Glenwood. They planned to keep house on Mickelwall’s farm southeast of Glenwood. Other local marriages include Frank Houser to Mrs Johnson, J W Simmonds to Miss Ida Wilson in Henderson, and editor A Lisle of Clarinda to Emma Harris Russell. Additional licenses issued in Council Bluffs and Hastings reflect a wave of early year marriages in the region.
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J. M. “Mickelwall
Glenwood
Plattsmouth
Mr. Mickelwall
Frank Houser
Henderson
Council Bluffs
Johnson
Lehigh
J. W. Simmonds
Ida Wilson
L. Lutz
A. Lisle
The
Clarinda
Flerald
Missouri Valley
Emma Harris Russell
Florida
Hastings News and Local Visits Highlight Week
Geo Chapman visited Omaha on Tuesday while Mrs Thos Young and baby from Mace donia stayed with her sister Mrs Will Young. A Gustafason of Essex and Miss Mamie Micks spent time in Maloren and Kirkwood respectively. Ed Hathaway wed Grace Crow at Emerson with Rev John Taylor officiating. Latter Day Saints hold Sunday school at 10 with service at 11 by L G Wood on Christ. Evening service at 7 45. Local social events include the ME ladies thimble bee hosted by Mrs Geo Dixon and a Pythian Sisters banquet for visiting Knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Chapman
Omaha
Thos Young
Bavy
Macedonia
Will Young
Gustafason
Essex
Mamie Micks
Maloren
Eid Stith
J R Graham
Rey
Talley
Geo Wilson
J F Martin
Mrs Oaks
Kirkwood
Pythian Sisters
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Byron Williams
Ounty News
K. P
Mrs. Warren
Mrs. Pickernell
Simmonds- Wilson
Lisle
Peterson-Richardson
Embert Peterson
Daisy A. Richardson
Henry DeLong
Tastings
Hoffman-Olsen
Council Blufts
August Ioffman
Caroline Olsen
Latter Day Saints Church
L. G. Wood
Christ
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