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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
2
In a sunlit Palm Beach hotel Irene grows torn between Harold Manning, a wealthy suitor, and a mysterious foreign count who proclaims a dream of a castle in a forest. After money woes threaten her, a test of true love reveals the count’s unwavering devotion and a planned honeymoon life together.
In a small scene at a drug store, a lemon-haired four year old named Algie sits with his mother at the soda counter. He voices a string of “Waw aw-aw” pleas as orders for chocolate dips, a chocolate soda, a plated holder, and a straw are fulfilled, before conceding with a final complaint about the clerk’s face. The brief episode ends as his mother reassures and the clerk steps away.
A witty quip questions how a man lost domestic supremacy when his wife tried to phone his office and the office failed to grasp the name, highlighting a humorous clash of communication and status.
A coinage of lines discusses truth, danger, and disarmament with a pistol for protection. It contrasts the value of small sums that seed fortunes, noting the human impulse toward risk and clever exchange in daily life.
A fragment discusses a quip about transgression from Smart Set, then observes slow forest growth in the United States, noting annual gain not exceeding about 12 cubic feet per acre. The item blends literary aside with a brief statistic on forestry, reflecting periodical tone.
A Houston merchant displayed a show window collection sent by Chief Engineer Wardwell of the Roosevelt Peary Arctic voyage. The display included Eskimo trousers sealskin hood a blue fox tail a woman’s necklace walrus ivory carvings seal skin coat Eskimo doll tobacco pouch Greenland sinews walrus tusks nerwha horn seal skins musk ox calf beryl from Grant Land and a Cape Sheridan crystal. Wardwell is described as a Bucksport man.
A New York society note reports Count Sigray's marriage to Harriet Daly. It states the bride’s dower is 6 million dollars, with 600 thousand immediately available to settle the count’s debts, while 5.4 million remains an American investment for interest. The Cleveland Leader condemns the display as a breach of marriage dignity and manhood.
The instrument of Dalton late of Mills County deceased was presented opened read and filed June 7 1910 and July 18 1910 at the Clerk of the District Court Glenwood Iowa for proof of the instrument. The 9th day of June 1910. H Davis Clerk.
Instrument purporting to be the will of William E. Dimmitt of Mills County was filed June 21 and July 18, 1910. The court fixed the time for proving the instrument at the Glenwood courthouse. Objections will be heard at the April term of the district court. Dated June 22, 1910. F.H. Davis, Clerk.
An early Mills County Tribune advertisement promotes Printers Akinda of Printing for the business man and farmer and for men women or children. It emphasizes good work and right prices.
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills claiming to purify blood by filtering impurities through the kidneys. It cites a customer testimonial from Theodore Blake of Red Oak Iowa and asserts widespread success with a 5 cent price, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as agents.
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