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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1922
Page
4
Weekly newspaper record noting Mills County Tribune appears Mondays and Thursdays with Hill A. Davis as owner and publisher. References to publication schedule and ownership.
Gertrude Edwards announces candidacy for Mills County Sheriff subject to Republican voters will at the June 6 1922 primary. The statement frames a political bid and dates the event.
H. Be. Evans declares for the Mills County sheriff race subject to Republican voters. Primary set for June 5, 1922.
J W Dick Edwards announces candidacy for the office of Sheriff on June 5, 1922. He urges local voters to consider his experience and dedication and asks for their support at the upcoming election.
Jane Burchard, a Reynolds college graduate who planned to teach, moves to a remote Berwick township district to prove women can manage alone. There she meets John Dawson, a returned veteran hiding from society, who turns out to be the prowler she feared. He admits his loneliness and asks Jane to join him back in life.
The article notes that body tissues contain metals like iodine in the thyroid and copper in blood and liver, with trace bromine in nerves and muscles. It also explains radium as a rare metal that self-decomposes, and describes viewing its flashes using a padolite water dial in darkness to see dancing light points from atomic discharges.
A brief reflective note cites a Schubert quote on folly and wages, contrasting how folly’s wages bring loss, want, and sorrow, with a general statement about payment for folly.
In Sitka Alaska stands a historic Greek Orthodox church dating to Baranoff era famed for paintings with beaten silver halos. The Sitka Madonna shows silver accents nearly blending with pigments, while the Ascension and saintly halos display lavish Byzantine metalwork.
The United States Reclamation Service plans an immense earth dam at Tieton Yakima Wash. The dam will reach 980 feet high with a 900 foot crest, top width 25 feet, and a heavy concrete corewall. Three bedrock shafts drive drifts six by five feet. broken material moves in mine cars to the shaft, surface hoist, and concrete fills the lower drift before the next drift begins.
A local pawnbroker notes that gifts of useful items rise in demand during tougher weeks. Watches lead sales, with small ivory clocks and wrist trinkets traded in by new customers who enter discreetly and explain their need.
The annual statement to the Chicago hotel board shows expenses totaling 2,424,634.01 against gross income of 2,400,421.20, yielding a superficial loss of 24,218.71. Soft drinks and beverages 30,518.70 bar ber and boots 16,714.50 laundry 10,613.16 and telephone calls 87,452.98 are listed as separate operating items. The hotel turned over 1,157,834.56 and its restaurants 1,115,831.91 in income.
San Franciscans pay homage to a remarkable wooden statue by Hananumi Masakichi hailed as the greatest Japanese artist in wood. He carved a life sized self portrait using mirrors, hair from his own head and beard, with three years of meticulous work to achieve a near exact replica.
The tale portrays Somel Nick Stick as a clever newcomer to Little Lit ville who ingratiates himself, gains credit, and leaves without settling debts. The emcee Wilkins laments the debtor’s evasive exit and contemplates harsher charges had he known payment was not intended.
Carl H. Cook asks Republican voters for recognition on his three year record as County Attorney ahead of the June 5 1922 primary. He invites inspection of his record and asks for remembrance on election day.
The author declares candidacy for the office of Clerk for the District Court and informs Republican voters of the county about the June 5 1922 primary election. The notice is signed Carrier Wright.
Frank W. Choate announces as a Republican candidate for nomination to the office of Auditor of Mills County subject to the will of Republican voters at the primary election June 5.
W M Moore Mills County Auditor proclaims a primary election to be held at polling places across Mills County on June 5 1922 from 9 a m to 8 p m. Voters will choose party candidates for U S Senator state officers governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state treasurer attorney general railroad commissioner representative in congress ninth district state representative eleventh district county officers county auditor county attorney clerk of the district court sheriff county recorder county coroner and board of supervisors first and third districts township officers justice of the peace and constables two assessors one.
An old time home remedy for gray hair suggests brewing garden sage with sulphur or using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound bought in drug stores. It promises dark, glossy hair after a few applications, though not a medical cure.
A noted skin specialist touts a sulphur preparation to quickly soothe irritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash pimples and ringworm. The remedy, Mentho Sulphur in a small jar from a druggist, is said to provide rapid relief from embarrassment by applying to the affected area, and should be kept cool.
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