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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
7
Professor Langworthy of the chemistry bureau explains human energy output like engine horsepower. A respiration calorimeter logs energy from food, weighing heat expelled and analyzing air to guide diet choices for different occupations.
Arthur Krock recounts a humorous clash in the Chicago stock yards district as Representative McDermott mocks Sergeant-at-Arms Robert Gordon for his Latin, while Gordon retorts with a gesture and a quip about language and authority. The exchange includes a dig about Dago and Arabic phrases as a friend translates.
In a Senate reading of a tariff bill, Secretary Rose struggled through a long paragraph when Senator Gallinger protested partial reading. Rose persisted aloud naming items like Toluidine and nitro compounds, provoking a roar from senators and gallery as tension broke into laughter.
Secretary McAdoo welcomed Julia Gibson known as Aunt Julia to the treasury office. He spoke of childhood memories and received a century-old daguerreotype of his mother and father as a treasured gift from the old mammy who cared for him. The meeting lasted over an hour amid polite interruptions from Treasury officials.
A collection of recipe fragments and culinary advice, detailing ginger snap notes, rice with tomato and peppers, a cheese and pineapple salad mould, and date and apple mixtures. It includes guidance on salad composition, color, texture, and dressings, plus a light joke about practicing to improve at humor.
Local chatter references a recall of judges with lines about memory and time. A fragmentary exchange mentions a judge and a sixty day recall, reflecting ongoing civic debate and familiar rhymes about accountability.
The St Louis Republic quotes remarks on Wigley and Naver. For three days Naver fixes on details noting that the split skirts are slit up the left side. The item reads as a humorous exchange highlighting fashion observations.
The article profiles the workers who dug the Panama Canal, detailing Jamaicans, Barbadians, and Spanish laborers, their camps, pay, housing, and welfare. It notes that black Jamaicans and Barbadians form the core labor force, with Spaniards in skilled and supervisory roles, and contrasts living conditions, pay of about 80 dollars monthly, and the medical and housing provisions under the commission.
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