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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
10
A fragmented description details Mrs. Gli's dress as a low neck single piece with sheer sleeves. It featuresMollick embroidery and fine Mount fabric with scattered French rioting motifs and delicate top spirals.
Mrs Golding of Ayr Ontario writes of severe eczema on both legs from knee to ankle. She credits Cuticura Remedies for soothing relief and eventual cure after doctors labeled it the worst case she had seen. She urges others to use the products for skin diseases.
A highwayman greets a pickpocket returning from trouble. The thief explains a jury’s plan to sentence him but says he tried an ICeman plea. The judge increases the term after learning the ruse, awarding a year’s imprisonment.
A look at Western Canada’s 1906 harvest shows wheat 20 million bushels oat 76 million barley 17 million with a population of 810,000. The free homestead policy and rapid railroad growth draw settlers from Europe and the U S, aided by strong school systems and law and order. The piece links agricultural potential to immigration waves toward the Canadian West.
Gov Proctor of Vermont signs a bill to consolidate neighboring school systems under one superintendent. The London county council reports city schools outlay at 23 million and 20 000 teachers for 600 167 attending on average. Princeton and Princeton University enrollments rise. campus size grows from 223 to 388 acres with 1 045 to 1 884 students and 82 to 166 faculty.
A House appropriations section requires all government printing to follow Webster and other standard dictionaries. The measure ends Roosevelt spelling reforms by law, tying official documents to established orthography. The move reflects the stance of Speaker Cannon and GOP and Democratic leaders.
A Salt Lake City federal grand jury indicted the Utah Fuel Company its officers and agents for conspiracy to defraud the government. Indictments also named Oregon Short Line and other railroads with officials for discriminating among shippers. The probe, described as only part of a larger corruption scheme, cites dummy buyers paid to secure coal land and a shared trust held for the fuel company.
A garbled survey of political, social and economic topics from a San Francisco era bulletin. Mentions of reform, Russia riots, Oil Trusts, a Newton bank, Pullman car rates, and a peanut crop value hint at broad public concerns and figures of the period.
The article outlines extensive labor actions and union activity from 1847 to Montreal, detailing eight hour demands in New York City and Chicago shoe workers, wage increases for San Francisco sheet metal workers, a textile workers stance, and rising union memberships in the United States and England. It notes Massachusetts leading protective labor laws, British post office clothing inquiries, and plans for a $700,000 labor temple in Montreal.
Eminent London physician Sir Lander Brunton argues in a recent article that men and women should retain life activities for 90 to 100 years. He links dust to shortening life and cites dust as a frequent cause of colds and respiratory diseases. A phonograph for birds is in use.
The retiring Secretary of the Treasury Mr Shaw reports unprecedented U S prosperity. On Pet 16 the treasury held 30803 9 in gold. 448 national banks failed and 1743 liquidated since 1863 with creditors receiving 78 percent. Public debt rose to 925 million with Panama bonds. Customs receipts exceed 3 million. Shaw defends government supervision to prevent panics and suggests treasury power to stabilize banks and credit.
The Burlington clerk union threat leads to potential discharge while a Pennsylvania plant and dam near Harrisburg to electrify the Philadelphia to Pittsburgh line is announced. Reading trains face a ten hour day rejected, St Paul plans a cut off to shorten routes, ICC fights newspapers for ad payments, NY Central men settle for wage gains and ten hour day, PRR raises dividend base to seven percent as stockholders grow to about 45 000.
A collage of brief quotes and observations from various newspapers comment on U S politics foreign policy and city affairs. The items mention Gorky on New York Russian interests railroads and immigration with jabs at presidents courts and transportation progress.
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