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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
1
Glenwood briefs record routine visits and gatherings including Nebraska Indians versus Glenwood at 3:30, visits by Mrs. C. B. Tisher and family, J. D. Tronmonger in St. Louis for summer goods, and several in-town social events. Minor business and real estate notes detail bankrupts, property moves, and evolving homes, with church groups and clubs hosting meetings and social drives amid continued rain.
A long list of local ads and notices from Glenwood Iowa includes strawberry plants corn planter and disc for sale, eating and seed potatoes, hail insurance pricing, lost gold bracelet and lost check book, stock sales ad Kre-Sal Co, fence posts, hens and eggs for sale, dry cleaning, subscription solicitations, a farm for sale under court order, and a Mills County farming essay contest with a free trip offer for boys. Numerous local names and phone numbers appear.
Friday before noon August Hanjin, employed by Wag on the Rush Kammerer tattih one mile northeast of Solomon in Daer Creek township, was killed instantly by a bolt of lightning. He had unhitched four hounds and started toward the houses when the strike occurred. His body lay piled atop the four horses he was working with. He leaves a family.
M Estes of Glenwood arranged two property deals last week. He swapped his former residence on North Linn street for a west Glenwood lot north of First street, then traded that for eighty acres from the old Hugh Kenney farm northwest of Pacle Junction. C W Downing, new Kenney farm owner from Furnas County Nebraska, may move to Glenwood leaving the farm to his son J E Downing. Lou Dawson of Tabor owns the first property but his plans are unknown. Edward Budgley of Chicago visited the Institution with Engr Davidson. The Queen Esthers class meets tonight with Mrs Jess Morgan. Sherman Henry Hill Jr is six today and hosted a birthday gathering for several children. A Graceful anecdote about Mark Twain recalls a boy with a burned hand after placing it on a red hot stove.
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