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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
4
C E Dalton announces candidacy for the Democratic sheriff nomination at the June primary. He did not file nomination papers in time to appear on the ballot, so supporters must write his name in the blank write-in line.
Work starts on the Iowa Telephone Company exchange at Glenwood with outside lines removed and relinked from the rear. About 180 new telephones are expected, service will be disrupted during remodeling, and a new number based dialing system will replace name calling with an information department to provide numbers.
Neighbors and friends surprised Mrs. Harry Logan of Glenwood on her fifty ninth birthday Thursday evening. Guests attended with self-provided refreshments and entertained with social chats and light amusements. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Birely, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bellatti, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vinton, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Plimpton, Miss Bessie Dill, Mrs. Trout, and Miss Miva Trout.
Fire destroying the home of Al Butterfield who moved to Greenwood Nebraska March 1 from here, started by a defective flue at 730 AM Thursday, destroying furniture and clothing. The family is staying with a sister until a new house is built. News came via letter to Fred Butterfield and family. For sale a few tons of prairie hay. Carl Lincoln, Macife Junction, Iowa.
Senior class play participants at Glenwood High School are listed along with graduates from Pacific Junction Emerson and Glenwood. Numerous marriages occur in Glenwood and surrounding towns. Weather swings from 34 to 81 degrees with frost and snow forecast. Notable events include a cyclone near Glenwood and a Wolf trap capture, with regional notices from the Tribune files.
In Lawrence Kansas Justice J D Wilson court upheld Miss Ruth Scott principal of Pinckney school as justified in whipping Gad Curbey a 15 year old sixth grade boy twice after he bullied smaller students on December 15. The ruling supports school discipline by a female teacher in a public school setting.
Miss Scott, a strong figure, chastises Curbey with a cherry switch after he taunts her and his classmates. Curbey vows to prove himself a bully again, while other boys who mocked him also receive licks. He later warns his parents to read Tri Line ads for bargains.
The Tribune RR presents a timetable listing a 4:00 pm and 7:40 pm schedule, with subscriptions offered at the Tribune office. The note references Scientific American and a model of the Panama Canal as part of an advertisement.
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