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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
4
Display advertising costs 5 inches and above at ten cents per inch plus five cents per inch for composition each time. Readers advertise one cent per word plus ten cents per insertion up to 60 words. Larger readers priced at 26 cents per inch plus 26 cents for each insertion.
A retrospective from five years ago notes bids on Drainage Improvement Bonds for Pony Creek, household sales in Glenwood, a historic councilBluffs paper recounting Jonas Shinn hauling Nebraska legislators, a croquet ground fight in Henderson, seven smallpox cases in Malvern, and Sam Vinton buying back his Malvern home.
The Red Oak Electric Co through its managers promises a reduction of 1000 dollars per year on its bills for Red Oak lighting, though the city council has not yet accepted the offer.
A Vienna backed mystery tells how Count Otto von X who used the alias Justus Perth vanished during a Singapore transfer after inheriting 12,000,000 crowns. General Bruneau tracked the disguise through enlistment rolls and photos revealing the secretary Dhuermer as the elusive heir. The case remains unsolved, haunting Sahara campfire tales.
A Chicago Tribune feature surveys how different countries prepare and eat eggs. Americans prefer poached or deviled eggs, while Germans favor soft boiled eggs in a cup and Englishmen favor soft boiled eggs with bread and butter. Spaniards boil eggs briefly and drink from a glass, Italians start in cold water for perfect prep.
A Saturday Evening Post anecdote recalls former Kentucky Governor Proctor Knott in a mountain murder trial. A witness, a tobacco-chewing native, details a first meeting with a key figure in colorful dialect describing a man on a straddle of a dun colored animal, in hot weather.
A column notes architects once sought tones that make famous buildings vibrate. Cologne cathedral Notre Dame Paris and St Pauls London are cited as examples. The claim that a keynote could cause disaster with enough force remains unproven. A London Opinion aside adds a quirky look at polishing by human skin and palm pressure.
A college guide recounts a visitor asking who holds most medals. The guide replies that the pawnbroker downtown owns the largest collection, suggesting a quirky local fame for the medal holder.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a man quips about high living costs at home as he lives with his wife's father, illustrating domestic financial strain. The exchange highlights family dependency and humorous framing of economic pressure.
Dialogue-heavy fragment shows Winkie praising his wife’s legislative drive and Winkle challenging the claim. A judge-like remark on repentance appears, casting moral tone on political virtue and error in a brief, theatrical exchange.
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