Relocation vote ends Mills County seat case in 1906
Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in Glenwood to canvass petition and remonstrance on relocating the county seat from Glenwood to Malvern. After hearings and deductions totaling 2037 valid petition names and 2141 remonstrance names, the board dismissed the petition for relocation for insufficiency. A subsequent districting resolution created three supervisor districts with named townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Glenwood
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Bogart
A. J. Chantry
FP. H. Plumer
A.J. Chantry
J. EH. Plumer
B. T. Agan
Auditor's Office
BR. S. Bogart
BE. S. Bogart
H. Plumer
F J Wallace
Bert Brown
FJ Wallace
J D Neal
I F Hendricks
E. S. Bogart
A. J. Clantry
F. H. Plumer
B.S. Bogart
BT Agan
E S Bogart
Flay Pimers
S. Bogart
Lows
W. 8. Bogart
Lon
E. 8. Bogart
Malvern
Lowa
Deer Creek
White Cloud
Rawles
Center
Silver Creek
Ingraham
Anderson
Indian Creek
Lyons
Platteville
Oak and St. Mary
E. 8
Freight Wreck At Pacific Junction Yards In Fog
A heavy fog caused a headend collision at Pacific Junction yards at 5 30 between freight trains No 4 and 81 at the south end of the Y. Fireman Edward L Marshall of Council Bluffs was badly scalded but not believed to be seriously hurt. Engines and several cars piled up, three cars carrying Angora goats and hogs were wrecked, goats injured and some killed, wrecking crew from Pacific Junction began work within half an hour. Claude Anderson photographed the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Junction
Edward L. Marshall
Council Bluffs
Claude Anderson
Prescott
Collision near Hastings injures mail clerk and others
A Hastings to Sidney branch train wreck Thursday night left mail clerk George Chaffee possibly fatally injured as the two sections parted on a downward grade two miles south of Hastings. Injuries included a fractured skull for Chaffee and a broken arm for Robert Estes. the damaged car end drew bar disabled the train for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings and
Sidney
George Chattee
Hastings
Chaffee
Robert L. Estes
Jamieson Buys Hamburg Democrat Paper
W. D. Jamieson of the Shenandoah World has bought the Hamburg Democrat and will take possession mid August. Frank Jenkins of Indianola will join in management. Hamburg liverymen agree to feed teams at 36c per team and 20c per single horse during the Chautauqua with plans to accommodate all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamieson
Hamburg
W. D. Jamieson
The
Shenandoah World
Hamburg Democrat
Frank Jenkins
Indianola
Hastings Defeats Emerson In Diamond Battle
Hastings defeated Emerson 7 to 3 on Hastings diamond. Mason and Du rval teamed on Hastings, Sherman hit a three-base hit with two on to spark the rally in the seventh. Glenwood lost to Hastings 3 to 2 in a game noted for mixed lineups and costly errors. Island Park beat Glenwood 15 to 9, with Watling, Conner and LaChapelle starring for Glenwood. The Malvern game and a 13-inning Glenwood win over Malvern were highlights, while the Pacific Junction Farmers fell to Balfour 19 to 11 in eight innings. West Oak beat Menton 6 to 2 in quick time, and an upcoming match with West Side Sluggers was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Hastings
Sherman
Mason
Durval
Sherman and Rauz
Menton
West Oak
Henton
Rbert Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
Staley and Stacey
G. W. Jones
Geo. Kates
Glenwood
Kay Laraway
Robert LaChapelle
Shay
McFarland
Island Park
Watling
Conner
LaChapelle
Anderson
Lewis
Thomas
Malvern
Malvern LaChapelle
Masters Conner
Pitcher
Deardort Waterman
Baird Collins
Heinbaugh Walling
Bentlay Anthony
Short
Cack Laraweaus
Davis Reeves
Deurdorf Conrad
Starr
Pight
Sears
Near Pacific Junction
Balfour
Master Sunday Cheer Sparks Bold Display of Hats
A lively remark suggests the board may grant an exception for Master Sunday to allow ladies to showcase gaudy headwear, noting it would be unkind not to permit such display on the occasion.
Caught in Cupid's Coils: Two Rural Weddings Reported
Tuttle Shaw Grant VY and Miss Emma J Shaw wed last week at Cotin eil Bluffs. The bride has lived with her brother Geo Shaw in Hillsdale. they plan to reside in the West. Engle McMillan: Allen Engle of Glenwood and Miss Harriett McMillan of Hastings married at Rev O F Shaw's Hastings home Sunday evening. The groom is an engineer and farmer. the bride is daughter of D G McMillan near Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
D. G. McMillan
Hastings
Democratic County Convention At Mills County Iowa 1906
Democratic delegates are called to meet Glenwood at 10 30 a m August 2 1906 to elect eight delegates to the state convention at Waterloo and to choose delegates for congressional and judicial districts. Precincts get one delegate plus one per 50 votes for Parker in 1904. A caucus will be held July 30 at 8 p m. The later convention will nominate county officers and assembly representative with larger apportionment. Also notes Republican conventions in Council Bluffs with Smith renominated and Wheeler Green Thorne possible. Gilliland temporary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Iowa
Glenwood
Court House
Waterloo
Alton B. Parker
Benton
Center
Cccsee
Deer Creek
Emerson
Hastings
Anderson
Ingraham
Yous
Malvern
Wes Mineola
Platteville
Rawles
Silver Creek
St. Mary
West Oak
White Cloud
W. F. Hunt
Cixper
Gentine
Council Bluffs
Smith
Wheeler, Green
Thorne
Gillilland
Teaching Teachers To Teach Teaching Institute Opens
Mills County Teachers Institute opened in Glenwood with 3 teachers enrolled on day one and 102 by noon. Supt Moore reports smooth progress and invites public observation. Tomorrow morning features music and recitations led by Prof Gregg. Instructors cover arithmetic geography orthography civics and physics physiology pedagogy grammar history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Teachers’ Institute
Glenwood
Moore
Gregg
Viola Waller
Charles City
Louella Crowder
Hamburg
W. B. Gregg
Pacific Junction
W. O. Allen
Tabor College
L. O. Bryan
O. P. Stewart
Malvern
Big Time at Hastings Baseball and shooting event planned
Hastings announces a combined baseball and shooting tournament on August 15 16 and 17. Officers include Will Van Ausdale president N W Colling treasurer and Galen Purcell secretary. Prizes total 85 70 66 and 40 plus purses for shootists. Details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Will van Ausdale
N. W. Colling
Galen Purcell
Free Lands Open For Homesteaders In Shoshone Reserve
Uncle Sam offers 1 150 000 acres in Wyoming for homesteads with 300 000 to 400 000 acres first class irrigable land. Registration at government points runs July 16 to 31 1906. Burlington route sells low round trip tickets July 12 to 20 to Worland and through the Big Horn Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Toa
Burlington
Worland
Wyo
Big Horn Basin
Low fare tickets to Minnesota North Dakota and Canada
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces half rate tickets for homeseekers on the first and third Tuesdays to Minnesota North Dakota and Canadian Northwest. Apply J P Elmer General Passenger Agent St Paul Minn with party size and travel dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Miinnesota
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease cured internally by Hall's Catarrh Cure, a blend of ingredients that purify blood and mucous surfaces. It touts a physician-ended prescription from J. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with claims of wide medical backing and availability from druggists. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Thbe
Tle
J. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledy
Ad Druggiste
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OF County Board
TE. S. Bogart
A. Jd. Chantry
FF. H. Plummer
F. Plumer
KA Plumer
Chantry
Heaton
Shenandoah
Seas
West Side
Institution Invincibles
Dr. Benson
Red Oak Methodist Church
Cupid
Tuttle-Shaw
Democratic County Convention
Ernestine Houston
Mary Lyon
Ova Ostrander
Zada Ostrander
Ethel Gilmore
Ada Kinney
Edith Gilmore
Ada L. Goodell
Ada Goodall Nellis Goodell
Pearl Kiddoo
Mary Estes
Alice Robinson
Pearl Miller
Ethel Rhodes
Bessie Dean
Lottie Pritchard
Dora Pritchard
Myrtle Kilman Estella Doak
Mary Windham
Olive Bomar
Georgia Curtis Verda Wheeler Florence Haile Delia Linville
Mabel Estes
Stella Wolfe Grace Daniel Earle C. Ling
Abbie Kearney
D. G. Young
Sarah Walling
Albert Harrison
Desda Evans
Mamie Huth
Helen Hammes
Bessie Garman
Lillian Hammons
Grace Rodman
Catherine Tunison
Bessie Tucker
Joseph Whitesides
Lelia Weller
Ethel Cunningham
Pearl C, Harris
Gertrude Stevesson
Flora van Doren Mae Churchill Tha Ireland
Blanche Ireland Virdie Ireland
Lillian Cunningham
Nellie Thompson
Bertha Bushnell
Daisy Bartley Fannie Potts
J. R. Potts
Olga Otis Rue Otis Lenore McParland
Liva Richards
Nina McFarland
Martha Lewis
Cora Owens Mae Miller
Jennie Haynie
Pearle Haynie Grace DeLashmutt
Bernice Watts
Ola Buckingham Muande Croak
Nannie F. Monroe
Mary Regester
Freda Dorf
Winnie Rhoads
Jessie Be, McLain
Twn Sherman Ethel Spears Mrs. W. K. Post
Strahan
Rhebs Whalen
Silver City
Emma Huttaker
Frances McCoy
Beulah Christy Bertha Plumb
Albert Moore
Hasti
I Grace A. Nims
Carrie Luther Mumte Hicks
Hillsdale
Lydia Bailey
Imogene
Mary Kennedy
Henderson—Bells Gowdy
Thurman
R. V. Pletcher Bartlett
Fern Huthman
Villiscu
Sadie Swisher
Shoshone Reservation
Wyoming
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