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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1916
Page
1
Glenwood today sees court sessions and a list of local visitors including Mrs W Bushnell of Malvern and M W Rogers of Council Bluffs. Several residents announce travels to Omaha and Des Moines. Nearby events include Children's Day at West Liberty church and ongoing town improvements, with notes on fires, student teachers, and bank window roses.
A Glenwood Tribune classified page lists ads for washing and ironing services, poultry supplies at Packler's, cherry pickers, a gas engine bargain, sweet potato plants, an invalid chair for sale, and meat crisps for chicks. Also notices of an rent on Walnut Street, a lost hat, an ice cream social at Pleasant Ridge church, and a weekly advertised letters list with deadlines.
A Glenwood Gospel team toured Sidney Sunday, performing at the Methodist church after the Christian church closed. Participants included Thomas Jefferson and others. Glenwood hosted a district Christian church convention with 50 delegates from southwest Iowa. A large Gospel Team gathering occurred at the Holiness church, and the Methodist YMCA class held a picnic west of Glenwood. The Baptist Young Ladies’ Aid plans to meet June 14 at 2780 Mrs. Clyde Genung’s home.
The Malvern ballclub lost its first game of the season 5 to 6 in ten innings against the Fashion Shop club of Council Bluffs. McCord struck out 12, Sorenson 11, with key hits by McCord, Pickens, and H Barkus. The game lasted 1 hour 45 minutes before a crowd of 250, umpire Lang.
Herbert Luther and Mae Brown were wed at the bride's father Rev J O Brown's home on June 7 in Benton. The couple, from Mills County, will reside on a local farm after a brief honeymoon visiting Griswold and Willisea. The bride taught at Benton School and is the daughter of Rev Brown. The groom is a son of W A Luther.
Henry Suydam notes in the Brooklyn Eagle that serving aboard a first line battle cruiser in the Dogger Bank is a different, less personal kind of combat than trench warfare in Flanders. Officers describe turret fighting as isolated, lethal, and devoid of escape, with the only Nelsonian relic an engraving of Lady Hamilton in the admiral's cabin.
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