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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
7
Hobgoblin biography notes Romola’s creation. It traces the Italian journey that inspired the Florence setting and the author’s struggle to grasp ancient rhythms. The piece highlights reconciling rustic English life with foreign pasts, leading to a moral tragedy in the narrative.
At Monterosso near Spezia Italy a huge cement statue of Neptune rises as the foundation support for a seaside villa. The work by Rome sculptor Arrigo Minerbi stands about 88 feet tall and contains a hollow reinforced cement body with a spiral staircase.
A brief essay on the phrase all for a song and its shift from literal payment for a poet to a warning against wasting worthy opportunities for transient pleasures. The piece notes historical anecdotes about Lord Burleigh and Queen Elizabeth and reflects on modern misuse of a term tied to value and meaning.
The piece debunks myths of William Penn buying vast Delaware land with a bull hide. It traces similar legends to Dido of Carthage and Knickerbocker’s tales of Tenbrock, noting these stories are old, unlikely, and repeated across eras. The focus is on myth versus historical fact about land purchases.
Canon Sunway recounts a quip about a foe who harassed an Irishman for years. A local clergyman rebukes the harsh view of the dead. The rejoinder suggests if the devil lacks the man, there is no point in keeping a devil at all.
Dartur Kane, an Arctic explorer, cites rats as a harsh curse aboard his ship yet notes they served as a rare food source during famine. He describes chopping and freezing rats into tallow balls and recounts Hans shooting rats at night to provide fresh meat soup, aiding his immune resilience.
Council Bluffs hosts the spring meeting of the Council Bluffs Presbytery with Rev. William Mack elected moderator and Rev. Samson Cox chosen to attend the Philadelphia national convention. A railroad strike was averted as yardmen returned to work. Baseball growth spans the region with plans for a five-state league and a Council Bluffs stadium. New industry starts include Griffen Car Wheel Co million dollar plant MacInnerney Elevator Joyce Lumber and a San Macaroni plant. Soldiers favor an adjusted compensation bonus, and Theodore Saam, Council Bluffs schools chief, is re elected with higher pay. The first Lithuanian immigrant to leave Russia since the war visits Council Bluffs and admires Iowa’s farms.
An old advertisement touts RAT S NAP as a fast rat killer that dries carcasses in ten minutes with no odor. It describes RAT-SNAP in cake form broken into pieces, claims cats or dogs won’t touch it, and lists prices 25c 60c and 1.00 with BF W Kelley and R H Daniel as distributors.
The passage extols advertising as a dominant force shaping modern abundance. It claims crowds have grown over fifty years, delivering more happiness, variety, and comforts in food, homes, clothing, babies, health, and business, with advertising as the enabling instrument.
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