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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
6
A vintage kitchen note offers practical dried fruit recipes. Prune and pecan salad, a nutty dressing with olive oil and lemon juice, and variations like toasted prune sandwiches and stuffed prunes accompany guidance for serving with fowl.
A garbled 19th century fragment describes making a fruit salad with pineapple apple and dates, plus a custardlike lemon raisin roll and a two crust bake. It mentions pouring hot water over dintus and simmering, dressing on lettuce, and serving with whipped cream.
A historical study of the Colorado River carving the Grand Canyon, its lift from desert to agriculture, and the Imperial Valley's rise. It traces the river’s erosion, delta creation, and the Gulf of California’s geography, detailing mud vents, dunes, and the transformation into a vast irrigation and economic boon.
President Hanning says the world needs tuning up to understand each other as the White House links to a new transmission station at Jefferson. The first world message, sent in under two minutes, celebrated wireless progress and the goal of universal peace, with the station to feature 712 antenna volts and 12 towers completed of 72 planned.
The Fighting Daughters house, dedicated by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, stands west of Presidents Park on Seventeenth Street. Designed by Edward Pearce Casey, it cost $700,000 in 1904 and features Vermont marble with galleries, an auditorium for 2,000, and rooms funded by chapters. Marble friezes showcase Revolutionary heroes, while a semicircular portico overlooks the Pan-American grounds.
Naval engineers track three type V submarines planned for Fortsworth yard as they adopt a gas and electric propulsion system. The 2025-ton, 300-foot boats may achieve 11 knots surfaced and 1 knot submerged speeds with a 10,000 mile cruising radius. Underwater power runs from aft electric motors and battery, with forward gas engines and generators supplying propulsion. Experts expect a month of independent operation from base.
Agricultural experts warn of a massive surplus of 500 million bushels of corn in 1921. Domestic use and foreign demand are inadequate to absorb the crop, with exports for nine months ending September at 105 million bushels versus 11 million the prior year. Carryover totals about 2.62 billion bushels, setting a record surplus despite hopes for strong demand and higher prices.
The report notes King Alexander of Serbia wavering on coronation amid religious row with Princess Sophie of Vendome and Abenc, while former Emperor Karl of Austria is dethroned and exiled to Madeira. Rupprecht of Bavaria seeks the Bavarian throne, and Ludwig’s funeral sees him hailed king of Bavaria, signaling a renaissance for the Wittelsbach line.
Harry Pratt Judson president of the University of Chicago will head the American University Union in Europe for the coming year as chairman. The union unites 50 American colleges and universities in a coordinated effort with officers including John Grier Hibben and John W. Cunlife. The administrative board will include A Lawrence Loonwell and W A Shankin with Anson Phelps Stokes guiding Harvard Yale Wesleyan roles. The plan envisions broad activity with centers in New York London and Paris and uses the Institute of International Education as a central clearing house for international education questions.
Wayne B Wheeler general counsel for the Anti Saloon League becomes the first private citizen to sit in a conference of Senate and House members on the anti beer bill. He influenced prohibition legislation and kept watch from the gallery, though some senators dubbed the move a bad precedent.
Ex Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, blind for decades, undergoes treatment by a Reston specialist hoping to restore vision. If successful, Gore would finally see his wife whom he never met, his children, his vast library, and the evolving world since leaving the Senate. He plans to return to law in Washington, working on tax and land matters, with daily office routine and reading aid from a secretary.
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