This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
8
An OCR fragment discusses kidney health urging prompt action and cites signs of improper function. It contains an advertisement for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules and a Red Cross Ball Blue bluing claim. The text also includes a stray comic exchange about a newspaper office and a general remark about thinking.
Aspirin tablets sold by Bayer are marketed as Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with proper directions for colds and various pains. Butter price increases in Ireland prompt concern as creameries shift to cheese and retailers face losses amid demand for butter over margarine.
The article explains that carrier pigeons are crucial for war operations and any hawk preying on them must be destroyed. Hawks are blamed for attacking pigeons that carry military messages, jeopardizing army communications and jeopardizing war efforts. It emphasizes the need to exterminate hawks to protect messenger birds.
A fragment describes judges at a Cedar Falls baby show striving to please all contestants with many booby prizes. The text includes a quip about preferring to owe a debt forever than endure trouble collecting it and a remark on a man finding fault with his neighbor's religion.
An old advertisement discusses Castoria for infants and a claim that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cures catarrhal deafness by acting through the blood. It asserts that deafness stems from inflamed mucous tubes and offers a $100 reward for uncured cases, urging readers to buy from druggists and request free circulars.
A U S official and his colored servant George met King Albert of Belgium in Rock Creek Park Washington the other morning. The king shook hands with George like with the official. George remarked it was the first king he had seen outside a deck.
A curious note on rattlesnakes explains the rattle as segmented tail bones that, when moved, produce a clinking sound. The piece uses a metaphorical description of how the rattlesnake forms its warning by rattling with its tail.
A Russian scientist used a delicate self invented apparatus to show that light waves exert measurable mechanical pressure, confirming a long debated property of light.
An antiquated debate unfolds on whether a wife is worth worrying about or if death is preferable to enduring life with a certain kind of woman. Parker and Tucker echo opinions as a judge weighs in on style and marriage.
Dozens of officers quit the regular army after World War I as pay and living costs deter veterans from continued service. Secretary Baker cites examples including Capt Edward Canfield Sr who left after returning to captain pay. The Army reports 503 West Point vacancies, 289 to replace June grads, 214 open cadet slots.
Congress to study bills on automobile registration reciprocity with District of Columbia as lawmakers push an Open Door plan. Representative Burton D. Sweet Iowa introduces a measure backed by the American Automobile Association to standardize registration numbers nationwide and allow foreign use of a state coded plate abroad, reviving the European international plate concept with renewed travel convenience despite wartime interruptions.
Advices from Mexico City report a 151 514 476 89 peso shortage in 1918 in the Mexican controller’s accounts. The Bruere commission member Thomas R. Lill testifies before a U S senate committee that the funds issue marks the commission’s greatest achievement. Mexican papers Excelsior and Universal criticise officials for lack of vouchers and records, urging suppression of the controller’s office amid revolutionary upheaval and alleged financial disaster.
Representative Charles J. Thompson of Ohio discusses Santa Fe as the ancient seat of government and the palace of governors El Palacio built in 1606. He traces its long history through Spanish, Indian, Mexican, and American rule and notes its multifaceted role as fortress, jail, post office, legislature, court, and more, in a sweeping 300 year saga.
In B- am Rhein the burgermeister, craving direction, gains a compliant overseer after an American aide orders street cleaning. A platoon of broom and shovel squads enforces a brisk municipal reorganization, as the town’s implied governance returns under punctual orders.
Two Irishmen in Glasgow read a shop window sign reading Butter Butter Bute ter They wonder about the large strokes after the words Prt explains they are for emphasis and jokes that it’s a biting Irish misunderstanding involving Irish slang and butter.
The article reports serious consideration of creating a higher commercial training program at London University. It proposes raising 2,400,000 dollars to establish a commerce faculty with scholarships traveling clerkships buildings and a library, arguing the need outweighs current British offerings.
A Walden Colorado reader reports life changing relief after using Dr Pierce’s Anuric Tablets for kidney and urinary issues. He describes long suffering, multiple other remedies failing, and rapid improvement after starting the treatment. The account mentions reduced night disturbance, pain relief, clear urine, and no sediment after a week.
Mrs. Geo Maul of Kansas City testimony praises Dr. Pieres Golden Medical Discovery as a reliable spring tonic and appetite booster for her delicate boy. She claims it built him up to good health and endorses its unmatched effectiveness.
Hundreds of volunteers battled a fierce Angeles National Forest fire in southern California. Workers, including a thousand volunteers in a district near Pamana, fought flames with backfires and aircraft containment. Several resorts and summer homes were damaged but only a few cabins lost. A giant firebreak will shield Pasadena’s waterworks, to be built with rains aid and federal forest resources.
A yearlong anti tuberculosis education campaign in France under the Rockefeller Foundation patronage involved three travelling exhibits and lecturer groups visiting ten départements and 141 towns with 3,000 or more residents. Over 2,000,000 pieces of printed matter were distributed nationwide, with French authors and illustrators delivering materials that set a new standard for public health education.
The exchange pivots on a playful misread of a hand as one man accuses another of foolery while the scene centers on a moment of misjudged timing and a wager over trump cards.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as the best gentle laxative for children. It highlights the fruit flavor and claims safe stomach and bowel relief. Mothers are urged to insist on the California Syrup of Figs label on every bottle.
The quote argues an intelligent agricultural policy as the foundation of national strength. It emphasizes bringing people back to the land, reducing labor market strains during downturns, and training vigorous workers to sustain other industries, warning that industry alone cannot sustain the economy.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle remedy to cleanse the system. It claims castor oil like effects without griping, promising relief from biliousness and constipation while you sleep.
The South Amens Journal of Industries notes in July 1919 that replacing cane with cotton in Zululand is attracting attention among planters. Many declare cotton a more promising crop, easier to pull and harvest with six stems, and less costly than sugar involving wagons, tracks, and other equipment.
A stage coach travels a rugged route toward a town famed for bandit activity. Passengers fear an ambush, but a pompous elder assures safety claiming two loaded revolvers are hidden in the trunk bottom.
A man asks LT for a room at a hotel but the clerk says no rooms are available in the house. The man laments where to sleep, and the clerk suggests a nearby movie theater as an option. The scene is described with a blend of spoken question and dismissal.
A terse verse fragment notes a poem returned with reluctance and a hidden edit. The speaker claims to have hidden to craft a revised version while a rival presses on the page. The oblique lines evoke contest and adjustment in a literary setting.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.