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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
4
The Beaston introduces a grocery club in Mills County, purchasing W H Hamilton’s business. Members pay a small monthly service fee to receive groceries at cost plus placing costs. A Hamilton store representative will explain the plan, promising substantial yearly savings on groceries.
Local items detail Himo Moore purchasing the east 80 acres of the James OConnor homestead for 200 per acre, plans for a new home and farm buildings, and a weekly picnic idea. Also noted are school commencements, parade and club activities, arrivals from overseas, and visits among families including the Caven, Oswald, Alfrey, and Straight households with travel to Omaha, Hartington, and Prescot.
Hastings residents observed Decoration Day with exercises at the K P opera house where Rev. Gerald Boyce and Rev. F A Smith spoke and music was provided by a double quartet. A solo by Byron Parker drew praise. Cemetery exercises included brief readings and a posting of markers honoring the dead.
Community chatter cites a hopeful barber shop outlook after a group visit last week. High school class of 1949 lists ten graduates including Alice Burgoin and Ralph Lennon. Pa Bays criticizes Home-Coming talk urging grandiose plans, while Mills County’s show on Monday appears on board billboards from start to finish. The paper notes readers’ varying reactions to subscription changes and a stray remark from the Fribupe reine about a palley.
Record of instruments filed in Mills County Recorder's Office for the week ending May 31 1919 includes deeds transferring parcels in townships 29 72 41. 16-100 acre portions. cemetery lot transfers. tax deed. patent copy from United States. affidavits. Also includes Doan's Kidney Pills testimonial ad from Glenwood and Malvern Cemetery transfer to W R Emerick.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil as a standard remedy to strengthen kidneys and digestive organs, claim it defers aging, renews vitality, and prevents future decline. It instructs dosage in odorless capsules and promises money back if ineffective, urging readers to ask for the imported original.
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