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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
4
Glenwood Iowa March 6 1913 the Mulls County Gribune lists W F Hin N T Bradway Sam R Young Earle A Davis A R White as owners and publishers with E W White as printer.
Advertising rates list charges for display ads of five inches and more at ten cents per inch plus five cents per inch for composition each insertion. Readers are charged one cent per word plus ten cents per insertion up to 60 words, with larger readers at 25 cents per inch plus 26 cents for each insertion.
A school of instruction will be held in the court room at the court house in Glenwood on Thursday, March 20. It aims to educate township trustees and road superintendents in better road building and to discuss conditions and remedies. The public is invited to attend for a free discussion after the presentation of the good roads problem. The board of supervisors may address one or two road questions on that date.
A traveling salesman displayed the lone new nickel yesterday near Glenwood. Banks across the region have standing orders for more, but deliveries are delayed. The coin bears Red Cloud on one side and a buffalo on the other, with more bronze than nickel and a brownish look.
Henry Ranne of Glenwood, aged 94, marks his birthday next Saturday, March 8. A longtime resident who arrived when Mills County was timberland, he first farmed near Malvern before settling in Glenwood. Friends wish him many more happy years.
An advertisement urges homeowners to choose Devoe Lead-and-Zinc Paint for cost efficiency and quality. It claims the paint covers more, costs less, and is made with proper materials, sold by A. J. Howe, agent, Glenwood RI.
A dwarf ear of corn brought to the Tribune office by CG Pace from a Glenwood area farm is described as a four inch main ear with eight smaller ears radiating from the end, a rare agricultural oddity and novelty.
The Glenwood school notes list new pupils enrolled last Monday including Everett Vanderpool Ferdinand Hopp Darlene Morris Glare Hullinger Mabel Travers Hazel Travers Adele Edmonds Blanche Travers Lewerl Travers Alfred Hopp Viola Edmonds Nina Valentine Jenastie Travis Jessie Vanderpool and Carroll Fisher The Phila program last Friday was largely successful except for missing numbers due to pupil absence The senior class praises the new class ring with monogram d H 1913 and plans a four act comedy For Old Eli by Loyd Oscar Thompson Teachers will discuss lessons next Tuesday March 11.
In Mills County Iowa in April term 1913 Bert J Fargo sues Grace Fargo for divorce on desertion grounds and general relief. Grace must appear by noon of the second day of the next term starting April 15 1918 at Glenwood or default will be entered and a decree rendered. Genung & Genung attorneys for plaintiff.
Bessie Van Cleve sues A M Van Cleve for divorce on grounds of second marriage. The petition is on file in Mills county district court and the next term opens April 15 1913 in Glenwood. Default may be entered and judgment issued as provided by law. Genung Genung attorneys for plaintiff. The Scientific American a year and a model of the Panama canal for 3 dollars. The Tribune takes subscriptions.
The Gowens Independent School District in Oak township will hold its annual meeting at School House Number One on the second Monday in March 1913 from 1 to 4 pm. A director will be elected for three years to succeed F. W. Kemp. Propositions include authorizing six bonds of 300 each, due in years 1 2 3 4 5 6, at 6 14 per cent interest, to buy land and build a new Gowens Number One school.
A collage of witty quotes and notes from various publications. It mentions Noah sighting Ararat and hints at political or movement headings. It includes a proverb about conversation versus monologue and a quip about a first wife. Also references jokes about music lessons and a fish that hatches eggs in its mouth.
A proud young father telegraphed to his brother claiming a handsome boy at his house is the brother’s nephew. The brother replied he has not yet a nephew and calls the young man an impostor. The exchange preserves humorous tone and miscommunication.
A Teus alan sergeant directs a private to fill a bath tub at a Riga fair. The sergeant is called away, returns hours later to a flooded building, and the private explains he cannot shut off the faucet without orders from his governor. A series of quick quips follows, including exchanges about price, talent, and marriage.
Grumbling is described as a potent cause of ill health, vibrating sensitive nerves with discordant emotions. It harms the grumbler and those who hear it, and may predispose the body to illnesses already prevalent.
The Chicago Tribune is presented as the best newspaper in the field with broad coverage of political matters. It lists a subscription price of $3 per year for rural route subscribers, with Mills County Tribune forwarding subscriptions at that rate for rural readers.
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