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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
3
Mills County voters produced close results across contested offices with a light overall turnout. Republican and Democratic candidates faced slips and write ins, while several nominees were effectively decided in advance. West Oak and Hastings reported first, weather dampened fields hindered farming, and complete Mills County results were not yet in by press time.
A Hastings household sees surprise as Helen Mason announces marriage to Wilmot Bowman aged under 18. They reportedly wed in Red Oak and travel home, while a Montgomery County license raises questions about underage unions. Grace Utterback and Elbert Howard wed in Hastings with about fifty relatives present.
The couple Ad Uutterbuck and his bride’s grandparents marked the occasion with the grandparents, Mr and Mrs Ad Uutterbuck of Glenwood, noting their 43rd wedding anniversary. In Glenwood, Jabez P. Mitchell, 50, and Sarah E. Castner, 40, were issued a marriage license last week, with both listing Emerson as their residence.
Sheriff Linville arrested Edward Goodell a former Wabash section foreman at Strahan and Silver City now jailed in Glenwood on April 16 after a Mills county grand jury indicted him for enticement of a girl under 18 for immoral purposes. The girl, Pitsenberger of Silver City, was said to live with him in Shenandoah before being brought home. Goodell fled Shenandoah but was tracked and caught after dissembling under the alias It Lanyon, hiding on a farm near Macedonia. Bonds set at $800, his trial slated for the September term. He is about forty with a family.
The past session adjourned at 12 o'clock last Saturday night. Expenditures rose sharply without matching receipts, increasing the national debt. Only one major measure passed, an emergency currency designed to loan money to banks in exchange for approved securities, opposed by many Democrats and reform Republicans. The bill’s passage hinged on threats to approve public-building appropriations. The Tribune will publish more details later.
Mrs. Lou Marless arrived in Glenwood from Bartlett on Sunday in a seemingly unbalanced mental state. She asked for a justice of the peace and was directed to Deputy Sheriff Dalton. Her husband, living near Bartlett, was contacted and she was detained at the jail overnight until he retrieved her on Monday.
Henry Baird former Malvern attorney writes from Delta Colorado that his law practice is thriving and he is pleased with his new surroundings He would have liked to vote in Mills county Tuesday for Cummins recalling his vigorous progressive campaign for representative two years ago.
Mrs John Allbee killed herself with a double barreled shotgun at her home on the George A Davies farm five miles northwest of Glenwood. She planned the act, placing the gun in a sewing machine frame and triggering it with a paddle. Born February 22 1867 at Millersburg she leaves husband Albes, parents S N and Mrs Shanks, and sister Mrs Violet Hunt. Funeral held Monday at noon at the family home with burial in Glenwood cemetery. Rev J C Harris officiated.
Memorial Day events in Glenwood drew a crowd rivaling past years with over two thousand visiting the cemetery. The parade stretched seven blocks, the program featured G A R W R C rituals, music, Lincoln Gettysburg speech, and Robert Ingersoll quotes, honoring 89 old soldiers and other veterans amid lush grounds and strong community support.
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