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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
4
Display advertising rates listed for 5 inches and over ten cents per inch plus five cents per inch for composition each time required readers charged at one cent per word plus ten cents per insertion up to sixty words larger readers at twenty six cents per inch plus twenty five cents per insertion end of notice indicates pricing structure for various ad types within the period newspaper column.
Readers recall the Glenwood Christian church Invincibles class at the Glenwood Chautauqua grounds last Thursday evening. They shared a meal of fried chicken and gifts for invalid Johnny Stivers, with local youths Archie Stout and Paul Snuffin noted for extra plates, guest Oscar Pangburn of St. Joe, Missouri, and a list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Jesse Morgan, Geo. Scott, C. H. Myers, Sherm Hill, and others.
A steamboat named Saturn allegedly sold liquor on daily Mis- Bolri river trips from Omaha below the street car bridge. Omaha seeks to stop the liquor sales but claims the boat crosses to the Iowa side first, hindering enforcement. Council Bluffs officers may join in the effort.
The duty for caring for indigent pulmonary tuberculosis patients rests with county Boards of Supervisors. Legislation authorized boards to provide local hospitals or arrange with existing institutions and to spend up to 15 dollars per week per patient for proper care and isolation to prevent the disease's spread.
Factory Inspector J. D. Seamon toured Glenwood on duties related to the 35th legislature factory laws. He noted new appointments by the governor and reminded proprietors that any workshop with four or more workers must certify all accidents.
Harry Thaw escaped from an New York asylum with two cars waiting outside and his attendant detained. Other items note a Plattsmouth picnic with 42 baby show contestants won by Orville B. Washburn, bootlegger drives at Shenandoah fair, New York governor impeachment uncertainty, Leon Iowa paving plans, a girl burned in an auto flame incident, John Stumpf suing for a son’s death, Pottawattamie County buying 800 acres for a self sustaining poor farm, and a Shenandoah merchant delivering a 300 pound woman who bought a fly swatter before being driven home.
A court injunction blocks the proposed 2 million dollar extension tax tied to buying ground by the Capitol Grounds after Judge Hunt er finds the levy unconstitutional beyond the state debt limit. The injunction restrains the Executive Council from collecting the tax.
The Post Office Department announced changes effective August 15 allowing parcel packages up to 20 pounds. Rates within a 150 mile radius drop to 5 cents per pound, replacing the prior 60 mile zone rate.
Weekly cinema listings for Monday and Wednesday August 18 and 20 feature The Madcap of the Hills a romantic mountain tale Comrades and The Speed Queen a Keystone comedy with Mabel Normand The Reward of Courage a WWI era rescue tale The Dream Home a neglected child story and The Head of the Ribbon Counter a Thanhouser comedy with Harry Benham showing at local theaters.
Rev A B Weat organized a church athletic event at Mills County Fair Grounds. Teams from Methodist and Presbyterian competed for senior and junior trophies. Earl Parker led seniors and Bruce West led juniors. Baptista and Christians produced strong individuals but won no trophies.
Theodora Kay was crossing a creek bridge in east Mineola when the threshing engine broke through the bridge, tipping the machine but causing no serious injuries. The separator’s front wheels alone plunged beneath, while Kay escaped unharmed in a miraculous escape from a serious accident.
Tribune readers routinely check the advertising column to learn what has been lost found or put up for sale. The column has earned praise from patrons for its reach and usefulness as a quick marketplace. Rates are one cent per word plus ten cents for the first issue and one cent per word for each subsequent issue.
In its heyday Cafe Anglais drew wealthy Americans who faced sky high charges. Julius Chambers recalls ordering simply and facing a 300 franc bill for a modest meal. A Chicago acquaintance later faced a 23 dollar luncheon bill, with a rule charging for a second helping of fish.
A chatty reprint compiles remarks on newspaper finances then folds in anecdotes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and London sketches. It recounts a reporter’s chat about unusual news, a London Times cobweb door legend, a key bearer tale, and the famed Montenegrin billiard table journey with porters and a guiding phi.
A London tale recalls Mrs. Cuyler, famed as the cabmen's terror, who knew every London distance and paid exact fares, sparking disputes when drivers argued distances or sought extra charges, a legend long tied to the London Tatler.
A physician laments a patient’s reluctance to breathe fresh air while an elder clinician critiques the guidance. The exchange suggests urging daily park walks with ample ozone inhalations, as echoed by two newspapers. A broader note cites contrasts in future caution and self mastery.
A Glenwood Iowa resident says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache and weariness from kidney weakness. She bought them at Red Cross Drug Co. and reports being free from lameness since using the product. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets Doan's as the sole United States agents.
Notice to concerned parties that Red Oak Electric Company asks Mills County Board of Supervisors for twenty year rights to erect and maintain poles and wires for lighting heat and power along multiple highways and town boundaries in Mills County Iowa based on an application now on file with the County Auditor.
The Red Oak Electric Co by T. F. Schadel president announces a hearing on an application at the Board of Supervisors office in the court house Glenwood Iowa at 10 a m on August 20 1913. Objections may be presented by interested parties. The description includes lands in sections 18 48 and surrounding tracts extending to Glenwood corporate limits.
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