29 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
A fragment from a Sunday School piece by P. M. MacDonald evokes neglect and decay. The translated imagery portrays damp dust, a sleeping spot, and a world worn and frightened, with a mirror telling a bleak story and patrons fired by a disquieting mood.
In a rural tale, Harrison Bently predicts a tornado between the eighteenth and twenty-sixth, clashing with his wife Sophia who fears disruption of Annie Evans wedding on the tenth. A storm hits, wrecking the town, while the groom arrives to find no train and the prophet grudgingly admits his failed forecast.
A narrator recalls a ride with an eminent automobile authority in a new touring car. They encounter a nearly exhausted boa like snake on Pimlico road that aids them after a tire puncture, inflating itself to shore up the wheel and enabling a return to Baltimore in time for lunch. The tale, attributed to H. B. Warner via the New York Sun, blends travel whimsy with odd zoological observation.
A Colorado game warden meets a hunter in the mountains who bragged of killing a buck over 200 pounds. The warden reveals his position, prompting the hunter to boast he is talking to the biggest hare in Colorado. The anecdote ends with the hunter realizing his mistake.
Prominent scientists warn that rising wheat demand and fertilizer limits threaten global food supply within decades. Crookes notes lab methods to extract olive oil from air. Berkeland-Eyre plant in Notodden Norway produces nitrous fertilizer. Artistic depictions show future methods to secure daily bread amid expanding chestnut crops and blazing lights.
A North Carolina rate dispute triggers federal state friction over railroad tariffs and state rights. Judge Jeter C. Pritchard freed two jailed agents amid a potential constitutional test, with Governor Glenn resisting federal authority until a compromise allowed rates to advance and court challenges to move upward.
A family outing at a park watches a championship contest between two renowned nines. Gerald, a member of the Lightened academy, explains game subtleties to Elder Slater, praising scholarship alongside skill as the pitcher fans batters with swift strikes. Slater mocks the term dexterous prompting amused derision from Gerald.
South Africa faces rapid elevator demand as construction booms with many skyscrapers. Hydraulics strain water supply. cities race to install electric lifts due to limited water, widening use in commercial centers and new towers.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions shopping and opportunity in a clipped, ironic voice. It references Miss Bright and vague phrases about buying something fast and not fearing electric edges. The passage reads like stray column chatter with no clear event or names to anchor a full story.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses Irish editorial views and a German town appointing a nun in education. It mentions Milwaukee merchants, rail fares, and a plan after August 15 requiring a two cent per mile rate for shipments to Milwaukee via the Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers. The text blends references to Ireland, German commerce, and Wisconsin trade, with numerous misspellings and misplaced phrases.
Fragmentary text references a youth and parental objections, suggesting a family or social tension. No clear events, names, dates, or places are present to identify a concrete news item.
The London Globe reports Jodrull laboratory at Kew conducted experiments on preserving ripe fruit with formalin. Fruits eaten with skin like strawberries show extended shelf life up to nine days for crimson varieties, Victoria plums five days, black currants five days, red currants four days longer than untreated fruit. Diseased apples last several weeks longer. Formalin appears to inhibit surface bacteria and fermenters, suggesting potential for importing perishables from distant countries.
Fragmentary dialogue from the Philadelphia Record references a new servant girl and sweeping duties. The garbled text shows exchanges about cleanliness and who helps, with unclear speakers and a stray gear of names. The item reads as a clipped, partial excerpt without a clear event or report.
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