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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
8
Mills County Tribune from Glenwood Iowa dated January 30 1913 lists owners and publishers W F Hill N T Bradway Sam R Young Earle A Davis and printer E R Whith. Contains standard newspaper masthead with management names for that issue.
Advertising rates outline pricing for display ads of six inches or more at ten cents per inch plus five cents per inch for composition. Readers priced at one cent per word plus ten cents per insertion up to sixty words. Larger readers at 25 cents per inch plus 25 cents per insertion.
A sweep of sales listed for February 3 to February 11 near Pacific Junction Glenwood Mineola Folsom and Malvern features large lots of live stock implements produce and household goods. Auctioneers include G T G Byers Otis Allis E F Beck Wesley Clark A B Thomas and S S Summers with several farms changing hands or partners.
The Glenwood area reports a lively social scene with prize winners at a ladies and gentlemen event, city blocks nearing completion giving a metropolitan feel, and notable deaths and births. A jail crowd includes a wife murder case and George Otis plans a large livery sale stable. Pacific Junction housing demand remains high with scarce rentals.
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who kindly assisted us during our bereavement. J F Haines and children.
James Edward Read born Baltimore May 26 1866 died at home in Pacific Junction January 28 1913 aged 46 years 8 months 26 days. He leaves a family of four wives and four children including Harnest A Read Emma Hobart and Margaret. He was a rural mail carrier at his death and last traveled January 23. Funeral held with Rev W H Graves officiating and burial at Martin Chapel cemetery.
Mrs J W Turner died January 29 1918 after a protracted illness due to an abscess of the lungs. Born Elizabeth Bayles June 11 1836 in Champaign Ohio she moved with her parents to Lee County Iowa and settled in Glenwood in the sixties. She married James Turner November 28 1869 in Glenwood. Her sister was the mother of James Mickelwall of Center. Mr Turner once sheriff of Mills County and a longtime Glenwood businessman. Funeral from Glenwood M E church today.
John Vankirk died Tuesday evening at his Silver City home after months of declining health. A pioneer settler, he acquired a large landholding from government lands. He leaves wife, son EH. HB. Vankirk, daughter Mrs. C. A. Moore, all of Silver City, and several grandchildren. Funeral service to be held today.
Mrs Walter Wright died last Tuesday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J M Noah in Glenwood after a long tuberculosis illness. The Wrights married March 16 1904 and lived on a farm at Phelps City Missouri. Their two children brightened their home before her health failed and the family moved to Arizona seeking relief before returning to Glenwood to await the end.
Relatives in Ayr Scotland receive word of the passing of Sir James Coats a leading thread manufacturer at Carrick House Ayr His fortune is placed near six million dollars with about twenty heirs named including Mrs J M Coates of Glenwood The late KK M Coates was a nephew of Sir James Coats.
W S Elliott endorses Dr W H Allen for osteopathic practice in Glenwood. Elliott, a friend and former patient, notes Allen's Christian character and competence, praising him as one of the best in his class and expressing satisfaction that the community has secured such a capable osteopath.
Paper by Dallas N. McGrew presented January 22 1913 at Glenwood Iowa urging farmers to adopt business practices. It highlights rising costs and stagnant yields, compares farming to merchants, and advocates careful budgeting field layout storage scales and manure management to improve profitability and reduce waste.
An 80 acre farm five miles south of Glenwood is offered at a bargain with possession given at once. For particulars inquire of M. H. McCLUSKEY of Glenwood.
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