Glenwood Man Wins E B Woodruff Named for Judge on 285th Ballot
Eugene Woodruff, Glenwood lawyer and local figure, was nominated for judge of the district court to succeed N W Macy after a three day, 285 ballot Republican convention at Council Bluffs. Woodruff, aged about 58, has practiced in Glenwood for 33 years and would serve a four year term with salary about 3500.
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Glenwood
E. B. Woodruff
Eugene §. Woodruff
Council Bluffs
N. W. Macy
Iowa
Woodruff
Mills County
Mills Yioung
Macy
Harlan
Mr. Woodruff
Joe
Nore
Fifteenth Judical
Page
Fremont
Montgomery
Mills
Pottawattamie
Cass
Harrison
Shelby
Audubon
Council Trusts
J. B. Rockafellow
Atlantic
Thomas Arthur
Logan
A. B. Cook
Malvern
R. W
Geogge W. Jones
West Oak
Cook
Beeson
Generl Stone
Three Rivers
Mich
Tabor College
Ite
Oberlin College
Ann Arbor University
Ann Arbor Law School
Tie
Grenwood
Itis
Marriages and names from Silver City and Glenwood
Muk Swarts of Silver City marries Miss Mary Wright at the bride’s home with Rev. J. W. Wright officiating. Both are noted teachers and will settle on a Silver City farm. Maude Coppock and John L. Bryant wed in Glenwood with plans for Yuma, Colorado. Ward officiated Myrtle Robinson’s and J. O. Togeres’s Lewiston Montana ceremony. the bride, a Glenwood teacher, will live near Wilder as a ranchman’s wife.
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Muk Swarts
Silver City
Cumberland
Mary Wright
J. W. Wright
Methodist
John L. [Bryant
Jessie
Maude Coppock
Glenwood
OG. M. Ward
Ollie Cappock
Maggie Darnell
Mills County
Lyman Bryant
Jacob Coppock
Henderson
Yuma
Colo
Tribune
Ward
Myrtle Robinson
J. O. Togeres
Lewiston
Montana
Wilder
M. V. Robinson
Cupid Las
Marriage of Miss Bessie Kirkendall and Lou E Tertert
Miss Bessie Kirkendall daughter of J A G Kirkendall of Glenwood wed Lou E Tertert of Belmond on Jane 24 at Clarion. The couple will reside in Belmond. Mr Hertert formerly worked at Wilson drug store in Glenwood.
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Bessie Kirkendall
J. AG. Kirkendall
Glenwood
Lou E. Tertert
Belmond
Jane
Clarion
Mr. Hertert
Wilson Drug Store
Big Masonic Reception Honors Joshua Spalti Birthday
The Macedonia News reports Oakland hosted one of its largest receptions on June 17 to honor Joshua Spalti’s fiftieth birthday. About 800 of an estimated 1,000 invited neighbors attended as the Avoca band played and a grand supper was served. Spalti received a Masonic emblem set with diamonds, a diamond ring with a Masonic emblem, a diamond-headed cane, and other gifts.
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The
Macedonia News
Oakland
Joshua Spalti
Avoca Band
Fes Sri Ae
Doings of the Death Angel in Mills County
Mrs. Guy Perrell, 23, died Monday afternoon north of Hastings in Wesley Chapel from tuberculosis. Funeral services led by Rev. Talley were held Wednesday at Wesley Chapel with burial in the local cemetery. The family resided on an A. J. Wearin farm and moved to Mills County this spring. Ward reports the death of John Barnum, former Emerson resident and Mills County legislator, who left Emerson twenty years ago for Nebraska and later Cassville, Missouri, where he died.
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Guy Perrell
Hastings
Wesley Chapel
Talley
A. J. Wearin
Mills County
Ward
John Barnum
Emerson
Tle
Nebraska
Cassville
Hat floats down river from Glenwood to St Louis
Recorder Clyde Rhoads lost his black derby on a high water bridge near Glenwood. The lid drifted down the Mississippi, prompting speculation in St Louis before it was identified as an ordinary hat matching the one lost by Rhoads.
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Glenwood
Clyde Rhoads
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louis
Associated Press
Rhoads
Mills County
Lowa
Don’t Get Sore Emerson Chronicle Admonition
The Emerson Chronicle urges readers not to be sore when neighbors hold different views on agal, religion, or politics. It argues variety fuels amusement, friendship, ambition, and civilizational progress, asserting the highest thought requires differences in opinion.
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Emerson Chronicle
Robbed Farmer Attacked Near Rock Island Tracks
John Winiker, a Silver City area farmer, was robbed of 250 dollars after two strangers signaled distress while he shopped in Council Bluffs. They led him to a restaurant and later to the depot, slugging him near the Rock Island tracks and stealing his money.
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John Winiker
Silver City
Council Bluffs
Lodge
Odd Fellows
Walker
Rock Island
Decatur’s New Court House Dedication on Fourth of July
Decatur city plans a Fourth of July celebration in Leon to welcome the dedication of a new county court house. Judge Smith McPherson is among the speakers. Two years ago residents of Decatur City sought to move the county seat to Leon, but Leon’s remonstrance kept it, followed by bonds for a new court house and a peaceful settlement.
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Leon
Decatur County
Smith McPherson
Decatur City
Fourth of July at Glenwood Ends With Ox Roast and Free Treats
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July and Glenwood plans a celebration with an ox roast led by Frarry Cheyney. Two 1200 pound beeves will roast from tonight to noon tomorrow, offering free sandwiches and lemonade. A merry go round and decorations by a ladies committee ensure a lively community event.
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Glenwood
Frarry Cheyney
New Route for Pony Creek Ditch Proposed by Landholders
Land owners push a new path for the Pony Creek ditch to southeast toward Keg Creek ditch east of the K C railroad tracks two miles higher than the present juncture. Route runs along old Lake 16 bank and east of Pacific Junction, from Old Pacific bridge southeast then south past Mulica farm, under Burlington tracks, then southwest to meet Keg Creek ditch near Johnson bridge. County Board to defer final action until a new survey by Surveyor Smith confirms feasibility. board to reconsider July 15.
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Pony Creek
Keg Creek
K. C
Lake 16
Pacific Junction
Old Pacific
Ditc
Mulica Farm
State
Burlington
Junnelion Yards
Johnson Bridge
Smith
Glenwood Woman's Club Elects New Officers
The Glenwood Woman's Club names its officers including Mrs C E Dean as president Mrs L A Bower as vice president Mrs L C Bryan as recording secretary and Mrs Wheeler as corresponding secretary in the latest election results from the club meeting
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Glenwood Woman's Club
C. E. Dean
L. A. Bower
L. C. Bryan
Wheeler
Mills County Vital Statistics 1907 Report Summary
Vital Statistics Clerk Davis reports Mills County births 230, deaths 183 for 1907, a surplus of 47 births. For year ending June 30, records show 152 marriages and 15 divorces. One license issued exceeded ministerial marriage returns. A planned marriage was called off. names omitted.
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Davis
Des Moines
Mills County
New Custodial Building Nears Opening at Glenwood Institution
The Glenwood Institution’s new custodial building for boys is nearly ready and will house about 130 additional children, boosting current enrollment from 1100 to 1250 when school resumes in September. Officers and staff will total around 175, making the little hill city population about 1425. a west wing funding is expected from the coming legislature to admit more children and expand both male and female capacity.
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Glenwood Institution
No Court Next Week In Glenwood July 18
Judge Thornell K will not hold court in Glenwood until Monday July 18. Mae Tysor vs Richard Tysor, a divorce action filed, to be tried at September term. wife seeks custody of their baby girl. Tysor, a fugitive, is known for a December liquor incident. Also: temporary guardian John G. Flanagan appointed for Mrs. Josephine McCoy of Silver City, property valued at $2500. bond set at $3000. Roy Crawford sues LeRoy Dixon in Hastings for $207.30 unpaid salary from 1000 to 1002 at $33 per month.
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Thornell K
Davis
Glenwood
Mae Tysor
Richard Tysor
Hastings
Tysor
John G. Flanagan
Silver City
Josephine McCoy
Clarinda Hospital
Mlanagan
Roy Crawford
District Court
LeRoy Dixon
Crawford
Dixon
Stuttering Jim and Plattsmouth Burglar Nabbed
Jim Nabbed Again known as Stuttering Jim Smith is a Glenwood character now linked to Plattsmouth burglaries. Ite, a familiar Omaha and Bluffs figure with prior Nebraska penitentiary terms, fled after entering a Plattsmouth home during a storm and was later arrested in Omaha the next day.
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Jim Smith
Flo
Plattsmouth
Glenwood
Aunty Smith
Jim
Omaha
Ite
The
Bluffs
Nebraska Penitentiary
Burgalry
Progressive forces prevail in Montgomery county convention
At the June 20 county gathering ex Senator Joe Junkin and his Progressive faction won the moment endorsing Gov. A. B. Cummins. Standpatters carried the county for Allison in the June 2 primary but failed to deliver a majority of delegates to the later convention. A test vote showed the split among factions.
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Montgomery County
Joe Junkin
Cummins
A. B. Cummins
Allison
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Shirly Gillilland
H. Dean
Carl Otis
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Rogers-Robinson
Mrs
Guy Ferrell
Decatur’s New Court House
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