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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
3
A National hotel clerk recalls a verdant local man who said he would miss dinner to meet someone and asked the cook to be told. The clerk notes the guest’s consideration for the staff and other diners, a rarity in his view.
French claim Charlemagne as a founder of their nation but no fixed site exists for his monument. A twenty year old statue sits on a wooden pedestal by the Seine near Notre Dame and a campaign seeks a proper pedestal. The canvas covered figure draws efforts from critics and residents including New Orleans and Houston papers.
The Osage tribe of Indiana is described as the wealthiest people on earth with about $16 million in assets including $5 million deposited with the U.S. government and 1.6 million acres valued at $5 per acre. Oil and gas royalties add roughly $12,000 monthly, about $75 per capita annually, plus private fortunes among members.
A claim agent confronts a woman over suing a company for 100000 dollars after a train wreck. The agent offers 1000 dollars, insisting on no more, while the woman counters with 750000, prompting a implied compromise.
A Chinese day watchman at the American consulate found the cell of prisoner C S Buttrick empty during rounds. Buttrick, serving a three year term for embezzlement in Cien-Tsin, vanished after evening walks. two versions exist about the escape or lockout, prompting talk of lodging a complaint against American authorities. The incident draws local commentary from the North Oblong News.
A husband growls at his wife from behind a paper and jokes of leaving for thirty years to return with $5,000. The patient wife replies that if he stays away the thirty years he need not worry about the $7,000. The exchange ends with the husband’s growling stopping.
A recounting from a Women’s Home Companion piece humorously describes a colored preacher guiding candidates to immersion in a Louisiana river. An alligator encounter sparks a quip about trust in the Lord and the memory of a whale versus a gator swallowing a Black person, ending with a sleepy sunlit forgetfulness.
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