Decoration Day Observed With Large Attendance in Glenwood
Decoration Day exercises in Glenwood drew strong crowds with Sunday visits to the cemetery and a well attended opera house program. Memorial sermons by Rev. Br. W. Burton and a high turnout of veterans led the day, followed by Monday events including a concert and speeches by ex-Supt. W. M. Moore and Congressman Smith. The day was marred by the death of Oscar Bickford.
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Glenwood
Opera House
BR. W. Burton
Institution
W. M. Moore
Congressman Smith
Pension Bureau
Who is This Dead Man Found Near Shenandoah Tracks
A young unidentified man about 25 was found dead last Tuesday morning near the Wabash tracks at Shenandoah. He likely died after being struck by a freight train. Description: 23 to 25, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, auburn hair, fair complexion, thin features, freckles, tattooed woman head on left forearm and man and arrow on right forearm. Clothing: blue serge coat, blue wool shirt, striped woolen pants, overalls, black shoes. good quality but worn. Several have come to Shenandoah to investigate.
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Wabash
Shenandoah
Lunar Eclipse Visible Thursday Night
The article urges readers to watch the eclipse of the moon on Thursday night as it rises with the shadow of Earth partially covering the moon then growing larger, promising an interesting sight for observers.
Glenwood's Bargain Days Draw Wide Attention
The Glenwood merchants have held bargain days attracting notable notice in neighboring towns. The Emerson Chronicle praises the enterprising efforts, noting May Saturdays boosted trade to the best of the season and that plans for further June days are in progress beginning this week.
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Glenwood
Emerson Chronicle
Glenwood to Host Weekly Bargain Days in June
Through June, Fridays and Saturdays will feature special bargain days at Glenwood stores. Merchants mark items to extreme low prices forming a large bargain list. Shoppers save by visiting multiple stores to pick one bargain per place. Bargains change weekly and are announced in Glenwood papers. A solid week of bargain days closes the month starting June 26 and running to July 3 with day to day changes.
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Glenwood
Malvern High School Commencement Week Highlights
Malvern observes commencement week with a baccalaureate address by Rev. P F McDowell of Omaha. Seniors present a class play Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard and graduate with Dr Charles Monson Shepard to deliver the commencement address.
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Malvern High School
P. F. McDowell
Omaha
The
Baptist Church At
Malvern
Briggs
Poultry Yard
Chas
Monson Shepard
H. 8
Glee Club
Charles Monson Shepard
H. S. Glee Club
American Beauty Rose
Christian Endeavor Convention Elects Southwest Iowa Officers
The Southwest Iowa district Christian Endeavor convention in Tabor elected officers led by President T J OConner.Vice president Rev Robert Cameron secretary Mabel L Sears treasurer Jennie Thorp bible superintendent Rev George Ei Ladd superintendent of temperance Bertha J Bowers senior superintendent Mrs W M Nichols and voted to hold the next convention in Clarinda.
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Christian Endeavor
Iowa
Tabor
T. J. O'Conner
Villisea
Robert. Cameron
Clarinda
Mabel L. Sears
Jennie Thorp
George Ei
Ladd
Red Oak
Temperance
Bertha J. Bowers
Creston
Train Robbers Nabbed After Mail Car Heist
Three of four robbers in a Union Pacific mail car theft near South Omaha were captured last week. Found by Brown school grounds youths were revolvers masks and mail sacks. Reportedly only about 300 in total taken with life imprisonment as a possible penalty.
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Union Pacific
South Oimaha
Brown School House
Old Soldier Oscar Bickford Dies on Decoration Day
Oscar Bickford longtime Hastings resident and drummer in the Hastings drum corps died suddenly after a Memorial Day service. Born in Sweden September 22 1872 he worked in the newspaper business and as an electrician aboard a steamer. His funeral is set for Tuesday at the Hastings Methodist church with Rev. Davis officiating.
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Hastings
Oscar Bickford
Carl Nygren
Philippines
Whitnall
Davis
Glenwood
Duluth
Buffalo
Glenstoodee
Sweden
America
Death of Mose Weaver Strahan farmer dies of pneumonia
Mose Weaver, a prominent farmer living a half mile north of Strahan, died Friday noon from pneumonia after a serious illness noted in the Tribune. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at his home, conducted by Rev. Matheny of the Strahan Methodist church, of which he was a member. Weaver also belonged to the Milton Summers G. A. R. post in Malvern, and comrades attended his funeral.
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Mose Weaver
Strahan
Tribune
Matheny
Longfellow Quote Inspires Courage for the Future
A bright maxim urges embracing the present and moving toward the future with resolve. The message emphasizes courage, action, and a steady, manly heart to face what lies ahead.
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Longfellow
Civil War Veteran Dies After 27 Years in Hastings
A resident of Hastings for 27 years and former member of Company A, 178d Ohio Infantry, died aged a little over 76. He lived on a Mills County farm since 1876 and was a florist in earlier years. Survived by a wife and four children Pete, Charles Bickford, Mrs Had Lockabill, and Mrs Joseph Shane. buried at Malvern Cemetery after Decoration Day services. A New Jersey native, he served in a Illinois regiment during the Civil War before settling in Iowa. Surviving relatives include two daughters near Strahan, Mrs Charles Peer and Mrs Emma Shaw.
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Ohio Infantry
Hastings
Pete
Charles Bickford
Had Lockabill
Joseph Shane
Malvern
New Jersey
Ilinois
Mills County
Charles Peer
Emma Shaw
Strahan
Death of Carl T. Nygren in the Philippines
A cablegram from Mrs. J W Laraway’s daughter in Glenwood reports the death of Carl T Nygren in the Philippine Islands from an appendectomy operation. Nygren, 10 years in Manila, was treasurer of Oriental Negros Island and married to Myrtle Miller Nygren in Hong Kong. The cremation followed with a letter to come.
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Glenwood
Carl T. Nygren
Philippine Islands
J. W. Laraway
Myrtle Miller Nygren
Elmer E Black Dies After Illness in New York
Elmer E Black, banker with N W Harris & Co, died of blood poisoning last Sunday morning at Roosevelt Hospital New York. A Glenwood local known to many, he was married to Ida Powell, daughter of the late Dr F M Powell. The Blacks lived in New York City for three years and had just returned from a month in France. Black, 54, was born in Clinton Iowa and had been with Harris & Co for 28 years, 15 as a partner.
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Chicago
Elmer E. Black
N. W. Harris & Co
Glenwood
Ida Powell
F. M. Powell
Glenwood Institution
New York City
Black
France
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Clinton, Ia
Fle
Harris &Co
Mrs Donner Dies After Illness in Silver City Area
An unusually sad death occurred at 9 15 o clock last Friday morning near Silver City. Mrs Herman A Donner a bride of four months aged 26 years died after an illness of a little more than two weeks from bronchial pneumonia Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
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Silver City
Herman A. ‘Donner
Two Burials Held for Edith Boydston Donner at Shenandoah
Edith Boydston Donner nee Edith Boyds ton was born January 31 1888 in Abingdon Illinois. She lived in Shenandoah since age ten. She married January 27 last and is survived by her husband two brothers and two sisters. A service was held at the W Burgoin farm near Silver City and a second service Sunday at the Christian church in Shenandoah.
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Shenandoah
Donner
Charles Boydston
Edgar
Imogene
E. 5. Welch
Alta Boydston
Tribune Readers Note Osborn Homesteads Near Colombe
Jess Osborn reports locating five miles from Colombe North Dakota with a plowable quarter section and favorable farming prospects. The piece notes Colombe as a potential county seat, good rains, and stock raising potential. Osborn came from near Pacific Junction this spring and joined the Tripp county land draw. Byron White asks Tribune address change to Towner Colorado. W D Warner, formerly near Glenwood, now Akron Colorado, sends remittance for another year.
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Jess Osborn
Colombe
Osborn
Pacific Junction
Tripp
W. D. Warner
Glenwood
Akron, Colo
The
Tribune
Glenwood plans grand Fourth of July celebration
Glenwood aims for a record Fourth of July with a ball game against Tabor in the afternoon and a rematch on the road Monday. A free moving picture show at the opera house and another screening in Courthouse Park are slated for the day, with further details to follow.
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Glenwood
Tabor
Opera House
Courthouse Park
West Oak Ball Team Suffers Second Loss
The West Oak baseball squad fell 8 to 8 to Council Gioffs Suburb ans last Saturday. Despite the defeat, the team shows improvement and will play each Saturday at Glenwood ball park. Next week they meet Webb Feet of Lyons at 2 pm.
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West Oak
Council Gioffs
Glenwood
Webb Feet
Lyons
First Skirmish in Mills County Court in Big Mining Case
Judge Thornell held a hearing in Glenwood on the Doyle Burns case to determine if Genung and Genung may be excluded as Burne’s attorneys. The motion claims Genung's prior contingent fee with the plaintiff and trial involvement compromise representation. Genung denied any conflict, presenting records he was elsewhere during the 1905 trial. The court will rule after briefs. trial is expected in September with James Doyle and Burns represented by noted attorneys.
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Thornell
Glenwood
Doyle-Burns
Genung & Genung
Burne
L. T. Genung
Council Bluffs
Genung
B. Wadsworth
James IV. Doyle
Plaintif
Geo
Wright
A. B. Askwith
James Burns
CG. S. Thomas
Denver
Smith
C. G. Saunders
D. L. Ross
Aged Man Injured in Runaway Near Balfour
George N. Mandigo, 88, father of Mrs. A J Judson, was injured when his horse ran away after a passenger train frightened it. He was thrown and struck on the head and shoulders near the Ben Dunagan home, cared for there, then recovered at home on the Judson place.
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George N. Mandigo
A. J. Judson
Judson Place
Balfour
Mandigo
Ben Dunagan
Two New Autos Headline Glenwood Hicks Upgraded Rides
Dr DeWitt of Glenwood owns a Maxwell run about four cylinder delivering 30 horsepower featuring a detachable rear seat for four. Frank Ridgeway Glenwood lumberman owns a seven passenger White steamer with 47 horsepower that arrived from Chicago at the start of the week destined to bring his family much pleasure.
Fruit Growers Organize Local Association in Glenwood
A meeting at Glenwood City Hall last Saturday began forming a local fruit growers association. George Phelps presided as members joined the initial list, with a constitution and bylaws to be reviewed next Saturday at 2:80 PM. The group plans cooperative marketing and invites more growers to attend or submit names for membership.
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Glenwood
George Phelps
Center Township
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Hon L T Genung
Mrs. Briggs
Ethel Clark
Ralph
Warden Rime
Jimmy
Ward Fickel
Alvira
Helen Wilson
Melissa
Florence Sandiland
Silas Green
Herb Benton
Mr. Lee
Earle Robbins
Virginia Lee
Fern Robbins
Daisy Thornton
Edith Skerritt
O'Connor
Margaret Cunningham
Mandy Bates
Bell Poulson
Hurb Benton
Ethel B. Glark
Coladi Rienzi
Ward L. Fickel
Belle M. Poulson
Warden Rimes
Evergreen
Earla Robbins
Panama Canal
Fern L. Robbins
Florence E. Sandiland
Edith May Skerritt
Helen M. Wilson
Christian Endeavor Convention
Herman A. Donner
Byron A. White
Hartman
Towner, Colo
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