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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
2
May 17 to May 25 bring crowded social events in Pacific Junction with a five-student class four boys and one girl. Class day on May 23 and graduating exercises at the Methodist church on May 24 lead to the first annual high school alumni banquet on May 25.
A fragmentary Silver City note describes a Monday business transaction involving a guest and a pawn of assets. The text mentions the SPhCHYaBES and an installation by Lew, with unclear details but suggests a formal deal and local dealings.
West Oak community notes many visits and gatherings as Otis White is laid to rest. Friends and relatives from Glenwood Malvern Burr Oak and Pony Creek attend the funeral at the Friends church with Elder Joe Stille offering comfort. The service features a full choir and a wreath from the West Oak Ladies Society.
Town news covers births, visits, illnesses, and social happenings. Henderson born to Wilburn Stout May 10. Mrs MH Noe visiting. Miss Agnes Quiver of Macedonia in town. examination week reported at high school. Harover returns from Burlington Function springs. emersion services led by Rev G H Crufts. Paul Edmundson back to school after illness. Mrs ME Harbor and daughter to Colorado. baccalaureate sermon at Emerson. Harry C Graham visiting parents. Joe Edmundson's wife back from Woodbine. Mrs Owens returns from Dutchots. Andy Kiger to move residence. Perks of Oakland and Macedonia guests with Graham family. Frank Cell transacts business with Hicks Carter. Gen HW Crafts to deliver rally at Christian fund. more local names and family movements noted.
Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors met with S Bogart chairs and members A J Chantry F Ef Pimmer. Bills approved cover pelts, gopher bounty, auditor staff, roads, printing, and county services. Deputy clerk Walter S Brown confirmed bond and salary set at 50 monthly. The Key Creek Ditch tax noted.
The notice reports reductions in assessments for multiple parcels in Glenwood City. A portion of Lot 10 is cut from 2250 to 550 to correct a classification error. Lots 3, 4, and part of Lot 1 in Block 70 are reduced from 40 percent to 30 percent. The Board adjourned. Attest, Tagan, Auditor, Chairman, and Bouarr, Secretary.
Real estate transfers show HG Hamimond to OJ Hammond for lots 7 and 8 block 92 Glenwood and J% Thompson to G F Brlling ton for 100 acres in section 24 Platteville. W C Vinton to S F Vinton includes land in section 3 Platteville. Durbin to A H Winkler covers lots 112 to TK Hastings. W A Towslee to C B Carey for lot and south side of business block Glenwood. DeLashmutt to WE Scott for lots 1 2 8 block 3 Pac Junct.
M L Hackett and wife returned from Colorado. Mrs William Van Scoy traveled to Omaha for a surgical operation. George Lybarger and Miss Cora Dawson, formerly of Tibor, near Pierre Dakota, reportedly wed last week and plan to stay nearby as the bride holds a homestead claim.
A collection of paragraphs notes a British fleet remark, a Sicily to Palestine voyage by Anthony J. Drexel and companions, and London bar hours prompting earlier Commons sittings. It cites Bishop Angouard on missionaries in Rondjos, five thousand defenders of Port Arthur refusing compensation, and announces a forthcoming biography of Rashi by the Jewish Publication Society. The page also advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with price and a medical query.
Journal excerpt recounts Gail Shipman’s trek through Lafayette Square and Knob Hill after the Frisco earthquake. She details ruined mansions, displaced art, shattered storefronts, and the perilous city streets as guards guard ruins and survivors gather remnants amid a burning landscape. She notes nervous nights, hopeful plans to tell more stories, and signs of civic resilience despite devastation.
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