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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
5
A dated review outlines 1920 for farmers with high wages, rising and falling prices, and credit shortages. It notes fat cattle and hog prices dropping while corn and feeds fluctuated, leading to tight money by year end. The piece projects 1921 with cautious optimism amid continued economic strain. It also mentions a film plot about small town life and crime caper.
Joy Parker recovered from illness though remains frail. Arline Howard returned home for Christmas vacation on Wednesday. Clinton Parker and family visited his brother Paul in Wesley community Sunday. Claude Brooks fainted from car exhaust while in his garage last week and was ill briefly. A surprise party was held at W. W. Jones home for young folks on Monday. Neighbors from Strahan attended a farewell gathering as they prepare to move to Arkansas.
The Jack Pickford Film Company presents In Wrong a comedy drama of small town life directed by James Kirkwood at Rex Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday First National attraction. Johnny a country boy loves Milly a country girl whose boarding house mother keeps house. A city visitor courts Milly while Johnny feigns indifference.
Mrs. Carl J. Foster of Rock Island Illinois describes ten years of poor health, dramatic Tanlac improvement, weight gain of twenty one pounds, restored appetite, relief from stomach and kidney pains, better sleep, more energy, and a renewed life, praising Tanlac and listing local distributors.
Red Parrish reports an unusually large motor-tourist influx to Florida this year with travelers from every northern and midwest state. He toured 22 states, ending in Jacksonville, Florida, mapping routes for northern families seeking winter sun. Cars range from stately owned limousines to battered flimsy runabouts, many stranded with no funds to repair.
The USDA and Iowa State College studied spring and summer land prices in 1919 20 and found Iowa farm land values rose $121 per acre from 1915 to 1920 with $64 of that gain from March 1919 to March 1920. Most buyers and sellers were farmers, few real estate men, and returns on land appeared to exceed earnings capacity given loan rates.
Joe Armstrong notes rats around kennels with hundreds of prize dogs. After using RAT-SNAP in cake form, rats disappeared in three weeks and dogs avoided the product. He recommends it to friends and cites safe, ready to use cake sizes 86, 6c, and $1.26. Sold and guaranteed by W Helley and R H Daniel.
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