25 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
1
Glenwood residents and visitors mingle in a bustling round of social calls business trips and neighborhoods. People from Omaha College View Estherville and Malvern travel through Glenwood while Windham & Kates haul materials for the Armory project and local merchants promote summer activities at the Chautauqua with tickets and specials.
Ads for sale including old tires and casings, fry chickens, a Singer sewing machine, mowing equipment, posts from Burr oaks and walnuts, Rock Island wagons, a 25 horsepower Mohgul Oil burner and Racine Separator, with contact details and prices. Also mutual insurance pitch by George H. Zimmer urging better coverage nationwide.
A London solicitor inflates favor with Sir John, a baronet and key industry figure, by posing as a staff investigator for the Clarion. The ruse yields a forthcoming page advertisement for a special edition, drawing other leading manufacturers into line and boosting the industry trade press.
A reminiscence of Jenny Lind’s intimate concert with Otto Goldschmidt and an old ballad that so stirred a roomful of guests that all stood in awe as she sang Auld Rob in Gray. The scene ends with gratitude from the host, a memory of intense emotion.
The word burgh in Saxon meant castle, so towns built near castles for protection were named after them and their garrisoned soldiers were called burghers. Inhabitants of these towns formed a community with a governing constitution called the borough laws.
An elder office mate questioned a young clerk about a girl seen with him at a moving picture show. Asked if she was his fiancée or sister, the clerk muttered that she says she will be a sister. The exchange appears in the New York World.
A cryptic exchange reveals tension as Budde confronts Jim over a $5 loan with threats and accusations. The dialogue hints at a personal grudge and possible deception, framing a tense moment of bold insistence versus skepticism.
A humorous roundup notes the New Mexico W O T C buying a Farmington distillery to destroy it. A Paterson New Jersey judge helps a penniless couple wed thanks to a shooting gallery win. London reveals cubist note paper that is completely black and ink that is white or cerise. Kansas women plan self washing to raise funds. Eighteen of seventy five Alabama Civil War alumni receive diplomas after more than fifty years.
The future Riis faced hardship and scorn across mines and brickyards in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In Buffalo and New York he pursued journalism, enduring refusals before a pivotal moment in a Courier office and finally landing as a reporter after a tense exchange about his carpentry background. His persistence culminated in his return to New York to fulfill his newspaper ambitions.
Deputy Consul Luther J. Parr reports Sheffield England faces a severe rat infestation in steel works and stores. He notes limited damage by rats, occasional rat catchers paid a pound per night, and a market for captured rats among trainers. The city plans to demolish the central killing shambles and market to curb vermin migration.
Certified babies will be offered by the moral court of Chicago to persons desiring to adopt children. Foster parents will receive certificates guaranteeing the child is free from organic disease insanity or constitutional weakness. A scientific inventory of the infant's traits and possibilities will accompany the certificate.
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