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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
1
Glenwood notes recount a bustling week with visits from Mrs. T. L. Strouse and Doris in Omaha, births, marriages, and relocations. A Jan 14 license links Vernon Johnson and Nettie Graham of Emerson, while local officials discuss income tax schooling and state law changes for unoccupied engine theft penalties.
The piece warns that active ten year olds prone to tumbles risk spinal misalignment. It urges mothers to check their child’s spine now, offering free consultation with no obligation and inviting calls today.
The Churches Christian Communion service begins at 9 45 a m with a blessing. Bible school follows at 10 00 a m. Pastor Thompson extends a friendly invitation to all classes of people to attend. The note ends with a witty line about business and advertising.
A grainy collage of local ads lists items for sale including a Ford touring car and 120 acres of land, requests for farm work, and notices on street light service. The clippings mention Glenwood and Malvern in Iowa, with names like H L Pike Leo Hopp and Ed Marshall guiding the trade and services.
Nathan Kipnis, once an East Des Moines high school instructor, becomes the first Des Moines man to settle in Jerusalem as part of the Back to Alon movement. Local reports mention stray horse thefts in southern towns and a lynching tale from Chariton with a suspended body, while Chariton resident Henry Gittinger recounts Willis Adams allegedly capturing and feeding skunks and possums to tame them.
John Van Winkde Browning ton Mo offers 163% acres near Browning on a public road with mailbox and telephone. 115 acres cultivated, 80 acres bottom land and 85 acres upland with timber. Farm has fruit trees, house, barn, chicken house, wells, fenced, stock hog tight. Asking 345 per acre with no trade. time limit Feb 1 1420. Also another farm with 40 acres open cultivated at 375 per acre. no time limit. J N Severn Glenwood Ia advertising trucking services and contact info.
Notice in Probate records that an instrument in writing purporting to be the will and testament of Alfred J. Hammer, deceased, was presented and filed with the Clerk of the District Court in Glenwood Mills County Iowa. The court fixed January 19 1920 at 1 o clock pm for proving said instrument and hearing objections. Dated January 15 1920.
The owner discovers a break in and the theft of several animals from a fenced pen. Prices at current market would have yielded hundreds of dollars in hides, and the culprit remains unfound. Residents recall past derision transforming into a compliment in changing times.
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