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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
8
Fashion notes during August describe fall suits as varied in trim with longer coats and skirts. Most designs keep straight or gently flaring lines, featuring suede-like fabrics, silk embroidery, and fur accents. Pictured ensembles show coats of uneven length with taupe nutria fur and decorative embroidery panels on skirts and jackets.
Knitted apparel for children evolves from baby wear to grown up fashion, with coats for fall, scarves, mittens, caps, and legwear. Features include plain bodies, plaited skirts, striped collars, and two faced coatings in velour and bolivia. Fashion leans toward soft browns tans and blues with fur accents in dressier coats.
Washington remembers the 1919 Versailles treaty ratification would have saved the new Harding era from many international frictions. If ratified by July 1919, questions on disarmament, associations of nations, and League of Nations plans might have progressed, easing policy shifts and avoiding a presidential scramble over peace resolutions.
A brief note suggests informal speech like “las weet” and “I done” may not improve clarity versus day laborer phrasing. The text highlights how casual variants obscure meaning and project uneven tone for formal writing.
A Popular Science Monthly snippet describes a one-man road grader replacing two teams of horses and multiple laborers. The machine, driven by a gauge line, is managed by a single operator who handles cutting blades and engine, urging communities to invest and share labor to maintain roads efficiently.
Convord Monitor argues that improving rural roads links better medical care to births. Accessible farms enable swift nurse visits, physician, and hospital care, reducing delays that can prove fatal before professional help arrives. Improved access, not price, will save lives by bringing rural health services to mothers and infants.
The text argues that ancient stone road methods fit a horse era, but modern motor trucks demand better surfaces. It notes MacAdam ahead in theory yet behind for trucks, compares routes from Appian Way to modern needs, and cites pneumatic tires, water bound roads, and the rail approach of heavy rails and ballast for heavy traffic.
Practically all vegetables grown in the spring can be grown in the fall and leftover spring seeds may be used. The note emphasizes continuing production into cooler seasons and reuse of saved seeds for a productive fall garden.
There is clear demand for more and better roadways as automobiles and trucks are the principal means of transport. The piece stresses the necessity of improving infrastructure to support growing traffic and economic activity.
In a tale from 1921, Cyril Holmes discovers a newspaper misprint naming Mattie Sheldon as prosecuting attorney. They duel over the race, then agree to withdraw and form a law partnership Holmes and Holmes, after Mattie persuades Cyril and he sees a path to success. Meanwhile an office boy interrupts with a client, shaping Cyril’s shifting ambitions.
The piece discusses fur trade naming practices and euphemisms, noting a London and Canadian authority influence. It cites Agnes Lait and Shongly in defending fair use, and lists animals that may or may not masquerade as other fur types. It questions public regulation of disguises and fashion deception on the boulevard.
A fragment shows Huraility remarking that one should not assume greatness in Washington. Senator Sorghum responds that leaders must be deferential to everyone, noting voters’ strong influence when they elect a man, which affects how he is treated in office.
One of the trials of museum cuts tov is fading of the colors of stuffed formals and all other kinds of museum specimens kept under glass cases. This is prevented to a slight extent by the use of the so called antifade glasses.
The fragment shows Angela Do mishearing a spouse and a blunt reply about managing without either partner. The dialogue hints at tension, miscommunication, and a sense of disillusion in a marital relationship.
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