26 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
1
Rates for one year or six months and advertising charges are listed. Includes per word pricing with a 10 cent booking fee and column width charges. The fragment mentions readers rates and inch rates, but details are incomplete.
The notice states display rates of five inches or over at ten cents per inch for space plus five cents per inch for composition. Rates apply to advertising space in the publication with charges calculated by measured column width and line length.
The piece argues over Taft’s federal appointments and whether progressives should dictate who is confirmed. It asserts Republicans deserve capable, honest appointees and that those who opposed Taft or supported third party candidates forfeited influence on selections. It questions critics who refused to back Taft yet seek favors.
The article cites Code Sec 4969 outlining punishments for torturing starving overdriving or cruelly killing or neglecting animals. A person who knowingly permits such acts faces up to thirty days in county jail or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, with liability extending to various cruelty and neglect actions.
A second threatening note to Woodrow Wilson reaches U S postal authorities. The letter blames immigration and political agitation, warns of possible harm to the president elect, and reflects hostile sentiment toward Wilson and Bryan amid broad civic tensions in the era. Southwest Iowa reports a calm, pleasant Christmas.
A column cites mixed U.S. political chatter from Oyster Bay and national figures. It touches on President elect Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt, and party dynamics, noting invitations, pardons, and imagined shifts. The piece weaves local concerns, weather, prices, and small-town anecdotes with broader reform chatter and editorials.
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party as insubstantial. It mentions a slugger who attempted a robbery at a Kansas City diner, then identified by a police officer. It also discusses Cuming's anxious anticipation of Iowa Republican dominance and a planned political posture ahead of the next U.S. Senate race.
A Mills county notice states a commissioner will lay out a forty foot highway starting about 3.95 chains south of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 31 township 72 range 42 and ending in the highway center. Objections or claims for damages must be filed by March 3, 1918.
The Winterset Reporter notes a new parcel post law effective January 1 fixing rates by distance in zones. Rates apply per pound for parcels not over 11 pounds, with zones from 50 miles up to 1000 miles and beyond. The figures shown are the zone based charges across weight classes.
A Mills County notice promotes a five percent loan offer of one million dollars for six months. It urges immediate action before March and highlights an in house abstract plant with two sets of books. The Mills County Abstract Company lists Walter Breen as secretary and T. Q. Records as president and notes housework work for an experienced girl.
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