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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
2
A travel pitch describes a four day vacation to major national parks including Yellowstone via Cody Road through Buffalo Bill country, Glacier, Rocky Mountain and Estes Park. The writer invites readers to visit and hear more about the trip.
An advertisement extols Old Kentucky plug chewing tobacco as superior for rich flavor. It emphasizes Kentucky Burley leaf, hand-stemmed and washed leaves, slow pressing to retain juice, and clean sanitary production. Offers a 10c pocket plug sample.
A Glenwood resident Dr C Standiford testifies to the effectiveness of Doan's Kidney Pills for backache headaches and urinary trouble. The statement dated July 6 1910 and another later reaffirm the product's benefits. Price 50c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The Tribune advertises farm stationery printing services with samples and prices.
A Hastings gathering of about twenty men in shirt sleeves surprised Joe Wearin at his home on Botna Valley, sharing a May 26 dinner with Mrs Wearin and guests. The event included a center-table gift and plans to help surprise Joe again, while residents discuss local farming, church and school news, and ongoing community concerns around the Benton district and Hastings schools.
Fred W. Kruse resigns as Mineola State Bank cashier, Louis Kruse succeeds him as Fred plans move to his farm. Town talks of a new opera house, summer school closed with student entertainment and a woods picnic. Eighth graders Flora Kruse, Forest Kierseh, Viola Nipp to graduate. A box car burned near the section house after occupants left a hot stove. A tramp frightened Miss Moore at the Letaal school, then fled down the road.
The document outlines electing officers and directors for the corporation. It states two directors will conduct business and that the President or Secretary may certify abstracts and execute instruments. It also limits indebtedness to two-thirds of capital stock and provides for a corporate seal, with stockholders’ private property exempt from corporate debts. Secretary Sirl Walter Breen signs.
Notice from a May 19 1916 special stockholders meeting in Glenwood Iowa extends the firms corporate life twenty years to May 19 1938. It renames the company to The Mills County Abstract Company with principal business in Glenwood to provide abstracts of title for real estate in Mills County. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars, fully paid, non assessable. Annual stockholders meeting fixed for July 2 each year.
Mrs. WM. Green of Indianapolis says the remedy restored her health after a severe decline. She weighed 109 pounds and was bedridden before using the product for five months, gaining to 133 pounds and performing all household tasks again. She urges other women to try the old fashioned root and herb remedy and invites letters for advice.
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