Glenwood and Nearby Folk Visit for Decoration Day
Glenwood residents and visitors share Decoration day at local cemeteries and memorials. Colleagues and kin from Council Bluffs Omaha and Lincoln attend services, with old friends and relatives visiting from Hastings Blair and Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Young
Omaha
Roy
Harvey Eller
Ethel Rhoads
Glenwood
Ethel Gilmore
Warrensburg
Christine Sherfey
Helen Burres
Cornell Blaffa
T. L. Smouse
Lincoln
Neb
Bennett Chrisweiser
Plattsmouth
R. L. Merritt
Esmer Downs
the Bluffs
Geo
W. Downs
Phil Slaughter
East Center
Chas
Minner
Will Howlett
Council Bluffs
Walter Breen
Middleport
Ohio
E.G. Craig
Wm. Rankin
Hillsdale
R. W. Greenlee
Bob
H. B. Dull
Des Moines
Ames
James Hubbard
R. Li Merritt
Kenry Hubbard
Lyons Township
Robert Wilderman
Ethel Kelly
Snmmer
F. M. Shriver
Shriver
Shirk
Indiana
Heinsheimer
Nell Bogart
Waterloo
Eva Gallagher
Couneil Bluffs
Guy P. Leavitt
Vine Street
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. W. Laraway
Decoration Day Tribute in Glenwood Honors War Veterans
Citizens gathered in Glenwood to observe Decoration Day with a large parade and ceremonies. Veterans laid flowers on graves as bands played wartime tunes, while Rev Palmerton led prayers and J Bernie Mershon recited Gettysburg and A D French read Our Veterans. Senator A V Proudfoot gave the day’s address urging preservation of national holidays and honoring living veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Rheam
Omahua
Glenwood
Gates
Tribune
George A. Davies
Rose Ill Plage
Althein
L.I. Genung
Avoca
the Tribune
Harding
Tlarding
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Congregational Church
M. J. Williams
Emma Barnes
D. J. Shannon
A. D. French
BE. Starbuck
Relief Corps
Samuel Boyer
R.L. Palmerton
Ilah Warren
Lincoln
J. Bernie Mershon
A. V. Proudfoot
Iowa
Decoration Day Observance Ends with Benediction 1912
A large audience heard a commendable address praising the old soldiery as they near the end of their numbers. The event concluded with the quartet singing America and Rev L D Brainerd delivering the benediction, marking the formal close of Decoration Day activities in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
L. D. Brainerd
Your Picture Post Card Or View Kodak Services Ad
Small town ad offering portrait and view pictures by Eugene Bushnell in Glenwood Iowa. Provides Kodak finishing and developing with reasonable prices and telephone contact Bell 447.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
Eugene Bushnell
Bell Phone
Glenwood
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McDonough
Hastings
Frank Choate
Wayne Choate
Wiley Morey
Lincoln, Neb
Walter Gilleard
Mrs. Cook
C. A. Stivers
City
Cook
James Nichols
D. N. Rishell
Clifford
Council Bluits
Criswell
Brown
Arthur Dick
St. Joe
Percy Macmanus
Stuart
Town
Melvin Robbins
Malvern
Ruth Bushnell
Fannie Linville
Margaret Read
Signa Rydbury
Shenandoah
Sheriff Bushnell
Myer
Vernon
Luina
Logan
Goore Stille
M. Kinley
Leonard Williams
Inlaw
Harry Kinley
The
Fremont Turner
Glenwood Institution
Clarence Jones
J. H. Ewing
G. W. Jones
Ed Hanks
Dr. Plimpton
Seneca Hurd
Pittsburg
Kan
Susan McGoy
Will C. Laraway
Hamburg
Red Oak
Archibald Deupree
Woodbinv
M. T. Deupree
Wdawin Marshall
Claude Deupree
Ile
Win. Peupree
Po A. Linville
Delia Gammon
Chamberlin
Oak
Skidmore
Hie Central
Lypoe
Lronneis Lave J
India Chess
Aviv GQ
Max Morgan
Henderson
George Kemp
Tabor
Will Murphy
Edythe Ross
Redmen Lodge
Waubonsie Tribe No. 147
Charles Barbee
H. S. Fleming
Oelwein
Fleming
Mills County Tribune
Mills County
Charles Evans
Grace Harvey
Charles
Rapid
City S. Oak
Sinshinell
Stacel Street
Virst
Bushnell
Homstead
Hyannis
Nebraska
Grace Daniel Geil
Valley Junction
J. E. van Pelt
Otto Huebner
Geraldine
Abus
Ralley
Crbbis
L. E. Geil
Glenwood, Iowa
Rex Theater
Miss Gatewood
Heny
Giico
Carl Buch
Badger and Avery
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