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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
4
Describes portable bedding and clothing disinfection in New Orleans using three large steam cylinders. Cloth and bedding are exposed to dry heat at 180 degrees then moist heat to 230 degrees with six to eight pounds pressure, 30 minutes to an hour, evaporating rapidly. Clothing emerges dry and unharmed, with moist heat acting as a germicide per Leslie's Monthly.
The New York Mail and Express describes Yokohama at night as lanterns dangling from rickshaws lighting a canal and native streets. Lanterns sway with rickshaw movement, creating a vivid, dreamlike cityscape against starlit skies and tropical breezes.
A Boston Courier excerpt shows a clerical customer waking from a nap in a barber shop. The barber acknowledges the nap as a refreshing rest and calls it a fair return for courteous behavior. The clerk adds he attended church service last Sunday, highlighting quiet daily courtesy.
Irvin's lavish spending on his Bluff Point stay shocked guests at the hotel. He gave the daily driver $50 for two weeks and fed other servants carelessly, causing guest indignation as staff argued over serving the Qogfish actor and neglected remaining visitors.
A fragment from Baltimore Sun and Harlem Life quotes shows domestic service ads with Mrs Rangle and Mrs Cumso contrasting demand and supply for help. The Chicago News line notes a man buying beer with wages his wife earned at the washtub, introducing a moral social tension.
Union Creek South Carolina notes a Sunday meeting at Hoyt schoolhouse to organize a Sunday school. Local merchants and farmers discuss trade, farming chores, and community happenings including visits, travel, and church services. The board of supervisors plans to inspect township bridges next week.
The cold weather delayed seeding as peddlers and venders plan their annual raid. H J Goppack visited from Le Mars to settle business. Dr Lymer of Morning Side College preached at Bethel chapel and administered the Lord's Supper. Frank Moffatt visited Sioux City. The tiny daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Forbes died Friday. funeral Sunday at Adaville church. Millner and Back updates on creamery operations and staff.
H J Schumacher sold his blacksmith shop to Albert Heiden of Kankakee Illinois who moved his family here to stay. Dr LeRoy Conger of Cherokee visits relatives. Wm Leo sold his store to Wm McCaull who expands groceries and hardware. Hendrix and Laggart filed suit against So Lee over an old account. Mrs Sheets visited Hawarden returning home. Mrs B A Jonsen and family travel to Washington state for health.
The town council, in regular session, adjourned and reconvened with Mayor-elect Wooton and Clerk-elect Smith taking oaths. New appointments and salaries approved, waterworks plans discussed, and committees formed as the 1902 council enters the year.
Akron baseball opened its season at Westfield field last Sunday with a crowd watching as Purdue's Westfield Giants rolled to a wide win. Akron tallied 25 runs while LeMars defeated them 35 to 0 in a later game, hampered by missing players. a return match is planned. The item includes a humorous verse to mark the event and notes the Akron team later faced LeMars High School, losing badly.
A Salem resident reports severe muscular rheumatism with pain and annoyance, tried several prescriptions, used Chamberlain's Pain Balm after seeing ad in the South Jerseyman, and after two applications improved and one bottle fully cured. Sold by W. F. Cobb, Druggist.
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