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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
8
A garbled collage of humor and commentary spans tariff talk by Senator Dixon referencing George Cartwright, laundry starch endorsements for Defiance Starch, Dr. Francis L. Patterson anecdotes, debutante remarks on romance and grooming, and light magazine jests about baseball gatekeepers and musical labor. The piece blends satirical dialogue with product pitches and social vignettes from an old periodical page.
Iowa potato crop remains a valuable asset with last year valued at over 36 million dollars. Potatoes are shipped from many counties to eastern markets. Grundy Center sent 425 carloads in 1908 at about 9 cents a bushel, with Reinbeck Wellsburg Mattoon and other towns also contributing large shipments.
Early settlers recall the old wooden covered bridge across the Cony river just before it meets the Des Moines at Coon Forks. Built long ago, it survived by a root added for support, later removed as unsafe. Once condemned, it was reopened. high water sometimes blocked access. The bridge attracted crime and suicides, becoming a notorious hideout for criminals and a peril for travelers. Local authorities expect it to yield to a newer structure within years.
A Lamont conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints reports a leadership shift to the Smith family. Frederick Madison Smith, editor of Saint's Herald, is linked to Joseph Smith. Robert Evans and Hermon G. Smith named in presidencies and church history roles.
Don L Love becomes Lincoln Nebraska mayor by about 600 votes amid a citywide push for absolute prohibition ending saloon operation. A Iowa graduate, Larrabee connection, and former state university alum, Love previously served on the city board of education for two years and led the board last year. He defeated A H Hutton after W A Selleck declined to run.
A meal time stunt imagines a colossal Indian figure towering near Liberty in New York harbor to publicize a gag. The piece describes a six by four foot face and a 20 yard high statue along with a two foot tomahawk and a telegraph pole length knife, aiming to provoke reactions from immigrants and onlookers.
A London novelty, dated sandwiches aim to delight with freshly cut portions sealed in glass and tissue. The Stuber delicacy, priced with a threepence dated paper band, promises a guaranteed freshness motif amid city chatter and newspaper commentary.
A novel but simple device for ventilating cars, factories, and houses has been devised by H. T. Minnitt. The apparatus, made of sheet metal, is stamped and perforated to allow airflow.
An Oklahoma reader recounts a two year old’s severe skin rash that caused intense itching and bleeding. He credits Cureitan Cuticum Ointment and Caticura Soap for a dramatic recovery two years ago, urging others to consider the remedy. The note closes with an old address and dates from 1903.
David Haddon of Alta newly appointed to the Iowa state pharmacy commission. An astronomer of note, he manages a drug store yet has built an observatory and begun astronomy observations. He has contributed to scientific journals in America and England and joined several scientific associations.
A disjointed column reflects on manners and authority, noting that prompt unquestioning obedience underpins leadership. It criticizes predatory instincts in business and warns of monopolies. An anecdote touts Grape-Nuts as a life changing remedy praised by a Newburyport veteran.
A collage of vintage ad copy and passages references various products and motifs. It parodies marketing tropes from foot powders to eye salves, cigars, and wartime bravado, mixing quips about courtship, motherhood, and marriage with claims of cures and remedies. The tone mirrors a bustling 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local Winchester notice about daughters and a word on a household matter. Readable names, places, or dates are not clearly present in the fragment.
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