Mills County Red Cross fund tops $18,000 in week
Red Cross week yields strong county-wide response in Mills County with Silver City leading at $6,200 and Hastings and Glenwood pledging sizable sums. East Liberty $750 Malvern and Emerson contributions push total past $18,000 as towns hold meetings nightly. Also reported: Malvern man Harry Landis undergoing surgery, and Hastings garage theft traced by bloodhounds with no arrests yet. Red Oak hosts large Red Cross and National Guard event with Governor Harding and J B Weaver present, pledges near $4,400.
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Mills County
Red Cross
Silver City
East Liberty
Malvern
Emerson
Wesley Chapel
Hastings
Mineola
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
I. O. Q. F. Lodge
Red Oak
National Guards
Villisca
Shenandoah
Harding
J. B. Weaver
Des Moines
Institution
Pana God Company I
Deaths of Manuel J. Pearce and Edward M. Carey
Manuel J. Pearce died last Friday at his son-in-law Al Haynie's home seven miles south of Glenwood after an illness beginning in January. Funeral Sunday at Seventh Day Adventist Church conducted by Rev. White. Pearce, born October 4, 1835 in Hamilton County Indiana, was nearly 82. Survived by wife Catherine J. Adams and five of seven children: Alice L. Thorpe Salina Kansas, Edward L. Pearce Bennett Colorado, Sidney H. Pearce Springfield Missouri, Sylvia J. Lindsay Glenwood, Anna E. Haynie Glenwood. Civil War veteran, later joined Seventh Day Adventist beliefs. Lived in Lyons township. farmed small fruits and vegetables. later with son-in-law Haynie. Also notes connection to Edward Madison Carey of Red Oak, long-time resident, obituary summary. Carey, born October 6, 1843 in New Hampshire, lived in Red Oak 47 years, merchant for 30 years, later engaged in farming and insurance. Married Lucy Ann Clerk in 1872. second marriage to Hummes.
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al Haynie
Glenwood
Seventh Day Adventist Church
White
Pearce
Mr. Pearce
Hamilton County
Catherine J. Adams
Washington County
Iowa
Alice L. Thorpe
Salina
Ken
Edward L. Pearce
Bennett, Colo
Sidney HE. Pearce
Springfield
Sylvia J. Lindsyr
Anna Fe, Haynie
Glanwood
Mra. Pearce
van Eaton Hollow
Lyons Township
Haynie
Red Oak
Edward Madison ‘Caray
Tribune
Carey
E. M. Carey
New Hampshire
Haverhill
Claremont
Burlington
St. Albans
DROWNS WHILE IN SWIMMING NEAR Iowa Farm
Merrill Parmelee 26, a farmer near the Missouri river bridge on the Iowa side, drowned Sunday while swimming a bayou near the family farm. He had climbed a log and cramps struck during the attempt to reach shore. his partner Albert Funk could not prevent the drowning. Parmelee, the sole son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. K. Parmelee of Plattsmouth, was unmarried. Funeral will be at the parental home Tuesday at 2 PM.
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Merrill Parmelee
Missouri River
Lowa
Albert Funk
Parmelee
Q. K. Parmelea
Plattsmouth
Andy Graham
Pacific, ‘Junction
Consolidation Discussed At Benton School Meeting
A Benton rural school meeting in Anderson township drew over twenty patrons to discuss consolidation. Supt Masters presented methods, a June 30 daytime session with a basket dinner was planned, and nearby districts Prairie Creek Osborne Valley Box Elder and Golden HD urged attendance. The issue remains to informally review merits and demerits before a full decision. Also highlighted are French war orphans aided by D A R funds and a July 2 patriotic concert at Glenwood Methodist church to benefit them. Mr and Mrs George McMillan of Glenwood to celebrate golden wedding June 27 with open house 7 to 9 pm.
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Benton
Anderson Township
Big Mud
Supt. Masters
Masters
Prairie Creek
Osborne Valley
Box Elder
Golden HD
United States
France
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revoluation
Mme. Jusserand
Glenwood
Ca Pe
George McMillan
McMilan
Mra. McMillan
Fifty Years In Love and Lawn Party For Gertrude Reasoner
A fiftieth anniversary celebration for Ans and wives with veterans widows is wished happiness. Gertrude Reasoner hosted a lawn party with Hard Times costumes, outdoor games, ice cream cake and lemonade. Miss Louise Lyon to run a kindergarten for 3 to 6 year olds at M E church basement from 9 to 11, starting tomorrow with 14 pupils. Oil timing for city streets advised for late June using heavy asphalt, first application 0.5 to 0.75 gallon per square yard.
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Gertrude Reasoner
Gertrude
Louise Lyon
Jin
M. EH
Miss Lyon
Marriages in Hastings and Glenwood Interlude
Reports from Hastings and nearby Glenwood detail several marriages. Dan Cupid aligns Dan Piburn with Mise Feri Mitchell in Omaha on June 23 at the M E parsonage with Rev Titus Lowe officiating. Ed and Mrs. Piburn of White Cloud celebrate the union as their son marries into the Mitchell family. In Glenwood Arthur Grudie marries Lilly Horn after two licenses and a change of venue to Council Bluffs. Wiles Freeman, Averon F Wiles and Mina Freeman wed in Glenwood and Omaha respectively, with careers noted. Dr Frank G Ward and Blanche Persons wed in St Charles Minnesota with the Glenwood families acknowledging the event.
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Ed Piburn
White Cloud
Oscar Mitchell
Hastings
Bell Telephone Exchange
Wiles Freeman
Mills County
Nebraska
Glenwood
Averon F. Wiles
Omaha
Mina Freeman
M. E. Parsonage
Stevanson
Frank Wiles
Malvern
Tribune
Reception at Hyme Home in Glenwood
Mrs Mary Hyme hosted a Sunday gathering for family honoring her brother Rev Joseph E Norvell of Columbus NM who came Saturday Rev Norvell preached both services at the M E church en route to Mitchell SD for a camp meeting He is an ordained minister with past Colorado and Columbus NM ties and author of Jack of Deer Creek Funeral of L B Cunningham held at 830 AM with Rev Edwyn Evans leading prayers and a song by C B Wheeler Leila Winkler on piano body moved to train No 11 for burial in Kearney NV Converted to other uses parade ground south of the Armory planted with beans Hoover called for July 1 sermons Young People's Civic Society to observe July 4 plus a class party at Mrs H M Logans Glenwood home last Friday
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Mary Hyme
Glenwood
Joseph E. Norvell
Columbus
N. M
Norval
M. E. Church
Stevenson
Norvell
Mitchell
8. D
South Dakota
M. BE
Colorado
Norvayl
Jack of
L. B. Cunningham
Cits
Ham
Edwyn Evans
Leila Winkler
Kearney
Nev
Ety Pd
Gee
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Harry Landis
Jennie Edmundsen
Council ‘Bluffa
Mr. Landis
Cornell “Bluffs
Mra. A. BE
Cook
Mra. J. B. Fickel
J. F. Martin
J. & Cupp
Randlgh
Chautauqua
Public Square
Armory
ThePitsenbergers
George
Jacob
Mary Scott
Will Creech
Henry Baker
Greenville
Baker
Mesdames Scott and
Creach
George Pitsenberger
Pitsenbergers
W. P. Creech
Atlantic
Wyoming
John Lyon
John
U. S
H. L. Lyos
C. C. Lucas
Council Bluffs
Manawa Park
H. L. Lyon
Unanimous Wate
William Pollitt
Near Emerson
Pollitt
Hillsdale
R. D. Stiiles
Paramount
Featuring
Cleo Ridgley
Wallace Reid
REX Theater
Ps Fa
Hard Times
Hyme
Rev
Ea Fa
Herbert Hoover
National Food Administrator
Government Department of Food Administration
Hoover
Bell Telephone System
Young People’s Civic Society of
Wesley
H. M. Logan
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