Doings of an Early Day Vigilance Committee Recalled
The Tribune reprints a 41 year old Glenwood clipping found by E. C. Baldozier detailing a July meeting in Mills County to condemn the 1877 Lawn boys hanging. Rev L S Williams presided. resolutions denounced mob rule, urged jail construction, and urged authorities to pursue justice.
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Chicago Times
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Court Opens Next Week in Glenwood for April Term
District court to convene next Monday with Judge Thornell presiding. Jury not needed. court may sit several days. Cases listed in order include Ira Lewis vs Minnie Lewis divorce. Ludlow Savings & Trust Co. vs Join Van Kirk et al. Minnie Munsinger vs City Telephone Co. of Mills and Fremont Counties. A H Winkler vs M C Young et al.
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Fremont Counties
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M. C. Young
Fats Defeat Leans In Tight Village Baseball Game
A lively Glenwood athletic grounds contest saw the Fats beat the Leans 11 to 10. Umpire Superintendent Moore called balls and strikes as detailed by inning, listing players such as Hamilton Shoemaker Allen Bellinger Morgan Rawards Plimpton Wallace Kratt Donelan and Younker. The Leans have challenged the Fats to a rematch next Wednesday.
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Crop Outlook for Mills County Harvest Strong Yields Reported
The small grain harvest has begun with general wheat cutting across Mills county. A larger-than-usual acreage yields heavy crops, hay also strong, and corn shows excellent growth with much already laid by. The Journal of Commerce’s crop report cites favorable U.S. wheat and corn outlook despite rains and June delays, with winter wheat up 8.7 points, spring wheat up 8 points, and corn up 1.6 points from last year.
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Women Gain Vote on Municipal Bond Proposals
The state's supreme court ruled that constitutional limits on women’s suffrage apply only to elections for public officers and not to propositions. The Des Moines city hall bond election, denied to women, was invalidated. If another bond election occurs, Mills county women may vote like men.
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Lanningham Resigns From Iowa Childrens Home Role
Rev. A W Lanningham resigns after eleven years as district agent for the Iowa Children's Home in Des Moines and will relocate to Seattle to work for the Washington state society. His Red Dale home contrasts with his Seattle family. Rev J L Johnson will succeed him, currently a Methodist minister in Indianola.
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Mrs Burkett in Illinois Faces Worsening Health
Reports from Springfield Illinois say Mrs W H Burkett’s condition has grown steadily worse with pernicious anaemia. She is under care at her daughter Mrs J H Feltham’s home where she was taken three weeks ago hoping for hospital relief. Family remains with her and prognosis is poor.
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Insanity Proceedings Initiated Against A Hodgkinson
Proceedings opened this week against A Hodgkinson of Glenwood. After an initial hearing an adjournment was taken and he was moved yesterday to the College View Sanitarium near Lincoln. The Hodgkinson family owns the old 3B O Dick farm on Pony Creek northwest of Glenwood.
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Matrimonial Matters From the Journal Reports Two Local Weddings
The Plattsmouth Journal notes Wrank Malica and Goldie G Scott of Glenwood wed by county judge at the bride’s uncle Joseph Parker’s home after celebrating the Fourth. They plan to live south of Payette Junction on Mr Malica’s farm. Also Samuel Huffman 64 and Addie McQuistan 52 married by Justice Edwards at Clerk Davis’s office in Glenwood after her divorce made Ne braska marriage ineligible.
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Stock Train Wreck at Thayer Kills Osceola Man
A stock train wreck near Thayer, 15 miles east of Creston, killed Vrett Thompson of Osceola as a string of stock cars derailed after the engine left the track at 21:80 Monday night. Forty nine stockers were aboard. hundreds of animals died or were injured while cargo and debris spread near the depot. Traffic on the main line was delayed for hours.
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Examiner William R Pratt Receives Large Salary Increase
William R Pratt, an examiner in the U S Patent Office in Washington, reports to his parents in Glenwood about a substantial pay raise effective July 1. His salary rises from 1400 to 2100 annually, a jump of 700, and he is advanced from third to second assistant examiner as 550 of the office's 821 employees also receive raises.
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Sam
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Uncle Sam
Malvern Chautauqua Opens With Strong Attendance
Attendance at the Malvern Chautauqua has been good since it began last Saturday and runs through next Sunday evening. Weather remains favorable with only brief showers, platform manager Rev. BE. L. Maton, a former Methodist preacher in this conference, has earned high marks for his work at Malvern. About 50 tents populate the grounds.
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Nebraska Floods Rush Into Missouri River
Floods along the Platte in Nebraska sent water into the Missouri briefly overflowing Iowa banks. The flood subsided without damage though Ashland saw rapid rises and several drownings as Salt Creek swelled fifteen feet in two hours after Lincoln’s devastation.
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Bryan Nominated for President by Democratic National Convention
William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president at the Denver Democratic National Convention on July 10. The first ballot yielded 89,214 votes, 221 over the required total, amid chaotic enthusiasm. Delegates adopted the platform calling for limited government, anti corruption, and campaign finance reform, while urging economy and state rights.
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