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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
2
Merriman travels to his Maine camp to confront thefts and finds his old guide Acton and his daughter guard the place. A tense canoe escape becomes a rendezvous with a nurse hopeful daughter. Merriman forgives the guard and invites both to stay as caretakers.
The steamship Merton Hall emerged from near 110 degree heat in India to minus zero conditions near Boston. Captain Sullivan faced brutal cold and ice laden decks. Crew struggled with frigid air and frigid equipment as the vessel neared Port Said and then Atlantic waters, finally meeting arctic conditions hundreds of miles off Boston.
Theodore Murdock, a Leavenworth federal inmate, developed a motor tire casing designed to resist punctures and blowouts while maintaining resilience over 15,000 miles. After five months in isolation perfecting features, he sent the design to Washington and learned February 22 that patent 864308 was granted. The government observer has discussed the invention with motor car manufacturers and Murdock expects a rapid patent issuance.
Dr Walter B Sloar of Harvard Medical School argued at a recent lecture that overfeeding is the principal cause of obesity. He noted middle age adults often misjudge their intake, urged less food with reduced activity, and cited a report claiming a cup of milk butter meat and bread daily could add twenty three pounds in four years.
A federal study shows most children quit school due to dislike of school work, with fewer than a third leaving because parents could not keep them longer. The government bulletin highlights these findings amid debate over education reform and growing support for compulsory schooling.
Three types of sea mines are described: contact ground mines resting on the sea bottom, "sucker" mines tethered by a cable to float at a fixed depth and detonate when touched, and floating mines dropped on the water surface for detonation by passing ships.
Miss Lynda schemes to reunite Sara Langley and Billy after a quarrel over a circus agent. A church hymn, a phone plan, and ticket swaps lead to a day at a grand circus and a comic roller ride that softens tensions. Romance resurfaces as laughter replaces jealousy.
A man with $276 in winnings tries to clear a $200 check by depositing $60 to the check maker's account and using a theater-ticket ruse. He learns the maker has $143, deposits $60 under that name, and the teller pays out the $200, netting a $60 bad check. Also mentions toothbrush defense and thrift quip.
A discussion of seal usage in Babylonian times notes seals and thumb-nail marks as signatures, scribes writing documents, and a burgal officer striking temporary seals. Separately, a Alaska bismuth deposit near Totalanika is reported, with ore assays 20 to 30 percent, the first large deposit, and implications for mining and industry.
O R B McColley walked with customer James L Boyd when his artificial glass eye fractured. The vacuum pulled the optic nerve, causing intense pain. Dr Cogswell treated him and the eye was removed. He will need a new glass eye after healing.
A new patent converts a standard preserving jar into a mouse trap with glass that holds no odor. The device traps mice one by one, resetting for each new intruder as curiosity brings them to the jar. The article notes traditional traps lose effectiveness due to odor.
The Astoria New York woman Joan A Kornic suffered two years of illness with chills, headaches, back and stomach pain. She avoided surgery after trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, improving within two weeks and later eating well and regaining health. The Pinkham Laboratory reports letters praising alternative healing and offers confidential advice from Lynn Mass.
A vintage advertisement extols Old Kentucky pressed plug chewing tobacco. It claims the premium fruit sweetness comes from Burley leaf, sun ripening, and modern pressing that retains juice. The copy urges readers to buy 10¢ plugs from their dealer today.
Excerpt from My Remembrances by B. A. Sothern in Scribner's Magazine cites actors who double as tradesmen. A harber by day and a delayed Smithy the tailor perform as fops, with a cab driver friend among them. The piece notes the mock honesty of such double lives and contrasts crafts with daily travels from cradle to grave.
An official report lists epoch making inventions of the last fifty years naming thirty six credited to United States inventors and fourteen to foreign inventors. The top ten for Americans include telephone, typewriter, cash register, incandescent lamp, talking machine, electric furnace reduction, electrolytic alkali production, transparent photograph film, motion picture machine, buttonhole sewing machine.
Rural North Dakota district converts the schoolhouse into a weekly temporary home for students from Friday morning to Friday night. Parents plan an addition to the school, turning it into sleeping and eating quarters for the children during the winter schooling period.
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