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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
2
A tender exchange as a suitor asks if love affects appetite. Miss Clara replies with certainty and orders roast beef with fat, mashed potatoes, parsnips, and boiled onions from the bill of fare, signaling contentment and appetite despite romance.
Glasgow shows thrift and enterprise by saving waste paper and scrap iron, boosting revenue for years. The cleansing department serves half of Scotland, and the city owns nearly a thousand railroad cars. Its ventures span bog reclaiming market gardening and butchers' work.
An English clergyman visits parishioners and hears an old woman recount her trials. She laments her sister’s death and a sudden pig death, but notes the Lord has been on her side this winter for greens, ending with a hopeful remark.
Piling in Amsterdam harbor uses iron nailed coatings to guard wood from pile worms. Piles aged 300 to 400 years gain rusted armor above ground, created by driving in nails with large heads. The protective cycle must be repeated every fifteen years.
A short editorial remark from the St. Joseph News-Press notes that people with no real concerns tend to gain weight and then fret over it, reflecting on social anxieties and lifestyle.
The piece recalls Joseph Jefferson being introduced at a club by a blundering chairman as Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle or Joseph Jefferson. Jefferson, nearly deaf, misread the laughter and later thanked heavens for the misunderstanding. He joked that he was not surprised by the roaring reaction to the miscue.
During a campaign in his state, John Quincy Adams is approached by a wealthy farmer who claims his wife knew Adams as a boy and often combed his hair. Adams retorts that she combs the farmer instead, delivering a pointed quip about ownership of a hair comb.
The extract recounts Jay Gould's rail campaign with the Wichita or Wa bash system of railroads, detailing how he gained control, reorganized to raise capital and debt, then sold out. An associate questions the bond levels, to which Gould retorts that the American people prefer bonds, highlighting his opportunistic view of public finance.
A boy pleads for simpler tasks after his father says the examples are too hard. The teacher, in a sharp voice, asks Willie why he cannot find the result. The boy asks for easier problems to complete.
A creditor urges payment of a bill while the debtor replies with a wary but humorous refusal to pay anything else, highlighting a light exchange over debt and attention.
A sharp gust causes a newsboy to be knocked down by a street cart. Elsie Moore and Gerald Osborne aid the injured boy and later reconnect after a misunderstanding. Osborne seeks out the boy to reward him for his loyalty and to reunite with Elsie. The couple’s engagement is restored after a family misunderstanding and a financial setback.
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