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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
8
Local notes report Red Oak plans four automobiles and a canning plant ready for corn, plus a road to Silver City. Hamburg sees a hotel change in Sept. 1, while Red Oak council eyes cow-free streets. Sidney strikes over pay for brick cleaning, and a Stradivarius violin claim prompts inquiry.
Miss Pearl Thorp spent the week with friends in Omaha. D W DeLaabmatt returned from Denver with daughter Mildred. Miss Agava will stay in Denver for the summer for health. Bacus and Sargent busy making snoop board end gates for Penn Company in Omaha. L S Stroud plans a late August ranch trip near Denver. Libbie Martin remains in hospital in Omaha with a bullet wound. McGartney at the Q depot handles business of the new steamboat and a Glenwood moonlight ride is planned. Joe Linsole’s horse was stolen. a drowned-horse rumor was false. W P Recster rents the Pacific Hotel to Judeon Smalley, assisted by his mother and brother Ira. Mrs Redifer’s nurses unsettled. health improved by leaving the business. Overflow from recent flooding damaged fields. Tharp farm reports 85 acres under water up to 5 feet. Chus Kroon estimates $2000 farm damage. some deposits may offset crop losses. Ditch outlet at Keg Creek blamed for damage. obstructions and brush formed dams.
Silver City notes many residents visiting Omaha Malvern Woodbine Glenwood and other towns last week. Names include Q D Greenwood Ada Laycock Bert Wilson Loveland and H Huffaker with multiple trips to Omaha and Malvern plus a funeral in Malvern for Ethel Johnson.
Nellie Hollingsworth Henderson and Faith Harlan visit Des Moines with relatives and friends. A S Paul reports heavy losses from recent rains estimating 700 dollars in wheat and hay damage. Henry Straiter’s barn fire was stopped early due to a fruit tree injury. Rex Harlan carries a broken arm in a sling from a fall weeks ago. Public notice for Dr King’s New Life Pills at A J Howes drug store.
Sunday morning Silas Benton was kicked by a young mare in the barn and seriously injured. Dr. Scott attends him as his condition remains uncertain. Ed Sommers badly broke his left arm and elbow in a barn incident while handling a horse yesterday. Malvern prepares for a new store with improvements north of Thoman's barber shop and plans to stock gentlemen’s furnishings and clothing.
An old advertisement promotes Luxative Bromo Quining Tablet as a quick cure for a cold. It guarantees refunds if it fails and notes a seal or signature on each box. The copy uses period promotional language and archaic spelling.
The law, operative July 4, requires every child seven to fourteen in suitable condition to attend public private or parochial school or receive equivalent instruction for at least twelve weeks yearly. It provides truancy penalties, separate facilities for habitual truants, and potential placement in the state industrial school. officers are to enforce and report violations.
Don’t miss this tonic advertised for all troubles. It claims to tone the stomach regulate kidneys and bowels stimulate the liver invigorate the nerves purify the blood and restore run-down systems. Electric Bitters is said to cure kidney and liver troubles stomach disorders nervousness sleeplessness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria. Satisfaction guaranteed by A J Howe at 50c.
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