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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1915
Page
2
Herbert Corey lauds German field cooks who feed soldiers under fire, carrying veal stew in a yoke to trenches. He notes cooks endure danger and hardship to keep troops fed, earning honor with iron crosses for 100 percent courage.
A New York lease transfer highlights an extraordinary trio of business interests, with a single family owning the property for a century. The four-story Front and Fulton Street corner property has housed parts of the same business through three generations of the Peter Schermerhorn lineage, consistently leased via William Cruikshank's Sons for over a hundred years.
The first European use of an age of a submarine cable for high voltage electricity will connect Denmark with power from Sweden. Three high pressure cables will cross the sound at the Baltic entrance delivering electricity to 560 square miles, generated by water power from the Lagan river and supplemented by low grade coal.
The British government may halt seal hunting in Newfoundland next season if a plan isn’t found within a month to use skins and oil for war supplies. The trade has long driven Newfoundland commerce, but last year’s 2,600 seals were largely sold off and about half of 878 a large 1918 catch remains tied up in brokers in London and New York.
A Henderson area farmer faces a paradoxical choice with 1000 bushels of wheat at $1.50, 1500 bushels of oats at 50 cents, and over 10,000 bushels of corn at 70 cents. The piece notes local reactions, plus community notices including Odd Fellows activities, visits from Squire Redman, business updates, and a hospital trip for Mrs. Perley, all reflecting local life and concerns.
Sunday school chaperones attended a river timber venue with basket suppers. Byron Redman and wife Jane visited from St. Edwards Nebraska, Mrs. Win. Cain traveled to Omaha for a sister visit, while Polly McVey stayed to help. Numerous residents and guests journeyed to Omaha Council Bluffs Glenwood and Silver City for family and hospital events, inquests, and social visits across the week.
A government bulletin extols birds as natural helpers in pest control. Stomachs of tree swallows, bank swallows, cliff swallows, flickers, night hawks, a bobtailed grackle, a ring necked pheasant, and quail reveal substantial consumption of boll weevils, pests, and weed seeds. Quail eat 136 insect varieties and 75,000 insects annually, making birds valuable allies to farmers.
George Russell arrived from Birmingham and, after heavy drinking, slept in Greenberg Bond's undertaking establishment at Ivy and Houston. Employees awoke to his loud snores and called the police. He was escorted to a patrol car to end an unintended nap.
Mrs William Litzenberg of Montezuma Iowa credits Mayr s Wonderful Remedy with restoring her health after long stomach troubles. She reports first bottle improved her energy appetite and ability to work and endorses the product with a money back guarantee. Sold in Glenwood by Red Cross Drug Store and druggists everywhere.
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