Byers Rally at Malvern
The Malvern Leader reports Attorney General Byers will speak at the Malvern opera house on Thursday night May 12 in what is described as an insurgent rally. The Republican county ticket for the primary includes E. W. Bushnell sheriff, W. M. Moore superintendent, Dr. RB A. Moore coroner, with H. 8. Fleming named Mills County campaign chairman. Headquarters are at 101 Pearl street Council Bluffs. General Byers plans a vigorous fight against Smith for the June congressional primary. C. BR. Brothers seeks the Democratic County Clerk nomination, backed by petition drives. he has served as deputy to Clerk Davis.
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Malvern
Byers
Malvern Opera House
Byers and Smith
Queen Mills
E. W. Bushnell
W. M. Moore
Pacific Junction
Dr. RB
A. Moore
Silver City
H. 8
Fleming
Mills County
Pearl Street
Council Bluffs
General Byers
Smith
C. BR. Brothers
Brothers
Davis
Mr. Brothers
Mothers Day Observance urged by Rev Graves at Glenwood
Rev W N Graves at Glenwood Methodist urges worldwide Mothers Day observance. He notes proclamations by state governors and church support. He suggests wearing a carnation, writing to a living mother, and honoring mothers as the Queen of May.
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W. N. Graves
Glenwood Methodist
Anna Jaris
Philadelphia
Well Digger Survives Bucket Fall At Farm Near Balfour
Stede Cross, a Hillsdale well digger, was injured when a 200 pound bucket of water and mud fell forty feet from a 67 foot well at the R. R. Buffington farm near Balfour. He suffered an arm fracture and other injuries. Doctors Plimpton and Agan from Glenwood treated him on site.
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Stede Cross
Hillsdale
State Institutions Population and Cost Rise in Iowa
A quarterly report from the Iowa board of control shows a 24 percent rise in average population across state institutions and a 14 percent increase in total support costs. The quarter ended April 1 records the average population for the institutions.
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Iowa
Board of Control
Iowa State Institutions Rise in Costs in 1910 Quarter
The Iowa state institutions show higher expenses in the first quarter of 1910, with Glenwood costing taxpayers 54152 and an average per inmate cost of 50 cents per day. Some facilities ranged from 44 cents at Clarinda to 9d at Vinton college for the blind, while overall costs rose from 1909 figures.
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Iowa
Glenwood
Clarinda
Vinton College For the
Glenwood juniors host formal banquet for seniors
The Glenwood high school annual banquet for juniors to seniors was held at George W. Jones home at 6 30 pm. Decorations featured school colors in each room. To posts included toasts by Bertha Rathke and performances by Ethel Burton and Mabelle Gibbs with remarks by Supt. Morgan. Attendees included faculty, juniors and seniors listed.
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Glenwood
George W. Jones
Bertha Rathke
Ethel Burton
Mabelle Gibbs
Wayne Bogart
Nelle Stillwagon
Roy Zimmar
Rats and Bonnets
Percy Rist
Fred Dean
Edith Evernham
Morgan
Mina van Cleve
Grace Roper
Mayme Forman
Medora Dickerson
Faye Chamberlin
Ruth Jones
Roy Zimmer
Gertrude Ostrander
Gertrude Reasoner
Hamman Caley
Noah Johnson
Ernest Schade
Hazel Hunt
Glen Mintle
Alda Burton
Grace Guilland
John Fitegibbons
Maybelle Gibbs
Fred Dull
Capitola Pace
Una Gourley
Wendell Chambers
Lela Miller
Mthel Kelley
Ranchman Winkler visits Glenwood during Nebraska trip
A. H. Winkler, rancher from Brule Nebraska, arrived in Glenwood on Wednesday and will stay until Saturday before returning to his 2470 acre farm. He reports heavy spring rains in western Nebraska and a recent three inch snowfall. He is breaking 1000 acres this year using a 30 horsepower steam plow that pulls a 12 foot swath, followed by seed drill and harrow. He has 300 acres of wheat sown and plans 100 more acres of alfalfa along with broom corn and other crops.
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A. I. Winkler
Glenwood
Brule
Neb
Nebraska
Mr. Winker
Winkler
Malvern Council Votes to Remove Hitching Posts
Malvern city council orders hitching posts removed for one block on the main street. Merchant Fred Mulholland contests via Genung & Genung seeking a temporary injunction to halt removals. Hearing before Judge Wheeler in Council Bluffs Saturday morning. Mulholland to poll local farmers on the issue.
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Malvern
Fred Mulholland
Genung & Genung
Wheeler
Council Bluffs
Mulholland
Abstract price sale for May and June at County Abstract
Abstracts offered at reduced prices on all complete abstracts issued in May and June. County Abstract Company advertises a large discount of 334 percent off regular prices and claims to provide the county’s only dedicated abstract books for accurate records.
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Es County Abstract, Company
Engineer Renner Dies After Locomotive Accident
William E. Renner of Plattsmouth, a Burlington engineer on the Ashland cut off run to Sioux City, died at Immanuel hospital Omaha from injuries after being crushed beneath his engine when cars rolled into it at the Pacific Junction yard. He was 32, survived by a wife and several children, and had lived in Plattsmouth 15 years.
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William E. Renner
Burlington
Plattsmouth
Pacific Junction
Immanuel Hospital
Omaha
Renner
Sioux City
Ashland
Consid
Ile
Carl Herger
Plattssmouth
Father and Child Buried in Same Glenwood Service
Double funeral held Thursday in Glenwood for Herbert Benton age 25 and his infant son Lester Leverne. Benton died Tuesday and child followed at 2 pm, both in one casket per the father's dying request. Rev. R. W. Burton officiated, Benton a Michigan native and Modern Woodmen member. Survived by wife Maude Meyers Benton, mother Mrs. Wm Wood, and brothers Charles and Howard.
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Glenwood
Herbert Benton
Lester Leverne
Roth
Benton
R. W. Burton
Congregational Church
Maude Meyers
Glenwood Court House
Mr. Benton
Charles
Howard Benton
Michigan
Woodmen Lodge
Woodman Lodge
A Fine Rain Promises Crop Help in Mills County
Mills County residents praise yesterday and todays rain as a welcome relief after two months of drought. The shower totals range from a quarter inch on Monday to over an inch yesterday and today, soaking plowed ground and benefiting pastures gardens and fruit. Fruit experts say strawberries will recover and late blooming varieties may yield for family use, but the apple crop is considered finished for the year.
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Eiverybody
Mills County
Halley Comet Visible Soon In Morning Sky Observation
Halley's comet is within the unaided eye range and visible around 3 am, about ten degrees north of Venus. The report notes the comet ten million miles from Earth and six million from Venus, with the tail pointing southwest. Government observers plan experiments using balloons to study atmospheric effects around May 17 to 19, and best viewing windows are May 10 to 16 in the morning sky.
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Halley
Venus
Eorth
Omaha
Fruit crop outlook in Iowa may reach one third to half normal
In Queen Mills and across Iowa warm days failed to revive buds after a severe freeze. Wesley Green of the State Horticultural Society reports May prospects improving though still very low. Estimated May 1 harvest: apples 8 percent, pears under 1, plums under 1, peaches and plums 1, cherries 6, grapes 20, red raspberries 10, black raspberries 1, currants 5, gooseberries 4, strawberries 38 percent.
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Queen Mills
Wesley Green
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
Democratic tariff plan urged for equal burdens nationwide
Senator Bailey of Texas advocates a universal ad valorem tariff applying the same rate to all imports, denying favors to any industry or region and stressing duty to the public treasury. He praises a return to non discrimination in policy and hopes for broader support from Democratic leaders.
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Democratic Party
United States
Bailey
Texas
Stor
Ntailey
Veteran Railroader Uncle John Searles Honored in Sidney
A Sidney resident returns home after years in Brooklyn to honor Uncle John Searles a veteran railroader long associated with Southwest Iowa. He served 37 years with Burlington as a passenger conductor, worked 23 years on the Sidney to Carson branch, began in 1864 as a brakeman Burlington to Ottumwa, and recalls wartime train assignments and early railroading dangers before retiring about eight years ago.
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John Searles
Sidney
Brooklyn
Iowa
John
Burlington
Carson
Ottumwa
Plattsmouth
Jonh
Omaha couple issued marriage license in Silver City area
A marriage license was issued on Wednesday at Omaha to Mrs. Mattle E. Gregory aged 43 of Silver City and Fred Mauk aged 32 of Denver. Mrs. Gregory formerly resided at Tabor. The funeral of Mrs. John Morris was announced to take place in Glenwood on Saturday morning.
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Omaha
Mattle E. Gregory
Silver City
Fred Mauk
Denver
Gregory
Tabor
John Morris
Glenwood
Oil pots save apples in Iowa freeze test
W. Mincer of Hamburg proves oil pots protect orchards from cold. Keeline of Council Bluffs confirms results and plans to equip his own orchards. The experiment shows improved fruit survival beyond windward rows, with a buried tank and piping system enabling rapid oil delivery to pots.
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W. Mincer
Hamburg
Iowa
Keeline
Council Bluffs
Mr. Keeline
Mincer
Keeling
Fire erupts at A F Hunger restaurant in Glenwood
Night Watch McMillen spotted a flare from the restaurant across Bower Bros corner around 8 am Thursday. A lamp exploded in the rear kitchen refriger ator, sparking flames that Mrs Hunger and her daughter Lydia awoke to. They extinguished the fire before it spread. damage about 25 and insured.
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Glenwood
A. F. Hunger
McMillen
Bower Bros
Fountain Pen Free Offer to Limited Readers
An unclear ad promises a free fountain pen to a limited number of “responsible” readers, claiming the item is absolutely free and fully guaranteed for a short time. The wording is convoluted and difficult to parse.
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A. H. Winkler
Hitch
Hitchracks
Mauk
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