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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
2
The Women's Relief Corps raised 2200 for a Barre granite monument in Red Oak. A bronze color bearer tops the cap stone, with emblems for infantry cavalry and navy on four sides and inscriptions commemorating 1861 1865 and fallen comrades.
The Chronicle notes Emerson rural carriers face daily challenges, delivering and collecting mail from March through May. The three carriers handled 62,843 pieces delivered and 9,458 collected, averaging about 900 pieces daily and traveling about 6,000 miles, roughly a quarter of the world’s circumference. Carrier 1 had 25,402 delivered and 3,590 collected, Carrier 2 20,583 delivered and 2,834 collected, Carrier 3 16,858 delivered and 2,034 collected.
Malvern hosted Masonic lodge members from Mis and Fremont counties for the rising of four candidates to Master Mason. Delegates came from Tabor Randolph Silver City Emerson and other towns. State Lecturer G W Lipe of Council Bluffs oversaw the degree work. Three candidates Lawrence Talbot Shelby Watson and Frank Shaffer received the degree in the afternoon with Rev Black of the local Methodist church as the evening candidate. Lectures were illustrated with stereoptical views.
An Epworth League convention drew upwards of 250 delegates at Tabor last week and announced that next year’s gathering will be held in Malvern.
Your business is judged by the quality of your stationery sent to customers by mail. Compare your letterheads envelopes and advertising literature and imagine how you would view a firm named John Jones in place of yours. If not satisfied seek a printer that treats every order as first class and prints on its honor. The Tribune does job printing on its honor and will please you.
A 15 member youth society forms at the Lutheran church in Mineola. J A Kiersch adds a lawn mower sharpener to his shop equipment. Henry Kruse ships about 20 000 bushels of corn, boosting local farmer cash flow at current grain prices. Sam Schoening farm near Mineola sees new house, barn and outbuildings to be ready in three weeks. Lutheran services absent on Sunday. Rev O Sibler preaches at a school house near Balfour. Baptisms of Wilma Wasserman and Harold Heinrich recently performed. Mrs Wm L Schoening of Council Bluffs seeks divorce with custody of five children and $2000 alimony, alleging drunkenness and cruelty. Postmaster M Flammant named administrator of late C B Jacquemin’s estate, authorized to continue business. Earl Marvin of Mineola Independent Telephone Co alleged to have deserted wife and left town. Robert McKenzie wins a debt via writ of attachment. Constable Rommel seizes a horse and other property in Silver City.
Phin Townsend visits Tabor. Eunice Shelden and Urbana guest at Wilkins home. Prof Grass plans indefinite U S trip via Macedonia Kansas California. Eddie Hill funeral held in Tabor. Ray Barnes family visiting CGA Barnes home. Moving plan Oakland to Shenandoah. July 5 celebration speaker Senator Saunders chosen. H T Woods builds new frame house and remodels old. FL Dustin returns from Yeomen contest win trip to Minneapolis. Margaret Ickis summering with Davis family northeast of Tabor. Tabor Gun Club to host big shoot July 5 with top freemont and Mills shooters attending.
The Jones county calf case, a long rural dispute starting in 1874 over four calves, concluded after 21 years of trials with a large bill of costs. A group of six farmers accused one man of theft, the acquitted party later sued for malicious prosecution, and the final verdict favored the plaintiff.
Before patents, inventors relied on secrecy to profit from ideas. Venetian glass, Porcelain from Bottger, and Dres den ware spread secrets to Vienna and Sevres. Huntsman forged ingots of cast steel, guarding the process with split duties and guarded works. A farm laborer exposed the secret by witnessing the casting, ending the hidden practice.
The London Times notes a contrast between French and English approaches to dress and minor arts. It praises French planning and forethought, yielding cohesive, characterful attire, and suggests French seriousness in the arts explains perceived national differences in frivolity.
The Chicago News notes measurements show Yale athletes today average 5 feet 9.9 inches and 170.6 pounds, with 3 inches more chest and 42 cubic inches more lung capacity than five years ago. Harvard athletes are an inch taller and about 4 to 5 pounds heavier than 30 years ago, per Prof. Sargent.
Later information on Lieut. Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic reveals the south magnetic pole, like the north one, shifts its position. The discovery will let geographers revise magnetic charts, improving navigation.
The article notes the Neanderthal name for an ancient human type first found in 1856 in Germany's Neander Valley. It mentions a 1905 Dordogne skeleton and a later youth find near the same area with features such as strong supraorbital ridges and prognathous jaw. Burial posture suggested, challenging the belief primitive man lacked religion.
The Glenwood Iowa City Council proposes paving or permanent street improvements for First Street between Vine and Walnut, Walnut between First and Sharpe, Sharpe between Walnut and Vine, and Vine between Sharpe and First. A hearing will be held June 28 1909 at 7 30 p m in the city hall.
A fragmentary exchange features a playful back and forth on love and value. The speaker asks devotion, while the other answers with a vivid metaphor about borrowing the price of violet punch, implying a whimsical, poetic mood.
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