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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
4
A concise look at humanity’s obsession with speed from ancient chases to modern forms, noting balloon, auto, and airplane races, and presenting unfamiliar racing images that illustrate the broad span of speed contests through time.
Dusty King’s death triggers a northward clash of power as Bill Roper defeats Thorpe and Lasham. Jody Gordon, Lew Gordon’s death, Marquita’s confession reshape loyalties. Roper fades from danger, hints at rebuilding a shared future with Jody while marking Dusty King’s cross with a new notch.
Jody and Gordon watch Bill Roper ride toward them with Dry Camp Pierce in tow but the renegade leader remains determined. The scene unfolds as tensions rise between Roper and the quiet pony beside Dusty King's pile of stone.
In Chugwater a tongue in cheek debate about beef ends reveals both ends rise together. A defense plant foreman quips on speed, while casual banter about raincoats and a bear’s growl headlines a lighthearted homefront scene as children cheer Daddy’s early return.
A husband proclaims his love to his wife after a car nearly strikes a lamp post, while a bemused policeman notes the skid. The wife quips about gifts as the driver asserts the wife is his. A separate exchange features a boy fishing and a stranger asking how many fish he has.
A General Quiz asks which American poet wrote Sail on O Ship of State and Union lines, queries the Incas empire location, estimates US railroad miles, counts human vestigial organs, asks if sunburn is heat related, inquires Babel Tower location, and seeks number and total length of US railway tunnels.
Henry W Longfellow and Peru feature in a trivia list noting the ship building poem and distances. A claim lists 236 000 miles as a figure and references vestigial organs. It asserts sunburn arises from ultraviolet rays and mentions Babylon with a cryptic quote. It ends noting 1 539 railway tunnels totaling 320 miles in the United States.
A Pennsylvania electrical engineer found hay fever relief after eating overly salty corn meal mush. Dr E E Selleck tested the chloride-based remedy with a three day clinic, reporting rapid relief within ten minutes and near total cessation of symptoms. The Hal— ling-Smith Company of Orangeburg, NY backs the approach and plans production under the name Nakamo Bell.
A fragment of poetry notes memory leading friends to her caverns in a pure, deep realm as an evocative image.
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