31 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1905
Page
1
Glenwood social and business items include J. W. Murphy selling ice, visits by Miss Grace Aikin and Miss Carroll White, and various residents traveling to Omaha Thurman and Columbus. The piece notes local auctions, a new bookkeeper Wright & Blair, a birth and death in town, and upcoming society meetings at the Methodist mission with Mrs. Bogart.
The Fremont County Board of Supervisors will meet in Glenwood next Monday for a joint session with the local board regarding the Waubonsie drainage district. Fremont faces opposition from landowners over their vend of the ditch, while Mills County reports smoother sailing in the dispute.
A fragment from the Red Oak Ex presents a muddled tale of a Glenwood chicken show held near the Tribune office. It mentions Mills county roosters and a policeman, but the details are garbled and unclear.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a dubious real estate chatter about cheap wheat land near Colorado with references to Russian influence and dubious figures. The readable bits mention prices per acre, regional places, and vague claims about best results and market conditions.
Observers view Russia's latest reports as a spasm rather than a sustained bid for self government. Pity is tempered by the belief real concessions require more than temporary unrest from autocratic rulers. The Town state dairy association meets in Mason City midweek for its annual convention.
Mills county towns show postal shifts as Emerson gains third class, Graham salary raises, and three rural routes radiate from the town. Oskaloosa welcomes Louis Young, 118, former Virginia resident, set to celebrate near 119th birthday with daughter Mrs Frank Bush.
Arthur Barbee of Wayne Nebraska visited his father Dan Barbee while Lester Barbee and family stayed under the parental roof near Red Oak. AC Hodges helped Harold Barbee move from Potawatomi county to Hodges home. Harold will farm in Nebraska next year. A man misread No 13 at Balfour and got off at the wrong stop last Thursday night as the train left. John R. Peterson shipped 43 head of steers from West township to South Omaha and sold 1 head of two year olds at 3.14, others at 4.35. weights 1457 pounds for two year olds and 1101 for yearlings. Lester Barbee and C. H. Newman accompanied the shipment.
Mills County Sunday School Association president S C Hunter of Malvern reports a circulated plan for the next annual convention to be held in Henderson with date unspecified. He promotes January or February Decision Day and township conventions to organize new groups and asks churches to send offerings to the county treasurer Rose Plums, Malvern.
Mills county school masters and mistresses will gather in Malvern for the annual county teachers association session. The Friday night program features Dr. Phil Baird of Fort Dodge, who will lecture and head next summer's Glenwood Chautauqua, followed by an instructional program with rural and high school sections and prize recitals across several rooms led by local and visiting educators.
The New Glemwood Canning Co asks farmers to grow a large sweet corn and tomato acreage for 1905 to keep the factory expanding. They note low prices due to large packs but promise steady demand, with contracts offered now for both crops. The letter urges farmers, landowners, and workers to support a thriving, community benefiting plant. Also promoting cheap sweet corn fodder sale.
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