Docket of Glenwood Court Sees New Civil and Criminal Actions
The Glenwood court docket for the coming term, to convene next Tuesday, lists 11 civil and 7 criminal cases. Notable filings include John W. Carey seeking a divorce from Grace M. Carey over cruel treatment, the Marshall Dental Supply Co. suing Dr. R. B. Houston for $100, A J Wearin claiming damages over a hay field fire, George T. Rew suing John R. Maynes and Joseph D. Parker over crop liens, Dr. M. B. Corbin suing John Norton for medical fees, Frank J. Wallace seeking $300 from L. A. Stillwagon tied to a mining venture, and Annie J. Smith seeking attachment against Jasper N. McReynolds for $161.91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Frank J. Wallace
L. A. Stillwagon
Safe Investment Co
Mr. Wallace
Walnut Timber Purchases Near Tabor by T M Aistrope
The Beacon reports T M Aistrope is buying nearly all walnut timber around Tabor. Logs will be cut to lengths, large trees shipped, smaller for posts and railroad ties. About 60,000 feet of logs are expected for shipment to a gun stock company in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Aistrope
Tabor
Des
Moines
Progressive Fremont Prods Fremont County Over Wokeness
A clipped item notes Fremont County pushing a modernization or alignment with progressive ideas, focusing on social or policy shifts. The report hints at public opinion and local debate around reform efforts described as enlightened or ahead of the times. No dates or specific actions are given.
Board approves Walnut Creek ditch plan and contract
In the northeast corner of the county the Merald notes the board of supervisors met Monday to consider further hearing on the Walnut creek ditch proposition. Engineer Seth Dean of Glenwood presented plans and specifications accepted by the board. The ditch costs 38000 dollars, spans ten and one fourth miles, and has a six foot bottom width. Work will be let by contract, start in May 1909, finish by July 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merald
Board of Supervisors
Walnut Creek
Seth Dean
Glenwood
Matrimonial Matters In Glenwood And York Marriages
Miss Harriet Ivory wed Charles Zachem in York Nebraska last week and the couple, now guests at the Theo Ivory home in Glenwood, receive Tribune best wishes. Adam Lockner and Tyanna Balmer, both of Glenwood, married in Council Bluffs Saturday by Rev Henry DeLong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Ivory
Glenwood
York, Neb
Charles Zachem
Adam Lockner
Tyanna Balmer
Henry DeLong
Marriage Licenses Issued In Omaha Area
The Omaha papers report a marriage license last Friday for Allen Roy McDonald of Pacific Junction and Frances Hoppe of St Louis. Roy, a railroad worker and son of Mayor R. E. McDonald, is a noted local figure. Dr Felton L Gandon, known in Silver City and Glenwood, wed Lyda I Butler on January 14 in Detroit and will reside in Hibbing Minnesota where Felton works as a bank bookkeeper.
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Omaha
Allen Roy McDonald
Pacific Junction
Frances Hoppe
St. Leuis
Roy
Junction
R. E. McDonald
Felton L. Gandon
Silver City
Glenwood
Lyda I. Butler
Detroit
Mich
Hibbing
Minn
Felton
Bold Chicken Thieves Strike Choate Farm South Of Glenwood
At Frank Choate's farm south of Glenwood thieves raided last week taking seven dozen Black Langshan chickens ducks and guinea hens worth about 50. Only two ducks and two guinea fowl returned after the noisy raid. Choate learned of the loss the next night and laments recurring depredations a year apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Choate
Glenwood
Mr. Choate
Lincoln’s Birthday Legal Holiday in Iowa Also 100th Lincoln Anniversary
A bill passed both houses Friday morning to make Lincoln’s Birthday a legal holiday in Iowa with ongoing effect. The Glenwood G A R post aims to honor the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth on February 12. A committee will coordinate with citizens and a suitable program is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Iowa
Glenwood G. A. R. Post
Abraham Lincoln
Burglar Surrenders to Red Oak Officers
Harry Howard, 51, a timer by trade, confessed to burglarizing the Carey & Fleming store in Glenwood last Friday night. He surrendered to Red Oak officers Sunday morning, is jailed in Glenwood, and was arraigned Monday before Justice Howards, bound over to the February grand jury. Sheriff Linville transported him. officers suspect an accomplice due to tracks and testimonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Howard
Carey & Fleming
Glenwood
Red Oak
Linville
Justice Howards
Howard
Omaha
St. Joe
Des Moines
Hubbell House
Ty Carey & Fleming
Red Oak Parents Seek Injunction Over School Vaccination Policy
L. D. Powell and O. F. Remmers of Red Oak file an injunction against the city school board amid a dispute over vaccination methods used on their children. The petition alleges threats to exclude children for nonconformity with the board’s vaccination approach, contrasting scarification and inoculation with variolum or internal vaccination as conducted by the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Powell
O. F. Remmers
Red Oak
Glenwood Bowlers Defeat Hamburg in Three-Game Sweep
Glenwood bowlers traveled to Hamburg last Thursday and won three straight games, posting strong scores in each frame. In the five man event Goblinghorst led with 597, Mickeleit 563, Marsh 557, Kruse 615, Booth 446, totaling 2,? Hamburg finished with 1,085. In the three man event Mickelwait and Kruse led Hamburg with 839, Glenwood 1,122. In two man, Marsh and Booth for Glenwood posted 416 to Hamburg 325. Glenwood expects a cordial reception on the return match.
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Glenwood
Hamburg
Goblinghorst
Mickeleat
Marsh
Kruse
Booth
Mickelwait
Ad Booth
Eee
Cess
Anne Leese
Glenwood Boys
Hamburg Ae
Life and character of T. 8. Bower remembered
The Shenandoah Sentinel Post extols Thaddeus Stevens Bower born September 18 1837 in Adams County Pennsylvania. He moved with parents to Ohio then Iowa at age nine settling near Mt Pleasant. He married Lucy A. Bowers February 28 1860 and had eleven children, eight surviving with his widow. Funeral Friday at the Methodist church with Rev A E Griffith preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Sentinel Post
Bower
L. A
H. ©. Bower
Glenwood
Methodist Church
A. E. Griffith
Atlantic
Sentinel Post
Thaddeus Stevens Bower
Adams County
Ohio
Iowa
Treaty County
Mt. Pleasanit
Lucy A. Bowers
Wireless saves lives in Nantucket collision rescue
In dense fog off Nantucket two ocean liners the Republic of the White Star line and the Italian Mner Florida collided. Four people were killed and two injured before the Republic sank, but wireless telegraphy summoned rescue ships and all aboard were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Mass
Republic of the White Star Line
Mner
Florida
Republic
Ruth Bryan Sues for Divorce From W H Leavitt
Ruth Bryan has filed for divorce from her husband W H Leavitt a painter now in France. The action follows a few years of marriage. No other details beyond the suit and the spouse’s location are established in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Ruth
W. H. Leavitt
Mr. Leavitt
France
Petition challenges vaccination order by homeopathic school
A petition alleges that officials lack authority under Iowa law to compel vaccination by a specific method and argues the rule favors one medical school over others, stating it is against public policy and would expel threatened children unless vaccinated by the named scari fication method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeopathic School of Medicine
Iowa
Prizes Offered for Good Roads in Red Oak
Red Oak business men push a good roads program offering 75 dollars for the best mile of road entering the city 25 dollars for the second best mile 25 dollars for the best half mile and 16 dollars for the second best half mile in each of the eight districts of the area with the aim to boost local commerce and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Faithful Methodist Leader Remembered for Long Service
A respected local preacher and exhorter, he served as class leader from age 19 for 52 years and was ordained in 1907 by Bishop Goodsell at Council Bluffs. A lifelong friend of Chaplain McCabe, his simple fervor and steady devotion marked a quiet, faithful life.
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McCabe
Goodsell
Council Bluffs
Spelling Contest Draws 64 Competitors From Two Counties
An interesting spelling contest was held last Friday night at Avoca between representatives of Pottawattamie and Shelby county schools, about 64 participants in all. Ten cash prizes were awarded.
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Avoca
Pottawattamie
Shelby County
Frohardt Wins First Prize in County Spelling Contest
Miss Frohardt of the latter county captured the $25 prize after correctly spelling crystallina. The event featured difficult words such as Metallurgy and Detrimental. The Tribune praises Mills as strong spellers and invites a challenge between Mills and Fremont counties, claiming Missouri support.
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Tha Frohardt
Miss Frohardt
Mills
Fremont
the Tribune
Queen Mills
Missouri
Doings of the Death Angel Bart Kesterson Dies at Keehi
W. B. Kesterson familiarly known as Bart an early Mills county settler died January 18 at his Keehi Kansas home from heart trouble He was about 40 buried in Tabor survived by a wife two daughters Mrs Thomas White of Keehi and Mrs Ida Sutton of Nebraska four brothers and four sisters with spouses living in Rawles township South Dakota Nebraska Iowa California and Thurman plus a sister in Whiting and another in California.
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W. B. Kesterson
Bart
Mills County
Keehi
Wichita
Kan
Tabor
Rawles Township
Kansas
Thomas White
Keehl
Ida Sutton
Nebraska
Kesterson
A. J. Harmer
Glenwood
Robert
John
South Dakota
David
Thomas
Whiting
Iowa
James Davis
Sarah Wolden
Thurman
Martha Wickersham
Julian Wolfe
California
Glenwood Methodist church forms social problems club
The Glenwood Methodist church men organized a club to study social and economic problems, especially in America. Meetings will be Sundays 3 to 4 PM with Rev. C. M. Wami as chairman and Wilbur C. Warren as vice chairman. Topics include foreign immigration and the Japanese phase. Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Methodist Church
America
C. M. Wami
Wilbur C. Warren
Wil Rathke
Rev. Ward
J. W. Garter
Genung Named Iowa Delegate to Tariff Conference
Gov Carrall selects eleven Iowa representatives from each district for the tariff conference on Web. 16 in Indianapolis. Hon L T Genung of Glenwood is the district’s pick. His inclusion signals influence on the tariff revision now being drafted for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Carrall
Iowa
Indianapolis
Ind
L. T. Genung
Glenwood
Congress
Genung
Greek Shooting Near Imogene Over Interpreter Dispute
A Saturday morning quarrel among Greek workers for the Wabash near the stockyards led to Sam Jarvis shooting his uncle with a .22 rifle. The bullet entered below the eye. the wound may not be fatal. Jarvis fled toward the track and had not been captured. The dispute arose after Jarvis was superseded as interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene
Wabash
Sam Jarvis
Moberly
Jarvis
Robbins Silent on County Office Tender Decision
The Tribune reports no new information on the supervisor vacancy as Mr. Robbins offers no indication of accepting or rejecting the tender for the post. No decision or intimation has been received by the paper or local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Robbins
Maerd Aa
Iowa Law Makers Move On At Des Moines
The Iowa legislature settles into active business with Senator Gillilland chairing cities and towns as his first bill compels traction engines to lay planks for cement and brick crossings. His other bills include an inheritance tax, accounting of public service plants, and various committee placements. Senator Huffaker holds ten major committees. A bill to strip druggists of liquor sales faces debate with opposing views that sales belong in drugstores. Quarantine expense reform looms as petitions push for state amendment. Crime in town declines while insanity rises.
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Iowa
Gillilland
Boards of Supervisors
Real estate transfers near Glenwood and Tabor
Warren G. Gregory of Tabor bought the John Scott farm of 188 acres southeast of Glenwood in Rawles for about 100 dollars an acre. Theodore Peppers sold his Rawles township farm to A. C. Weatherhead of Tabor, then repented and paid 300 dollars plus 100 dollars commission to reclaim it. Sam H. Vinton bought the I N Whitaker place of 8 acres on Glenwood’s north edge and will move to town from the Henry Ranne farm two miles NW of Malvern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Gregory
Tabor
John Scott
Glenwood
Rawles
Theodore Peppers
Rawles Township
A. C. Weatherhead
Mr. Weatherhead
Sam H. Vinton
I. N. Whitaker
Henry Ranne
Malvern
Foley Ortho Laxative Claim Chokes Chronic Constipation
An advertisement asserts Foley's Ortho Laxative will regulate bowels and cure chronic constipation and sluggish liver, suggesting ongoing use will reduce need for purgatives. The testimonial cites A. J. Howe of Glenwood as a user.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A. J. Howe
Glenwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
John W. Carey
Hastings
Anderson Township
Grace M. Carey
Marshall Dental Supply Company of
RB. C. Houston
Emerson
A. J. Wearin
Burlington
George T. Rew
Genung & Genung
John R. Maynes
Joseph D. Parker
Henderson
Frank Richardson
Rew
Richardson
Maynes
Parker
M. B. Corbin
John Norton
Annie J. Smith
Center Township
Jasper N. McReynolds
Pender
Neb
Fremont County
Lockner
Landon
Butler
Glenwood Bowlers
A. H. Huffaker
Ways and
Banks
Agricultural College
State University
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