Taxes and taxes misapprehension in Mills County news
The Glenwood Opinion discusses tax valuation changes in Mills County, noting state and local roles in equalizing returns from townships to counties. It argues taxes are rising due to valuation shifts, urging economizing at home. It recounts President Coolidge and a historical note on Bryan resigning during a war, highlighting courage and public opinion.
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Executive Council
Mills County
State
John Smith
Coolidges
Why Bryan Quit In Wilson Era Cabinet Death Sparks Exit
The article recalls W S Bryan resigning as Secretary of State in 1916 after a dispute over a note to Austria during World War I. Bryan prepared a note, showed it to President Wilson, and sent a copy to Austrian Minister Dumba before dispatching it overseas. Dumba later reported the Austrian note differed from the version Bryan left with him. Bryan confronted the cable office deteriorating relations.
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Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Wilson
Austria
Dumba
Why Mislead Tariff Debate Shapes Farm Interests
The text argues that agricultural groups influenced Ways and Means hearings to keep vast farm inputs on the free list while protecting farm products, claiming tariff protections sustain both industry and farmers. It warns of broader harms to workers and markets if tariffs are loosened and urges recognition of tariff issues as business policy rather than mere politics.
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Ways and Means
Europe
Orient
Ancestry and daily toil in a rustic verse
A speaker dismisses evolution as irrelevant to current life. He notes tending hens, plowing, milking cows, and spraying trees while ignoring ancestral ape lineage. He laments practical woes like a broken car spring, mildew in a bag, and a six week visit from an aunt as modern concerns.
Worthwhile or not a life of wealth and virtue
A reflective verse questions pursuit of material gain over inner wealth. It asserts that true blessing lies in building character rather than selling out for possessions, affirming that wealth of virtue outweighs material rewards.
Make Home Happy and Other Editorial Snippets
A collage of quotes and moral notes on home life, humor, and public figures. The piece urges keeping a cheerful home, warns against neglecting family joy, and touches on rubber prices, the Italy spaghetti joke, Clarence Darrow, and other dated references, reflecting a bygone newspaper miscellany.
Variety of Food in China and Odd Nest Discoveries
The article contrasts Chinese and American eating habits with vegetables like radish leaves shepherd's purse and duckweed used as food in China. While clearing a Mount Union golf course site workers revived an old apple tree and uncovered a hen with eggs near the trunk. Midway the tree housed red fox mice and near the top a screech owl had a chick, indicating unexpected wildlife sharing the tree’s shelter.
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China
America
Mount Union
Arizona Name Origins Stir Debate Among Officials
Arizona authorities disagree on the meaning behind the state name. Some link it to the Spanish arida gona meaning arid zone, while others say arizona translates to silver bear.
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Arizona
Ing
Flowers Figure in Menu
Flowers figures describe petals used in foods with mentions of violet gnu fasimbie in dali and big date in London. The orange petals and lettium blogssoms appear with aid of white locust fiver used freely for meals.
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Dalian
London
Heavy Hail Damage Hall Blamed In Global Crop Losses
A Nature Magazine report highlights hail as a major destroyer of crops worldwide, causing annual damages estimated above 200 million dollars. The impact falls largely on agriculture, with extensive losses across various growing regions and crops.
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Nature Magazine
Battle Already Half Won There to dot much difficulty
A fragment expresses resolve to overcome hurdles and pursue understanding. The text hints at a disciplined effort to calm contemplation and advance a shared desire to learn more about a challenging situation involving a nun.
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Molug
Temperance Lesson on Walking by the Spirit in Galatians
The lesson outlines Pauls contrast between living under the law and living by the Spirit, warning against license and outlining works of the flesh versus the fruit of the Spirit. It cites Christ freedom, self-control, love in action, and practical guidance for believers in daily service and conflict between the flesh and the Spirit.
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Paul
Avery
Morgan
Manuwerlpta
Passiona
Many North Iowa locals take trips and visit kin
A flurry of short trips and visits fills the week as Emilson and Mrs Homer Black head to Darlington Missouri to visit J L Evans’s family while Ira Cheney calls Council Bluffs. Numerous residents depart for Lake Okoboji Mount Vernon Shellsburg and Minnesota with others hosting relatives in Red Oak Omaha Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
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Homer Black
Darlington
J.L. Evans
John ‘Thortor Hott
Everett Whislet
Max
Edward Birdshall
Arid
Louis
Merrith Taylor
Satschlag
Efip
Minnesota
Marié Goldwin
Oecebla
Lowell Patrick
Judith Tennest
Sioux City
Eugenie McFahon
H. O. Geopfarth
Mefomonie
Wis
Will McMuitie
Hattie Davis
Mount Ayr
Jennie Killenbarger
Criseman
Council Bluffs
Revi
JF. A. Hizer and Son
Charles City
J. A. Thornon
Jack
Iowa
Nebraska
Hasel Nelson
Newton
Gilbert Cheney
Bert Combs
Lucille Thompson
Hazel Beal
Marion Beal
Lake Okoboji
J. R. Clites
Olive Clites
Dale Shaner
Lucille Osborn
H. C. Hick
Chicago
Cheney
Ian Arnee
Omaha
Monay
Mamie Gibson
Floyd
St. Louis
Collinville
Kenneth Guy
Julius Mizener
Beaver City
Nebr
Des Moines
L. V. Hick
Steel City
Jennie Gibson
Red Oak
Susan Burton
Ray Hick
Littie Thrapp
Dessa Cole
Desmatte
Meg
Mie
Mia
Hintoman
Craight
Emily
Nellie
Shenan
Sue Tuppers
Roy Davis
Goldie Seimons
Jend
Saimons
J. Cy Lockary
Clyde Brvin
Iva Patterson
RB. Galmans
Ben Whipple
Lewis
E. Cole
Ira B. Laken
Eldon
C. BS. Lakin
Lakin
Hock Island
Aitroad
W. Adams
Hazel Burrough
John Thorson
Chevolelt Whipple
A. F. Smith
Josephine Mitchell
Mitchell
Nell Smith
Climax
J. H. Hascall
Beryle Davis
Glenwood
Pauline Davis
Laura Post
Mary Ameel
C. C. Smith
Gladys
Goldie Hawkins
Iva Good
Vera Good
Bruce Good
Ralph Good
Town Falls
Baptist Assembly
R. Salmons
Excelsior Springs
K. A. Evans
Bobby
Sorrows and Wisdom in a Quiet Meditation
A reflective fragment attributed to Alexander Muctarea speaks of human sorrow as a mystery and warns that sinners should not avoid sorrow. It suggests God pleads for recognition of pain and learning from bitterness rather than denying or dismissing it.
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Alexander Muctarea
Do It Today Says Many Won’t Delay Tasks
A Western Christian Advocate note urges immediate action, quoting a maxim about not delaying tasks. The piece emphasizes seizing the day and avoiding procrastination, reflecting the publication’s practical tone.
Unclear prompt fragment about a language teaching plan
Fragmentary note mentions Ste Bol Speare assay contest winner and china war language teaching in public setting. No coherent events or names repeated clearly.
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Ste. Bol
Hag Gotte
Chiat
Sheriff Sale Notice of Mills County real estate
Sheriff W. S. DeMoss levies on 80 feet of Lot 4 Sec 141 Twp 72 Rng 43 Mills County Iowa, in favor of Antie E. Smith against Lyman Hooker et al. Sale to highest bidder for cash at courthouse east door Glenwood on August 1 1925 between 9 AM and 4 PM, reading of attendance.
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District Court of
Mills County
Dows
Antie
Smith
Lyman Hooker Et l al
Iowa
Milla County
Court House
Glenwood
DeMoss
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