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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1920
Page
4
Local Mills County Tribune issues list pricing for display ads and local matter space with per inch and per line rates. Mention of owners F Bill Parler and J R Graham editors. Includes terse editorial note styles and obituary poetry references.
The account traces Cecrops Egyptian origins founding a Greek town on Athens site, introducing morals and laws, and offering asylum to the persecuted. It notes Cadmus bringing letters to Boeotia, Thebes citadel, and links Phoenician influence with Greeks’ later achievements and Joshua’s expulsion of Phoenicians shaping intellectual progress.
The excerpt journeys through wind and scent across a bean field and moody landscapes. It meditates on wind's reach and power, from distant mountains to cloud packs and silent vapors, ending with a vivid image of fire on a hillside.
A brief note on magnet use includes extracting iron from small spots like the eye, Edison’s magnetic ore separator separating iron from stone dust, and magnetized tack hammers aiding strawberry basket production by presenting tacks head up to workers.
A letter quotes William James describing a psychologist’s two day exposure to mesenl a toxicant used by some southwestern Indians in religious ceremonies. The user notes a CIA style experiment with a cactus bud supply from government medical men including Welr Mitchell. The writer reports vivid visions, stomach upset, and a brief follow up after using the bud.
Reports describe experiments to increase brass resistance to seawater for French submarine hulls. Small aluminum additions alter internal structure and color. Between 0.5 and 7 percent yields golden to rose tones, peaking at seven percent. Ten percent turns the alloy silvery white.
A New York Times note describes the Marquesas Islands as a tropical utopia where an investor with 1000 dollars could retire on two hours of daily work. It cites French rule, Nukawa as main town, 4300 inhabitants in 1900, 8800 square miles across thirteen islands, and crops like copra and tropical fruit.
A Detroit News correspondent describes Urga in Mongolia as a relic of medieval times layered with twentieth century life. Roy Chapman Andrews used it as a supply base for his AMS expedition while motor cars pass camel caravans and holy robes mingle with Russian fashions amid three great races. Summers are short and winters plunge to 50 to 60 degrees below zero with Siberian winds shaping the vast plateau.
The passage extols that satisfaction lies in doing hard things and that only a few carry big loads well. It argues growth comes from time and toll, starting with easy tasks, becoming expert, and gradually expanding one’s reach until strength grows almost unknowingly.
The passage traces asparagus origins from Rome 200 B C through Greece and Britain. It notes early names like asparagua, mentions a Cornwall site called Agparagus Island for past cultivation, and explains modern varieties include choke, cardoon, senskale and misander, with coastal wild origins likely lingering on British shores.
The text discusses how Korean women lack permanent names from childhood, gaining only nicknames within family and friends, and becoming nameless after marriage. At court, a judge assigns a temporary name for proceedings, illustrating the social naming practice described.
Asia Magazine argues that a durable Arabian empire is unlikely due to the Semitic mindset favoring creed over system. It notes Judaism Christianity and Islam as world movements, contrasts nomadic desert life with settled society, and contends desert-rooted nihilism must adapt via a non nomad prophet for acceptance.
The western Cuban province hosts more dogs than any other animal with chickens pigs ponies and goats following. Dogs are common but lazy, pigs are emaciated tied by pegs and tight ropes, horses are skeletal, and goats appear the fattest mobile herd among the livestock described.
The Wickera people unveil rigid airship I-80 emphasizing reduced drag and weight. At 580 by 70 by 85 feet, it weighs 88.5 tons gross with 317.6 tons lift, and at full power aims for over 65 mph with cruising range near four thousand miles. It matches performance of R-33 and R-84, which carry two million cubic feet.
On the hospital ships Mercury and Comfort a machine produces milk at sea. The “mechanical cow” is fed unsalted butter and skimmed ink powder to yield milk with adjustable butterfat and can produce cream that whips and tastes like the best shore dairy.
An eye catching solar eruption photographed at the Yerkes observatory hurled material 500 000 miles high. A detached cloud appeared to carry thousands of times Earth's volume, dwarfing terrestrial volcanic events in scale.
A brief quip notes a wit remark about offering friends something amusing instead of a bumper and suggests taking them out in a flower as a playful solution from the text's dialogue.
Winfield Scott Fowler of 410 J Avenue Vin ton Iowa declares Tanlac transformed his four year struggle with indigestion gas back pain and kidney troubles He gained twelve pounds now enjoys three meals daily and can work hard without fatigue He praises Tanlac and notes local retailers Humphrey Howe Abel Morehouse Talboy and Irwin carry the remedy for nearby readers.
TABOOSE E H Gary, president of a major steel company, presents statistics claiming the United States holds large shares of global resources. He notes percentages for gold wheat iron and steel coal aluminum copper cotton oil corn and more. He emphasizes the country has a small population and large land area while producing a substantial portion of world supplies.
A fragment argues that supply of automobiles improves, urging constitutional freedom and protection of life, liberty, and property as core safeguards. The remark ties economic access to fundamental rights and frames broader liberty as essential to market abundance.
Glenwood resident C M Buckingham recounts Doan's Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy for backache and urinary troubles. He notes his kidney health improves after use and maintains his recommendation from years ago. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Bidders must submit scaled bids to the county auditor in Glenwood by 1 30 p m September 15 1920. Bids open then for construction of 11 5 miles of grade on Federal Aid project No 15. Each bid requires a performance bond. Full details available from the County Engineer or office.
In Mills County district court a petition for divorce on grounds of desertion is filed against Callie Harman. Callie must appear by noon on the second day of the October term starting October 22, 1920, or default will be entered. Dated September 6, 1920. GENUNG & GENUNG, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
An old advertisement touts a remedy claimed to heal sickness by purifying blood stimulating liver function cleansing kidneys and energizing the body. It promises a bright eye glow and overall health as the sign of a pure system.
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