14 Jul 1908
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
1
Glenwood residents report visits from relatives and friends across Iowa and Nebraska, with many staying at homes near Glenwood. Local weddings, school events, and church activities fill the week, including aid to the elderly, and notes on farming, repairs, and small-town commerce.
Saturday night Charles Adkins and Herbert Mills were driving from Malvern when their horse shied. Adkins shattered his right leg between knee and ankle, was taken to Fred Delolt’s home, a Henderson physician reduced the fracture, and Adkins remains in Henderson under careful care with potential amputation risk. He had been working for Lyman Bryant this summer.
July 3 hog market climbs to a yearly peak with prime animals at 7.05 per hundred pounds. Scarcity of corn drives higher prices while receipts lag behind last year. Market watchers expect elevated prices for six months or more amid lighter hog weights.
The Tammany Tiger special train, first to return from the Denver convention, passed Mills County at about noon last Saturday. The ten-car train, mostly Pullman sleepers, carried the famed Tammany club of New York City. Security was tight so the tiger could not hop off or frighten bystanders as it rolled through.
Classified column items note a wanted experienced girl for general housework for Mrs Ma Williams, a cow for sale promising freshness in August, and various ads from Glenwood including photographic views, loans, lost pearl pin, second hand items, a laxative product, and Tribune job work services.
In Mineola a special election yesterday approved bonds totaling 4500 for a handsome brick school building. The vote was 35 for and 13 against with several not voting. Bonds run ten years at 5 percent interest, enabling better facilities for local students.
A public mass meeting will be held at the K P Jail in Pacific Junction on Saturday July 15 at 2 o'clock p m The discussion aims to initiate action toward erecting a levee to keep Missouri River floodwaters from lands and property An attorney may attend to interpret the law Claude FL Amerson urges attendance The Tribune provides Mills County news twice weekly.
A historic clerkly notice lists court fees collected by Clerk I H Davis before 1908. Fees held six months may be turned to the county treasurer if unclaimed. Readers are urged to check the names and claim any owed money, with Agent Agan’s office issuing warrants. The piece also notes a Muscatine Journal report on the Hruby Brothers chautauqua appearance in Glenwood, praising the quartet and their impersonations of bandmasters Creatore and Sousa.
TE kh Herrick at Lamb's Bank urges prompt orders for tents for Chautauqua. Counts needed to determine how many large tents to ship, stressing no delays.
A stranger with a hand satchel of cosmetics and massage machines asks for work as a beauty doctor. An old farmer in a speckled shirt challenges him and offers a dollar if he can make his notably ugly cow look pretty.
A reader from Ressnar Iowa reports that Foley’s Honey and Tar stopped a severe cough and halted hemorrhages while strengthening the lungs. Another letter from Glenwood lauds the remedy’s healing effects and improved health.
A. K. Clarkson estate offers 120 acre farm with improvements in Center township and a house and lot in Glenwood, Iowa. WN. S. Genung, Referee, Glenwood, Iowa, invites interested buyers to call or write.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.