Mutual Phone Co Organized at Pacific Junction
Pacific Junction reports the formation of the Public Junction Mutual Telephone company. A seven member board will govern with John Mulvihill as president and Claude F. Anderson as secretary. About 56 signups already, with plans to expand. line construction costs estimated at 19 per phone. Negotiations pending to acquire lines from nearby Thurman and Mills County firms. Bell system equipment to be rented for uniform service. Also coverage of upcoming school and city elections, local happenings, and residents attending events.
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Pacific Junction
K. P. Hall
New Telephone Company
Public Junction Mutual Telephone Company
Harvey Dean
James H. Rhoades
J.C. Stone
Claude IF. Anderson
B. E. Lincoln
Charles Kroon
John Mulvihill
W. H. McLaughlin
George Jones
Burgess
Weighing the Mails at Pacific Junction Today
The article notes mail weighing at Pacific Junction is lighter than three years ago with most mail weighed at the Council Bluffs transfer. Harvey Eler of Glenwood oversees day shifts handling trains 15 6 4 7 and sometimes 2 8, while W M Burgess of Lincoln is the night weighman weighing Burlington Wes 18 2 and KK C Wa 22. This year the railroad company provides a man to check weighing both day and night.
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Pacific Junction
Council Bhill
Harvey Eler
Glenwood
W.M. Burgess
Lincoln
Burlington Wes
KK. C. Wa
Glenwood crowd views Sarah Berhart in Ca mille in Omaha
A dozen Glenwood residents traveled to Omaha Tuesday night to attend and view Sarah Berhart in the play Ca mille. The production was performed entirely in the local theater setting.
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Glenwood
Omaha
Sarah Berhart
Camille
Expense increases yearly in Mills county care costs
Mills county lies steeply in costs to maintain insane and feeble minded residents across Clarinda insane hospital Sr. Bernards in Council Bluffs and Glenwood Institution. Report shows 25 inmates at Clarinda on Jan 1 rising toward 40, nine at Council Bluffs, and clothing bills for Glenwood in 1908.
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Mills County
Rgan
Clarinda Insane Hospital
Clarinda Hospital
Sr. Bernards Hospital
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Glenwood Institution
Keep the Drags Going on County Roads
Rural carriers report farmers using King drags to improve roads along routes south of Glenwood and in Pacific Junction. Snow rain and frost thaw made conditions muddy and almost impassable for two weeks. government warns roads must stay in good shape or service may be cut.
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McCormick
A. W. Delavan
Glenwoat
Carrier Lee
Pacific Junction
Joe McCurdy
Robert Gilleard
Wilbur Stacy
Interesting Relics Found By Glenwood Collector
Jean Peugh of Glenwood brings three relics to the Tribune. A buckeye carried 48 years, a long preserved potato once 1 inch in diameter now shriveled after 1 year, and a small red cedar like wood kept 22 years. He found the wood in 1884 while drilling a well near the J. W. Murphy farm west of Glenwood 135 feet deep. the wood rose 20 feet below the bottom of the well. Geologists may speculate how it got there.
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Jean Peugh
Glenwood
Tribune
Peugh
J. W. Murphy
Green Grass Signals Early Spring in Mills County
The grass in the courthouse yard and sunny lawns shows green as warm weather returns. Robins are back and farmers plan sod plowing despite bad roads. Mayor Genung says 25 acres of sod will be plowed this week. Mills County anticipates an early spring with solid groundwork for planting.
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Court House
Henderson
Mills County
Genung
Balfour
Teddy
Jack Frost
Windy Summit Stock Farm Boss Laments Loss Of Old Cow
Harry Summers of Windy Summit Stock farm near Malvern mourns the loss of his 22 year old breeding cow Homie de Dejou after she fell and broke a leg. Owned four years, she bore calves from 1886 to January 1905 and was bred by Bailey Cadovix of Anita. Authorities report her as the oldest recorded breeding cow, with a 26 year record elsewhere. Summers hoped to surpass that mark.
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Harry Summers
Windy Summit
Malvern
Glenwood
Bailey& Cadovix
Anita
Summers
Report on School Money Loans in Mills County
Auditor Rgan sends biannual state ment of the condition of school money loaned to Mills county farmers at 44 percent. February figures show 45,968.85 outstanding in loans and 2,147.15 interest earned in six months. Auditor Rgan has about 5,000 on hand. The county receives 14 percent for handling but must pay 5 percent to the State whether funds are loaned or not. Loans limited to farms and capped at 3,000. as small as 200 can be lent.
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Rgan
Mills County
Crack Shootists Coming to Glenwood for Exhibition
Albert Edwards of the Glenwood Gun Club announced a letter from Fred C. Whitney of Winchester Arms stating that champion shootists W. T. Crosley of O Walon, W and Chris Gubdeil of Kansas City will visit Glenwood on March 23 for an exhibition. A gals gun shoot will also take place that day, from which the exhibition participants will be excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edwards
Glenwood
Resignation At Local Telephone Exchange Swaps Operator
Mrs. M A Underwood has resigned from her operator post at the Hastings exchange due to poor health. She plans to go to Glynwood next week to rest and visit friends, as Miss Astier Nickerson of Malvern becomes the new operator today and takes charge.
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M.A. Underwood
Bor
Wb Hastings
Glynwood
Farnham divorce settled for next term at Glenwood
Cedar Rapids reports a settlement in the Farnham case: Mrs May Whitney Farnham of Malvern will receive a divorce at the April 17 term in Glenwood after she relinquishes alimony. The couple’s daughter Ruth died of pneumonia in Glenwood, with funeral set for Friday at 3 30 at the Methodist church conducted by Rev C M Ward.
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Cedar Rapids
Farnham
May Whitney Farnham
Malvern
Glenwood
H. E. Farnham
Tabor College
H. B. Farnham
Bergia Hawley
Gilland & Logan
Ruth
Dan Lewis
C. W. Lyon
Mrs. Lewis
Caught in Cupid's Coils Morford and Morford wed in Glenwood
Silas J Morford and Mrs Etta BR Morford both of Malvern married Wednesday by Justice F G Day in Glenwood. The bride, a widow of a brother of the groom, keeps her name. Also Charles B Anderson and Miss Meda L Owens wed at the Methodist parsonage in Mastings Key. The bride is daughter of Wm Owens living north of Hastings. They will reside on Joe Wearin farm.
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Earl Cox
Foster Lumber Yards
Winnie Strand
Omaha
Burgess
Junction
Glenwood
Bennett
Cook
Malvern Court House
Malvern
Bacus & O'Neall
Silas J. Morford
Etta BR. Morford
F. G. Day
Charles 8. Anderson
Meda L. Owens
Methodist
Mastings
Key
Shaw
Wm. Owens
Hastings
Joe Wearin
Escape attempts of George McKinney at Glenwood Institution
George McKinney, a young Tad at the Glenwood Institution, fled last Monday to tour the world. He was pursued to Silver City where captured and brought back the next day. The Silver City Times notes this is his second escape attempt. John Rydbere aided by providing breakfast and turning him over to Marshal Barrows.
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George McKinney
Glenwood Institution
Silver City
Silver City Times
John Rydbere
Marshal Barrows
County Board Meeting and Keg Creek Ditch Matters
The County Board will meet in Fraywood next Monday for a short session. Keg Creek ditch issues will be discussed and a decision is not certain. Notices from Burlington Railroad state examinations for all train and locomotive service employees will occur in the near future.
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Fraywood
Burlington Railroad
Rigorous hearing and eyesight tests ordered for service men
The first such order in years requires employees to undergo ear and eye examinations beyond entry. Minor ear or vision defects will not disqualify long-serving men, but the test is expected to be strict.
Real Estate Transfers and a Woman Suffrage Quote
A slate of Glenwood area real estate transfers is listed with buyers and parcels across Lyons, Rawles, Glenwood township, and surrounding sections, including several fifty-acre and forty-acre deeds and lots in various blocks. The Overland Monthly laments women’s opposition to voting, arguing equality and freedom.
State Senate Passes Gust Bill Banning Sunday Exhibitions
The state Senate approved the Gust bill with three dissenters halting Sunday athletic exhibitions that charge an admin fee. One senator proposed adding a clause to forbid Sunday Chautauquas with paid admissions, framing the bill as a major objective.
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State Senate
Iowans Picnic in California at Hast Lake Park
G. Rogers of Los Angeles reports a large Iowan gathering at Hast Lake Park near Los Angeles on Washington's birthday. An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 attended. Mills County residents named among many attendees. Mrs M H McCluskey noted for incident. author creased but unharmed.
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The
Tribune
Hast Lake Park
Los Angeles
Washington
Mills County
M. B. McCluskey
D. L. Heinsheimer
Fred Bosbyshell
Fred
Stanley
Lewis Hanson
Joe Deupree
Samuel P. Pitzer
Joseph Graham
Ethel
Gene
J. B. Lewis
Chris Eshliman
J. M. Barbour
W. H. Taft
Chicago
W.H. Barker
Will Tubbs
J. J. Scott
Robert Hale
H. W. Seeger
C. B. Bosbyshell
L. W. Russell
A. J. Height
M. G. Edwards
John Myers
John Hill
Bradford
Jeanette
Theresa Meinsheimer
Della Scott Schick
Mary E. Slack
Kelley
Eta
Mabel Edwards Mollett
Queen Mills
M. H. McCluskey
G. Rogers
Guardian Appointed for Husband in Glenwood Area
Mrs. N C A Jolson named guardian of her husband’s property after his removal to Clarinda insane hospital. A public sale is set at the stone house south of Glenwood on March 14. Stace Lee rents the Johnson farm for the current year.
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N.C. A. Jolson
Clarinda Insane Hospital
Stone House
Glenwood
Stace Lee
Johnson Farm
Mud at Shenandoah Prompting Old Time Crossing Scheme
The Shenandoah mud prompts a whimsical plan from the Sentinel Post suggesting a boy at eachClarinda Avenue crossing carry people across the street on horseback for five cents. Proposed locations include Woodford Corner Basket Corner Presbyterian Church Center Street crossing and farther south with several riders to assist travelers in mud.
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Shenandoah
Clarinda Avenue
North Side Barber Shop Adds Second Chair At North Side
Miles Beaver expands his barber shop near the corner grocery by adding a second chair with A. J. Gobeen as the in charge barber. Satisfactory work guaranteed. Give him a call.
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Miles Beaver
A. J. Gobeen
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Mutual Phone CO
Pacific Junction and Vicinity
Chas. F. Davis
Wright Perkins
W. TY. McLaughtin
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W. M. Plimpton
L. M. Lord
T. W. Ivory
W. F. Hill
Will
Mary Rathke
Tl. W. Benson
Sarah
Robin
Mes. Underwood
Pfarnham
Ruth Lewis
Cupid
Morford
Anderson-Owens
County Board
County Recorder’s Office
Recorder
Recorder Rhoads
M Becker
W H Cowgill
Lyons
Clarkson
G W Estes
Rawles
M Estes
H A Hubbell
Glen el Gainateny
Reasoner
Glenwood Cemetery
Chittenden
J Boyes
Fieres
Oak
C Chase To & C Seaton
Silver Creek
Ladd To & C Wells
Rawlas
WC Swarts
GM Agan
Ingraham
Abel
G Cheney
Indian Creek
W McCord
Burnett
Platteville
HC Nutt
C A Richardson
Balfour TP Anderson
C A
Msterquist
Bilger Creek
CF Timmons
Cowgill
LM Powell
Dubbell
S M Astes
White Cloud
J Gouge
S M “Wright
Glenwood Township
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California
Guardian
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