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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
A vintage medical advert invites readers to mail a request for a free medical examination blank. Eminent doctors will diagnose the case and state if cure is possible or not, with no obligation. The service is advertised from Munyon's Philadelphia offices.
A traveler in Greenland asks the clerk what time breakfast starts at a hotel as nights span six months. The clerk replies breakfast runs from half-past March to a quarter to May, illustrating how popularity can cost more than it’s worth.
A reader writes of coffee causing insomnia and distressing dreams, claiming switching to Postum eased sleep, steadied nerves, and improved stomach trouble. The letter touts Postum as a healthier drink and cites other friends who quit coffee with benefits, ending with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
In a tense scene at Orkwell, Stewart rushes between crisis and duty as Mathilde fears exposure. A skating accident injures Trazen. jealousy erupts over past Paris encounters. Mathilde plans escape as Sir James collapses and the household reels.
A string of clipped lines and jokes from a metropolitan page featuring banter among characters and mock reports. It includes quips about mosquitoes, cleverness, obedience in church, football managers, and comic bits about marriages and politics, all with no single coherent event.
In Albemarle County Virginia, Beau, a famed fiddler and loyal friend of the speaker’s father, saves James from the dangerous Door of the Devil after a river swim mishap. Beau dives, rescues, and returns exhausted yet hailed as a hero by the onlookers, bearing the lifeless hint of tragedy and relief.
A fragment recalls Tottatt’s friendship offer to Beau after a struggle. Beau rejects the gesture and asserts the weapon and deed were his. The speaker boasted of liberty and a vow of loyalty as the conflict closes with confrontation and tainted honor.
An essay laments the loss of genuine hospitality in modern life wired to flats and canned comforts. It contrasts canned foods and literature with the old generous spirit, recalling open houses of youth and the Order of the Hospitable Hearts as a beacon of roving hearts offering joy and aid to strangers.
A fragment from a historical miscellany compiles insurance form blunders and odd anecdotes. It cites cases of mistaken causes of death and strange statements, including a mother’s illness described as fully recovered and an infant death, with references to publications such as the British Medical Journal and Harper’s Magazine.
A historical notice warns of sudden deaths and illnesses from gasoline fumes in enclosed spaces and garages. Carbon monoxide and other vapors from incomplete combustion pose serious danger to workers and motorists, with cases in London and factories.
A Chicago traction system move orders 30 700 steel wheels from Carnegie Steel as Pittsburgh plant delivery to Chicago. The new solid steel wheels, called Dudgeless, promise 3.5 times longer life than old wheels and no wear flats, reducing winter rail stresses and squealing disturbances on streets.
A jumble of dialogue and captions discusses open fires, ventilation, and sanitary concerns. A physician criticizes wrong heating, while romantic snippets reveal strained dialogue and scattered magazine-style blurbs about love and portraits.
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