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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
4
Postal timings list outbound and inbound trains with west and east bound services and various departure times, noting that some routes show garbled or mistyped figures. Office hours are stated with lobby lockboxes opening at 7:00 am and windows from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm, with weekend hours shown as 0:30 to 10:00 am and 8:00 to 3:20 am.
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels and buyers including W A Lang to H W Smith in Indian Creek. BL Young to J Olson in Pacific Junction. EB Cannon to FV Way in Malvern. EH Flammond to MA Aistrope in White Cloud. E Seeley to J F Hendricks in Malvern. A I Saar to J F Robinson in Platteville. Allis to J F Robinson in Platteville. F Schroeder to SF Wright in Lyons. A Moehnert to M Saner in Deer Creek. HL Paddock to IU Parsons in Malvern. CF Davis and F Anderson to J Mendenhall in Pacific Junction. Amounts range from 250 to 87500 dollars.
The Silver City Times recounts a quirky tale in which John Pullman received a letter from Hermitage Missouri with a key ring check lost seven to eight years ago. A wild goose, killed near Missouri, had swallowed the check and carried it in its stomach until found by W. Steelman who returned it to the owner. The check bears Pullman’s name and address on one side and the 1. 0. C. F. emblem on the other. Pullman cannot recall where he lost it, but guesses a hunting trip long ago. The misadventure suggests the goose’s travels across northern seas and southern landscapes.
Henry Higley remains jailed in Glenwood awaiting the April grand jury action on a car burglary at the Junction. He had a Friday hearing before Squire McLaughlin after telling a hungry man’s tale of no options and stealing a box of cookies. The Junction, noted for a growing tramps problem, hosted about 21 vagrants last Thursday.
The Benj B Dean Shorthorn sale at Glenwood drew buyers from Plattsmouth Emerson Glenwood and surrounding areas. Purchases included cows with calves bulls and heifers with prices ranging from 30.00 to 135.00 with multiple consignments from T Peacock J F Lewis W DeLashmutt George White and others.
Avoca's local court session led by Attorney L T Genung was interrupted last Wednesday when a fire alarm rang. A high wind spread the blaze from a livery barn, destroying multiple buildings including the opera house, with total losses estimated around 25000 dollars. Lou, along with citizens, joined the effort to fight the flames.
Chicago's Lyon and Healy announces a Clearing Sale of pianos with hundreds of instruments including Steinway Weber Lyon Healy Huntington Vose Knabe Washburn Fischer Kimball Chickering and more Uprights priced from 120 to 200 and up Returns accepted if unsatisfactory. freight charges minimal for distant buyers. Address Lyon and Healy 10 Adams Street Chicago.
For sale two items listed: a two chair barber shop with one bathtub and fixtures all as good as new in the county seat town of Alma population 2000 with electric lights and city water and one other shop in town priced at 700 dollars, address C T Vertrees, Alma Neb. Also a vacant lot two blocks west of the square for sale. inquire of W PF Hill.
Gifford Pinchot told a New York Campfire Club audience that forest rangers in the U S Bureau of Forestry must supply scouts for a potential future war. He warned timber and coal stocks are limited and urged preservation to sustain national defense.
A Columbia University student, Donald H. Miller, claims to have invented a translating machine resembling an adding device. By pressing keys with Chinese characters, it prints all possible meanings. He foresees it simplifying Chinese to ABCs, aiding commerce and diplomacy, with a published dictionary.
Signorina Fatima Miris, a 24 year old actress, will soon perform in London after widely acclaimed runs in Bologna. She alone plays 16 principal parts in The Geisha, changing costumes 175 times, with a three hour show and runs of under ten seconds offstage. Critics compare her to Siddons and Fregoli for a versatile soprano to baritone range. Property notice and farming ads follow: a 120 acre farm in Center township with improvements, plus a Glenwood city house and lot, listed as A. B. Clarkson estate. inquiries via N. S. Genung, Glenwood. Also calls for tomato contracts from Farmers and Truck Growers, with New Glenwood Canning Co. Manager S. L. Sawyer offering contracts and crates.
Notice is given that at 2 oclock p m on the lth day of April 1908 at the Court House in Glenwood Iowa the administratrix of the estate of W M Henton deceased will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate or one half thereof as necessary to pay debts The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25 township 72 range 44 Mills County Iowa Stella V Henton Administratrix By Gilliland Logan Her Attorneys
A. J. Howe of Glenwood asserts there is no case of cough or cold leading to pneumonia after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad warns to refuse imitators and to buy the genuine product in a yellow package, claiming it stops coughs and breaks up colds quickly and contains no opiates.
Downtown Chicago hotel Grace on Jackson Boulevard near Clark streets opposite the post office offers renovated rooms with hot and cold water and telephones. Convenient to wholesale and retail stores and theaters. Rates begin at $1.00. Proprietor Dc C Collins urges Mills County visitors to try it.
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