A Drive Through Deer Creek and Mills County Farms
A Tribune tour last Friday along the White Cloud Deer Creek line finds prosperous farms busy in belated haying and harvest. Notable sights include Angora goats on Charlies Jones’s 140 head flock, the Duroc Jersey hogs and record-setting sows at B I Bellwood’s, and the remarkable Old Solomon Farm of 640 acres with 13 miles of Osage Orange hedges. The Solomon property features 18 numbered fields, walnut avenues planted since 1670, and giant initials D I B carved in walnut trees. owner C B Robbing of Cedar Rapids inherited it from Leut Robbing. Ben Shipper manages 400 acres of corn and 35 acres each of wheat and oats, with a grand display of land and eccentric ownership history.
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Tribune
White Cloud
Deer Creek
RB. S. Vestal
J. 8
Criswell
Jimmy
Wabash
Lew Genung
Charlies Jones
Hastings
Mr. Jones
Deer Creek Township
Mills County
Daniel H. Solomon
Glenwood
C. B. Robbing
Cedar Rapids
Leut Robbing
Solomon
Osage
Old Mexico
South America
Missouri
Ben Shipper
Braswell and Bryan wed in Oak township ceremony
J. M. Braswell aged 24 and Miss Agnes Bryan aged 19 were married Wednesday afternoon by Justice I. G. Day. The couple reside north of Glenwood in Oak township.
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J. M. Braswell
Agnes Bryan
Justice I. G. Day
Glenwood
Oak Township
Missionaries to Japan and India by church leaders
Rev. L B Worcester of the Tabor Faith home plans to depart Monday July 24 for missionary work in Japan. Mgr and Mrs Horst will also depart for India. Miss Grace Yarratt will accompany Mother Wheaton to the Pacific coast and then to India. In a separate item, the Crown plane contest count shows Glenwood Woman’s Club leading with 4,027,132 votes, Methodist Church 2,446,751, Modern Woodmen 1,314, Knights of Pythias 243, total issued ballots 52,841, total printed 6,000.
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L. B. Worcester
Tabor
Japan
Mgr
Mrs. Horst
India
Miss Grace Yarratt
Mother Wheaton
Pacific
Crown
Glenwood Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Methodist Church
U. W
Toaedesuion
Knights of Pythias
Cere Reece
Weather and Crops Improve in Mills County Hay Harvest
Heat across the United States gave Mills County hot conditions but a recent cooldown spurred haying and harvesting. J. R. Sage of the Iowa crop service bureau reports corn up about a foot from last year, stands 10 percent better, and a very promising outlook for a big crop with no rust or blight damage evident. Hay crop is heavy and pasturage above normal with early potatoes yielding abundantly.
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United States
Mills County
Iowa
J. R. Sage
Iowa Crop Service Bureau
Sage
Many Probate Matters Move Through Local Courts
Discharges and appointments fill the docket as M Flammant of Mineola is released as executor of the Louis Lanz estate. The John Carter estate is terminated with HW B Carter of Kansas acting as executor. W C Swarts of Silver City ends as guardian for Grover Hettinger who has reached 21. Numerous administrators and administratrices are named for estates in Henderson Lyons Glenwood and Ingraham with values noted for several. Edward M Duke named guardian of his daughter Iva M.. bond set at 500. The court orders disposition of hotel claims against James R Anderson’s guardianship and directs settlement by Thomas Dennison of Omaha before estate termination.
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John Carter
Jlis Son
HW. B. Carter
Kansas
W. C. Swarts
Silver City
Grover Hettinger
Wm. H. Sheppardson
Lyons Township
A. C. Gaston of
Tabor
C. O. McCoy
Ingraham Township
Joanah Tague
TL. Tague
Milburn C. Turner
Henderson
Peter Asell
Edward M. Duke
Iva M
James R. Anderson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Catherine L. Rishell
Glenwood
W. H. Guyer
Malvern
Joseph Anthony
City
John Hampton
Patrick's Mill
Elizabeth Hampton
Stolen Quarts Confound Malvern Depot Theft Inquiry
Burlington detective J. M. Harrison says sufficient evidence exists to convict John Peterson Jim Stevens and Geo Stevens of stealing 20 quarts of alcohol from the Malvern depot. The trio is jailed in Glenwood serving ten days each for drunkenness. no charges yet filed for the alleged theft.
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J. M. Harrison
Burlington
John Peterson
Jim
Geo. Stevens
Malvern
Glenwood
Banner Year for Crime in Mills County Cited
Justice Day of Glenwood says Mills County faces a bad year with five assault to murder charges since January, and in six months two cases resulted in death. He notes the rising violence and outlines the five cases before him.
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Justice Day of
Glenwood
Mills County
Doctor Shriver Trip To Dentists Conventions Across Cities
De FlM Shriver and daughter Margeline depart Glenwood for a lengthy journey. They will stop in Buffalo for three dentist conventions, then visit Niagara Falls New York City Philadelphia Washington and finish at the doctor’s former Ohio home.
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de. Flm. Shriver
Margeline
Glenwood
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Ohio
Keenan Worsens After July Fourth Shooting Near Strahan
John Keenan, shot through the ring on July 4 by Mike Murray near Strahan, has deteriorated. A Malvern physician reports the bullet carried a piece of shirting into the wound, forming a lung abscess requiring opening, with survival chances now doubtful. Bond changes for Murray’s sureties are noted as Leroy Dixson and Charles Hambisch, with Pat Maher seeking release.
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Council Bruffsh
John Keenan
Mike Murray
Strahan
Justice Day
Scott
Malvern
Pat Maher
Deer Creek Township
Murray
Leroy Dixson
Charles Hambisch
Keenan
Doings of the Death Angel in Glenwood
I W Moulton aged 78 died at St Bernard's hospital Council Bluffs of heart trouble and old age infirmities. He was a Glenwood resident for several years and stepfather of Mrs R W Greenlee. Remains were brought to Glenwood yesterday evening. Funeral held this morning from the Greenlee home. Mrs Billa Rager died at Council Bluffs after a two weeks illness aged 40. Survived by daughter Minnie Rager a schoolteacher sister Millie Finnegan Ottumwa and six brothers. Remains brought to Glenwood for interment this morning at 10:35. Funeral this afternoon at Congregational church at 2:30.
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I. W. Moulton
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Council Bluffs
Mr. Moulton
Glenwood
R. W. Greenlee
Greenlee
Billa Rager
Council
Rager
Minnie Rager
Millie Finnegan
Ottumwa
Congregational Church
County Board Hears Ditch Proposal at Glenwood
The County Board met in Glenwood to discuss establishing a new ditch to straighten Keg Creek. Property owners argued for damages, and the board considered extending the ditch a mile southwest to connect with the Watkins ditch to prevent local overflow.
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Glenwood
Supt I A H Maus Conducts Successful Chautauquas
Supt AH Maus of Glenwood Schools reports a successful summer series of Chautauquas at Missouri Valley Fairbury and Albert Lea with Boston author Tom Dawson as a headliner and drawing card. Gov Folk of Missouri also attracted crowds as Maus completes another Chautauqua at Albert Lea.
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Maus
Glenwood
Missouri Valley
Fairbury
Neb
Albert Lea
Minn
Tom Dawson
Boston
Winance
Gov. Folk
Carnegie donor backs new library at Parsons College
Preparations are complete for immediate erection at Pairfield of the new library building donated by Andrew Carnegie to Parsons College. Carnegie gave 15000 dollars for the structure. Mrs. O R Patrick added 2000 dollars. O J Patrick was a Parsons graduate. Mrs Patrick is now in Europe. Heat nearly caused a wreck on the Wabash line as heat expanded rails near Imogene.
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Pairfield
Andrew Carnegie
Parsons College
Carnegie
O. R. Patrick
Emerson and
Glenwood
Des Moines
O. J. Patrick
Patrick
Europe
Wabash Road
Ling
Shenandoah World
Imogene
Shenandoah
Wreck Avoided as Rails Misalign Near Glenwood Steam Laundry
Sheriff Morgan arrested S F Noel about 60 and George Cross about 2 for drunk and disorderly near the Glenwood steam laundry. They refused to leave and Cross tried to flee before a warning shot stopped him. In Justice Day's court both men received 15 days in jail.
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Glenwood
Sheriff Morgan
Hillsdale
S. F. Noel
George Cross
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Young Cross
Sheriffs
Justice Day
Farmer Advice for Flooded Ground Plowing Method
Hamburg merchant M. E. Cooley with floodplain experience urges farmers to work ground while it dries and use a single horse with a double shovel plow to loosen soil and prepare corn for laying by. He argues this reduces damage from baking and cracking compared with leaving ground to dry and crack.
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M. E. Cooley
Hamburg
Is He a Fraud Carey Swindle Report in Glenwood
Mrs. W. H. Scott of Glenwood reports a possible scam by a stranger named Carey. He claimed to represent a Plattsmouth music house and to be an intended cousin of Glenwood merchant Chas. E. Carey. Scott gave a note for a purchase and awaits results. Carey denies any relatives by that name except his father B. M. Carey of Red Oak.
Pay Car Passes Mills County Paying Rail Workers
The Burlington pay car, led by Assistant Paymaster Williams, arrived from the Missouri lines to Creston with a special car. In Mills County, thousands of dollars were paid out to railroad workers as extra gangs labored nearby, leaving men with checks and smiles.
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Burlington
Mills County
Williams
Junction
Missouri Lines
Ando
Creston
Mills county man reports from Fort Scott exposition
L. BE Williams, possibly the first Mills county man to return reports from the Fort Scott exposition, came back to Glenwood after a three week absence. He says the fair is not as large as St. Louis but prettier, and notes booming northwest towns with Portland and Seattle nearly doubling in five years.
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L. BE
Williams
Mills County
Fort Said
Glenwood
St. Louis
Northwest
Portland
Seattle
Rev Skiles to pastor Farragut church renewal plans
Rev Skiles and his wife Miss Galt arrived from Glenwood where he serves as pastor. He plans a Glenwood chautauqua from July 25 to August 6 and urges friends to attend while noting his recent renumbering as pastor at Farragut. State Savings Bank Pacific Junction Iowa promotes farm loans.
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Skiles
Shenandoah
Congregational Church
Farragut
Miss Galt
Glenwood
Glendwood News Terse Summary of Local Visits and Notices
W R Cooper of Henderson and Mayor M Rice of Malvern are in town. Many visitors from Omaha, Pacific Junction, Alliance and Council Bluffs. Local events include Epworth lawn social, church schedules and Ice Co offers free ice for need. Wheat prices at 74-6 cents and farm loan ads from State Savings Bank.
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W. R. Cooper
Henderson
M. Rice
Malvern
Farm Loans
State Savings Bank
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Miss Kirby
Kansas City
Etta Ewing
Mabel Shriver
Omaha
Elsa Ewing
Geraldine Woodruff
Corinne Bartel
Living Springs
van Horn
Lake Manawa
Fred Howlett
Council Bluffs
Edgar Rishell
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Bellwood
B. I. Bellwood’s
Ben
Klondike
Mr. Bellwood
Grant Summers
Old Solomon Farm
Cupid
Braswell
Bryan
Woman’s Club
Plano
Loweat
Wriday Co
Keene Tees
Wees
M. Flammant of
Mineola
Louis, Lanz
H. A. Doner
Frank Doner
Dr. Shriver
F. W. Moulton
Mrs
Ella Rager
Towa
Glenwood News
Epworth League
E. B. Brown
John Rether
Clara
Annie Rishell
Lillie Adams
B. F. Buffington
Noyes
Louisville
J. A. McDonald
Alliance
Wm. Skillicorn
H.C. McGraw
Tacoma
Globe
Wash
Frances Thornell
Sidney
C. M. Follet
Baby
Grandpa Starbuck
C. L. Winn
the Constitution
Indianola
Charles Enslay
Armour
S. Dak
George Mosridge
A. P. Travis
Emma Kelloge
H. M. Logan
Ovallala
Willis Record
Estelle Coombs
Board of Control
John Hopp
Messrs. Rether & Bruce
The
Glenwood Ice Co
O. F. Shaw
Methodist
Shaw
Baptist Church
Charles B. Carey
Winona Chautauqua Assembly
Indiana
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