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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1913
Page
4
The item records the Mills County Tribune from Glenwood Iowa dated June 16 1913 listing owners and publishers W F Hill N T Bradway Sam RB Young Harle A Davis A RB White and the printer.
Rates listed for display advertising ten cents per inch for 5 inches or more plus five cents per inch for composition. Readers charged by word with ten cents per insertion up to 60 words. Larger readers priced at 25 cents per inch plus 25 cents per insertion.
Henderson residents and visitors are reported in a series of social notes. Oakland resident Herbert Buck Jr. and family visited relatives, Sam Young and wife traveled between trains, and several guests from Macedonia, Council Bluffs, Ames and Des Moines called or stayed briefly. A market day in L. W. Triplett's office offered home cooking to raise funds for a piano, while local social events included a Tom Thumb wedding and fishing excursions near Onawa and Eliott.
Miss Flora Wilson attends commencement in Cadar Falls. Rev Bigelow and wife travel to Atlantic for familial visit. Dr Craig H Buck and T D Phillips visited Grant by auto. Mrs John Bryant and daughters Hazel and Pauline stay with Coppock parents. Masons attend grand lodge in Council Bluffs. Wilmer Howard family visit Griswold. EK M Duke attends Des Moines reunion of Spanish American soldiers. reports a splendid time. Next year the gathering will be in Council Bluffs.
Transactions include B W Thompson to W H Mayberry for lot 14 and part of 13 in Silver City, 81587 50. M C Harover to G T Harover for lot 5 block 1 Henderson. H A Norton for lots 1 2 3 block 11 Academy addition Malvern. C M Donegan to George Livengood for 4 acres NE of SE in Platteville township. George Livengood to W P Combs for same property 650. J M Harmer to C G Truman for NEY NH WE NEY 8 9 NW in Lyons township totaling 186.46. Peter Stinn to John Konz for Wi NEW and SW% SH%4 of section 12 Oak township. John S Blow to J H Suits for lot 319 in Strahan's addition to Malvern.
Alfred Bellwood, longtime Mills County resident of Malvern, died Saturday at his home after years of paralysis. He lived in Mills County since the early 1870s and leaves a large family of children. Funeral services were held in Malvern yesterday.
No water at Silver City stock yards prompts stock shippers to haul water from downtown wells. The Commercial Club has taken up the issue with the railroad to obtain a well at the yards.
A humorous and sardonic piece reflects on judges who favorably treat a child with a pretty mother. It contrasts past ideas of beauty with modern notions and mocks the ease of grabbing opportunities with printed directions.
Suffering from backache and urinary troubles, a Glenwood Iowa resident testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills restored strength and eased lameness. Ads claim weak kidneys let wine acid affect brain and nerves and urge using Doan’s at first signs. Sold by Red Cross Drug Co and other dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
Milas EdnarD Dorr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Carse of Henderson wed Percy L. Van Meter of Hamburg on Wednesday June 11 at noon. Rev. C N Bigelow officiated with Mendelssohn march and a bridal choir. Guests included D. Van Meter St Joe Missouri and local friends. home in Hamburg promised.
On June 14 commemorations mark the 1777 adoption of the flag of the thirteen states, with its thirteen stripes and blue field of stars. Glenwood streets displayed flags and many businesses decorated in red white and blue as observances grow in popularity.
The passage notes Congress ratified the 13 stripes and 20 stars on April 4, 1818, with future star additions on July 4 after new state admissions. It reflects on the flag’s symbol as a Mighty nation since the 1861 65 conflict and its reach across the world, embodying liberty and changing perceptions for both allies and adversaries.
Elton Lawson offered two cars of westerns averaging 1537 pounds selling for 8.55 dollars per load. I W Ouren delivered three loads of westerns with prices not disclosed in the readable portion.
A vintage bank statement from Mills County National Bank at Glenwood Iowa dated June 4 191d lists assets including overdrafts secured bonds real estate and cash items. It includes balances from reserves checks notes and currency with signatures of cashier H A French and directors W Rathke H H Chey hey A J Gottlar and notary public Am Brick confirming the document.
Market reports show $8.30 with 1242 lb cattle sold by J A Frasier and last week Harry Anderson led Chicago with 16 Shorthorns averaging 1457 lb at 8 75 per cwt, total $127 48 each. Also notices of engagements, travels, deaths, and a chautauqua board decision to host on school grounds with local residents referenced.
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