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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
5
A World’s Work piece extols a Zeppelin airship approach likened to a Pullman train. It describes dining, heat from engine exhaust, a hotel like cabin, lavatories with hot and cold water, a library, and a lounge, highlighting hotel quality service midair.
The former Mikado adopted Western dining habits but aimed to make Japanese cooks independent of foreign experts. Oyagul, the best native cook, was trained in France and returned to lead the imperial kitchen. He trained others to replace foreign chefs.
A new Yaminonus pencil accessory provides an electric light for writing in the dark. It uses a small accumulator and lamp to cast a disk of light on the writing point, designed for doctors reporters detectives and others who take notes outdoors or in darkness.
Black opals come mainly from artificial colorings, but genuine stones have been mined in a small district at the head of the Darling River in northern New South Wales for nine years. Output rose to 30 000 or 40 000 annually for a period, but the stones are now extremely scarce with hardly any found in the last nine months, per a consular report from Adelaide.
Kean played Brutus to his son Titus with vigor after a holiday boost. The benefit drew over £300 with the house full and audience moved by the father's line delivery. Charles supported him well and the elder Kean whispered to his son amid wild applause.
The excerpt recalls James I. who refused to turn the nurse’s son into a gentleman, saying he would make him a baronet but not a gentleman. It notes he created baronets in 1619 and quotes his sharp witticisms about noble wives.
A Berlin exchange shows a neighbor speaking to a doctor about news of his illness. The woman notes they live close by and mentions a brother’s letter from Judia, revealing the social distance within a city.
A fragmented OCR passage notes a mock exchange about an antiice movement and the difficulty of promoting it. It references a Washington Star quote and a nonsensical line about a Portuguese saying. The text also mentions a London school teaching bachelors to cook sew and manage home needs.
Elmer W Stacey addresses Mills County Farmers Institute on township duties as fence viewers health overseers and road trustees. He argues for careful trustee selection, emphasizes drainage and durable culverts, and criticizes frequent road law changes while urging adherence to existing statutes to cut costs and improve roads.
Read by H N Cheyney before the Mills County Farmers Institute on January 21 1913 the talk outlines county supervisors authority over public highways and the roles of township trustees in road management noting the broad scope and need for public sentiment and efficient administration.
A historical view surveys competing theories on Yosemite Valley origin. Scientists from Whitney to Muir debate whether streams, glaciers, or subterranean forces carved the gorge, concluding most likely a combined stream erosion followed by repeated ice invasions shaping the cliffs.
The New York Sun notes the tiger’s voice as mournful and terrifying, aiding hunts. Natives believe deer freeze upon hearing the roar, unable to locate the hunter, giving the tiger a chance to stalk. Sportsmen suspect some truth, as tone alone can hint at the tiger’s location.
The Oldest Gandy In World Is Licorice notes licorice is mainly from Spain and made from plant juice with a stabilizer to resist heat. It describes the licorice plant as a three foot shrub growing along the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, linking ancient Babylonia and Nineveh to modern tastes.
A retired naval Oliver spent a week in Kissachusetts and befriended new diners by endlessly colorless reminiscences. A judge advocate, who knew him, quipped we call him the thirteen mellow. A Chicago observer asked why. the reply noted his great lore.
Cetinje central prison reputed as one of the most easy going in the world. Inmates furnish their own cells and stay mainly for comfort. Diet is liberal with wine and cigarettes, no work, minimal rules, and on feast days inmates may entertain friends.
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