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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1907
Page
4
A compact time table listing arrival and departure times for Tabor and Nortner at Malvarn with morning and afternoon slots. It shows 4.30pm and 11?20am or 12?08pm style times, indicating scheduling details for local transit.
Miss Alice Stone travels toward Hobert Oklahoma for the coming year. Frank Plumb plans to demolish a center township windmill using a gas engine. Miss Adeline Ward heads to Chicago for a music course at Northwestern University. Mrs Lillian and Miss Ethel Cunningham depart for a Pacific coast visit. Marie, daughter of Dr. Howard Brothers, injured her left arm in a ham mock accident. Mr and Mrs WH Wearin of Carlton Ned among Chautauqua guests returned home. L C Stevesson seeks health in Colorado Springs. Mrs Alva Donner visits from Columbia Ma with her husband. Rachel Dolph, elected instructor at Western Normal College, becomes a ward school principal in Madison Wis. Miss Margaret A. Black, daughter of Chas W Black, spent Chautauqua week and heads to New York then Colorado Springs before returning east.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. I L Kochenderfer on July 12. Vankirk reports a steer killed by lightning last Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. I C Little visited relatives at Chester Oak for several days. Mrs. Ollie Richards of Wymore Nebr. visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo F Bosworth. W S Byers of Glenwood handles life insurance in the vicinity for several days. Mrs. Julia McCoy purchased the William Burgoin residence east of the depot. Miss Gertie Lacock and Leone Hostetter visit Fort Morgan Colo. Storm north of town damaged a corn crib on the Chas Swanburg place with heavy rain. A H Huffaker and Rey R Moser travel to Seattle and other western points for several weeks.
A batch of property transfers in Mills County includes F Carpenter to E C Harris for 240 acres in section 10 Platteville at 17000 dollars, Burkett to L A Williams of part of lot 24 Glenwood, Barnett to Rose Knight lots 6 and 7 in Malvern, Roenfeldt to F F Roenfeldt W D 324 acres in Oak township, Tilackman to Shamblen lots 559 and 560 Hillsdale, Sam Allis to F W Kelley and AR Sehier lots 128 and 129 Pacific Junction, Chas Baldwin to GO Boileau 2644 acres in Lyons township, Emma Long to Owen Mahoney land in Lyons sec 29, Sheriff of Mills County to WC Swartz lots 9 and 10 Huf faker’s addition to Silver City, Wickham to Reeves 17.32 acres in Glenwood section 10, Mills County National Bank to BE Hamilton lot 27 Bank addition Glenwood, and other small transfers.
A fragment from Appleton's discusses soil as a thin film on the earth's crust. It argues soil is minor in bulk yet vital for life, forming plants, tissues, and feeding humanity, while oceans cover most of the surface and the crust remains a tiny shell.
A vivid portrait of women visitors in the English House of Commons. The ladies sit behind a heavy iron grille while a “flirting lobby” atmosphere arises as members glance up. A gallery attendant enforces time limits, and the piece notes social theater and slang linked to Dickens and Sol Gilg.
A hungry tramp enjoys a large dinner, boasts no funds, while the waiter alerts the restaurant owner who calls police. The owner jokes about a stomach pump as the guest smiles, and a comic aside about pantry mice and custard pie follows.
A playful exchange shows a music teacher asking what note sits above W and the student answering PF sharp. The dialogue shifts to a pun on notes Fe and F blunt with a light, upbeat voice reflecting on timing and success.
Mills county Iowa Board of Supervisors met in Auditor's office with James Greig A J Chantry and J B Brandt present. Claims allowed cover labor lumber pauper aid printing road and poor farm costs plus several justice transcripts and refunds. Gopher bounty noted to be set.
The Mills County Board approves payouts including 925,508 for James Gréig, 587.55 to Green Bay Lumber Co and 409.16 to F Ridgeway & Son for bridge lumber. A quit claim deed is granted to Albert O Sargent for section 22 township 72 range 43 lands, and taxes on W L Johnson for 1906 07 are canceled. Announced highway establishment and gopher bounty procedures accompany compensation for land taken and fencings.
The Mills County Board of Supervisors schedules a hearing to vacate a 6 foot wide road section described as running from the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 1, township 71, range 41, to intersect the northwest quarter, with notices served to landowners and four weeks published in the Malvern Leader. Adjournment set to August 5 2007.
Chicago pastor Rev. E Farn gton Myers of Immanuel Baptist seeks to draw crowds by staging a Sunday pre service band concert inside or just outside the church at 2508 Michigan Avenue. He argues sensational approaches may reach outsiders and cites courage over caution in ministry.
John P. Walsh of Evansville Indiana, deaf and dumb, quit smoking after losing his sight. He had been a heavy smoker for years and, unable to see the smoke curling from a cigar or pipe, felt the pleasure was gone and his appetite for smoking faded.
Inn, Gray, Monticello and a driver claim a new solder and flux that weld two aluminum pieces into one. Tested before Indiana experts, the invention proved perfect in every instance, prompting jubilation amid Old Home Week reflections and local anecdotes of returning relatives and joyful reunions.
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