06 May 1918
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
1
Glenwood residents are active with Meese Morgan becoming clerk at D G Jamison Co. store while others visit Shenandoah Council Bluffs Plattsmouth Hamburg and Des Moines for business and family matters. Neighbors attend court travel to Red Oak enroll in naval service and plan community events.
A medical note reports pleurisy care with an adjustment to the third dorsal vertebra and the patient soon recovered. The brief indicates a positive outcome after this specific spinal manipulation.
A mix of social mentions, travel notes, new store clerks, meetings by Frank Stroud Omaha mission worker, and hospital update for Mrs Jamison. Classifieds include dining room position, lost auto chain, seed corn for sale, rooms for light housekeeping, plow, wind mill, furmishes house wanted, cabbage plants, hog feeders, and salesmen wanted notices from Glenwood Iowa with multiple local names and phone numbers.
Omaha residents Mrs. James Buckingham and Mr. J. L. Buckingham visited with Laverne and Harold Alexander from Emerson. The Snuffins and C. C. Snuffin hosted guests with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wolfe and D. M. Kline families. George Davies, a pioneer, is in critical condition as family gathers at his bedside. A. C. Gourly becomes deputy treasurer replacing B. N. Maxwell who heads to Omaha for Army service. Buick trip to Ft Omaha marks initiation of C. R. Shields and daughters with the Blisses and others. Ki R. Smith resigns Glenwood State Bank post to join Fort Logan quartermaster unit after enlisting in Omaha.
At about two this morning Herschel Powles, son of Mr and Mrs W L Powles of Lyons township, fell ill. Their hired man Matt Wertz drove the Powles Ford toward a doctor after failed attempts to phone Glenwood. Near the Al Miller home the car struck a cement culvert, overturned, bruising Wertz and injuring Herschel. Wertz fainted from loss of blood and was taken to the Powles home. Damages to the car run close to $100.
Dr James Vincent a Shenandoah veterinarian died suddenly at his home on April 19 from apoplexy after planning to move to Oregon with his wife. Born August 15 1855 in Ohio, he lived in Tabor Iowa before settling in Shenandoah and building a large practice. Survived by wife Sadie Ives and five children, his funeral was held Friday at Tabor cemetery with local and family attendees.
Los Angeles reports the death of G R Thompson aged 76 on April 28 at his LA home. A former Glenwood resident, he once owned a western farm and helped lay out part of the city now called Thompson's Addition. Survived by Mrs Thompson Sage Record and Mrs P M Bkelvar of Glenwood.
Mrs Charles Barnett nee Jennie Troth died this morning at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Troth in Pacific Junction after a three day illness from pneumonia. She leaves two sons and a daughter living in Los Angeles and a husband employed in Des Moines. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
A set of local nuptials unfolds with George W Brower Jr of Glenwood marrying Athia May Perry of Plattsmouth on May 1 at the bride’s mother’s home in Plattsmouth. R W Young of Omaha and Lulu Chase of Glenwood wed in St Joseph on May 1 and plan farm life near Glenwood. White V Bogle and Freda Komriska wed in Omaha April 30 and will reside at 2220 South 6th Street.
The United Doctors, a network of licensed physicians, treat diseases of blood skin and internal organs without surgery or injections. With 35 years of experience they travel to communities diagnosing and prescribing home care, offering free initial consultation. Married women must come with husband.
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