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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
3
Hastings Hastings Henderson reports an unusually high kill of wild geese this spring. Community updates include visitors from Malvern Denver and Ames, illness recoveries, local hunts, cattle shipments, new hires and plans for a home talent show titled Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party.
Miss Clara Davis announces a spring opening event set for Friday and Saturday this week. The past week at Henderson saw numerous political candidates visiting the area and engaging with residents.
Emerson Recorder reports Mrs Clyde Rhoades of Glenwood and Mrs Birdsall visiting, with Ed Birdsall in Omaha. The tennis club reveals its new grounds harrowed rolled and wired, while John Sandia sold a herd of cattle to local shippers for upwards of 9600 with 26 head remaining unsold.
Alfred Standiford, 17, staged home talent hypnotism shows in Glenwood after Prof Norwood. He hypnotized 15 plus boys, demonstrating rigid-body balance and a noted thought transference, while audiences questioned fakery and debated scientific explanations of mesmerism and animal magnetism. The piece cites local reactions and medical views on such exhibitions.
Local notes report cash receipts from old papers at about $8.70 per hundred and a near carload sale. Several residents travel for care and work, with Davis Greenwood taking Bank charge in Silver City after a stroke to Cashier Banks. A new boy arrives at the Huntsman home, and community plans include a fire drill, millinery openings, and the Emerson Woman's Club monthly social.
A discussion followed a paper read by Prof Galpin titled What More Should Our Schools Teach accompanying ice cream and cake were served with the event attended by Kin EB Birdsall 2 CG Collins B A Merritt and Miss Ada Johnson.
W B Oaks cashier of the Silver City State bank and a longtime Mills County resident suffered a severe paralytic stroke Friday afternoon around four o'clock. He has been in critical condition at home in Silver City since then, with paralysis on the right side and limited speech. Oaks had been in poor health for months and recently returned from Battle Creek sanitarium.
In response to a telephone message from Pacific Junction last Friday, Sheriff Linville went to the depot and took charge of an insane man who gave the name A. Lantz and claimed prior admission to Clarinda asylum. He said a brother lived in Shenandoah and was taken there by an officer that night. The commissioners of insanity also considered Mrs Josephine McCoy of Silver City, deciding her condition not serious enough for Clarinda. she may be sent to a sanitarium and a guardian will be appointed at the coming term of court to oversee property.
A Tribune report says John Fox vanished from near Macedonia where he had worked for years. Clothes were found by the Nishna River and river searches conducted by friends. Fox reappeared weeks later, healthy, working for Dell Scott near Glenwood, and helped move Harry Smith from Center Township to Glenwood around early March. Fox is about 40 years old.
Byron McLain, 18, was driving a disc harrow for Ed Cardiff when the team ran away on Monday near Emerson. He was dragged across the field, narrowly escaping severe injury as doctors voiced concern over possible back damage. His condition remained serious.
MINEOLA reports Col H Nipp served as delegate to the Des Moines Republican convention. Mrs John Lau’s daughter Elizabeth Helne underwent appendectomy at an Omaha hospital last week. Jacob Denker plans to build a cottage on two lots sold by M Flammmant, who attended Cedar Rapids as Mills County delegate to the Democratic state convention. L W Bichel may construct a public hall this spring. Mrs Sophia Lanz visits her daughter at Winside, Nab. Otto Huebner plans to move to Council Bluffs to enter business. Kruse has been buying hogs, including 155 head from Jom Flynn averaging 325 pounds, with one hog around 740 pounds.
In Mills county, most towns held elections with close races and mixed outcomes. Democrats swept the county, winning mayoral seats in several towns while Republicans carried Silver City and Des Moines saw Mayor Mathis elected under a new mayor and four-commissioner system. Various council and official races showed narrow margins and ties.
Attention is directed to the advertisement elsewhere in this issue of the Robinson piano contest. Read the full particulars. You might be the one to get the piano. The contest closes April 14. The judges are Supt Moore, Clerk Davis and F O Jackson.
A big turnout attended a Friday free social at the Silver City opera house with strong praise for the evening’s entertainment. Saturday morning to a runaway team struck John Peadle, breaking bones in one ankle. Miss Sadie Reeve visits friends at Northboro. The Times notes a Pullman store joke about a safe and a forgotten combination resurfacing.
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