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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
4
Joseph W. Folk argues that corrupt political backing corrodes law enforcement and civic virtue. He warns that elected officials who ignore law for personal favors undermine democracy, urging citizens and lawyers to uphold honest governance and educate the public about lawful duty.
Arthur Conan Doyle argues that modern life is not degenerate and shows progress. He cites refined dining, improved drink habits, simpler fashion, and advances in books, charities, and morals among the wealthy, while acknowledging occasional scandals. He concludes society is in good condition, leaning toward civility over brutality.
Dick Vance inherits a Chilton estate but learns a granddaughter of the deceased also exists and faces poverty. Torn between keeping the fortune and righting a wrong, he discovers Alice Dale, the rightful heir, is the granddaughter arriving in time. Love reconciles a planned marriage with a rightful claimant.
A Cornel Bluffs Nonpareil note contrasts smokers and nonsmokers over matches. It depicts a smoker’s life divided by pockets full or empty, describing the match as essential, scarce, and a sign of friendship. The piece ends with envy of those who always have two matches.
The Rev Samuel Peters claims Connecticut blue laws made famous. An excerpt from Originual Natural History describes a dramatic section of the Connecticut River two hundred miles from Long Island Sound. It narrates a gorge carved by two mountains of gold rock where waters press through and iron, lead, and cork would share weight. The text blends mythic imagery with colonial curiosity about nature.
A wood with trees speaks to a man crossing with an ax on his shoulder. The trees plead for life while the woodsman says he is tempted to cut. The ax’s handle, part of a branch, seems to empower the man to destroy kin. The trees warn that no foe is as bitter as a renegade.
Elizabeth and Wilmot read a trove of love letters from a dead suitor, tracing a past romance. As the notes reveal a young man’s dreams and the couple’s growing bond, Elizabeth confronts jealousy and memory, learning to honor a ghost while choosing a future together.
A Canby resident recounts how modern disease control measures burdened families during epidemics. The tale contrasts old fashioned endurance with city doctors diagnosing Itises and quarantining relatives, plus fumigation causing lasting discomfort and affecting church attendance.
A 300 year old account recalls King James I visiting lions in the Tower of London. Two lambs and a roasted cock were presented to the beasts before a live lamb was lowered. The lions sniffed the lamb and showed no aggression, while a subsequent mastiff fight was deemed better sport.
The largest world ice mass lies across Greenland’s interior, forming a block about 600,000 square miles in area and roughly 1.5 miles thick. It weighs more than the Mediterranean sea, could cover Britain and Ireland with seven miles of ice, and if split and stacked would rise over 120 miles high. Greenland holds enough ice to bury the United States a quarter of a mile deep.
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