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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
4
The Mills County Tribune publishes weekly issues on Mondays and Thursdays, listing community news, events, and notices. Readers are invited to follow the paper for local updates, announcements, and periodical features from Mills County.
We are through invoicing and find that we are the fortunate possessors of an immense amount of splendid merchandise bought at 25 to 40 percent less than today. Other merchants call us fools to give it away, but you have made our great year possible and we intend to be fools and hold our usual annual sale.
A motion picture man visited town last week showing home movies to locals and many laughed at comical poses. George Kemp, longtime local, died recently. his friends include his daughter and family. Ward Cunningham recovering in Omaha, with plans to return home soon. Ruth Goodrich visited from Omaha. she works in a jewelry store and is on holiday. The local basketball team traveled to Oakland and lost the game. Charles Byers sold cattle at the South Omaha market, accompanied by his daughter Melva. Christian Church Endeavor held a cafeteria social to fund interior painting. The Koesters family returned to Omaha after visiting relatives. Blacksmith shops busy from icy roads. Pat Murphy resigned from the Johnson cafe. Merlin Glam now works there. Will Booten family moved into Lewis tenant house from Macedonia. Mrs. S. A. Loving visited from Osceola. Flora Harover returned to Hastings after a week with grandparents. Margaret Harbor and Mrs. Pearl Harney attended Clark Tibbles wedding in Macedonia. Dave Owen and daughters visited Hastings for a short time. Henry Fen and family left after a several days’ visit. Walt Triplett from Yuma, Colorado, visited his parents. Mrs. George Wilson hosting her mother from Creston. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stroud moved from Malvern to live with Mrs. Stroud’s father. Miss Juanita Walker traveled from Carson for a family gathering.
A string of local moves and visits is recorded. Andy Moore moved near Macedonia on Hobson farm, James Hughes moved into the Moore house, and Clayton Snodgrass visited from Lewis with his mother at the John Bell home. Sam Owens and family hosted a visit from his brother Richard Owens near Macedonia. Helen DeKay of Red Oak stayed with Hazel Cain, and Dr J J Curran and wife from Oakland spent days at Mrs 8 M Woods. Carson Plumb visited Ralph Plumb near Wales, while Will Fritcher from near Red Oak managed business in Henderson. Prof GC A Wight spent holidays in Elliott, Grace Puryear visited Isabel Puryear, Reuben Rice returned from Missouri, O L Harbor visited Plattsburg, Ernest Morris went to Omaha, Dot Phelps visited Daisy Parker in Kimbling, Melinda and Clara Dayson visited Carson, and Dr W D Craig and family were in Omaha.
Malvern Postmaster Boston has added a labor saving cancelling machine in the Malvern office. The device speeds work multiple times beyond hand methods and simplifies operations. It marks the county’s second machine of its kind, following a similar setup by Postmaster Fickel of Glenwood implemented months earlier.
Paul Seeger on the northwest farm near Tabor raises foxes after killing the mother, keeping six reynards in a wire enclosure and selling two for twenty dollars. Ralph McPherron of Mills County serves on a trial jury, attempts to dodge with Bible and Beacon reading, and fails to win an exemption while joking about local hunting members and supper plans.
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