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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
4
A reflective piece from Basil Tozer in the North China Standard contrasts a father's boastful memories with a son's blunt rebuttal. The narrator recalls childhood fables about storks and swimming lessons, then faces a modern exchange that exposes generational shifts in work, schooling, and moral claims.
The text argues dog barking expresses many emotions from joy to fear, detailing a watchdog bark and the dog’s responses to owners or a walk. It cites Lubabock and others claiming dog bark is mammals’ attempt at human speech, while noting wild dogs rarely bark and tame dogs trained away from vocalization in certain conditions.
The Jacksonville Times Union notes a clamant yet fairly satisfied view in Florida that cypress supplies remain abundant despite warnings about pine timber depletion and hardwood scarcity in the northwest. The piece contrasts fears of exhaustion with optimism over Florida cypress stocks.
The article notes that a Northwest Indian reservation mill network employs forty Indians and yields 20,000,000 feet of lumber annually for markets across many states and England. It records $1,500,000 in sales from a single plant over a decade, 73 sawmills, a timber bed estimated at 38,000,000,000 feet worth $84,000,000, and about $28,000,000 in royalties paid on oil gas coal and minerals in the past six years.
A Milwaukee Journal reminiscence recalls a country boyhood day spent by a pool with worms and sunfish. The joy came not from landing bass but from a mother who eagerly cooked the five sunfish, her happiness in making a simple meal shaping the memory. The narrator trusts his mother would delight at a reunion, and wonders if he can tell her of his growing understanding that a mother's heart made the catch truly splendid.
A historic account recalls how, in eighteenth century southwest France between the Adour and Garonne, barren sands were tamed by Bre Mnander an inspector of roads who fenced desert planted broom then pine seeds. Broom sheltered pines and roots stabilized the soil. Canals followed to drain wet areas and bring water to dry zones.
A syndicate, cited by the American Chamber of Commerce in London, plans a nitrogen plant to synthesize ammonia from air nitrogen. The Durham site bought by the British government will host the plant in a $325 million project using Haber’s method, combining nitrogen and hydrogen under pressure and heat to yield ammonia, then converted to nitric acid or nitrates for explosives or fertilizer.
In Paris Mrs Deschanel objected to five white swans at the Elysee palace ponds arguing they disturbed the president’s household. The protocol chief recalled a 60 year old clause requiring at least five swans to be kept for feeding, placing responsibility on the presidential gardens keeper.
Miss Gwendoline Farrar, heir to Sir George Farrar’s multi million fortune, born Rand millionaire and Jameson raid participant, has kept her secret for years while performing on the London stage. Her identity was revealed only recently by accident.
The Canadian Northwest mounted police, famed for efficiency, is now headquartered in Ottawa after nearly 50 years of operation. The organization has grown in size and widened its territorial reach, with scarlet-coated officials covering a larger area.
Record of filings in the Mills County office from August 20 to August 27 1920 listing transfers in Glenwood Henderson and surrounding areas. Everett Haines to Edd Marshall for W D lot in Sabins Sub and Lois Rinehart to Allen Morris outline frontage transfers. George Triplett to Arley Harbor and Nancy Campbell to Charles Campbell. Strayer Summers to Eber Haning involves roadway strip. Glenwood Cemetery trustees to O R Morgan covers Lot 699. Ante nuptial agreement between Allen J Chantry and Alice David.
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