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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
1
Glenwood residents discuss town affairs and host visitors as a busy period of social and civic activity unfolds. Reports cover new hires, school and church plans, local business changes, travel, and public notices mixed with personal updates across the community.
Barry Goetzman of the Sherfey barber shop travels by No 5 to Beaver Iowa for a brief visit with his parents then proceeds to Rockwell City to marry. After a two week stay the couple will reside in Glenwood in the cottage north of J C Millers prepared for occupancy.
An aid offer states 2800 dollars in private money is available for loan on a farm or Glenwood City. Address mailbox 543 in Iowa. Also advertising a house for rent near the third ward school and a tea rate of 35 cents an hour. Vagderpaal referenced.
An egg throwing episode at Randolph injured Tabor college students returning from a drama performance. The account mentions Packard and the Glenwood Chautauqua with Williams Jubilee Singers slated to appear. A Glenwood Library Board meeting failed to choose bids for a new building, adjourned without decision, with builders Hall Dean Myers Meyer as bidders.
The Glenwood Board of Health plans a city tour to inspect cellars passageways and back alleys seeking to assess cleanliness and issue orders if needed. Members hope no orders are necessary and urge residents to respond to the call that it is as easy to be neat as to be nasty and more respectable.
The Glenwood Woman's Club presents a Monday program on May 21 featuring solo recitals from L A Bower and Mrs W H K Bruce, readings from Macbeth by Miss Carroll White, a quartet by the McClure and Rhoads party with Harry Hamilton, and solos by Scott McClure and Miss Louise Woodruil. Visitors pay 15 cents to aid the Public Library running expenses.
Tabor High School held a Saturday field meet as a precursor to the interhigh, set for May 26 in Tabor. Winners in each event will represent Tabor. Glenwood, Damburg, Shenandoah, and Sidney also send representatives. Notable results include Adamson and Reeves sharing sprint honors, Wachob leading in field events, and multiple strong showings across running, jumping, and throwing.
Before choosing a breeding horse, decide which yields the best profits. King Mills advertises good bred driving horses priced around 150 to 100 dollars, with recent sales of 400 for two half brothers and a refused offer of 300. Stand at J. W. Miller barn for season fees to insure foal, or insurance in foul, with contact advised. Also promoting Jack Moute progeny at Bulden farm Lyons and other sired males in the area.
Glenwood High School will hold graduation exercises Thursday night with a class of 18, 14 girls and 4 boys. The class sermon will be by Rev. G. M. Ward at the Methodist church next Sunday. The program includes poetry, essays on the Red Cross and Child Labor, orations on expansion and education, declamations, and the presentation of diplomas by Supt. L. H. Maus. Tickets go on sale Monday at the opera house for 25 cents.
L C Bryan of Rockwell City was elected superintendent of Glenwood schools, the last of 40 applicants. A state directory error misrouted his letter to Mr Woodrow causing delays, with many applications delayed by the same mix up.
Classified notices from Glenwood Iowa offer private money for loans at low rates and requests for 25 thousand bushels of corn. Also listings for rental rooms, a stallion standing near Byers farm, and egg hatchery offerings including Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Wyandottes with prices and contact names. Includes telephone contacts and local business names like Bower Bros.
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