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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1920
Page
1
Glenwood community chatter covers visitors from Malvern and Omaha, arrivals in Glenwood, sales and relocations, a new baby, and a Christmas stork gift. Names include Charles Barrett, George Mstes, Harry Ervin, and the Hodges family with assorted trips to Tulare and Arkansas.
A dense clip of classified ads lists Ford cars for sale. Wanted farm help and a married man for steady work in Glenwood and nearby towns. Lost items include a Craig fountain pen. Livestock and hay offerings feature milch cows, alfalfa, and hogs. Various inquiries, rental and loan notices, and a broad trade note fragment appear, with multiple contact phone numbers and addresses in Glenwood, Pacific Junction, Malvern, and surrounding areas.
Residents living near street lights are asked to report any irregular service to Mills County Power Co. at 151. The notice aims to maximize street light service across the city.
Win. i. Stout announces long distance hauling and stock hauling services from 303 W Glenwood Ta phone.
Commercial trucking for any kind and any time by J N Severn based in Glenwood Iowa. Contact via phone 24F4 for service details and availability.
Mr and Mrs June Dolph of Omaha visited Glenwood over Sunday. Byron Maxwell of Omaha also visited. Walt A Jamison has smoothed Glenwood Lake for skating. Tomorrow night a fiddlers contest will be held and tickets are urged.
Nancy Hardy died January 6 after nearly fifty years of blindness. She lived with cheer and patience, joined the Christian church at Lagrange Iowa, and later the Rawles Township Baptist church. Funeral services were held at the W. G. White home in Rawles township with Rev. C. Te. Hillis, burial at Hillsdale cemetery.
Color misprint could swap a white man for a wanted dining room girl. Local notes list Wanted married man to work on farm, lost auto plate 223923, and calls to leave finder notes at Tribune office. County ads include real estate near Brownington and Brownington, with farms described in detail and price terms. sale deadlines noted through February 1, 1920.
A public sale is announced to be held at the farm 44 miles south of Glenwood on Tuesday February 3 1920 A M Miller conducts the sale and will offer farm property and livestock to the highest bidders.
A reader laments color perception tests by railroad officials for job eligibility. The piece muses on race colors, color blindness, and societal labels, comparing color distinctions to animals and lights. It cites cherries and a lumberjack anecdote, concluding that color blindness provokes strong reactions from the author.
Merle Triplett returned last Thursday from a business trip to Fort Morgan Colorado and advertising a public sale set for January 15 before they move to a new home near that place. Mrs Baumgartner died at home last Monday after years of illness confined to a wheelchair and illness noted as critical in recent weeks. She leaves four daughters Mrs C E Irwin Mrs Mary Koester Mrs A G Hockenberry and Mrs Charles Dilley.
Mrs Bowen describes a near disaster when a rat chewed matches in her cellar. She smelled smoke one night and acted quickly, preventing a house fire. The dead rat was found later, and she credits RAT SNAP with killing it, calling the product great.
Three sizes sold for 26 cents and one dollar. The items are guaranteed by F. W. Keiley and R. H. Daniel, indicating local merchants stand behind the products and offer fixed pricing in a small town context.
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