Personal notes on Glenwood area residents and visitors
A parade of local people visiting Glenwood and nearby towns includes Misa Htta Hittle in Hastings and Miss Grace Brown in Malvern. Residents traveling for business or social calls include Wm Hettinger Silver City, Henry Deitehler Mineola, W E McClure Tabor, Henry Kuhl Silver City, J B Butler Council Bluffs, S H Gadney Folaom, and Chris Sahosning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Htta Hittle
Hastings
A. B. Dall
Malvern
Stranathas
Hilledale
Wm. Hettinger
Silver City
Glenwood
Misa Grace Brown
Henry Deitehler
Mineola
W.E. McClure
Tabor
H.E. Kier
Rawles Township
R. L. Boyce
St. Mary Township
M.D. Linville
J.C. Brown
Lilianvans
Guthrie Center
Carter-Lloyd
KR. Brush
Percival
Wm. Ronenive
Henry Kuhl
May Daniel
Mrs. Keys
Council Bluffs
J. B. Butler
Io Town
Tarnuin
8. H. Gadney
Folaom
Trisunt
Uncalled Letters at Glenwood Post Office for Week
The Glenwood post office lists remaining uncalled letters for week ending March 8 1900. Names include Mrs Alice A Theilens L Silverman Howard Holdreth Susie Payne Jennie Johnson (drop) and note that addressees must confirm advertisement. R O Waits P M on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Alice A.theilens
L. Silverman
Howard Holdreth
Susie Payne
Jennie Johnson
R. O. Waits
P. M
Apples Apples Apples Merchantable Trees and Pruning
Advertising for orchard services by L.E. Gun offering merchantable apples and orchard work. Claims 35,000 trees proved in past season, pruning tools, low prices, forty years experience. Agents for Invigorator, Dovayry and Wusbar, Glenwood, Tongtdo harness repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orwell
Wonderful Tree Invigorator
Dovayry & Wusbar
Glenwood
Tong
Lawyers Take His Land In Shocking Land Swap tale
Chas P Archer loses his 100 acre St Mary township tract after trading it away for a Nebraska farm at the urging of real estate men. He deeded the land to Winkler and Patrick to cover $735 mortgage and fees, leaving him landless and unable to appeal the case. The court fight with the Boyce boys and others ended unfavorably for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
P. Archer
Boyce Boys
St. Mary Township
O. R. Patrick
A. H. Winkler
Archer
Nebraska
Glenwood
G. R. Thompson
St. Mary
Boyces
Greenlee and
Lee
Supreme Court
Winkler & Pattick
Gentle Ed Howard in Jail for Resisting Officer
A Glenwood report sketches Ed Howard as a gentle man now jailed on a charge of resisting an officer after a dispute over ten cents led to assault. Deputy Bogart arrested him after Howard threatened to “clean out the town,” ending with his capture and jail. The piece then laments Glenwood youths’ social neglect toward young ladies, urging reform to curb their “incorrigible black sheep” image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howard
Ed Howard
Howard
al Marshall
Marshall
Byers
Moarahall
Bogart
Glenwood
Evangelist Sunday Rouses Boone With Weeks Of Meetings
The town of Boone experiences heightened activity as Evangelist Sunday weeks of revival stir unrest. The Nonpareil notes his sermons provoke town discussions and a clash with a local show at the mayor’s office, drawing petitions from Christian groups seeking saloon closures and broader reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Sunday
Boone
Sunday
Revivalist slander trial ends in bitter Iowa case
Earl B. Ferguson of Shenandoah sues Rev. M. B. Williams for 1999 dollars alleging calumny during an armory revival meeting. The trial at Clarinda focused on provocation and malice, with close attendance by leading Shenandoah citizens and intense courtroom exchanges between Ferguson and Williams' defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl BR. Ferguson
Shenendoah
M.B. Williams
Clarinda
Iowa
Shenandoah Sentinel
Earl B. Ferguson
the Perca
Shenandoah
M. B. Williams
Clorinda
Walter I. Amith
Q Olarinda
W. P. Ferguson
Keenan
D. H. Clites
Fred Fischer
H. H. Parslow
Olarinda
Ed Mitchell
Sidney
Karl
Williams
Parslow
Hes
Sharsadoab
Hel
de. Jeckys
Mr. Hyde
Id Mitchell
Mitchell
Gald
W.P. Ferguson
Verdict Returns for Defendant in Local Case After Damages Reduced
In a local trial the plaintiff’s damages were cut from 5000 dollars to 1999 dollars to keep the case at home, Williams not residing in the state. The jury swiftly returned a verdict for the defendant as the court’s instructions weighed on whether the language applied to the plaintiff. The piece ends urging reconciliation among neighbors and invoking a hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trottera
Duke
Williams
Ferguson
Mistakes in print and a chicken burglary tale
A humorous take on typographical errors highlights the vast effort to avoid mistakes in newspapers. The piece then covers the trial of two men, William Farrell and John Stubbs, charged with burglary for stealing chickens from John Davidson near Glenwood. County Attorney Cook prosecuted, the defendants defended themselves, and Squire Tolles bound them over to the grand jury. If convicted, they face imprisonment in Ft Madison. Read Hayden Bros. ad, this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burghay
Squire Tolles
Wm. Farrell
Jobo Stabbe
John Davideon
Glenwood
Davidaon
Cook
Stubbs
Farrell
Ft. Madison
Hayden Bros
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Mr.Thos. Titterington of
Emerson
Chris Sahosning
Chris
Hillsdale
Julius Kirsch
GC. Scott
Macedonia
B. F. Clayton
Gores
Mesara D. Li. Heimsheimer
Albert Heimsheimer
H. A. French
0. C. Potter
N. E. Wilkingon
Wilkinson
Bia Farm
Center Township
Robi. Jones
Norfolk
Nebr
Mr. Wilkinson
W.F. Bartholomew
Dunlap
Rav
Bartholomew
Methodist
4. A. Ashby
Red Osk
Jno. Y. Stone
Ashby
Sherer
Emma Frazier
Glenwood High School
Malvern Public Schools
Dr. Ashby
Doator
L.E. Gun
Frangollet M
Williama
Errdra
J. E. Scott & CO
North Side Square
W. F. Laraway
Buck’s
Majestic Steel Ranges
Bower Bros
C. H. Towslee
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