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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
2
Mills County press profile of Glenwood lawyers Shirley Gillilland and M. Logan. Noted for long practice, probate and collections focus, strong local standing, civil, probate and real estate work, with Bromley and Lewis as prominent local partners supporting county progress.
The Tribune Trade Edition promotes Glenwood and Queen Mills as ideal for homes, education, and refined living with Bromley Lewis real estate exchange led by Frank Bromley and Dan L Lewis. They offer farm and city properties, Western and Southern land, furniture, and catalogue goods, with Mr Myers handling embalming and interments, reflecting strong local commercial leadership.
E M Myers, a licensed embalmer, and furniture dealer, emphasizes a shift in public taste toward elaborate artistic furnishings. He points to strong business sense and enterprise, backing his judgement with a refined stock of goods to meet evolving trade demands. Myers highlights a fine selection of artistic furnishings.
H R Lyon stands as a leading and reliable figure in pumps windmills and tin work with 35 years in the trade. He offers a full stock of pumps windmills gasolene engines and related items at reasonable prices with a specialty in tin roofing.
Mr. Lyon is an experienced pump man and tinner who employs expert workmen and oversees every detail of his extensive business. He carries top makes of pumps windmills and gasoline engines guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded. The Tribune notes his high quality goods low prices and fair treatment earning esteem from Glenwood and vicinity.
The Glenwood Canning Company, incorporated in 1882, expanded from tomatoes to pack corn hominy pumpkins and evaporated apples. Its 1898 fruit evaporator is the largest west of New York, drying 500 bushels daily, and a 1900 can plant yields 20,000 cans daily. The plant, electric powered, packs 100,000 cases per season with a 2,460,000 can capacity. The firm emphasizes pure high quality goods with no adulterants, serving from the midwest to the Pacific Coast. Owned by L. E. Williams, who joined as secretary in 1886 and has grown with the business, he is a prominent local figure and stockholder/director of Glenwood State Bank.
The Tribune extols Glenwood and Mills County highlighting Ivory & Otis as leading figures in the local real estate and law scene. It praises their extensive practice in real estate law, farm loans, abstracts, and insurance, noting their patrons among the county’s influential and successful residents.
The longest standing second hand shop in Mills County is Sly Hurst in Glenwood. It offers a large stock of new and guaranteed Lava Land furniture and household items appealing to familiar buyers.
Mr J Hurst operates 13 years in second-hand goods buying all kinds of items at top price. He offers honest estimates and marks his shop as a place for bargains in furniture, tinware, junk, and old iron. He is touted as a successful local businessman.
A. Utterback Insurance and Real Estate in Glenwood is noted for years of community trust and fair business. He handles farm and city properties including Kansas and Nebraska lands and now focuses on insurance with life and property coverage from top companies. A member of GALT, he is praised for promoting Glenwood and attracting investment.
One of Glenwood’s most popular grocers, S. Pinkenstein, offers a comprehensive stock of staples and fancy groceries, teas, coffees, spices, canned goods, flour, and candies. A Balduff Ice Cream fountain and a strong candy department are featured, with Finkenstein also acting as a fruit jobber and shipper to nearby towns.
The Wilson Drug Co emphasizes purity of drugs and accuracy in compounding for sickness. It offers a complete stock of drugs, medicines, and sundries in a 22 by 70 foot building with an elegant soda fountain. The firm, successors to Dear & Wilson, relies on local trust and broad territory acquaintance to maintain its standing.
The Tribune highlights Viking Millay owners of Thyme bakery offering pure goods and wholesome ingredients with reasonable prices. The firm, six years old, is described as reliable and trustworthy, serving the county with a range of baked products and cigars.
In Glenwand, two bakery proprietors rise as leading businessmen and valued citizens. Their hard work places them among the town's foremost merchants, ready to support local development and keep the commercial wheel turning in Glen squod.
L. 5. Robinson operates a prominent shop at the southwest corner of the square offering jewelry, books, and music with equal emphasis. The jewelry line includes watches clocks solid gold rings brooches and many fine items.
In Glenwood Mills County stores present a broad stock of ware including knives forks spoons and chains with hand-painted china and cut glass. Watches clocks and timepieces supply reliable accuracy while musical items like pianos organs sewing machines and talking machines reflect long-standing Western Iowa traditions. Buck Murphy drive wagon and blacksmith services with skilled painters and repairers elevating vehicle quality. The region boasts educated merchants and a strong, community-minded business spirit underpinning Glenwood’s growth.
Mr. Robinson operates a long established Glenwood store offering books, bindings, bibles, gifts, and a wide range of goods including cameras and fancy china. He pays cash for purchases, claims low prices, and supports local projects, with a 17 year business history and broad trade reach. The Tribune notes his influence in promoting Iowa and Mills County prosperity.
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