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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
2
A wide range of community notes from Pacific Junction and nearby areas highlights visitors from Omaha for Thanksgiving, farm plans, and rental of local Plumer farms north of Glenwood. Reports cover burglaries, horse thefts in the Missouri bottom, a Pythian celebration in Omaha, levee auditing, and local social events including dances, a new baby, and school programs.
The Tribune RR lists timetable arrivals and departures for Malvern and Tabor. Services show morning and afternoon slots with 9.00am 4.30pm 11 20am 600 po and 20m TiSpm 60am 3M pm, indicating schedule entries and station times.
The Baltimore Sun recollects a tale of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women’s suffrage advocates who mentored a gutter newsboy into a minister who preaches a sermon on male restraint in church. The piece then reflects on being “dreamers all” amid life’s toil and faith.
A New York Players Club anecdote pits a novelist against a playwright with Fitch urging the novelist to write for the stage. In England, David Christie Murray reports Balkans unrest to Gladstone, gifting a camel hair overcoat and recounting the Bulgarian war echo.
Mills County treasurer invites sealed bids at the courthouse in Glenwood up to noon December 4 1908 for 30 Pony Creek drainage improvement bonds of 1000 each bearing 6 percent interest from November 2 1908 payable semi annually. Bonds due November 2 1909 and annually thereafter until all paid at face value plus accrued interest. Bids may be rejected. Dated November 11 1908 by Treasurer W H Fickel.
A fragmented column blends a grave remark about Bulgarian atrocities with anecdotes about clerical quests in London and a rector’s library inquiry. It shifts to a Pathetic Appeal about streetcar conductors, a quip on truth’s elusiveness, and a tale of insomnia and a mint julep. The piece closes with brief notes on Saybrook reminiscence and lasting thoughts, ending with a sale notice for a Polish China boar near Glenwood.
Hastings residents marked Thanksgiving with family gatherings and social events. Visitors from Creston Glenwood and Council Bluffs joined locals for dinners and a Thanksgiving moving picture show at the opera house. Hastings orchestra provided music for a Thanksgiving night dance as residents enjoyed meals at the City Hotel and Baxter Cafe.
A fragmented passage notes that many people refused invitations and did not prepare dinner at home, suggesting social reluctance or busyness. No clear individuals, organizations, places, dates, or events are identifiable in the readable text.
Henderson observed Thanksgiving at the Latter Day Saints church with a daytime program and evening supper. A taffy pull at Ralph McClenahan's Friday night brought joy to several youths. School Thanksgiving break covered Thanksgiving Day only. Mrs Jessie Rawles has returned home from Council Bluffs Hospital. A shooting match in Henderson offered turkeys geese and ducks as prizes. Christian church held union services Thursday night led by Rey Mr Shuler. Miss Bessie Phelps of Wales visited Miss Ina Harover Sunday. The third Henderson lecture course number features a Ladell Fox concert on December 3.
Unclaimed letters listed for Mrs Mary Warner Miss Elizabeth Howard Mrs Ethel Mathews Mrs Wm McConnell Mr Hugh Gilday Mr Frank E Johnson R C White and Post Master. Tribune readers urged to use want ads to announce wants, noting inexpensive readers with good chances of satisfaction.
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