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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
3
Henderson and Hastings News summarizes local happenings with arrivals and arrivals, travel, and community notes. Residents return from Omaha for treatment and visits, new tenants, farm moves, church remodeling talks, and a Republican caucus selecting delegates for Malvern. The piece mentions births, deaths, marriages, and townsfolk moving between Henderson and nearby farms and towns.
Elections held yesterday across Mills County independent districts produced light turnout. Notable results include Albert Heinsheimer and P. Hale reelected. E. M. Myers elected to fill a vacancy, with E. S. Bogart again serving as treasurer. Free text books passed at Pacific Junction and Malvern, while Hastings area named three directors and a treasurer.
Mahlon Richardson, a Glenwood fish dealer, lost his house and all contents in a Saturday afternoon blaze two miles west of Pacifie Junction. He and his wife were apart at the time. cash was zero and the house was insured.
For Rent small farm of 25 acres two miles west See: Boy Heynie.
The Wabash closed the Strahan depot amid auditor activity, signaling a major impact on nearby residents. The station handles 12 to 15 thousand dollars in yearly business, with recent activity showing two cars out and one in. White Cloud once approved a 5 percent tax to keep the station, and the abandonment may reach the Railroad Commissioners.
Glenwood boy Charles Noah, a right handed pitcher and son of Jesse Noah, will join the Omaha league team next season after a strong showing with New Sharon club in the P and O league. Omaha News cites praise from manager Rourke and Sam Morton predicting Noah’s rise as a pitching sensation within two years. Also mentions seed for sale and a note about spring wheat and Salters Big.
Obituary references Mrs Grace E Wilkinson and Mrs Nettie Babbitt, praising a noble Christian life. A Bayview Reading Club event at KP hall drew about 40 attendees with music by Jo Willard and a play Not a Man in the House. Refreshments followed with social time. a farm notice bans hunting on James Greig’s land.
Hastings district notes report Mr Shields of Red Oak buying horses locally while the Webster High School Rhetorical Club hosted a Friday afternoon program. The piece lists visiting families, funeral attendance, new depot staff, shifts in mail routes, and pool championship activity in Botna Valley.
Lewis B. Trowbridge sues two brothers Shuman and Harry Trowbridge and others in U S circuit court for 150000 alleging they spread reports he is insane and attempted to ruin his finances He also accuses Dr T C Cote of Thurman of causing Mrs Trowbridge death by infusing fear of insanity and seeks 40000 damages for that claim plus damages against Gaylord for similar allegations
Clerk Davis issued three marriage licenses yesterday in Glenwood and Henderson, naming John W Severn and Edna Carman both of Glenwood aged 20 and 19, Marion Maxwell and Bertha Strader both of Henderson aged 23, to wed. James Sawyer of St Louis and Elizabeth Hutchings of Hastings aged 31 and 28 were married at high noon today.
Dr J M Donelan of Glenwood describes a shallow zinc pan with a trip cover holding felt soaked in formaldehyde. Placed at home entrances, it aims to sterilize shoe soles and reduce spread of contagious diseases and consumption. He offers to provide details on request.
Emerson residents express outrage after J W Walker is charged with assaulting his wife. She lies bedridden from injuries and named fear of further violence prompts county officials to file formal charges. Walker bonded, then jailed after bond collapse. couple wed January 21 in Glenwood with prior residence in Malvern.
Mrs. Henry Lloyd died yesterday afternoon at her Hastings home from pneumonia and related complications. Her husband had died only a few weeks earlier and she had been ill since his passing. She left no children and funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Mills county Republicans meet in Malvern to select delegates for the state convention with the Glenwood contingent led by John Y. Stone and others all expected to back Allison for Senator. Delegates listed include D L Heinsheimer C Dean H W Burkett E B Woodruff F G Day and more.
Charles E Yater known as Blackie was instantly killed Saturday afternoon at Pacific Junction while performing switchman duties. A caboose and engine passed over him as the crew prepared a freight extra. Two associates aboard the caboose onlooked unable to help. The incident occurred about 150 yards east of the depot on the third track from the north as No 7 the fast mail approached. A fast eastbound meat train No 70 arrived while Yater was unaware and could not escape. He was a popular Junction employee of about six years, aged just over 82, born in Hamilton Illinois. Funeral held Monday at the Methodist church and burial followed in Hamilton. Coroner Craig of Henderson sent Justice F G Day to act. no inquest was deemed necessary.
Fred Mershon arrives in Glenwood with his own company after fifteen years away. His brother Claude BR Mershon joins the act while Fred headlines a musical melodrama The Time the Place and the Man. Crowds applaud a fan maker with a bright show and a closing song by Mershon.
Glenwood high school represented by Gilliland earned second place in the oratorical class at the district declamatory contest held last Friday night in Afton. First honors went to Cecil Pickler of Casey. other class winners included Vera Sankey, Hazel Hoyt, Gladys Van Winkle, and Leon Carpenter among twelve participating southwest Iowa high schools.
A call signed by Geo W Estes as chairman and J R Graham as secretary invites a Democratic county convention at Malvern on Saturday March 21 at 1 PM to select ten delegates to the Democratic state convention in Cedar Rapids Iowa on March 26 1908 and to handle other business. Delegates are apportioned two per precinct plus one for every 25 votes or fraction cast for Claude Porter in 1906 with specific precinct counts listed. Caucuses urged on March 14 at local times and places chosen by precinct committeemen or earlier if convenient.
At the Opera House the next attraction is the Musical Houses with a fine light orchestra and a good reader. Prices are 25, 35, and 50 cents for Friday night March 14.
Minnesota delegates to the Democratic national convention will be instructed for Governor John A. Johnson after a 68 to 23 vote by the state committee in St. Paul last Friday. Bryan backers threatened to contest the delegation, while Johnson supporters claim he can carry multiple states, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas.
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