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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
4
A promotional blurb invites readers to subscribe to the Des Moines Daily News for a three months trial at 40 cents. The notice promises condensed fearless reporting on state and national questions, market and farm news, household hints, and sporting gossip, with automatic stop unless renewed.
Malvern timetable notes arrival and departure times for Tabor and Northern services. Times show 1120 am and 4 30 pm arrivals, and 130 pm 6 00 pm departures with fares or codes unclear from the fragment. The piece lists timetable entries for Malvern.
Linda Breen and Tom Salters plan marriage on the mountain, but Tom’s move to town and a return apology shatter the old life. Linda’s quiet resolve, the girl’s heartbreak, and a hopeful reconciliation end the tale with a vow to marry. Linda’s strength outlasts Elide temptations as she accepts Tom back on the log where their story began.
A private secretary notes the modern begging letter’s clever craft. He recalls fifteen years of reading such appeals and says writers now express need dramatically. Despite potential deception, the best written letters often yield the quickest relief from rich donors.
Pacific Junction community activity includes hospital visits, railway developments, social visits, and crop prospects. Local residents Hobbs, Lang, Croak, and Lincoln appear in multiple notes. firms like Burlington and accounts of excursions, chautauqua, and farm work fill the page with names, places, and dates across Mills County.
At a Saturday Junction meeting, landholders voted to advance levee construction to shield the river floodwaters. Har vey Dean chaired, Claude Anderson was secretary, and a five member committee including Hf Rhoades Al Lincoln Claude Anderson WC DeLashmutt and C May will confer with government officials. A government river service worker suggested a four mile levee moving about 45000 yards of dirt would cost 6200, noting Missouri river not navigable so government aid unlikely.
The Tribune notes Mills County news and provides a directory of city officials including Mayor B E McDonald, Recorder J A Keven, Treasurer Charles Krant, Assessor W Shailice, and councilmen L O Zornes FW Kelley John Olson LB Bacon Wright Perkins Claude F Anerson. It lists leaders of Knights of Pythias Woodmen of the World Woodmen Circle and other groups with meeting nights.
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