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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
1
A local store advertises a dramatic 9 cent sale featuring staple daily necessities bought at below market values and offered near cost. The message emphasizes huge assortments, some items from stock previously priced higher, and a goal to create the greatest value sale the area has seen with many bargains listed at 9 cents.
A lengthy ad lists grey and blue enameled ware such as kettles pans bowls and strainers with prices around 9 cents to 25 cents. It also features Bristol jugs cups and saucers salt shakers napkins mason-like kitchen items and homemaking accessories with limited quantities and sale terms.
Glenwood and vicinity report society news and minor incidents including residents visiting nearby towns, weddings, births, illnesses, and legal notices. Notables include Miss Ines Stranathan issuing her own marriage license and Carl Morgan marriage at her mother’s home, plus Rufus Merritt’s paralytic stroke and local farm activities.
Church announces Baptist evangelistic services with Mrs. Braden organizing a booster choir and R Herrick directing the regular choir. Christian Bible school at 10 a.m. Communion and sermon at 11 a.m. sermon topic The Possessed and the Possessor. Evening services 7:30 p.m. Next Sunday topics Jacob s Vow and Apostle s Fire. Study class at noon. Young People led by Miss Bessie Barnett with Livingstone and Africa theme. February 16 Doctor Braden to lead Episcopal service at 10:30 a.m. subject The Sin of fretfulness. All are welcome.
A flood of compact sale items lists shocks of corn fodder and partial corn, pure bred Glenwood area Orpington cockerels, whiteHol land turkeys, and contact details for Mrs Charles Swaney Henderson Louisiana. Also included are prairie hay lots, Mussellshell valley Montana farm for sale with 64 acres wheat, and various equipment including a 2809 pound team mares, milch cows, a barrow with truck, and a 20 foot barrow plus a John Deere gas engine.
Miss Helen Mayberry, daughter of Guy Mayberry, fractured her arm in a horseback incident last Saturday. While dismounting with her cousin, his foot caught in her dress and pulled her off. Medical care was immediate and the arm is said to be mending quickly.
Protracted meetings scheduled this week are postponed due to ongoing revival at the Faith Home in Tabor and the revivalist's need to remain there. The shift reflects the community's focus on the current religious event and its organizer.
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