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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1920
Page
4
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Leola and Jimily Buchanan visited at the C. W. Boles home for several days in Red Oak. F. B. Howard and family returned from a Lake Okoboji outing. Jennie Andrews and a Kansas City nephew visited Slaughter and Schurr homes. Mrs. Ernie Brevier and daughter called on Frances Boles. Marie remained with Aunt Mrs Rickabaugh. W. FP M and Mrs Leonard Seerer socialized last week. The King's Heralds met at the church. The U P I club hosted a married couples gathering with about forty attendees and refreshments.
The U S Department of Agriculture dust explosion research extends beyond grain elevators to aluminum dust starch and fish meal. Firefighters are cooperating with agriculture experts after findings that mysterious dust clouds can trigger explosions and fires.
A study by Selig Hecht of Creighton University, Omaha, shows the eye's sensitivity to darkness increases rapidly after entering a dark room from daylight. Initial slow rise becomes swift within minutes, reaching up to about 5,000 to 10,000 times greater sensitivity after an hour, due to a reversible photochemical reaction in the retina involving a photosensitive substance and its decomposition products.
The article describes Cajamarca as an unambitious town in the Andes famed for unfinished colonial churches. It notes class divisions with idle upper class and impoverished lower class, a perpetual northern calm, and no recent birth of local energy or initiative. The unfinished churches symbolize a historic restraint on growth.
The article notes errors in attribution of early linguistic works. It cites Dr Julie Wil Nas and "An Alphahetical Pielonary" from 1668 and discusses the 1677 London directory. It remarks that Roger Crab systematized lying in London by 1655, challenging common beliefs about the era.
The passage surveys early phonetic spellings in Butler’s Feminine Monarchy of 1609 and Trithemius’s Polygraphia of 1518, notes Saxton’s England and Wales maps as the first such collection, and discusses French terms for sage humor including Brander Matthews’ three types, with examples of wit and character-driven lines.
A commuter on a Philadelphia line plays a two handed phiochie at 26 cents a band while traveling to New York Atlantic City and Cape May. A butler interrupts with a telegram about a struck 8 0 Ki barrel gusher and a fortune made, prompting exasperation at the suspense rather than the money.
An optimistic advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain headaches dizziness and urinary trouble. It features testimonials from Glenwood residents including Mrs Glaude Th Hunt praising relief after use and listing local Glenwood dealers for the product.
Prank Gustafson, a farmer from Munning Iowa, told at Sherman McConell Drug Store in Omnha that after taking Tanlac for a month he has regained twenty five pounds of weight, recovered appetite, and energy. He said three years of weakness and stomach trouble left him unable to work.
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