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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
6
A rambling 1914 era excerpt depicts the ocean as a calm, glassy world reflecting the sky, with imagined monstrous depths and alien landscapes, followed by brief notes on wartime propaganda, affordable concrete houses, and quirky customs around the blue ribbon order.
A child recounts how his mother was angry in the morning, scalded a rotl and cedily took his part, then scolded him for eating candy. The grandmother expresses delight at a surprise visit while the child laments not having any candy for a month.
A compact comic dialogue contrasts education with humor on coeducation and the old joke of Jack and Jill. Witty lines play on stereotypes and social tensions, ending with a nod to optimism versus pessimism.
January fashion notes say all white underthings lead this season with matching negligees, hose, slippers, and cap. Crepe de chine wash silk and satin, featherweight batiste in white and pale pink, and lavender shades dominate undergarments with fine lace, French knots, ribbons, and scalloped edges shaping the delicate ensemble.
In cities large and small, women organize rummage and contribution sales to help poorer residents without charity stigma. They gather clothing, household goods, preserves, and even old silver to convert to bullion, selling items cheaply and donating a portion to a treasury.
The National Geographic Society bulletin notes football is a mild, tame exercise next to its strenuous origins. J R Hildebrand traces its ancient roots across Greece, Rome, Ireland, England and beyond, showing how the game spread through schools, missions, and colonial exchange, with shifting uses and social meanings.
Australian farming moves toward machinery as wages rise. More than 150 motor tractors have been sold to farmers in eastern Australia, Riverina and southern New South Wales border regions. One tractor replaces ten horses, works on hard ground, and aids fodder cutting, wood pulling, and grain transport to market.
The joint council of the executive profession in Ireland adopted a resolution stating that Ireland's bogs cover 3,000,000 acres and hold the equivalent of over 3,000,000,000 tons of coal. It calls for assessing if 3,000,000 acres can be used for agriculture and whether 3.6 billion tons of coal equivalent can be used as fuel in competition with or substitution for coal.
The ad claims the remedy acts in the blood and giandk. It routs disease by expelling the germa and wards off trouble no matter how exposed. A few drops daily prevent those exposed from contracting disease. Contains nothing injurious. Sold by druggists harness dealers or manufacturers. Agents wanted.
The Buffalo Express quotes a wartime prohibition evidence scene with a jokey line about arriving home and a parrot that turns out to be the jeweler’s daughter. The Chicago Tribune recounts the incident with a humorous twist as a misheard voice sounds human.
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup for coughs colds and lung troubles noting influenza deaths exceed wartime fatalities. Claims include a good night’s rest with easy morning expectoration and wide use in homes worldwide. Also mentions Brown Hope and a humorous proverb about a slipper.
An advertisement urges readers to seek kidney health advice and promote GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as rapid relief for kidney and bladder troubles. It emphasizes kidneys as overworked and promises near immediate relief, noting a money back guarantee if there is no benefit.
A garbled OCR style excerpt references an "Al" and a Werther win with a minor shower and a taunting line about asking for the next one. No identifiable event date or organization is clear, leaving the precise news item ambiguous but suggesting a misread legal or cultural note.
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood to restore inflamed mucous surfaces and the Eustachian tube, offering a reward for a case it cannot cure and distributing circulars from Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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