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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
2
Domestic science at a teachers college unveils a fireless oven designed for city flats. A reporter sees a versatile box that bakes by nonconductive insulation and can transform into a crib or icebox, boasting odorless operation and nursery safe features.
Chicago's first policewoman patrols the Auditorium lobby wearing blue jacket helmet and star. Dorothy Stewart twenty two says kindness wins where handcuffs fail and carries only a lace handkerchief as her weapon. She guards women and children handles ticket office lines calmly and vows to pursue any flirter.
Wilma Schaefer, nineteen of Oshkosh, Wis., astounds performers by singing a five octave range from the low to high notes. In Milwaukee circles her voice surpasses Patti as she reaches the high Fo and ascends beyond Adelina Patti's top tones, creating a sensation in musical circles.
M Maggiora proposes to abolish fog in London using powerful air projectors. Eight to ten cannons would be a permanent antifog system costing seven pence per device. He claims twenty explosives dissipate fog in twenty minutes. A separate dispatch notes Prof A C Pohlman praising parental eye training to improve near vision in children.
A Washington doctor has nurses treat patients by singing. Belinda, a gentle nurse, soothes nearly all with songs though some patients die. She cures with melodies until one deaf and dumb patient remains, content with lullaby and popular tunes.
A society moneyed man, Sam Owen Hard, faced with loneliness on Christmas, meets Robert Allison Broxley a grieving boy with twin babies. Hard accepts a bargain to care for one twin named Ruth, leaving the other with Robert, and later hires the boy to care for Ruth while Hard resolves the matter with Mrs. Broxley.
Colonel Stilwell of Kentucky rejects being a prohibitionist yet endorses the idea that a soft drink can prevent headaches. He cites the Washington Star quote to illustrate his stance.
A short literary quip from the Pittaburg Post questions habits of storing money in an old stocking, joking that such a saver has chosen a warned poor bank. The line reflects period humor and social commentary on frugality.
An Iowa Snap 160 acres in Fremont county near Randolph. All in cultivation, fenced and cross fenced with a 7 room house, big barn, and multiple buildings. Includes good well, windmill, tanks, orchard, running water on 1 acre corner, nice corrals and hog pasture. Priced at 100 dollars per acre with possible loan of 8000 at low rate. Nearby farms sold for 115 dollars per acre. Contact A. H. Winkler & Co., Glenwood, Iowa. Township 70, range 40. Fremont County.
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