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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
2
Assessor George Brower presents an extensive showing for Oak township indicating prosperous conditions among its taxpayers in Mills County. The report highlights assessed values and financial stability within the locality.
President Roosevelt and party detoured north from Fremont to Missouri Valley to dodge an Omaha sheriff seeking to serve a summons on William Loeb. Loeb faces charges tied to a plot to suppress Mae Wood’s book about a U.S. senator. Roosevelt received a warm welcome at a Chicago Democratic club banquet. Tornadoes and a deadly Snyder Oklahoma storm leave 400 dead. hail devastates Red Oak fruit prospects.
Henry Husen is sick with rheumatism and Mrs A Seitz visited Council Bluffs on business. Miss Blanch Bryan stays with Mrs Robert Boyce this spring. Mrs Henry Timmermann has pleurisy with Dr Plimpton attending. Jonn Wallace and daughter Blanch visited Nebraska last week. Frank Newman and family farm for Mrs Almon Brower of West Liberty. Sunday School at the Friends church will not have Children’s Day on the 24th due to the minister’s absence. Baptists met in the schoolhouse last weekend. Rev Keen gave a fine sermon. Rev Hildreth’s sister died in eastern Iowa. his father is very ill. Lewis Storer canvassed for Tribune and Mills county atlas at two dollars. Mr and Mrs Eugene Coleman and son Sherman attended the 73rd birthday of Mr Hardy of Hillsdale on May 10. He has been ill for over a year. Birthday wishes for many more.
Wesley Young and sister Mina visited Hastings from Omaha on Thursday. Dr Whiteall attended events in Council Bluffs on Thursday. George Mason of Creston stopped by last week. Mrs Caufet is visiting at her brother Wi Crawford’s home.
An observational vignette follows Elizabeth Ware as she wanders a sunlit garden contemplating aging, friendship, and the pressure of marriage among women. A chance encounter with Fergus Blynn rekindles memory and questions, highlighting themes of youth, choice, and social expectations.
A pair from an old circle meet by chance and reflect on youth and marriage. Brynn toggles between nostalgia and a new, urgent aim to see Milvabeth, while Elizabeth, sharp and witty, quips about spinster roles and aging norms. The scene blends reminiscence with a push toward a clarified relationship, amid light banter and evolving intent.
A procedural fudge guide describes melting two squares of unsweetened chocolate with two and a half cups light brown sugar and milk, plus butter. Cook vigorously five minutes, then stir until smooth. Cool until firm, add vanilla, press to three quarters of an inch on a buttered plate, and set.
A historical note recalls Boston’s famously winding streets. Anecdotes recount strangers clinging to coat tails, a French traveler’s charm, and the Marquis of Chatelot remarking on Boston’s labyrinthine layout as a sign of liberty.
A humorous anecdote from Farmington Maine features Rev John Allen known as Camp Meeting John as he meets Sheriff Luther Curtis and quips about honesty and wit. The report then shifts to a soda water remedy for abnormal hunger linked to disease, claiming carbonic acid water calms solar plexus irritation to ease ravenous hunger in diabetes and indigestion.
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