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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1906
Page
1
Glenwood items note farm loans, rentals, business ads, and social visits. Residents like Hol Stroud, Miss Kemp, and Barbara Aven travel or host guests. tradesmen advertise services and goods. A train wreck near Rogland is reported with no injuries to Walter Bellatti who aided in rescues.
Notice lists six eight four show cases to sell at a bargain used for watches and jewelry, to be replaced by new Durr cases. Also civin-foot tables. Includes garbled names and misspelled phrases but indicates sale of display fixtures and blacksmithing services.
Justice Day, Glenwood's local justice of the peace, officiated two weddings this week. The first tied Gay W. Hyler to Miss Silva V. Torter, residents south of Glenwood near the county line, at Zorlock yesterday afternoon with consent from the bride’s adoptive mother. Today at noon John H. Mackey wed Cora V. Lowe, also from Lyons township, in Day's office. the bride is daughter of Henry Bearleng and her first husband died years ago in Nebraska when a bucket fell on him in a well.
Generous Tuesday night rain pleased most farmers but caused damage for residents near Waubonsie Creek as the stream overflowed at the hills outlet. John King J W Branson and others report six to eight inches of water inundating corn fields with heavy losses anticipated.
A reported swindle sells barbed wire fencing stretching machines and leaves a machine with forty rods of fencing wire on trial. Farmers sign for three and the item ends up at a bank for 300 dollars. The note may appear in Mills county. farmers are urged to stay vigilant.
A local clay bird shoot at West Oak Guo Chub last week saw Frank Fledges win with 19 points, followed by Ernie Fox 18, 8 Saar 8, and Charles Phimer 7 in a tight competition among four shooters.
The Atlantic Chautauqua runs July 28 to August 4. Atlantic jail is empty after months. Clearfield’s Farmers State Bank now under a receiver. Clarinda county home gets electric lights. Shenandoah hosts a Wisconsin picnic on June 20. Atlantic city marshal seizes unlicensed dogs by wagon. Malvern to Chicago stock train in 27 hours. Atlantic umbrella factory introduces detachable-handle model. Carson liveryman Frank Gready buys a car to serve nearby towns. Adams County tax ferret finds few evasion cases. Malvern man’s turkeys killed eleven during a recent attack. Corning to erect a 31-foot steel tank on a 60-foot tower at cost 4420. Clarinda plans a cemetery rain/reception building. Red Oak census shows 1461 school-age children, similar to last year’s 1477. Hawthorne area three horses struck by lightning. two killed, one injured but possibly recovering.
Anownber of thoroughbred registered Hereford bulls aged 12 to 24 months are for sale at low prices. They are out of herd head Hesiod Tad No. TIVT9, weight 2500 lbs. Seller Wm. A. Bichel, Glenwood, Ia. R. I. D. No. 2. Doctors James and Frank Donelan. Offices on second floor of the Mershon building west side of the square. Try the Tribune for job work.
Dates to remember list summer happenings in Mills County Iowa including July 4 celebration in Glenwood Chautauqua July 27 to August 5 at Glenwood Mills County Teachers Institute July 23 to August 3 at Glenwood and base ball tournament August 7 to 9 at Tabor Governance notices show a district Republican judicial convention July 24 and Ninth district congressional convention dates in Council Bluffs. Real estate ads seek acreages near Mills County plus six month leases and a southwest Iowa residence with cash for a quarter section in western Iowa or eastern Nebraska. For sale prime corn and grass land in Missouri Valley region with strong improvements at a bargain price per acre contact W M Donlan Glenwood. Camp planning urged on Glenwood Chautauqua grounds with tents secured through L A Stillwarson Secretary.
The library will remain closed until the afternoon on Saturdays for the rest of the summer. Mel J L Bellatti, Librarian, notes the change in schedule.
Illustrated Music School advertises piano and voice instruction with times and locations at Mrs Russell and Mrs Hussell, plus a separate cream sale and shipment ad. Public notices include Walnut Grove school house bids due July 12 1908 with plans at secretary James Shannon’s and Mills County offices, plus a reward for a lost pin and classified notices on visiting ecards and cream delivery.
Malvern timetable shows train arrivals and departures with morning times around 5 am to 8 pm. The fragment lists several times such as 3 5am 4245 pm and 8am 400 pu, indicating services between Tamok and Northern lines.
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