Red Cross drives tally high with county totals
Chairman Lamb reports nearing completion of record collections. Schoolhouse socials net $896.67 and auction sales $1,181.61, excluding Hastings and part of Strahan. Benton and other precincts list quotas met or exceeded with various school and lodge contributions. Hoover urges sugar and wheat reductions to aid Allied relief, calling for rationing and conservation until the next harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Hastings
Strahan
Benton
Glenwood
Lyons
Rawlea
Silver City
Glenwood- Eastern Star
Royal Arch Masons of
Henderson
Benton Behoo
Ingraham
Vcollec
Mineola
West Oak
St. Mary
Plattville
Pacific City
Glenwood Township
Ward
Lodge
R. A. M. Lodge
Center
Hawthorne
Silver Creek
Mt. Vers
Pleasant Valley
Malvern
Rawles
Potatoes urged to back wheat effort and transport relief
A Home Conservation plea urges Mills county households to eat at least one bushel of potatoes per person before the 1917 crop ends. The aim is to save wheat and ease transport while highlighting patriotic duty and palatable meals. Also noted is George W. Jones counting 270 vehicles on Decoration Day, mostly autos, on upper Walnut street Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Conservation Division
U. S. Food Administration
Mills
George W. Jones
Upper Walnut Street
Glenwood
Goodbye reception for Everett Plumb by Hastings Knights
In a surprise gathering on Sunday afternoon, Hastings K P Knights visited Everett Plumb at the Cary home with more than a hundred neighbors and friends. The event featured greetings, Kodak photos, a purse donation, ice cream, cake, and celebratory toasts before Plumb heads to Red Oak and then likely the Great Lakes station. The day showcased neighborhood support and an Iowa Botna valley panorama on the ride home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings K. P
Knight
Everett Plumb
Harvey Cary
Hmerton
Hastings
Glenwood
Council
Bluffs
Deer Creek
Nebraska
Everett
Red Oak
Great Lakes
Iowa
Severe Hail Storm Damages County Crops
A severe hail storm hit Saturday in the southern part of the county with heavy rain. A two mile wide strip disrupted Lyons Rawles Jens Cloud and Deer Creek, lifting and damaging crops across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Rawles
Jens Cloud
Deer Creek
Glenwood Pair Wed to Omaha for Marriage
Chester Tuey and Mijas Nord Barnett, both well known in Glenwood, traveled to Omaha last Wednesday and are believed to have begun nuptial plans there. Local interest focuses on the couple and their forthcoming marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuey-Barnett
Glenwood
Chester Tuey
Mijas Nord Barnett
Omaha
In Honor of Member Josale Hildreth Red Cross Nurse
Glenwood Chapter No 412 O B 8 holds a patriotic meeting at their hall on Tuesday evening June 4 in her honor. Miss Hildreth has been a member seven years and worked at the Institution during her Glenwood residence. Transient members welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Josale Hildreth
France
Red Cross
Mies Hildreth
War Letter From France Shows Baseball Tone In Trenches
Frank Dinsmore, a former Balfour operator now with Company M in Red Oak, writes a vivid France letter full of humor about trench life, German taunts, and U S A. as pinch hitter, plus notes on other locals including Dell E De Lashmutt wounded, and a Glenwood family reunion with twin births and Navy enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dinsmore
Balfour
France
Tom Dinsmore
Harry
Parragut
Frank
Company M
Red Oak
Brother
Denny
Hal Tolay
Iowa
England
Hingland
Dell E. DeLashmutt
Whiting
Dell
Misa Frances DeLashmutt
Tribune
U. S
Urged to Stock Up on Coal Amid Shortage Warnings
A Mills County public appeal urges residents to order and store a winter coal supply now. Citing the 1918 coal demand forecast and a U S Fuel Administration week for ordering, the message highlights limited mine operation in Iowa, uncertainties about anthracite, and the need to ensure fuel for homes and trains this coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Chicago
United States
Canada
U. S. Buel Administration
Iowa
United States Fuel Administration
Webster
United States Fuel Department of
Long
United Fuel Administration
New England States
Fuel Administration
Ermige
Decoration Day Observances At Glenwood
The article recalls Decoration Day activities in Glenwood with a rainy morning turning clear by late morning. Veterans and W R C members rode autos to the cemetery, then G A R and W R C ceremonies proceeded, followed by armory events presided by Gen. John Y. Stone and Captain C A Adams. Library notes and new summer reading listings conclude the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Old Son
Institution
Armory
John Y. Stone
C. A. Adams
Kaiser
P. Lodge
Instructions for Sweaters and War Volunteer Draft
Mrs A L Wolfe knitting supervisor issued sweater quotas for Glenwood 52 items due by June 25 Cast on 72 stitches purl 4 inches plain knitting front 23 inches neck 20 inches around armhole 18 inches crochet around neck and armhole All knitters urged to help Fort Omaha Sheriff Edwards last week rounded up three colored men for Uncle Sam Albert Prosper Milwaukee Wis Albert Jenkins Chicago and Wm Snider Leavenworth Kan Prosper papers here to Fort Omaha likely others follow Young Men Wanted United States government asked Iowa for 00 registrant age enlistment for one work emphasized by Ames and laws City educational requirements etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Wolfe
Glenwood
Fort Omaha
United States
Iowa
Ames
Laws City
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RED_CROSS
Hoover
Yiuman
Herbert Hoover
Feaod
George H. White
Alice Strother
Navy
Goodby
Griffis
West Glenwood
Pearl Moon
Louisa Scott
Anna Terry
Mesdames Ben Still
Hubert Chambers
East Center
Silver Grange
Ane
D. BE. D
U. S. Inf
R. P. Sanford
C. G.epperson
J. RB. Epperson
Des Moines
Texas
C. G. Epperson
Leo Hopp
Rudolph Hopp
Sam
Puget Sound
Glenwood Library
Good Housekeeping
Mary L. Wade
Aldrich
Bindross
Connor
Doubleday
Green Vaney
Mc Cgutcheon
Raine
Rinehart
Buck
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