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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
3
The Akron Register-Tribune notes a string of witty observations on wealth, honesty, and society. It cites Rockefeller or Taft anecdotes and offers aphorisms about poverty, riches, and practical ethics. The piece blends satire with reflections on honesty as policy and the fate of fortune.
The article recalls a festival idea born last year when a girl in cooking classes suggested entertaining former grammar school teachers. Teachers were invited by former pupils to share a pleasant evening and highlight doing kind deeds for teachers. It notes broader views on information flow and cites New York as a case of women succeeding in work once done by men, referencing the fifty years of service of Andrew T. Campbell.
The article argues that Japan has effectively ended Korea's independence through protectorate actions, noting the Portsmouth treaty and Russian influence. It contends Western critics should protest only if Japan’s rule proves tyrannical, while recognizing imperial politics and the court’s role in Korea's misgovernance.
Squeedunk by Ginger postmaster reports longer processing times as new law allows writing on both sides of postage cards. Reading doubled, mail distribution delays loom.
An amateur championship match at Golf Club de Paris near Versailles saw a drive lodge in a tree between branches. The committee ruled either a drop two or play from spot. A player then thinned up the tree to recover the ball for a fair stroke. Later, a drive from the same tee struck the sand box and rolled back to its start.
The Corporation of Aberdeen fitted two large street department brushes to a tramcar to sweep streets from seven to fourteen feet wide. The London engineer notes idle night equipment prompted the idea. The experiment proved very satisfactory.
Thick dialogue records Towne and Browne recounting a London meeting with Britton. Towne claims not to have seen him before despite Browne’s assertion. The Philadelphia Press notes the uncertain introduction and foggy circumstances surrounding the encounter.
A decayed poem recalls the cry to preserve the United States frigate Constitution, known as Old Lyonsides. Once nearly broken up at Texton, patriotic feeling saved the ship, which now sits restored in Charleston navy yard showing original lines and gleaming again.
Poem celebrating nature with lines about springtime blossoms birds streams clouds rain drops and autumn leaves. It praises beauty in summer skies and winter snow, noting beauty in fields rivers and the changing seasons.
A barefoot country boy named Font surfaces from a swamp with a torn outfit and a wooden box. Two older boys confront him, steal the box, and a rattlesnake strikes a boy who opened it. Font, calm and cunning, uses a native cure of plant leaves and roots to treat the bite, saving the boy. The tale ends with Font laughing at the ordeal as horsemen arrive at his father’s log house.
In a Chicago News tale Font is praised yet chided after deceiving boys by pretending to save a life from a rattlesnake He explains it was a ground snake and fears the ruse cost him sympathy The boy Harry defends him and the father contemplates rewarding him then Font offers to guide them to learn about snakes in the swamp and how to tell good from bad.
A royal emigration committee in Stockholm asks editors and pastors to collect data on Swedish emigrants in the United States. It seeks reasons for emigration, current jobs, family ties, visits home, and trades, with a deadline of Oct. 1. The effort aims to remove barriers to return and improve conditions in Sweden.
A disjointed excerpt hints at a romantic quarrel over an engagement broken a day before a woman inherits 200000 marks. The passage laments clever women and male jealousy as townsfolk gossip about relationships and late night pantry finds.
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