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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
4
Mrs Mary Graves shares experience with incubator and rat problems in a poultry-raising tale. She notes that after using RAT-SNAP her hen house improved, with two dead rats found and the rest disappearing next day. RAT-SNAP sold by R H Daniel and J W Kelley in three sizes 2c 50c and 1.00 with guarantee.
Des Moines Iowa speaker Joseph H Allen told the senate banking committee that farm mortgage bond subsidies mark a historic shift. He argues joint stock land banks reduced mortgage rates nationwide, framing subsidies as a new agricultural aid versus past railroad land grants.
The speaker argues that agriculture benefits from tax exemptions and credit, contrasting farm financing with commercial banking. He notes farmers face six month renewals and short term capital needs, causing losses or bankrupty when livestock or herds must be financed for multi year growth, while joint stock land banks move money cheaply from investors to producers and lower farm interest.
Buddhism arrived in Japan from Korea in 552 and spread among the scholarly elite while Shinto persisted among common people. It used Chinese scriptures and a mix of monotheism and polytheism to reconcile beliefs, culminating in Emperor Shomu’s patronage of a colossal Daibutsu statue at Nara completed in 752 after 14 years of work.
A reminiscence on Damocles under Dionysius the Elder in Syracuse. Flattery leads to a perilous banquet where a sword hangs by a single hair, illustrating how luck fades under looming danger.
The National Geographic Society bulletin notes diverse marriage customs: in India a princess selects a knight with a garland after a tournament. among Greenland Eskimos a man must guard against his wife's elopement. in the northern New Hebrides a unhappy bride may run away, with parents sending the husband a pig to appease his feelings.
The blowgun remains popular for hunting Irods among the Kosathan Alans in Louisiana. A six foot cane tube is prepared and straightened with fire. Darts eight inches long are wrapped with thistledown to fit the tube. The hunter loads a dart, points the tube, and emits a breath to propel the dart at small birds or squirrels.
America is described as the greatest producer, consumer, exporter, and importer of tobacco. The text links tobacco to the nation’s wealth and colonial expansion, noting its value since the discovery of the New World and its impact on early English colonists who valued tobacco highly.
Ezra-T reports a swap of devices gone wrong with Si Sikinver. The speaker claims heavy suffering from a medical issue affecting multiple cylinders, while noting Si seeks a justice of the peace to swear out a warrant against someone.
Spending money at home to sustain and grow a thriving local market builds better communities. Farmers benefit when they cooperate with local merchants and both progress together.
Mr B E Carpenter of Woodbridge New Jersey reports using Rat Snap to control rats. He found seven large dead rats the morning after applying the cake bait and did not see any rats for two weeks. The product comes ready to use in three sizes 25c 75c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by W W Kelley and R H Daniel.
Numerous used cars offered by Kinney Oakland Co at East Side Square Glenwood. Listings include a 490 Chevrolet Touring recently overhauled and repainted with tires good, asking 360. a 119 Oakland 6 Touring with 2000 miles in perfect condition priced 875. a 1916 Oakland 6 Touring rebuilt and repainted with new oversize wiring, a dandy at half price. a Model 35 Oakland 4 cyl indes touring car described as good running. Cash or trade terms.
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