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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
8
Mills County Tribune lists publication Mondays and Thursdays under owners and publishers F. Hill Harle and A. Davis. The notice confirms the paper’s schedule and ownership for readers and advertisers.
The piece discusses April showers aiding hay and pasture crops while windmill water users enjoy spring rains. It notes high seed potato prices at 5.75 per bushel, concerns over corn at 1.60, and speculation that farm prices may not fall soon due to supply constraints and rising world demand. It reflects on farmers, labor, and the idea that farm product prices may stay firm.
Society girls may gain ideas of wealth as Mary Pickford stars in The Blood-Red Moon produced by Pickford. Seen next Tuesday and Wednesday at Rex Theatre. Amy Burke plays a rich girl burdened by wealth and poor schooling.
A spoiled heiress races through life with a wealthy grandfather and a loyal but neglected father. When a tenement discovery reveals her true character, she chooses family over luxury and helps win back the man her grandfather backhandedly sent to prison, ending the First National release.
In 1809 many distinguished figures were born, including Lincoln, Poe, Holmes, Darwin, Tennyson, Gladstone, Browning, Mendelssohn, and Chopin. The piece notes that such a year would be extraordinary and reflects on dates ending in 9 linked to human liberty, mentioning earlier notable years like 1769 and 29.
A Youth’s Companion excerpt on the virtues and perils of brevity. It cites Voltaire and classic wits describing terse speech as both powerful and risky, warning against excessive brevity that robs meaning. The passage urges disciplined concision to improve listening and impact.
Miss Cayenne replies that she might not believe the conversation either. The exchange casts doubt on the board’s reliability and invites skeptical talk about spiritual communications.
A visitor recalls Tibetan memories from Hooker and calls to a yak in a TM shed. The yak leaves its hay to follow the caller, then paces the enclosure after the visitor repeats the Tibetan girl’s call. The scene evokes homesickness and nostalgia for distant snow and ice.
The piece compares early child behavior with animal feeding signals and human reactions to no, noting that children nod or shake heads before speech. It contrasts human nodding with facial tightening when saying no and discusses malaria mosquitoes preferring stuffy, poorly ventilated homes, implying transmission risk in crowded settings.
In a breezy manner the fashionable physician greets Mrs Adams and asks about her condition. The patient responds that she is unsure what is new, while languidly muttering about the matter with a hint of humor.
Marjorie Shepard died after a relapse following severe burns as reported in Monday’s Tribune. Vernon Francis Schipper, 28, died at Watertown after influenza and Bright’s disease, with funeral services held in Emerson and interment in the Emerson cemetery. He left wife Angie Trueblod and two children Don and Lorin. He had moved from a farm near Emerson to Villisca in childhood and joined the Morton Mills Christian church in 1916.
A survey notes that over half the world’s population has not heard the Gospel of Christ. It says World War altered conditions and opened evangelistic opportunities worldwide, urging Christians to work their mission in Washington and Lincoln’s land.
Pleasant Ridge churches announce Sunday events with services and classes. Howard Mintle leads the Pleasant Ridge church with Sunday school at 9:00 a.m and preaching at 11 a.m plus youth meeting at 6:30 p.m and evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. Methodist Episcopal notes class meetings and junior league and midweek service on Wednesday.
Various congregations announce Sunday school times morning worship services and evening gatherings with listed speakers missionaries and topics. Rev Joseph Stille D B Thompson Thomas Vans EH Hillis and other pastors lead services including sermons on Rast Hvil Pursuits and The Mighty Power of An Old Fashioned Doctrine Justification By Faith with choir and orchestra plans noted.
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