Glenwood News Highlights Local Travel and Social Notes
The Glenwood city column reports a busy week with 171 bar docket cases in the printer, residents adding a sleeping porch, a large cement cave project, and visits by locals from Council Bluffs and nearby towns. It notes church society meetings, a Wabash damages claim, Adv Jell desserts lecture, numerous family visits, travel to Omaha and Platte, a Saturday barn dance, a Hittle funeral attendance, and a transient disoriented man found on Locust Street.
Garage Fire Destroys Velie Auto Near Glenwood
A garage on the Reeder Hubbell place near Glenwood burned Sunday night destroying a Velie 40 horsepower car owned by Clarence Strop. Strop had just retrieved the vehicle from Counsell Bluffs where repairs were completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder Hubbell Place
Glenwood
Clarence Strop
Stror
Counsell Bluffs
Remaining Glenwood post office letters for week ending April 24 1915
List of uncalled items includes Joe McClary Miss Lily Needham Hobart Lewis B. V. Clevin Frank Hool W. S. Kelly Frank James. These names appear as uncalled mail awaiting pickup at the Glenwood post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Joe McClary
Lily Needham
Hobart
Lewis
B. V. Clevin
Frank Hool
W. S. Kelly
Frank James
Glenwood classified ads parade farm goods and rentals
A dense set of advertisements across Glenwood listing seed corn and potato plants, fowl and livestock for sale, household items, rental rooms, ponies and farm equipment. Notes include contact names C J Deupree Alex Miller W F Hill Hester Maton Canavan and Mrs Cheney with locations Glenwood Malvern Pacific Junction Hastings Verona and North Dakota farm listings and Tribune subscription offer.
Sunday School Rally Day Held at Glenwood Baptist Church
The Mills County Sunday school rally at Glenwood Baptist Church drew a full house for both afternoon and evening sessions. L B Cunningham presided. Miss Black of Malvern spoke on the mission department. Mrs E Matthews of Emerson discussed temperance. A D French of Glenwood spoke on Sunday schools in Europe. W H Rockefeller addressed county standards. Rockafellow of Atlantic gave tips for good teachers. Watson of Council Bluffs spoke on caring for boys. Grace Kepler and C W Wheeler sang solos. Glenwood Baptist School Orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Baptist Church
Anderson
County Association
L. B. Cunningham
W. H. Rockefeller
Christian Church Quartet
Baptist Church Quartet
Mills County
Rockafellow
Atlantic
Watson
Council Bluffs
Grace Kepler
C. Wi. Wheeler
Glenwood Baptist Sunday School
Deaths in Malvern and Glenwood Obituaries
Mrs Eli Vickery of Malvern died April 28 1915 after years of suffering. The Milton Summers Post attended the funeral and pallbearers were John Suits C W Black Richard Hammond Robert Hammond Allen Smith and Andrew Jackson. Jane Norcross born May 10 1835 in Readsboro Vermont converted at eighteen joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She married Alonzo Crumb in North Adams MA and had three children Bert and Kitty survive, husband died 1893, remarried Hii Vickery in 1906. W H Hittle died May 1 1915 at his Glenwood home. Funeral Monday at 2:30 pmRev Wm Stevenson and Odd Fellows will conduct graveside rites. Guy Stone Glenwood A O U W member died April 21 in Indianapolis of pneumonia carrying a $2000 policy. formerly a Glenwood resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Vickery
Sir Vickery
Malvern
M. & Church
Frank Caldwell
John Suits
C. W. Black
Richard Hammond
Robert Hammond
Allen Smith
Andrew Jackson
Jane Norcross
Reedsborough
Vermont
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alonzo Crumb
North Adams
Mass
Bert
Menlo
Iowa
Kitty Larson
Page County
Red Oak
Hii Vickery
Massachusetts
Samuel
Chancellorsville
Vickery
W. H. Hittle
Glenwood
Wm. Stevenson
A Half-Cent Coin Proposal for the Poor
A New York Times letter suggests the United States mint a half cent to help the poor manage small expenses. The author argues it would save fractions on purchases like coffee and fruit, noting examples such as two apples or bananas for one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Times
Auto Crash Near Malvern Wrecks Overland. Nine Travel In Disturbance
An 11 p.m. Saturday collision near Malvern left a partially wrecked Overland and minor injuries to two passengers. Mr and Mrs Elmer Harmon and their son of Glenwood were visiting Elmer Patterson north of Malvern. Patterson's car struck a ditch on a Malvern street, bending an axle and damaging a fender while several occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Baldwin
Folsom
Tribune
Glenwood
Baldwin
Elmer Hubbell
Des Moines
G. V. Hubbell
Malvern
Elmer Harmon
Elmer Patterson
Patterson
Early Spring Pastures Surpass Yearly Averages
A harsh snowy winter delayed spring but floods receded quickly. Soil retained moisture and pasture sprang early. Crop news reports corn planting underway with many acres sprouting by May 1, about two weeks ahead of normal. Countywide optimism grows as pasture and corn progress.
Auto Fire Destroys Car Near Malvern
Otis Lewis of six miles northeast of Malvern started toward Silver City last Friday when his auto ignited from a gasoline leak. He fled the vehicle as flames consumed the gasoline and damaged only the front of the car. Lewis had owned the auto only a short time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Lewis
Malvern
Silver City
Lewis
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Ward Gunselley
Fourth and Locust Streets
Stant Warren
Henry Sage
Emerson Fridlay
Elmer Downs
George Downs
Archibald
Miss Nettie
W. A. Schade
Villisca
Conrad Schade
F. J. Plumb
Noah Hanks
James
Marshalltown
Cade Rogers
Womans Foreign Mission Society of the Baptist Church
Will Snuffin
Walter Brown
Mae McMahon
Wabash Railroad Company
Thomas McMahon
Strahan
White Cloud
Anna Cook
Walter Nichol
Omaha
J. L. Ross
J. T. Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
Peoria
Illinois
Sam. Estes
Rawles Township
Platte, S. Oak
L. W. Biffle
Belle ,Tipton
Miss Edith
T. A. Hougas
Henderson
Watt
Tip Padgett
N. &. Genung
A. S. Edwards
Womans Foreign Mission Society of the Methodist Church
John Colwell
Plumer Place
Messrs. E. A. Stevens
A. P. Reeve
L. Hettinger
Geo. Piati
W H. Hittle
Seth Dean
Sidney
County Board of
Fremont
James Magee
Jessie
Lincoln
Charles Cash
College View
Neb
Hattie Brown
Lincoln Public Schools
Miss Brown
Bacchus
Locust Street
Marshal Dalston
Casey Jones
Tlinois
Robinson Gorter Bemeler
B&w. Wath Bnopector
Reed
C. J. Deupree
Alex Miller
Commercial Hotel
Charles Goltry
W. F. Hill
H. Peters
F. B. L. Hester
Robinson
Frank Robbins
North Dakota
H. L. Lyon
W. H. Maton
Pacific Junction
Walling & McMahill
Cheney
Emerson
Towa
Marguerite Canavan
Yale Motor Cycle
Harry Boyle
James River
Sheyenne
LaMoure County
Northwest
State Bank
Verona
The
Guy Stone
Talianapolis
Mr. Stone
D.G. Jamison
Eceveeveseves Wu
Belgium
D. G. Jamison & Company
Brand” Mattresses
Ieee
ELAS
Jas. A. Swope
Square Brand
Davis & Anderson
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Rex
Fixed Cross Drug Co
W. F. Meyer
North
Midway Glenwood, Iowa
Trimmer
Chicago
F. M. Trimmer
Oakwood Blvd
Knoxville
Rexall Orderlies
Red Cross Drug Co
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