Glenwood Summer Hotel getting ready for summer

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, April 16, 1925

The city is looking for the owners of two fish houses that are now standing on the lake shore in front of the ice house. If the owners do not come and remove these at once, the fish houses will be destroyed by the city as the fish houses do not make the proper ornaments for the lake shore.

Forty-seven new subscribers have joined the Tribune family since the first of the year. We have a paid up subscription list inside Pope County which exceeds any other newspaper.

On Sunday, April 12, Mrs. George Falkner was very pleasantly surprised when she and Mr. Falkner on arriving at their old homestead, where their son Bert and family now reside, found about twenty relatives and friends gathered there to help her celebrate her seventy-fourth birthday anniversary. Dinner was served to about twenty guests, the table being beautifully decorated, following a yellow color scheme. 

PHONE FOR FOOD: Have your order delivered. We will give free with every phone order for Saturday delivery, one glass mixing bowl; large order, a larger bowl. In order to avoid the rush hours Saturday we will be glad to take your orders Friday. FREMAD.

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, April 16, 1925

Allen McCauley is now busy getting the Glenwood Summer Hotel ready for the summer business. The hotel will open May 15, the opening dinner will be given on May 31. Before that time, many big improvements will be made on and in the hotel as well as outside. Workmen have been busy now for over three weeks getting the hotel in shape. This hotel should be very successful during the coming summer. Mr. McCauley states that he already has a large number of reservations. Practically all of those who patronized this hotel will be back and they are taking a large number of new patrons with them.

Last week Tuesday, twelve ladies met at the library to do tie and dye work. Beautifully colored scarfs can be made by this process, and members of the class are already vying with each other to see who can produce the most beautiful scarf effects. The sketch class will meet as usual next week on Thursday. Charcoal in itself is dirty stuff to handle, but the combination of charcoal and paper makes an ideal medium of expression for an amateur artist.

John T. Hanrahan, for a long time a resident of Glenwood, and well known in all parts of the city, died very suddenly last Saturday evening as the result of drinking carbolic acid. The deceased had just returned from town, where he had been doing Easter shopping. He seemed to be in his usual state of mind. A few minutes after he had returned home he came out to his wife who was in the garden and stated that he had swallowed carbolic acid. Dr. Eberlin came as fast as he could, but when he arrived it was too late. How he came to swallow the poison is impossible to tell nor will it ever be known. He may have made a mistake and taken the wrong bottle. 

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, April 17, 1925

The Times readers probably will want to clip and save the new 1925 condition map of Minnesota trunk highways which will be found on another page in this issue. It is the official map which has proven most popular for use while traveling, but may be posted in your garage. The condition map gives the official numbers of the trunk routes, corresponding to those on the yellow star markers at roadsides. Further, it indicates whether each section of the 7,000-mile system is paved, graveled or only maintained. It is a 1925 publication giving all post offices, railroads, countries, township lines and the names of rivers and lakes.

The Parent-Teacher Association has undertaken the task of promoting 25-day old chicks for every member of the poultry club. These chicks will be raised by the boys and girls and next fall the Parent-Teacher Association will receive three chickens from each club member to partly reimburse itself for financing the poultry projects this spring. These chicks will be delivered early next month and in the meantime, we expect to secure the poultry specialist from the Morris A.C. School to come over and give the club members expert advice concerning the proper care of chickens.

Local members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary have been invited to attend a dinner and program at Lowry Monday, April 20 in celebration of the award to the Lowry Post of a membership trophy by Department Commander Edwin L. Lindell. Lowry won the trophy given to the first Post in the seventh district to exceed its 1924 membership before Jan. 1, 1925. Commander Lindell is to be present to bestow the trophy, a handsome plaque of dark oak bearing the Legion emblem. Other state and district officials of the Legion are to be present.