08 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
1
Local Glenwood column reports auctions at Robinson's with goods at own price, multiple residents and visitors traveling to Omaha Des Moines and Council Bluffs, plus personal updates on Frances Jackson Strubel Frances and Misses, local business moves, sports travel, and community notices including engagements and sales.
The undersigned will sell at Publiq Auction to the highest bidder. Property described as the north west quarter of the Gurthessr quarter in range 42. Auction to occur at 2 o'clock at the Public Beta rides. Details appear in county records and notices of November and February dates.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Shaw celebrated their twentieth anniversary last Saturday at their home five miles southwest of Tabor. A crowd gathered at 11 visited to graphophone music by Charles Hiler followed by a bountiful dinner. Music came from Isaac Jackson and Joseph Shaw on violin and organ. Guests departed around 4 with well wishes for many more happy anniversaries. Attending were Mr and Mrs Henry Shaw and three children Everett Earnly and Earley Mr and Mrs Wilson Haden and two daughters Mr and Mrs King and daughter Mrs Kings father visiting Mr and Mrs Brown Mr and Mrs Hiler Mrs Sutton and daughter Mr and Mrs Blackburn and three sons and daughter Mr and Mrs Isaac Jackson and baby Distance guests included Mr Raymond Marrow and wife and Miss Edith Shaw from Council Bluffs.
Friends of the Tribune may designate their attorneys or the officer in charge to publish legal notices in the Tribune. The notices concern district or probate court matters in Mills County including estate settlements and wills. Public notices should reflect reader preference for Tribune publication when feasible.
Bad weather moved the Iowa picnic from February 22 to the 27th. About 25,000 Iowans gathered as Cade Rogers reported Mills county attendees including Sam Pitzer J B Lewis Mrs Lillie Miller Kucher Mrs J H Scott Mrs Ethel Graham Spencer Mrs Jean Graham Grout ex Sheriff W L Tubbs J W Deupree W M Kelly Everett G Phipps Mrs Si Chatfield W Addison Colwell Henry W Wright Miss M E Slack J H Carr Mrs H B Meyers Frank L Drennan W A Wood. Prizes were offered for poems about Iowa with Rogers among the entrants. his tribute to Iowa is recited.
Glenwood churches announce mid Lent Sunday 10:30 a m service with a sermon on The son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the Devil. Evening service 7:30 with a brief lecture and Wednesday 7:30 short lectures with litany. Also notices for Church of Christ Epworth Leaguers and Baptist sermons with texts from Matthew 6 20 and Romans 14 12.
A post office inspector visited Blockton last week and fined a man 16 dollars for violating postal laws by writing a note on a newspaper margin and mailing it as third class matter. The rule covers all written matter, and no one may write on the newspaper margin to mail it as a newspaper.
The Glenwood library opened Monday evening February 4 with strong attendance. Addresses by Mrs Hill Dr Plimpton John Y Stone and Judge Green followed music by the Institutions orchestra. The Woman s Club donated about 1428 books while the city purchased 187 more. Individual gifts included 28 books from Mr Marsh 30 from Mr Hanson 38 from N T Bradway 2 from Rev Brainerd 3 from Mrs L W Russell 1 from Wingate Gibbs 1 from Mabel Gibbs 1 from Mr and Mrs Lord 8 from H A French 8 from Mrs P D Foster 5 from Mrs C W Sherfey a complete Bulwer set Dr DeWitt s Six Thousand Years of History Washington Irving Macaulay England and Dickens sets from donors. At present 175 people borrow books and 476 have been loaned. Country residents are taking books and reading rooms see improving patronage. Nine top magazines and a daily paper are added. Receipts and fines total 1.30 with ten cent fund 60. Library hours 9 to 11:30 am 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. reading rooms open whenever the library is. Emma Beckman Librarian.
James C. Maguire, veteran north-route mail carrier from Malvern, says in four years he has logged about 1,400 miles, a journey equivalent to one and a quarter circumnavigations, as he heads home after the travels.
Auditor Agan states that 35,832 gophers were captured in Mills County during 1908, with a bounty of 10 cents each, totaling 3583.20 dollars spent on gopher extermination. Wolf bounties paid amounted to 119 dollars, with 5 dollars for adult wolves and 2 dollars for cubs.
For Sale A double buggy harness double work harness saddles etc at private sale at Dyar farm north of town H A Dick For Sale Thirteen acres partly in Glenwood City five room house half in orchard W F Hill Tribune office
Miss Lugie Barbarg Miss Ruth Koight and others advertised for letters at Glenwood post office March 1 1907. The notice lists several names and states to say advertised when claiming them.
A. J. Howe markets Hyomel promising to cure catarrh and bronchial troubles with a full money-back guarantee if it fails. The product uses pine oils and natural ingredients. advertised as home-use and inexpensive, claiming rapid relief for nose throat and lung issues.
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