24 Aug 1921
Page 1
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
1
The notice appears as a postal advertisement claim stating establishment in 1864, the Mills County official paper status, and a 1888 postal class reference under Congress act of March 1897. It lists a Glenwood town post office and a domestic phone line 123 for foreign advertising via The American Press Association.
A fragmentary editorial mix discusses fathers guiding children, potential appointment of General Leonard Wood as Governor General of the Philippines, and a defense of protective tariffs and frugal living. It cites President Harding at Plymouth praising supreme guidance and warns of global unrest.
The piece foresees a major international conference in Washington where disarmament will be the core aim. It predicts Japan will send 200 top officials and stresses that nations will deploy strategic cards and influence, with munitions makers financiers lobbyists and politicians all seeking to sway outcomes.
Iowa State College engineers report corn cannot yet beat coal as a fuel. To break even corn would need prices near 20 dollars a ton while coal sits around 10. With 10 percent moisture corn yields 7540 BTU per pound versus coal 12000 BTU. Corn remains a costly fuel even if cheap as feed supports cattle and meat profits.
Blaine Wilcox, local florist, is hospitalized with a fractured skull and eye damage after a Glenwood area car crash two weeks ago. He was initially thought only minorly injured and did not realize the full extent of his injuries until an X ray revealed skull fracture and eye damage from battery acid. Doctors say he must remain quiet for ten days to two weeks but expect a satisfactory recovery.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined and for years was thought incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, a constitutional remedy from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, is taken internally and targets the blood to mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure. modestly priced at 75 cents.
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