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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
2
The Ladies column blends Florence Earle Coates verse about spring awakenings with practical fashion guidance. It then shifts to hair styling tips for face shapes, offering advice on fullness, placement, and fringe usage. The piece moves to several vintage recipes including asparagus soup, custard soufflé, scrambled eggs, and maple sugar cake, plus framed notes on fricasseed lobster and corn bread.
A new Oxalis variety named Buttercup wins popularity for hanging baskets with lush foliage and abundant yellow blossoms. Described as a stronger grower than other Oxalis, it forms dense clusters at long stalks, thrives in sunny windows, and emits a pleasant fragrance from its Freesia-like roots.
Recipes include Tomato Soup with stock and croutons, Vanilla Ice Cream requiring cream milk sugar vanilla and ice mold, Welb Harebit cheese and egg dish, Shiekens Lettece and Egg Baled, and a basic Souy method with asparagus. Instructions mix improvised measures, boiling steps, and chilling methods.
Mrs. Laura Holtschneider, Buena Vista Colorado's sole woman alderman, seeks the mayoral office. Salt Lake City's Miss Bessie Shirley edits and owns a mining paper, a rare female achievement. Idaho Prohibitionists nominate Miss Amanda Way for Congress, while Tulane receives a $50,000 gift from Mrs. Tilton for a library in memory of N. W. Tilton. Senator Hanna’s daughter Misa Mabel Hanna garners attention in Washington with a stylish turnout. she handles a high tan cart herself when desired.
Summer fabrics will be made up without lining to allow flexible styling of low waist and skirt lines. New piques, silks, and foulards appear in blues, pinks, browns, and pastels, with velvet paracules and spotted or striped waltzes in bright colors. A Boone County, Iowa resident was fined four dollars for calling another citizen over the telephone.
The notes compare early calf dehorning with later procedures. Early dehorning may prevent horn growth and reduce fighting, but it does not guarantee docility or better feeding efficiency. The piece discusses room at the trough, ship quality, and aggression differences between calfhood and mature dehorning.
The University of Nebraska division of animal pathology outlines a forthcoming campaign against hog cholera. Plans include deploying experts to select counties to monitor mortality and aid eradication through sanitation, education, and serum use. The approach resembles a quarantine and stamping-out effort to reduce county mortality.
A nostalgic notice describes sprouting potato seed before planting to gain ten days to two weeks earlier crops for Sunday dinners. Seed is set in a sand filled box at 63 degrees in darkness, sprouts three to four inches long after three weeks, then planted carefully in furrows to yield earlier potatoes and higher market value. It notes care to avoid injuring sprouts and potential profitability for early-market farmers. It also mentions a Kansas drive to donate one million bushels of corn to India amid relief efforts led by Governor Stanley with India Relief Day events and school drives.
The Carnegie company ships 4,000 tons of structural steel to Tokio for a crown prince palace. South Carolina cotton mills have 600,000 bales annual capacity. Chicago shoe workers win a U S army in the Philippines order worth about $100,000 for 50,000 pairs. Milwaukee gears up for the International Printing Pressmen’s union session next month. Pressed steel freight car manufacture expands beyond current capacity at Pittsburg and Joliet plants. Iron molders push for eight hour day, but a Founders' Association talks fail. American locomotives worth $500,000 ship to Vladivostok for the Trans-Siberian line. Treadwell’s 640 stamp mill in Alaska yields daily profits near $14,000. Cigar-makers report growing membership nationwide. Tinplate and tin workers see wage increases. mills plan enlargements to boost output to 10,000 boxes weekly. The nation’s industrial landscape shows broad gains and pending labor adjustments.
An appeal states that non residents may contribute to aid a famished people in Kansas. Contributions sent to Treasurer F. D. Coburn in Topeka will be receipted and promptly forwarded. Funds or corn bought with them will be used to reach the suffering recipients quickly.
The piece argues poultry farming sustains national demand and value over eggs and meat, citing the vast yearly poultry consumption and profits with minimal capital. It then critiques farm rental practices, urging landlord and renter to cooperate, maintain fertility, use rotation, and share profits to keep farms productive.
General Cronje and 1,400 Boer prisoners arrive at St Helena after sailing from Cape Town. The article describes the island’s geography, climate, and isolation, noting its role as a historic prison and its past as Napoleon’s residence from 1815 to 1821. It also outlines the island’s flora fauna population and early inhabitants.
A London periodical recounts cases of extreme stinginess by patients and a gleefully frugal baronet Sir William Smyth. Tales include paying 60 guineas for an eye operation and then claiming only a faint sight, and a patient offering half a bill, arguing 50 percent of the cure came from his own suggestions.
A historical overview of steel wagon roads proposed since 1804 details experiments in Omaha Ames and St Anthony Park. It notes steel tracks on concrete foundations, potential cost parity with stone roads, longevity and speed gains, and the impact on loads and power for vehicles. It also mentions rising road advocacy and the role of bicycles and automobiles in road needs.
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