Institute Notes on June Institute and Examinations
Supt Moore outlines the teachers normal institute at Glenwood from June 17 to 25 followed by the regular examination on June 26 to 28. An extra week of review in common branches may be granted on request by twenty teachers. Notices advise early contact if starting June 10 for the review week. Includes renewal rules for two year and second grade certificates dating before October 1, 1905 and demands thesis and recommendations. Numerous local teaching postings and upcoming last eighth grade exams set for May 14–16.
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Supt. Moore
Teachers Normal Institute
Glenwood
Young Men Arrested for Riding Trains at Pacific Junction
Sheriff Linville arrested two young men for riding blind baggage on trains. They appeared before Justice Day in Glenwood. Starry Russell of Pacific Junction received ten days in jail for bumping to Council Bluffs in a second offense. Floyd Collins, 18, from Des Moines, was jailed for three days.
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Linville
Pacific Junction
Justice Day
Glenwood
Starry Russell
Council Bluffs
Floyd Collins
Des Moines
Resigns Head of Schools Moves to Hastings Bureau Work
Prof. J. B. Reed longtime leader of Hillsdale Silver City and Emerson schools resigns from his post to take up regular work for a lyceum bureau. He has moved to Hastings Nebraska, his old home, and will establish headquarters there.
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J. B. Reed
Hillsdale
Silver City
Emerson
Lenox
Lyceum
Hastings
Neb
Should Add Another Jogger For Tabor Beacon Readers
The Tabor Beacon continues to urge readers to note dates of late snow storms. It recalls a previous memory jogger noting snow on April 24 and adds new entries: 12 inches of snow on April 28.
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Tabor Beacon
The
Beacon
Glenwood High Field Day and End of Term Events
Glenwood high school schedules a field day at Williams grove north next Friday. Winners advance to the Tabor meet Saturday of the following week. The senior class hosts a Friday night play The Sweet Girl Graduate at the opera house with music by the institution orchestra. May 19 sermon at the Methodist church and May 23 commencement at the opera house.
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Williams Grove
Glenwood
Tabor
Supt
Mrs. Bryan
Opera House
Orlchestra
J. QO. Staples
The
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
County Board Ends Two Day Session in Glenwood
The County Board finished a two day session in Glenwood with little notable business. Officials reviewed the new Kep Creek ditch near Glenwood and discussed settling with contractors Seth Dean and A. Vanderpool. The board will adjourn until the next regular meeting on Monday, June 3.
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Glenwood
Kep Creek
Seth Dean
A. Vanderpool
DOINGS OF THE DEATH ANGEL
Mrs. J. D. McClure wife of Wider J. McClure a former Glenwood Christian Church pastor and well known in Glenwood and at Tabor died April 23 in Bakersfield California at age 66. Her remains were brought to Albany Missouri for burial after a period of illness and decline following trips to Yuma Arizona and California seeking relief from heat and illness.
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J. D. McClure
Wider J
McClure
Glenwood
California
Silver City Women Win Ground for Park Plan
The Social Improvement club of Silver City has secured permission from the Wabash railway to use the strip west of the tracks from Main street crossing to the water tank for a new park. Ground preparation is set to begin soon. The group is praised as hustlers.
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Social Improvement Club
Silver City
Wabash Railway Company
Fire destroys Emerson chicken house and loss
A fire tore through a chicken house on the DL rll property in Emerson. About two dozen purebred Hult Cochin chickens, a brooder, and the yard fence were burned. Total loss estimated at around $1,000 with no insurance. Mrs. Lill was alone when discovered. neighbors aided as wind worsened spread risk. County fire crews battled the flames to prevent further damage.
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Emerson
Has Gentle Spring Arrived in Mills County
Mills county enjoys bright sun and warmth with frost and snow past, as forecasts promise further warmth. Historical notes compare extraordinary snow events, record cold in 1907, and fruit harvest averages from Des Moines horticultural records, citing Andrew Schappel’s 48 year weather log.
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Mills County
Queen Mills
Tribune
Iowa
Mercury
Carroll
Iowa Falls
H. H. McCartney
Pacific Junction
Albia
Mills
Thetmeimeter
Wesley Green
Horticultural Department
Des Moines
Wooten Nets 77 Wolf Cubs in One Week Bounty
The Sidney Sun reports M. C. Wooten captured seventy seven wolf cubs and one old wolf in a week long hunt. The catch includes cubs litters trapped east of Temburg and near the Mann neighborhood by the Bliss. The bounty totals 49 dollars.
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Sidney Sun
M. C. Wooten
Temburg
Balanes
Mann
Bliss
Young Man Held for Bigamy in Glenwood
Earl W. Himstedt, about 28, jailed in Glenwood on bigamy charges. Arrested in Council Bluffs and brought in by Sheriff Linville, he waived preliminary hearing and is bound over to the September grand jury in $1000 bonds. The October 22 1905 Glenwood marriage to Maude Moore in East St. Louis prompted accusations after a second wife surfaced with a baby, alleging a prior Atlantic marriage and no divorce. The couple mainly resided in Omaha. Himstedt’s family links include a Pullman conductor father and a brother in Council Bluffs.
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Earl W. Himstedt
Genwood
Tie
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Linville
Justice F. G. Day
Justice Day
Himstedt
Miss Johnson
Atlantic
Wife No
Omaha
Pullman
C. Moore
Orvis
Conneil
Ian McClaren Author Dies in Iowa Lecture Trip
Ian McClaren author of Beside the Bonny Briar Bush dies in Mt. Pleasant Iowa from blood poisoning. He had traveled to lecture two weeks earlier and became ill. His real name was John Watson, a well known English preacher former pastor of a Liverpool church for 27 years.
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Jan McClaren
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
John Watson
England
Liverpool
Clothing merchant buys Glenwood home on Chestnut Street
Chas Kraft, owner of Kraft Bros clothing, has purchased the E G Millard residence at Chestnut Street Glenwood for 5250 with immediate possession. Kraft moves from Plattsmouth with his family and joins Glenwood social circles, boosting local business as Kraft Bros expands affecting Hawkeye store sale to Hanson boys.
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Chas. Kraft
E.G. Millard
Chestnut Street
Glenwood
Kraft
Plattsmouth
Kraft Bros. Clothing Company
Hawkeye
Hanson Boys
New Sunday School Organized in White Cloud
Rev. CG Bentley, new Sunday school missionary for Mills and Ire mont counties, organized a Sunday school at White Cloud. Officers elected: Superintendent Mr Ruth, assistant superintendent P Williams, secretary and treasurer Harry Piburn, and chorister Miss Moore. Meetings set for Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock.
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CG. V. Bentley
Mills
Iremont Counties
White Cloud
Mr. Ruth
P. Williams
Harry Piburn
Miss Moore
Romantic Marriages Back in Indiana and Nearby
A dairyman, Jeff A. Ruby, returns from Indiana with a wife, reuniting with Mrs. Mary Stinson after years apart and two prior marriages, leading to a quiet romance and a happy ending. Meanwhile Silver City newlyweds Alva Mason and Miss Myrtle Anderson marry in Omaha. Arthur G. Cole and Carrie O'Donnell wed in Sutherland Neb, etc.
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Jeff A. Buby
Glenwood Institution
Indiana
Mr. Ruby
Mary Stinson
Alva Mason
Myrtle Anderson
Silver City
Omaha
Hattie Anderson
J. L. Smith
the Tribune
Arthur Cole
B. Cole
Emerson
Sutherland
Neb
Arthur G. Cole
Carrie O'Donnell
L. J. Powell
Frank O'Donnell
S O'Clock
Native lumber boom near Tabor showcases veteran sawyer
B and Mumper, an experienced millman, has logged nearly 500000 feet in two seasons. He cut 116000 for A J Munsinger northwest of Tabor, plus 27000 for others, moved to Osborne timber adding 100000, and extra logs from neighbors. This year he camped on Waubonsie five miles west, adding another 100000 feet before shutting due to log scarcity. His mill near Mrs Brewers timber has yielded thousands more feet. Wages are good though shortages plague workers.
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Tabor
B. &. Mumper
The
Beacon
A. J. Munsinger
Osborne
Mumper
Waubonsie
Glenwoord Citizens Plan Park on City Right of Way
Enterprising residents led by J. L. Waterman Wil McCoy Frank Bromley and Phos Clune received city council consent to reclaim about two acres of Burlington right of way opposite Waterman and McCoy properties on South Chestnut street. The triangle plot will be made a small park with plowing sowing of white clover and planting of one hundred trees, a promising improvement.
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Glenwoord
J. L. Waterman
Wil McCoy
Frank Bromley
Phos. Clune
City Beautiful
Burlington
Waterman
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Warsaw
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York
Mabel Walter
Thetal
Mineola
Anderson
Ing Robbins
Eureka
Ada Kearney
Pleasant Grove
Mila Moore
Gowen No. 8
G. F. Ostrander
Glenwood High School
Mrs. J D. McClure
Andrew Schappel
Sam
Ian McClaren
Millard
New Sunday School
Mason Anderson
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