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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
2
The Tribune prints a time table for the Tabor and Northern line with arrivals and departures. It lists times such as 9.00 and 4.89 pm and mentions stations including Tabor and Sidkam. The fragment indicates schedules between Lainvane and Malvare with various times and destinations.
A boy and cousin Sarah bring a huge turkey to the Jankins family living in a small yellow cottage on Green Lane. The boy shares the feast and asks if thanks are possible for salt fish and potatoes. The Jankins children, hungry yet hopeful, finally give thanks for their modest meal.
A bleak Thanksgiving tale follows a pessimist who laments the world’s woes while others celebrate. The narrator notes his sour mood as he questions gratitude and the existence of God, contrasting his gloom with others’ cheer on Thanksgiving Eve.
A poem contrasts gloom and doom with a turning point where the narrator realizes that fear and pessimism are false. It asserts the value of mental light to perceive the universe as whole and right, praising gratitude for insight rather than despair.
Mills County Iowa board met in the auditor’s office with three members present to hear Chicago Burlington & Quincy and B & M railroad officials about bridges over Pony Creek. They agreed to construct the KC St J & C bridge per plans and move the B and M bridge about ten feet east to use the existing east abutment. The board certified results of the November 9 1908 election and issued certificates of election for county officers. Claims were allowed including Iowa Telephone rent, Dull supplies for court house and poor, Clyde Rhoads extra help, Ballain sheep killed by dogs, and county road orders. Adjourned to November 16 1908.
In a regular adjourned session November 16 1908 Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors adopted and ratified an agreement between the Pony Creek Drainage District No 1 and B & Q Railroad Co for building a bridge over Pony Creek Ditch near the southwest corner of section 14 township 72 range 43.
Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors on November 11 1908 approves changes to the CB&Q Railroad bridge plan over Pony Creek Ditch in Drainage District No 1. Bridge to have central 80 foot span with 10 foot end spans and elevated deck three feet above current girder, to be built by the railroad at its expense. Adjourned to November 16 then to December 7 1908.
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