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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
4
A 1920s Smart Set quotation by Terrell Holliday depicts the male life as a string of sorrows shaped by women. From infancy to old age, the piece satirically traces marriage temptations, alimony, and the vow of celibacy as the true escape.
Rev Dr Robert MacDonald begins a series of eight Sunday children's sermons for May and June. He recounts a five year old's reaction to a story during worship and explains the plan to shorten future tales to please young listeners. A Brooklyn Beagle note praises the approach and invites families to attend.
Sunday sermon at Wesley Chapel by Rev Grant Parker and a long social roundup from Hastings. Visits include Miss Mamie Hicks in Miller South Dakota, Fred Martin at Malvern Epworth League, and Arlo Scanlan at Red Oak. Local sports fans urged to Malvern for horse racing and Hastings loss at Randolph. Church lawn summer services scheduled, and a funeral in Wisner for W L Dimmitt.
The Missouri lodge, in eighteen years of existence, has grown to 131 members and is among the strongest. In Western Iowa, farmer Andrew Anderson reports his team ran away when the McFarland auto whistle frightened the horses. Henry McFarland drove the car and saw Anderson about 250 yards away. Mrs E W Shaw, now at Clarinda hospital, says their daughter Mamie Hunt married June 8 to Edward Creech of Terre Haute Indiana, who will be their future home. friends in Hastings extend best wishes.
A daughter arrived June 19 at the John Walker home. Mrs RE Creamer visits relatives in Columbus Nebraska. Mr and Mrs C S Swaney visit relatives in Nebraska. Children’s day exercises held Sunday night at the Methodist Church. Mrs R P Duyson plans a visit to Hanover Germany. 8 Triplett and son L W Triplett returned from a flying trip to Yuma Colorado. Dr Graig plans to leave for Chicago for postgraduate work before moving to Ottumwa. A lawn party at the J B Viner home honored Dr and Mrs J D Craig who are soon to leave Henderson. Bay View club ladies hosted the event with decorations and treats.
The Philosopher of Folly laments wasted time from rushing tasks. He notes people begin things prematurely then repeat work after completion, urging more deliberate, orderly action to avoid inefficiency.
A humorous quip attributed to Success Magazine notes a husband explaining that he enjoys outings less and returns later when his wife stays home, claiming his time away is twice as long without her. The gag reflects light domestic diplomacy and playful marital dynamics.
The director of the royal dockyard at Castellamare Italy claims a torpedo boat without funnels. Using an electrical ventilator, exhaust is discharged from the wassel without smokestacks. Early tests from Castellamare to Naples reportedly showed no smoke and rapid steam progression.
A public school experiment in Danzig uses the daily newspaper as the reading text book. Teachers omit politics and crime, focusing on scientific and literary news, weather reports, and stock exchange information. The method increases pupil engagement and has shown good results so far.
Miss Hazel Carr returns to Denver while Miss Vesta Cheney attends Tabor college summer school. J BR Longshore leads land seekers to South Dakota. George White heads to Wayne Nebraska for business. John Sandiland tends his farm near Chamberlain South Dakota. John Powers manages county business. Mrs John Salmons and children head to Colorado Springs for an extended outing. A daughter born June 20 to Arthur Cole’s family south of Emerson. Henry Douglass and Jesse Smith travel to South Dakota for land matters. A J Combs grows a lettuce head measuring 4 inches in circumference. Rev Morgan becomes Emerson Methodist pastor and will take charge next Sunday. Miss Dorothy Shipman returns from St Mary’s seminary Omaha for summer. Emerson WCTU reorganizes with election of officers. Misses Laura McDowell Ada Johnson Lulu Cross Amanda Thorson attend Epworth League convention at Willisea. CJ Johnson of Rolfe Iowa buys Judge hotel. F W Karr leaves with stock merchandise. Wilbur Tompkins has a lively runaway near Emerson. scratched by barbed wire after buggy overturn.
A Brooklyn preacher brands women as the chief cause of the high divorce rate and claims they shoulder most blame for failed marriages. The St. Paul Dispatch notes his provocative stance on gender and marriage.
A Life publication notes that foolish people go out of their way to meet the inevitable while urging care with fragile possessions. The China Closet is not for baby’s reach, a warning on keeping cut glass safe around infants.
Nine year old Robert frets at bedtime during a card party then laments. Sunday aunt reads Bible stories to him and he asks with quiet urgency whether the right bower takes the joker in euchre, seeking the rules of the game.
A fragmentary captioned exchange describes hearing someone moving through bushes and speculation that the guv'nor may have been nearby, recording tone of Harper's Weekly.
A huge mammoth tooth was recovered by a Lowestoft smack on a fishing voyage. The fossil weighs 17 percent pounds and measures 34 inches in circumference, highlighting a remarkable find from shallow waters.
Abruzzi dubbed the highest Himalayan peak Frances as a badge of honor for the arduous ascent. The nickname reflects the brutal, cold, cheerless conditions and the relentless pursuit of victory in extreme high altitude climbing.
A fragment shows a musician quip about a recent orchestra performance. One speaker asks the selection just finished, another replies the neuralgia expressed in music, highlighting a humorous mishearing of the music as pain.
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