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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
6
Mills County Tribune lists subscription options and publisher details. The paper, owned by Hill Barle A Davis with J R Graham as editor, offers Mondays and Thursdays editions at two dollars per year in advances.
Readable paragraphs describe marriage licenses for George Otis and Mrs. Marintha Clipson in Nebraska City and subsequent auto journeys toward California. Also details impromptu weddings in Glenwood with Dan Maxwell, Decie Ellen Neff, and surprise ceremonies at the Rhoads home conducted by Rev Stevenson, including quirky reception antics and a bridal bouquet catch. Community notices list local precinct committeeers and prices for farm goods and groceries in a long, bustling column.
29 years ago W. C. DeLashiutt and T. M. Writt led the two main parties for state legislature. County superintendent G. I. Kelley reported all county schools staffed for fall term with many teachers unable to find assignments. George Wrenwick presented an 11.5 pound 8 inch potato from a hill of 32. Cumberland man Thomas L. Smouse plans to settle in the city with his mother and brother at the Cilley house. John and J. W. Carter finished brick output south of the depot with 200,000 bricks priced at $6 to $7 each.
In spring the narrator recalls a sleepless night after taking a maiden home from a dance. A freight train blocks a crossing, a milkman on the running board earns hush money, and the tale ends with the line about the engine still running. Also included are brief comic vignettes about boys and sermons and Rousy Johnson’s grammar lesson at the supper table, showcasing humor and rural life.
Miss Annie Tobey, an operative in the electrical shop at Portsmouth Navy yard, won a recent contest for women riveters by driving 204 copper rivets into battery boxes in two hours. Machinists called it a yard record.
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