Nills County Tribune Ad Notes Bradway Brothers
An old line item shows a subscription offer for Nills County Tribune at 1.60 per year and references N T Bradway and Bhers in a brief classifieds fragment.
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
4
An old line item shows a subscription offer for Nills County Tribune at 1.60 per year and references N T Bradway and Bhers in a brief classifieds fragment.
Arrival and schedule fragment referencing Talor and Northern at Malverne with times 1.00am 4.30pm 01am 600 pm Tabor 1205 m 716pm Bam 80 pm.
County notes show the July exams will determine if enough teachers can be supplied across the county. Legally qualified staff include State certificates and several grades of county certificates, with about 10 percent unavailable this year. A 24 teacher deficit remains to be filled via July exams and renewals. May and June applications reflect typical failure rates, with provisional certificates issued for shortages, unexperienced teachers awarded second grades, and several downgrades or upgrades among existing holders.
The Sheriffs Association of Iowa mourns D. A. Farrell Jx sheriff of Mills County Iowa who died February 3 1907. They express heartfelt sympathy to his family and the citizens of Mills County and the state. An engrossed copy will be sent to the family and filed in association records, with published notice in the county paper.
A fragmentary poem-like verse urges Chautauqua devotion and constant effort. It invokes keeping busy and pushing forward for Chautauqua's sake, contrasting daily action with idle moments. The text presents rhythmic lines about母 reminder and collective perseverance for the movement.
The piece notes that English was spoken on the Pacific coast forty-one years before Plymouth Rock. It recounts Francis Drake in 1579 claiming New Albion near Point Reyes, naming the land after chalk cliffs resembling Dover, and claims early New England on the coast. The tone attributes historic linguistic roots to the Pacific region.
A historical note reports that Birmingham men wear smaller hats than those in Glasgow and that across Hogland the average hat size is seven, about twenty two inches in circumference. It also cites Wales Ireland and Scotland with varying averages noting a tailor and utter inference.
A man crossing a disused coal field at night fell into a bottomless pit. He grabbed a projecting beam and clung all night. By dawn he discovered his feet were only four inches from the bottom, a sobering near miss.
Engineers tout Cooper Hewitt gilding as a gliding craft skimming the water on a shallow hull. A 27 foot scow with an eight cylinder gasoline engine, steel frame, and four main planes could rise and skim at high speed, maintaining level above waves to reach proposed speeds near fifty five miles per hour.
The Chicago hall vault with double iron doors holds hundreds of photographs and logographs of prominent men and women from Chicago and distant cities. It was meant to open in 1901 and every 25 years, but has not been opened in 23 years. The inscription notes Mosher's Memorial safety vaults deeded to Chicago for the 1976 centennial. Commissioner Hanberg seeks Mosher relatives for history and vault conditions.
The Women National Trades Union league proposes a matrimonial endowment fund to pay women between 100 and 500 dollars to marry union men. The plan, discussed at Hull House Chicago, would require the husband to be a thorough union man with a union label. A premium on children born to union parents was also floated.
A New York Press report notes an unusual wedding gift for Marian Fish’s wedding. A set of gold push buttons for every room in Stuyvesant Mish’s daughter’s large house, color varied to match room tones, signals a promising fashion trend.
Crowd gathers on upper Broadway to view a shirt waist embroidered with rows of Teddy bears, attracting women wanting the novelty despite concern for dressmakers. The piece sparks child fashion appeal with bear motifs. A Mary window dedication at Buryan church, funded by Mary-named women worldwide, is announced.
Ira Cheney Emerson visits Lake Okoboji this week. Mrs J R Jones returns from California. Win J Sturgeon of Woodbine Kansas visiting friends here. Miss Anna Ivory of Tabor guests at Shipman home this week. Walter Lets buys partner’s share in restaurant. Win Crawford Sr hospitalized at Red Oak after illness. Mrs Allie Galbraith undergoes successful tumor removal in Des Moines. M L Evans ships 102 head of cattle from Okoboji. W Nims elected lay delegate and G W Pierce alternate to Methodist conference in Council Bluffs September 11. Postmaster J Q Graham leaves for Denver to check homestead 17 miles east. Mrs Graham visiting daughter at Griswold. Mrs G W Pierce to Methodist hospital in Omaha for treatment. daughter ROS W S Smith returns from Los Angeles to assist. Mr and Mrs W S Youglass depart for extended stay in Colorado visiting daughter. Mr Douglass invests in moving picture apparatus for entertainments in Colorado then Emerson return in fall.
Spelbying band at Emerson picnic was helped by Will Guyer this week. Mr and Mrs I Wendericks left Monday for Council Bluffs to join friends for an outing at Lake Okoboji. Mrs Jed Van Horn hosted Mr and Mrs J Davis and families plus Mr and Mrs Jesse Vans at Sunday dinner. High school boys vacation recreation includes Strahan farms with Walter Scott, Malcom Campbell, Guy and Roy Conrad, Paul Kneeland, Elmer Davis, and Warry Wilson. Collier Beston bought White Hardware from Kneeland Clothing store. Mrs White will continue the furniture business.
MINEOLA LW Bichel nears completion of a 36 by 48 foot barn. Miss Hmma Decker returns from Emerson Nebraska. Gus Tiersch back in Emerson after a visit here. Col F TY Nipp improves his farm south of town. Ben Staab appointed clerk at Cherney and Watson store. Thails from Leigh Nebraska. Cr Roenfeldt plans to move to town this fall. Property formerly owned by Dr Brunig sold by I W Bichel for a new residence.
Five unimproved quarters and five improved half sections priced from 35 to 40 dollars per acre. A 1120 acre farm near Harrold with substantial buildings and fencing, ample water, valued at about 5000 dollars. Asking price 16 dollars per acre. Inquiries to W. Fr. Hill at the Tribune office.
Tabor topics cover Hunter’s recent slight paralytic stroke. Pat Kilmartin shipped twelve cats of fat cattle. Alstrope and Boyd moved a car of hogs. Eva Barbour traveled to Denver for medical care for her uncle Dr B H Matthews. A ten pound girl was born to Mr and Mrs Wiutterback north of Tabor. The T and N locomotive needed a rescue three miles from Tabor. Thomas L Smith, longtime resident, died at 64 in Cedar Rapids, burial at Pleasant Hill northwest of town. Will Bicknell had a runaway with a wagon, suffering bruises but no broken bones.
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