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Newspaper

Mills County Tribune

Location

Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1908

Page

2

Hastings social notes and arrivals fill town to midweek

Hastings reports a steady stream of visitors and events. Miss Jeanette McDonough and relatives visit Omaha. Newt Heaton calls. Miss Mamie Illicks plans an eastern trip. Fred Preston returns from Omaha and Woodbine. The opera house tastings open Saturday with the Williams Jubilee Singers. A new Hastings minister and wife receive a warm welcome with a community gathering and grocery pounding.

Jeanette McDonough Frank Choate Wilbur Warren Glenwood Omaha Charles Carey Macedonia Hastings Newt Heaton Randolph C . Raster Mamie E Illicks East Fred Preston Woodbine Wilbur Gaylord Ankeny Talley Opera House William's Jubilee Singers Charley Jones Dakota Thos Young Mat Young Silas ‘Adkins George Burger Donaphan Ned Mary Shaw Albert Loving Mamie Preston City Hotel A B Washburn Joe Wearin Asa Lambert Aksarben Masons Geo Mason Creston Jack Mason Lick Paul Lynn Win van Ausdale Rey T Davis

Tabor Topics Highlights And Local Updates

Miss Gwendolen Gillilland teaches at Farragut replacing ill Miss Bertha Barnes while Nellie Barnes cares for her sister F M Laird returns from Colorado trips and Rev FG Wilcox handles Denver business. Joseph Murphy ill at Torrence home. Prof Myron C Gaston and wife welcome a daughter born September 27. Student injured on campus during trapeze fall recovers after unconsciousness. Misses Jessie Flood and Mary Christy visit Silver City from Tabor. Mabel Alice Hennessy marries A B Barry at Winona Minnesota on September 24. Mrs J C Stevenson ill with acute gastritis. Dean W Johnson to represent Tabor College at Tarkio College anniversary. Miss Rose Adelaide Maranis suffers heart trouble. Congregational Church good cheer dinner for aged and shut-ins hosted by Mrs W Wyant. Edna Gay and Louis Gibbons return from Pittsfield.

Gwendolen Gillilland Farragut Bertha Barnes Nellie Barnes F M Laird Colorado FG Wilcox Denver Joseph Murphy Torrence Myron C Gaston Willard Walling Jessie Flood Mary Christy Silver City Tabor Winona Minn Mabel Alice Hennessy A B Barry J C Stevenson Dean W . Johnson Tabor College Tarkio College Rose Adelaid Maranis Good Cheer Committee Congregational Church W . Wyant Edna Gay Louis Gibbons Pittsfield, O

Local Social Roundup in Silver City Notes Visitors

Mrs W Thompson visited Maryville Missouri on Monday. Mrs John Parker enjoyed time with brother Mr Washburn of Ohio. Russell Jackson of Omaha was a Sunday guest. Bev and Mrs Charles Owens attended the Baptist association meeting at Jed Walk from Friday to Monday. George Hettinger of Wumbolt Kansas returned after a visit. Louis and Amelia Goos returned from Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs d Uf Rice moved into the McCoy residence. Mr and Mrs Carter of Woodbine visiting relatives. Ralph Skerritt returned from Harlan county Nebraska. Carl TH Otis of Glenwood, Republican candidate for county attorney, was in Silver City on Tuesday. Rev Peter Jacobs visiting Hooper Nebraska. Harvest Day and Old People’s Day observed at Silver City Methodist Church next Sunday October 4 with decoration and a special program.

W Thompson Maryville John Parker Mr Washburn Ohio Russell Jackson Omaha Bev Charles Owens Baptist Association Jed Walk George Hettinger Wumbolt Kan Louis Amelia Goos Pennsylvania D Uf Rice McCoy Carter Woodbine Ralph Skerritt Ifarlan County Neb Carl TH Otis Glenwood Silver City Peter Jacobs Hooper Silver City Methodist Church

Local Notes From Henderson and Yuma Area

Henderson residents report Mrs John Bryant returning to Yuma last Friday Miss Mabel Crosthwait visited Red Oak over weekend and Mr and Mrs Triplett toured Nebraska. A new Paul store building nears completion Sturgeon Bros move stock. Rev Mr Guvitis of Omaha preached at the Methodist church urging support for a children’s home. O Swaney testified in Glenwood on the late Ang McVlenahan will probate. Henderson Woman’s Club reorganized with officers and plans Tiny View study group meets weekly at Mrs W D Craig’s. urged members to notify president to join.

John Bryant Yuma Colo Mabel Crosthwait Red Oak Triplett Nebraska Paul Guvitis Omaha Methodist Church O ' Swaney Glenwood Ang McVlenahan Henderson Woman's Club Wm Workman TD Phillips Hollings- Worth Essex Tiny View W D Craig

Mineola News Highlights Local Contracts and Visits

John Cherny of North Bend watched over business interests in Mineola. Loovey Coburn of Silver City won the contract for the new school house to be 20 by 28 feet at an estimated cost of 013. Bids for Mineola’s new school building are due October 14 at 1 00 PM. Herman Peters serves as secretary. Henry Beck, formerly of Mineola and now in Seattle, visits relatives with his family. Charles Nipp handled tax payments for bank patrons in Glenwood. IE Kruse has freshly painted residence and outbuildings on his premises.

John Cherny North Bend Neb Loovey & Cobun Silver City Mineola Charles Nipp Glenwood IE Kruse Herman Peters Henry Beck Seattle

Palace and Hovel in Constantinople and Gladiators

Describes Constantinople as city of hovels with stark private housing contrasts to grand mosques and palaces, seraglio noted among Europe's finest. Explains gladiators originated as male factors or captive fighters, valued in Roman funerals and later festivals, with suppression timelines under Constantine and Theodoric.

Constantinople Seraglio Europe Constantine the Great Theodoric

Edgerton's Farm and the Call of Open Country

A recounting of leaving urban life to seek sanity on a rural path. The narrator, a former city editor, describes urban obsession, a mountain vision, and settling on a half abandoned farm to reclaim nature, freedom, and a deeper sense of purpose away from the city’s clamor. He contrasts artificial city life with wholesome nature and the poet’s restoration.

Mosquitoes Converge on Farm in Fictional Convention

A boastful farm scene features a colonel admiring American scenery before swarms of mosquitoes interrupt with a biting display. The colonel praises the setting in lofty terms, but the insects swiftly ruin his speech as they attack neck and nose, producing a clumsy finale.

America Cauie

Marriage sermon cited as ending engagements

The Liverpool Mercury reports a pastor’s sermon on marriage last Sunday. It provoked 50 solemn warnings and caused two engagements to be broken, according to Edythe’s remark.

Mae Edythe Liverpool

Go to the Trees for Vitality and Fresh Air

The passage urges men to seek nature for renewal, claiming the odor of trees grass and Bos offer intoxication without a headache. Sunshine and open air are presented as superior medicines and stimulants to drug store remedies, renewing heart mind and soul.

A Path to Truth from a Rocky Farm Vision

This excerpt reflects a speaker on a rock farm praising dreams as enduring and perfect. It asserts that only God's thought of man is real and permanent, with the true self as spirit and perfect health, joy, and brotherhood as inevitable outcomes. It presents a poetic meditation on immortality and divine thought.

Rocky

Joe Biggs and the Grasshopper on the Wheat Stack

Joe Biggs carries a water jug up a tall wheat stack while a grasshopper clings to his wrist. A tumble follows, but Joe rises victorious with the grasshopper dead in his hand. James A. Edgerton signs off from Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson.

Joe Biggs Jimmie Joe Ladder Grasshopper Jug Gil

Editor in Trouble Over Bedford Lottery Ad

The Bedford Free Press editor R. Lucas was arraigned by U S Commissioner Hanna on a postal laws information for advertising a lottery tied to a piano contest. Lucas waived preliminary exam and will face federal court early in November. outcome and merits remain unclear.

Creston R. ¥. Lucas Bedford Free Press United States Hanna Free Press Lucas

What She Found Out

A jealous wife traps her husband in the kitchen by dawn and pawing, then confronts him with a dramatic kiss but discovers the delivery man instead. The tale ends with the husband noting his wife has shown warmth unseen since their early marriage. Mildred’s nightmare yields a quip about hearts beating a tattoo, provoking a sister’s retort.

Mildred

Indiana Yarn and a Laughing Farmer Tale

A farmer blows stumps with dynamite and a cow eats a stick of dynamite. While milking, the farmer strikes the cow with a milking stool and the cow explodes without harming his hat. A blind beggar recounts a cataract joke after the Niagara Falls anecdote.

Indiana Niagara Falls Philadelphia Record

Time Table Notice for Tahor and Northern RR Arrivals

The Tribune RR time table lists Tahor and Northern routes with arrival times at Loayes Malvern at 2:00 AM 4:20 PM 11:20 AM and 6:00 PM. Tahor also shows schedule 3:20 8:00 PM 7:25 PM with charges 80 and 70 cents.

the Tribune RR Tahor Loayes Malvern Tabor

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