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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
2
George Henson and Miss Iva Ord escaped serious injuries when their car ran into a ditch near Hastings after leaving an entertainment at Strahan. They were helped home by nearby residents. Local news notes include visitors, car trades, and community updates.
Omaha resident Mrs. Cora Scott at 8002 Lindsey Ave. reports losing sixty pounds in a year due to illness. After starting Taniac she regains appetite, digestion improves, catarrh and rheumatism lessen, and she gains strength to work all day, sleeping soundly at night. Local agents listed: Humphrey & Haley, W. W. Abel, Jenny Morehouse, T. J. Talboy, and B. Irwin.
Louisvile Courier Journal reports on Dr. Abbott of the Smithsonian arguing Mars cold prevents life while noting Earth animals endure extreme climates, from polar regions to tropics, and experiments with African monkeys in Chicago parks. The piece muses on adaptation and feasibility of life on Mars.
An eighteenth century discussion explains March 4 as the start for second terms and notes four exceptions where inaugurations occurred March 5 or later. It cites Monroe Taylor Hayes and Wilson, detailing oath timing and the Supreme Court considered guidance on a Sunday start.
A notable collection of Bibles includes ancient versions in Hebrew Greek and other languages. The Mount Holyoke College library houses 18 volumes including a Latin Vulgate edition dated 568 with Luther’s portrait on leather and a Latin inscription about judging a mind by the book.
The passage recalls a Latin fable quoted by Phaedrus from Aesop about a baldheaded man bitten by a fly. In attempting to strike the insect he slaps himself, prompting the fly to mock that he has added insult to injury.
Henry Van Dyke notes in Scribner's Magazine that English marks the first person singular with a capital I while the word we remains lower case. He argues this orthographic habit reflects individualism in American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand writers.
Betty, a stenographer, hopes to impress Dick Bennett but he invites Belle Thomas on a Saturday drive. She suspects infidelity, confronts him, and learns he was with Belle for a medical errand. He forgives her only if she agrees to a same day ride, not six days later.
A speaker known as Mr. Van Camp asserts advertising draws business, while lack of advertising brings none, and vows to continue promoting ads. The text then advertises Doan's Kidney Pills with a Pacific Junction testimonial by Ell DeWeese praising kidney relief and backache relief, pricing 60 cents, plus various local real estate transfers and property deeds listed.
Deeds and cemetery deeds listed for Mills County Iowa from April 22 to April 30 1920 show transfers of property including Lot 10 in Malvern Lot 723 in Hastings and Lot 17 in Malvern Cemetery Trustees transfers for cemetery plots and various small parcels. Names include Bill Martin W D Robbing T Carlson Eunice Axtel Grant Summers M Hammond Fred Hunsicker N Schade Riley Day H J Benton Carl Leipold C B Christy G W Patrick and the United States with entries for affidavits and lease records.
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