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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
4
Westbound and eastbound mail car service times listed for trains No 8 11 4 7 14 and 6 with specific morning and afternoon arrivals. Post office hours show lobby lock boxes from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm with windows hours and Monday adjustments. No. 1t is noted as not receiving mail.
Delegates elected June 2 1908 are summoned to meet September 19 1908 at Glenwood Court House at 11 a m to elect delegates to the State Convention and nominate a candidate for Supreme Judge to fill Judge Bishop vacancy. District delegates may nominate Supervisors from Districts 1 and 2. Will M Donelan Chairman.
The Old Settlers Association of Mills Potawattamie and Fremont counties will not hold a reunion this year due to serious illness and a death in a committee family. Despite scheduling hopes, they plan a possible 1909 reunion during the Glenwood Chautauqua, if feasible, on the chautauqua grounds in Glenwood.
The piece weighs college size against small colleges for leadership and personal attention, urging full equipment, strong labs, libraries, and Christian influence. It notes fees, discipline, and atmosphere as key factors and mentions Tabor College and Foley's Orloo Laxative with a brief ad ending.
Misses Gertrude and Faye Goepfarth visited relatives in Wales. An adopted five month old son of WY M Wooten died of cholera infantum and was buried in Brunswick, Missouri. Residents attend state fair events, church leadership moves, and a soldiers reunion prompts local gatherings in Emerson with numerous visiting relatives and residents.
Earl Hobson uses crutches after a left ankle sprain from a ground jog. JS Carse recalls a fine time at last week’s state fair. Miss Maude Turner visits her aunt Miss Cyrus Turner at Elliott. Irwin recalls a sister visit from Mrs Pogue of Red Oak. Baby welcomes a 12 pound arrival at the Davidson home. Reverend Hodgeson and Mary Davenport visit Mis C A Miller. West of the river families attend the state fair. My and Mrs Harry Booten return from Illinois to live on a Henderson-area farm. John Cunningham improves residence with new cement walks. Mrs Coppock returns from a Nebraska trip. Fred Carter’s son Dale is quite sick. Dr Craig’s auto was borrowed by unnamed miscreants and returned damaged after a Treynorthis trip. Last week’s wind caused notable damage, corn blown down in the area.
Miss Frances Hughes of McCook Nebraska visits at aunt Mrs Minnie Davis. Robert Murphy was a Glenwood visitor Saturday. The Odd Fellows picnic at Strahan was postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to small crowd. Mr and Mrs Robert Warfield from Colorado visit relatives. Mrs J H Reaasoner hosted two Plattsmouth sisters last week. Postmaster Kayton worked in Omaha last Tuesday. Dick Gidley now living in St Joe visited relatives here last week.
A Milwaukee Sentinel writer recalls using stored knowledge to inscribe a hexagon in a circle for a taboret order. He credits geometry for fitting five eighths inch wood, notes Daniel Webster’s similar claim, and argues that practical use of learning may appear later in life.
A Youth's Companion tale notes how Moors use the phrase Inshallah to shield promises from breaches of faith. A Gibraltar shopkeeper recounts a buyer who raises the holy qualifier to adjust terms, while the merchant retorts that price and terms shift with the phrase.
An old London Globe piece notes how wit and fashion shift with time. It recounts tales of Beau Brummel and social escapades like wagers about cats on Regent Street and a Bath encounter testing Brummel's wit.
A curious study notes bitter enmity between African elephants and camels, detailing the camel’s terror and the elephant’s charging assault. It also cites a Pueblo Indian custom where a yearly corporal rebuke by a man in mountain lion skin is said to form disciplined youth, per A. W. Dimock in Outing.
James A. Hdgerton reflects on farm life beyond crops, noting personal growth from home projects, the joy of simple living, and moral reflections. He recounts renovating a house, crafting a life with Nature, and urges personal responsibility, patience, and daily self-examination.
An essay on life’s object as growth and improvement paired with a memoir of clearing a crooked house. The author argues evolution of character as life’s purpose, then recalls finding a house with a floor of uncertain age and sweeping out vast dirt from closets, stairs, walls, and porches.
Train timetable shows Tanor and Northern arrivals at Malvern with times 6:00 am 4:20 pm 11:20 am 6:00 pm and Yabor services 12:00 am 7:15 pm 8:00 am 3:90 pm.
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