From The Glenwood Herald September 2, 1910
Glenwood had three distinguished visitors the fore part of the week in the persons of D.A. Brown, mayor of Kansas City, William Busholz, president of the board of public works of Kansas City and George Peterson, state senator from Missouri. They arrived in Glenwood on Sunday and left again on Tuesday evening. They were the guests of their friends Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Gifford. These gentlemen attended the convention of the National League of American Municipalities held in the Twin Cities last week and came here for a little outing. Mr. Brown was elected president of this league for the coming year. These gentlemen liked Glenwood very well, and stated to Mr. Gifford that they might buy a lot near the lakeshore, build a cottage and return every summer.
Frank Simmons who has the contract for the erection of Dr. Fjelstad's new building is now working on his eleventh building this summer. In addition he has done a great deal of repair work on other buildings. He expects to get the contract and erect one more building this fall. Mr. Simmons has in some cases made record-breaking time. In one case where he had the contract for a house 24x28-16, with a gable on one side, he had the house ready for the plasterers in six and one-half days.
We understand that Sam Barsness has traded a piece of land which he owned near shallow pond to Dan Cassell of Villard for Mr. Cassell's hotel property in Villard. Mr. Barsness, we are informed will move to Villard to take charge of the hotel and Mr. Cassell will move on to the land.
Iver Aal of White Bear Lake was in Glenwood last Wednesday. He reports excellent crops this year on his own and adjoining farms. By the way Mr. Aal told us that the conveyance he used in reaching Glenwood was an old Mandt platform buggy bought 30 years ago. Mr. Aal claims that he buggy is as good as new and it certainly looks it.
George Dalager, one of our young college boys lost his hat in the terrible wind on Monday. He has already notified the government of Canada to look for it, because it was a south wind that blew it off.
Mr. Ludwick and L.C. Buchholz have formed a partnership and will open a general store in the village of Westport. Work has already begun and a new building will be erected on the same old site where three stores have already passed into history and settled in ashes. Here's hoping the new store of the new firm will not meet the fate of the past. These men are well known and have many friends in the section in which they will operate and no doubt will meet with success. – Villard Grit.
