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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1906
Page
1
A readable mix of local notes from Glenwood and surrounding towns. Items include housing, rentals, job moves, and travel. residents visiting Colfax, Ames, and Council Bluffs. a bank stockholders meeting in Tabor. upcoming weddings and a barber shop party. high school and college news. local auctions and a box social. plans for water bore at the Institution site. and local business notes from Wilson Drug Co and Glenwood firms.
Classified notice states up to 2801 dollars private money available as a loan on farm or Glenwood city property. Address post office box 588 Glenwood Iowa.
Five school bonds of 100 each at 6 percent run one to five years for School District No 4 Walnut Grove Lyons township. Bids due July 1 with funds July or August 1 2008. Sealed bids to County Supt Moore Glenwood IA or James Shannon secretary Glenwood IA. Referee’s sale includes Fannie McMillen farm 120 acres near Malvern plus lots in Malvern IA to settle estate C W Brathke Referee Glenwood IA. Money to loan private money offered with conditions and contact Claude F Anderson Pavlie Tunction Iowa. Wanted stock for pasture on W Litchfield farm 14 miles southwest of Glenwood water well wind mill Cull Town phone or address L E Stout. Wanted Glenwood Elevator 24 thousand bushels of corn highest market Berlington Prop. To Rent Rooms by Alfee vacated by Guss L S Rubinsep. Hullister’s Rocky Mountain Tea claim for health benefits. A J Howe.
Florence Willey of Petaluma recounts a devastating April 15 earthquake near San Francisco and its aftershocks. She describes shaken buildings, ground waves, bay rising, soot like smell, and 5000 claimed deaths amid chaos. Also includes local horse breeding sales notes by A. Epwarps and King Mills.
The General Federation of Woman's Clubs will hold its meeting at St Paul for about ten days starting May 31. Glenwood may send two delegates though selections remain unsettled. Mrs. W. F. Will is the district president and will attend. Delegates plan to meet at Council Bluffs to review the Great Western road's transport inducements. Colorado and Kansas delegates will join Nebraska in Omaha.
The Plattsmouth nine played in Glenwood on Friday winning 20 to 5 in game one. In game two the Plattsmouth players quit in the sixth with the score 7 to 6 Glenwood. Saturday Glenwood traveled to Silver City and fell 14 to 10.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers reduced fares on select Tuesdays for homeseekers traveling to Minnesota North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest. Apply through General Passenger Agent J P B Ener St Paul Minn include party size and travel dates. Flowers for Decoration Day available from Mrs Whipple Glenwood with orders requested early. A $100 reward is offered by H W Seeger Glenwood Iowa for arrest and conviction of the thief who robbed his meat house around May 17 1906.
Sensational boys nicknamed Cream and Peaches Crackerjacks Eye for setting Black Langshan 50c for 15 Iowa phone E. W. Stacy We do plumbing and heating Bower Bros.
A Fine Jack Will Marley presents a line of yearling and sucking colts sired by his well known Jack Monte at the Foulden farm in Lyons township this season. Breeders are invited to view the offspring and assess his desirability as a sire amid several other sons in the neighborhood.
Glentalus the famed stallion once owned by M W Rogers will stand the season at the Byers farm now owned by Dr. Plimpton located a half mile northwest of the square. J L Ross is listed as manager. Also notices include rental cottage availability and livestock services such as Barred Plymouth Rocks eggs for hatching and incubator lots offered by Chas H Mayberry and Harley Bromwell. Pasture for rent suitable for 100 head of stock is advertised south of Pacific Junction yards by John Iu Jackson.
For Sale items include a Remington standard typewriter in good condition and warranted. Also offered are pasture land with good spring water, a Donelan Doctors office listing, and a Guasalene store item. Bargains and services are advertised with various names and locations.
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