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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
5
Emerson plans a town wide Fourth of July celebration following a meeting at Myron Shipman’s office. Committees were appointed to organize events and report back. The town features a well regarded light city park in a southwestern county location.
The Iowa democratic club formed in Des Moines on June T1 01h pledged nearly 6000 to advance its work. Over 300 Democrats supported turning the party’s state affairs into a solid plan. Emmet Tinley of Council Bluffs elected president E T Meredith treasurer J J Moty Shenandoah secretary. It aims to raise funds contact every Democrat in each voting precinct and aid 150 Democratic papers to publicize admin work. Send names and contributions to J J Doty Shenandoah.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a waiter defends a pot of oyster stew while a demanding customer quips that the oyster is too small for flavor. The servant explains the oyster is placed to christen the dish, not to flavor it.
A dialogue fragment shows Pat choosing work over observing the Sabbath, apologizing to Mr. Goodman and earning five dollars, while mentioning scarce wages. The excerpt ends with an ad note for subscribing to The Tribune.
Glenwood seniors of 1916 plan a June 1 commencement at the opera house with no class play. Rev. Wu Stevenson will offer the invocation, and Ruth Plimpton will deliver the salutatory. Miss Nate Wheeler is lead speaker in the program, with a valedictory by Ruth Plimpton and comments by Prof. Fred Morrow Fling. The event features a full orchestra, diplomas conferred by N. M. Logan, and a concluding musical number.
A miscellany of short items includes a railroad safety poem by T. W. Gladhill urging caution at crossings, a Iowa court note on a fine for striking a boy, a humorous anecdote about Peck’s Bad Boy, puzzling snippets, a quotation from Ernest McGaffey, a Memorial Day poem by K. A. Lente, and reflections on veterans and remembrance.
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