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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1921
Page
4
Advertisers are offered display and local rates with per inch and per line charges. The page lists pricing for display ads as 20 per inch, composition 60 per inch, locals and classifieds at 5 per line or 1 per line, and social notices such as Card of Thanks obituary poetry resolutions. The owners and publishers are F H Hill Barle and J R Graham as editor.
In the Seventh Federal Reserve district about $42,000,000 was paid on June 15 to First Liberty Bonds and Victory notes. Subscriptions totaling $4,129,242,500 were noted in the district as investors exchange interest coupons for more government bonds, with large holders using the low market rate to compound gains. Postmaster W. H. Fickel announced that con goods are accepted as cash for Treasury Savings certificates, which range from 25 cents to 1,000 dollars. The 4 percent rate is compounded quarterly, and many Liberty Bond holders convert interest coupons into Treasury Savings securities twice yearly, citing safety as a key factor.
The 1920 census records 1,571 farms in Millis County, down from 2,016 in 1900 and 1,780 in 1910. Four women are listed as farmers, with native whites 1,467 and foreign born whites 103 among farm operators. Tenant farmers number 729 in 1920, after 784 in 1910 and 836 in 1900, and total farm property value rose to 69,024,123.
The Dubuque native Major Maurice Connolly dies in a Maryland airship crash May 29 along with six others. A noted public figure, he was Dubuque postmaster, congressman, World War I air service major, and active civic leader. Funeral services in Dubuque were among the most impressive in years.
In Ames college’s 475 graduates Naomi R. Salmons, formerly of Emerson and now of Red Oak, earned a B S degree in Home Economics and Agriculture. At Villisca railroad property faced a court review with no reduction granted. A Stanton Catt spell of bad luck was noted amid power outages rumors. Thurman plans a hastg bail tournament set for 26 27 28. WY Strait, former Mont Savings er of Hre mont Savings, died June 13 after urns. funeral May 30.
Frank George Frank a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Leonard George of Minéola died after a week long illness on Friday June 17 Funeral services were held Sunday, mourning the loss in the local community.
A reflective piece argues that long Smokers yield anecdotes, jokes, and vague talk rather than honest emotion. It contrasts American conversational habits with French and Latin American norms where dialogue becomes confession of beliefs and fancies.
In a Houston Post tale a burglar named Bill Bluffem confronts Goldstein Bigpurse near the Mansion House. Surprised to meet his schoolmate, Goldstein refuses to release him and offers partnership in a large financial syndicate, claiming he has sought the right trainee for years.
George B. Stratton of the United States reclamation service outlines methods to control moss in canals. Drying the canal kills growth when time allows. submarine saws cut stiff moss. dragging with a harrow helps, with chains proving effective at nine dollars per mile over thirty five miles.
Relief workers used gold hidden inside sausages to move money from Constantinople to inner Anatolia. Robbers, mainly Turks, object to pig products, so the ruse worked. The sausage string carrier faced multiple hold ups, but the gold remained untouched.
In the Mills County District Court Elizabeth Kiser sues James L Lombard and unknown heirs and claimants for Lot 1 and the north 37 feet of Lot 2 in Block 63 Glenwood Iowa seeking to establish absolute ownership. The petition is on file with the Clerk of District Court.
In Ty Iowa the plaintiff alleges ownership by recorded plat and more than 20 years of open possession against all defendants. It claims that a note and mortgages executed by C Osborn and wife on September 26, 1882 to James L Lombard and secured by specified Book pages are barred by the statute. If not appeared by October term 1921 in Glenwood, Iowa, default will be entered and judgment rendered. Genung & Genung, attorneys for plaintiff.
The Mills County Board of Supervisors will issue sixty thousand dollars in Funding Bonds to be sold to the highest bidder at the Glenwood Court House on July 7 1921 at 2 PM Bonds of $1000 each carry 6 percent interest semiannually and mature May 1st in 1927 28 29 31 and 1934 The county reserves the right to reject any bids Witness W M Moore county auditor June 1921
An Iowa reader from Pacific Junction reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache and kidney trouble after extra work. He urges neighbors to try the remedy and notes a 60 cent price at dealers. FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. is the maker.
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