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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1921
Page
3
Glenwood hosts a large Iowa gathering with Sunday schools invited for two main sessions in the Armory plus department meetings across churches. The program runs Thursday to Saturday featuring lectures, music, and a pageant The Wooing of Rebekah. Local citizens urged to welcome guests and assist with housing meals and decorations.
Manager Cable Boyer states no game is scheduled for Sunday June 26. The club will travel to Tabor for a game on Wednesday June 22. readers urged to phone Tha Tribune with news.
Town readers were urged to attend a big day at the Mills County Fair Grounds in Malvern with events including ball games wrestling and boxing plus music by the Emerson band. The Rex Theatre will show Deception about Anne Boleyn across Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The O W S order will hold its last meeting before summer vacation on Tuesday night June 21. The agenda includes initiation and a social time.
A large crowd watched a twilight clash between Mechanics led by Dunagan and O Neill and Realtors captained by Slezak. Autos and Blueskiers tied 6 6 after two innings with close plays, varied hits, and lively umpire banter as players from both sides joined four local reporters in the Blue Sky lineup.
The Twilight League forms a two week schedule with eight teams and an added farmer team aiming to challenge the league champions. No games Thursday or Friday due to a State Sunday school convention. Upcoming games list captains and opponents across June 20 to July 1.
The group resumes a western circuit tour chosen by Ramon B. Girvin from Chicago's Symphony Club Orchestra. The lead will perform many solos with a standout member performing specially chosen numbers, showcasing each musician's individual distinction.
A man previously confined at Clarinda due to a suicide attempt again tried to cut his throat on Saturday night. The sheriff detained him and returned him to Clarinda. The writer condemns the influence of local hell hounds who peddle immoral material and calls for severe punishment if those responsible can be found.
On June 16 a daughter arrived for Mr and Mrs Rolla Kidwell Center township. June 18 a son arrived for Mr and Mrs J E Lewis Glenwood. June 19 a daughter born to Bett Crewdson Glenwood. June 20 a son born to Joe Deitehler Mineola. June 19 in Glenwood Ed Hayes Des Moines welcomed a son named Blaine Clare. Mrs Hayes with her mother Mrs Noah Hanks. the father a street car conductor in Des Moines.
Fire discovered at 2:70 a m Sunday threatened the entire block yet heroic work by the fire company confined damage to one building. Kinsey loss set at 45 000 with adjusters settling. Other damages include Wm Msher Grocery P C McCord Son hardware Mulholland Co First National Bank and Masonic Hall.
W. L. Powles told The Tribune he has begun the third cultivation of his corn. He noted unusually uniform, tail waist high plants and that the field planted in May has reached a growth rate of about an inch per day. He also said last year’s crop remaining was about a third unsold.
The Pythian Sisters picnic in Glenwood Lake Park faced a shower Thursday evening. Some left as rain began, others waited, and a few lingered hoping for a brief shower to pass. Yet all enjoyed ample food and enough time to eat before cover was sought.
A Monday notice to the Mayor states the Caunced Bluffs businessmen tour scheduled for tomorrow and the next day is cancelled indefinitely due to the sudden death of Julius Unger, director of the trip.
Glenwood's baseball team and a crowd of fans traveled to Stanton Sunday for a game. The Swedes dominated as Stanton failed to score in the early innings and did not play their last inning. Final score 10 to 5 in favor of Glenwood, marking a decisive win for the visitors.
Local youths enjoy the lake as the idea of supplying sand becomes a community effort. The article asks who will volunteer to haul the gand to the Wake and urges readers to contact Manager Jamison for details.
Glenwood H. 8 reports a large alumni banquet held Friday night in a Baptist church basement. Wayne Choate as president and Pauline Hamilton as secretary treasurer led a well organized event with about one hundred graduates present. A three course meal by Trenos Cafe accompanied by speeches and toasts chaired by W C Rathke highlighted the evening.
About a hundred attended the Hastings Rebekah lodge meeting last Tuesday with four candidates receiving instruction. Rain disrupted travel as Silver City delegates headed home at 6 am in five autos. After refreshments, music and games filled the wet hours while attendees from Shenandoah Randolph and Silver City shared experiences and names print.
G TD Ketter, Hastings wire dealer and tinwork expert, unveils a new gasoline can with two faucets at the bottom. The device separates gasoline from water, allowing one faucet to draw pure gasoline and the other to release only water after the mixture settles.
A group of boys driving home from Stanton to Hastings found a one horse bogey in a ditch and a dying man nearby. They offered help and learned the man, not dead, attributed his condition to too much home brew.
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