Grand Glenwood High School Commencement Draws Crowd
A large audience attended Glenwood high school’s commencement at the opera house. Seventeen graduates finished the course with Miss Faye Chamberlin delivering a Latin salutatory and Miss Norman Avan’s class poem delighting attendees. Performances included a Gypsy fortune teller act, piano solo by Ethyl Burton, and scenes from If I Were King. Notable births of the class included gifts to the school and baseball team, with the choir, orchestra, and soloists earning praise.
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Glenwood High School
Opera House
Faye Chamberlin
Norman Avan
Marguerite Moore
Ethyl Burton
Gertrude Ostrander
Alice Lamb
Edith Hyernham
Velura Hall
Juanita
Hazel Tint
Wabash Bridges Burned Cutting Rail Route
Three Wabash bridges burned between Council Bluffs and Shenandoah over Thursday and Friday, halting mail and passenger service along the line. Trains ran over Burlington tracks until replacements, with two bridges near Dumfries and one near Shenandoah. A pile driver and its engine reportedly derailed into Pony Creek en route to the scene, hindering operations as the second bridge burned.
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Council Jiloffs
Shenandoah
Burlington
Dumfries
Mineola
Wabash
Gcouneil Bluffs
Pony Creek
Dorafries
Leaves Many Descendants Of Silver City Woman
Mrs. Maria Mendenhall of Silver City dies at 98 after a long life that began May 2, 182? in Adams County Pennsylvania. She lived in Ohio and Indiana, raised eight children, and left 63 grandchildren as well as 146 great grandchildren and 39 great great grandchildren. A Christian church member for over fifty years, she was buried in Huntington, Indiana, beside kin.
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Maria Mendenhall
Silver City
Adams County
Pennsylvaia
Columbian County
Ohio
William Farrington
Jay County
Indiana
William Mendenhall
Sugar Tariff Debate From Wholesalers Committee
The Committee of Wholesalers promotes a sugar import tariff reduction and publishes a table showing duties on diverse items. It argues the tariff raises sugar prices, curtails competition, and boosts profits for the sugar trust, urging Tribune readers to respond.
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Committee of Wholesalers
Mills County civil war enlistments recalled in Glenwood memory
The piece notes Mills County’s early Civil War volunteers joining the Fourth Iowa Infantry under General Dodge, with William English and Thomas Head among early leaders. It recalls enlistment dates in 1861, the Glenwood recruiting station at the courthouse, and later August 1863 enrollments in the 29th Iowa Infantry, plus surviving veterans from Mills County and others who joined from nearby counties.
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Mills County
Council Bluffs
Fourth Town Infantry
Dodge
William BR. English
Glenwood
Thomas Head
Sons of Queen Mills
John Y. Stone
A. Utterback
J. F. Trisler
29Th
Iowa Infantry
George A. Davies
M. T. Deunree
Mills County Doctors Meet in Glenwood for Semiannual Session
Mills County Medical Association holds its semiannual session in Glenwood on Thursday starting at 2 PM at the Masonic hall. The program includes papers by Dr. W G De Garzon Glenwood Dr W O Craig Nen derson Dr S A Campbell Malvern and Dr W A Rush Omaha on topics in obstetrics and osteopathy plus practical clinics. A banquet at the park lake may follow weather permitting with Dr E A Merritt president and Dr J M Doretan secretary assisted by Doctors McGarron Aan Mogridge and J I Donelan of Glenwood.
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Mills County Medical Association
Glenwood
Masonic Hal
WI. G. de Garzon
W. OD. Craig
Nenderson
8. A. Campbell
Malvern
Eset
W. A. Rush
Omaha
Hanquet
Park Lake
E. A. Merritt
Jd. M. Doretan
McGarron
Aan
Mogridge
3. I. Donelan
Iowa Motor Vehicle Tax Shifts After July Fourth
Iowa will tax automobiles by horsepower and power type instead of licenses. Gasoline cars priced by 8 dollars plus 40 cents per extra horsepower, electric and steam at 15 dollars, motorcycles at 3 dollars, with half rates for rest of 1911 and annual renewals thereafter. Half-sized reductions apply after four years of gasoline licensing. Funds go to county motor vehicle fund for road and floodwork, under county supervisors. 15-year-olds may not drive unaccompanied. Statewide motor wealth figures show Town citizens holding 22,409,600 dollars in wagons, with roughly 40,000 per year in new vehicle purchases.
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Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Creamery Meeting for Glanwood Project
A meeting of subscribers to the Glanwood creamery and others interested is set for tomorrow at 2 PM at City Hall. A three-member committee will be chosen to manage the subscribers interests in building and equipping the factory and site selection will be discussed. Additional stock offerings are planned as about $8,000 in shares have been subscribed.
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Glanwood Creamery
Millions for Automobiles in Iowa Population Bubble
Iowa boasts more automobiles per capita than any state. Since records began, about 4,200 cars cost roughly 43.08 million dollars have been bought by Iowa citizens. In 1910 state licenses issued 10,112 new autos, with year-end totals already at 28,012 cars and likely to grow.
Bower Leaves Glenwood for Lafayette Bank Weighs Move
L A Bower, former Glenwood hardware merchant, plans to locate in Lafayette Colorado and join the Lafayette Bank and Trust Company as a new active participant. Lafayette, Boulder County, population about 2000, lies 22 miles from Denver with ten coal mines and a million dollar electric plant serving multiple northern Colorado towns. The Tribune wishes them prosperity and notes Lafayette’s agricultural and educational strengths.
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L. A. Bower
Glenwood Hardware
Lafayette
Calo
Lafayette Bank and Trust Company
Coloradio
Northern Colorado Lumber Co
Colorado
the Tribune
Bower
Glenwood
Funeral Held for Paul Gillilland in Glenwood
The funeral for Paul Gillilland was held from the family home in Glenwood on Thursday afternoon. The courthouse offices were closed and mourners gathered in a large turnout. Rev. Ira D. Stone and Rev. W. N. Graves led the service with Dr. Charles B. Medford of Des Moines assisting, a friend of the senator. Distances attendees included Mrs. Emma Lucas, Miss Spurling of Council Bluffs, Ben Swisher and Mrs. B. S. Moun ton of Waterloo, and Mrs. John Gillilland and daughters Gwynn and Mrs. Tall of Tabor.
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Paul Gillilland
Glenwood
Court House
Allivials
Ira D. Stone
W. N. Graves
Charles 8. Medford
Des Moines
Senator Gilliland
Malvern
Emma Lucas Jana Miss Spurling
Council Bluffs
Ben ¥. Swisher
F. Moun‘ton
Waterloo
John Gillilland
Gwynn
Tall
Tabor
Burlington Train Schedule Gets Minor Time Tweaks
The Burlington added a new time taid with slight changes to two trains. Local No 11 now passes the county about twenty minutes later while No 1 1 the night westbound runs eleven minutes earlier. No 10 the eastbound midnight train skips Glenwood and Malvern and passes through the county an hour later with a single stop at Pacific Junction at 148 am. See corrected time card elsewhere.
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Burlington
Glenwood
Malvern
Pacific Junction
Railroad Grading Begins on Red Oak and Imogene Link
Semi official notice that the Red Oak and Northwestern railroad will start immediate construction. Grading to begin this week on the first fourteen miles between Red Oak and Imogene, connecting with the Wabash at Imogene. Eastern end reaches Des Moines area.
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Red Oak & Northwestern Railroad
Red Oak
Imogene
Nes Moines
Two Silver City Brides
The Tribune reports two Silver City weddings last Wednesday officiated by Rev. J. W. Weight of Hastings and Rev. Frank Conrey of Silver City. Sadie Bonner married James P. Swarts at the Reeve home. Anna Bonner wed Philo Towers at the Plumb home.
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Silver City
J. W. Weight
Hastings
Frank Conrey
A. P. Reeve
Sadie Bonner
James P. Swarts
Leeper and Lula Howard wed at Glenwood Methodist parsonage
Leeper Ward Leeper and Miss Lula Howard of Glenwood were married Saturday night at 8 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage with Rev Graves officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs Estella Howard, and groom plan to reside on a Nebraska farm.
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Ward Leeper
Lula Howard
Glenwood
Methodist
Graves
Estella Howard
Nebraska
Mills County Poultry and Pet Stock meeting notice
A Mills County Poultry and Pet Stock association meeting will be held at the court house in Glenwood on Saturday June 3. All persons interested in this association are requested to attend.
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Mills County Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Court House
Glenwood
Poet Ballard Celebrates 74th Birthday in Red Oak
Red Oak resident Ballard, famed Bard of the town, turns seventy four on June Sth and plans a home reception with guests attending a reading of his original poems and literature.
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Ballard
Red Oak
Henderson Defeats Malvern 13 to 7 On Malvern Ground
Henderson defeated Malvern on Malvern's ground Thursday by a 13 to 7 score. Wilkinson pitched for Henderson and Deardorf pitched for Malvern. Glenwood heads to Red Oak Tuesday for a game with the first team. Tabor College beat Amity 6 to 0 in a four inning shutout at the hitter price Saturday.
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Malvern
Wilkinson
Deardorf
Glenwood
Red Oak
Tabor College
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