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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1909
Page
4
For sale and exchange notice from J B Winkler at the Mills County Office in Glenwood Iowa advertising land available for sale or exchange. The brief notice presents a real estate offering with location Mills County and contact path through the county office. The compact item reflects a local notice style from a regional newspaper.
The ad lists multiple Mills County Iowa farms with acreages from 40 to 415, near Glenwood and Council Bluffs, priced from 55 to 140 per acre, plus 10 detailed properties with features such as wells, barns, orchards, and timber. It mentions a C B & Q elevator, mortgage details, and an invitation to contact J B Winkler in Glenwood for information.
Promoter lists multiple land parcels across Nebraska Kansas Colorado Florida South Dakota and Oklahoma for exchange. Each tract shows section township range and acreage with prices from 20 to 35 per acre and notes about soil quality and location. Interested buyers urged to submit offers with general descriptions before detailed data is provided.
Mrs Sarah Purcell visits son Everett from Omaha while Rolf Whitnall returns from Town City after completing a State University course. Concrete work starts on foundations for N W Colling and Martin & Son blocks. Local residents travel to Alton, Kan, and Seattle expos. The Alfrey grocery building rises, owned by S B Hutchings. A Maynes livery barn incident ends with Irve Port missing cash and a broken arm. Epworth League attendees return from Seattle as Methodist church doors adjust to new law.
A July 12 birth at Ora Snodgrass home is noted alongside local updates. George Graham becomes city marshal replacing resigning J Roach. Several guests visit Emerson from Papillion and Rock Springs. Rev Edward Kelley assists in Kirwin revival meetings. James Honeyman returns to Collins drug store after Chicago pharmacy study. Mrs W H Creamer hosts friends from May Barris and Blanche Lewis. Cully trades hotel for stock then gains 800 acres near Spaulding. Estes Park trip for Lou Tupper and daughter includes niece Bess Welpton marriage in Ogallala.
SILVER City C H Kruse visited Nebraska for farming matters last week. Mra W J Hostetter visited sister Miss Gertrude Lacock. John Pullman sold a threshing outfit to Henry Sheal and Rudolf Kahl. A new switchboard was installed at the Mills County Telephone central office. Hood in Silver Creek caused Lee McCoy to lose several hundred cords of wood when it floated away. Artie Rommel carries his arm in a sling after a peculiar mishap while attempting to crank a device.
Local items report visits by Miss Mae Morris and George Wilson to nearby towns last week. Mrs Tred Carter and baby joined Mr Carter in Council Bluffs. Jones and Horseman relocate their undertaking business behind the L W Triplett building. Alta Eilswick fills in at the Sturgeon store during Miss Maxwell’s Colorado absence. South Henderson farmers report a damaging last Wednesday storm harming corn. L W Triplett now drives a new Ford. he and Harold Workman drove to Atlantic to bring it home. Mrs Jessie Rawles has pneumonia, with her mother en route from Portland after telegraph notice. Epworth League held an ice cream social on the Farmers National Bank lawn amid hot weather.
Mrs Myron Gaston returns from Sunbury Missouri while Leonard Gaston visits Pacific City. Rev and Mrs J W Ferner plan Hot Springs South Dakota. Mrs Ella Tipple visits daughter in Sheridan Wyoming. J W Colby and family move near Lester Howard's. Dr M L Latimer opens dentistry above Miller’s office. Mrs Tipton and children visit Carson. Ira McCormick and sisters at Excelsior Springs Missouri. Rodman and son lose horses in a heat spell. Margaret Lawrence heads to Boston to visit her mother. Mrs H W Reeves and daughters visit Eli Reeves’s family. Mrs J M Cummins and Irene visit from Denmark Iowa for a wedding on July 21. Mrs M E Acord and daughter Flossie go to Omaha. Flossie joins real estate firm as stenographer. Miss Mattie Morrison returns from Ludington. Mrs M Wogan and Aona Ivory go to Omaha. Tvory to Cedar Bluffs with Lucile Hall. Dr B B Miller and T M Aistrope praised for keeping Matthews block tidy. City council mulls Main Street improvements with cement gutters and new crossings near Thomas Jewelry. Aistrope and Barbour to Chicago for stock, with cattle and hog shipments. Br McClelland leaves for Galesburg to join Frank Arnold for France departure.
Report notes a scarce cattle feeding scene near Tabor with only about a dozen head on feed. It marks the lowest seasonal count in years, according to those familiar with local agriculture and market conditions.
A reception will welcome about fifty Glidden motorists in Council Bluffs on Wednesday. Mills County auto owners are invited to attend the event, highlighting a notable gathering in the auto world of the region.
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