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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
4
Henderson Henry Darnell grows weaker as neighbors report illnesses. Bernies attend a sick list. Vivian Smith sprains an arm while visits and community news continue with trips, employment changes, showers, and travel plans. A storm damages a hall. lightning strikes cause minor effects. plans are made to sail to Europe in August.
Mrs Francis Graham and daughter Edna relocate from Egeria Ii to Tabor. Axter Anderson heads to Ranchester Wyoming. John Christy attends HE J Landon funeral in Silver City. Mr and Mrs D CO Jackson visit from Silver City. Beulah Hardy and Joyce Worcester visit Emerson to see uncle Ived Garvin. Dick Johnson plans to move to Delta Colorado to live with daughter Mrs Will Clark. Mare Rickabaugh returns from Norfolk Nebraska to resume post office job. Della Birchard receives kitchen shower at BS Torrence home with over thirty guests. Mrs Carroll Smith’s mother Mattie Cant gravely ill in King City California. Smith travels home. Mr Spellman, veteran locomotive engineer, overhauls extra engine for TN. Mr Spellman formerly on west Iowa division of Burlington. DM Williams reports rainfall for May and June.
Mineola voters will decide next Monday on issuing bonds to build a new school house and purchase a site. The two proposals cover 4500 for 10 years at 5 percent and the disposal of the old building to fund the new school house project. Women may vote, polls open 1 to 8 p m.
Iowa crop correspondents report condition percentages for major crops on July 1, comparing with historical averages. Corn 85 percent, winter wheat 99, spring wheat 94, oats 10, rye 95, barley 93, hay 80, pastures 104, potatoes 99, apples 60, plums 40, grapes 80. Last year figures: corn 76, spring wheat 90, oats 89, barley 90, rye 94, flax 91, hay 78, pastures 72, potatoes 8, apples 42, grapes 80. Area planted corn revised to 94 percent of 1907, down 6 percent.
Floyd Jordan visits Lorena Farrell as a blizzard traps them and a timber wolf stalks the pair. Lorena flees into the storm, nearly freezing, until Jordan shoots the wolf and carries her to Farrell’s cabin. He vows to build a claim cabin while Lorena fears loss of him in the harsh winter landscape.
A passage from Wide World Magazine notes legends of buried wealth in England from the dissolution era. Worcestershire lore mentions silver bells: one tale places the bells beneath a subterranean通 passage linking Evesham Abbey to a riverside house. another locates a peal buried at Abbots Morton, ten miles from Evesham.
Hillsdale district elected Charles Schultz secretary replacing Nan kin. Albert Moore of Silver City chosen principal for next year. Pearl Zimmer to lead the primary room. Mrs J W Miller’s brother Wm J Davis visiting from Guark Arkansas, last in Mills county 25 years ago. Area phone changes move Hillsdale lines from Malvern to Glenwood for direct town connections.
The Department of Agriculture will demonstrate denatured alcohol production at the National corn exposition in Omaha, funded by a $10,000 government grant. Secretary James Wilson says it will enable farmers to heat, light, and power homes using alcohol made from farm waste, though it won't replace gasoline for clothes cleaning.
Malvern timetable shows Arrives and Leaves with times listed as 90am 40pm 120amn 900 pm. Tabor line appears with 1205 m and 8 opm while other entries read 8 pm.
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