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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
10
A distressed INTON woman recounts years of illness with worsening pain and sleepless nights. She credits Dr Pleren's Favorite Prescription for relief after trying no narcotics and seeking help from a local store hawker at Chestnut Street.
John Walker dug out of a potato field in Chittenden Vermont a United States silver coin dated 1803. The find highlights a rare early American coin discovery amid farm labor.
An advert claims thousands suffer kidney trouble unseen and promotes Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It urges readers to try samples and purchase bottles, stating the product has helped many with signs like frequent urination backache and fatigue.
The article surveys combs and headbands made to resemble real silver amber and tortoise shell, noting how genuine materials and imitations differ in appearance and price. It highlights Madame Flore Revaille wearing two combs and a headband, describes materials like quills ostrich feathers and rhinestones, and mentions a silver headband with crest and filigree.
A discussion of ornate wardrobe pieces including a tam o shanter, a jet bejeweled crown, a silver lace chemise, boudoir cap, and underwear trimmed with blue velvet. Emphasis on metal cloth, dull silver rhinestones, wide color stripes, and the rising midwinter appeal of such finery despite high prices. Fashion shops feature these splendors as holiday finishing touches. Prices are strikingly high, yet the beauty justifies cost.
A vintage fashion caption describes an attractive blouse with a bishop sleeve in linen or silk. It highlights a high collar opening down the front with crocheted buttons, soutache braids, and a black silk ribbon that trails over the belt to form a tasseled end.
Austria-Hungary selected Count Tarnowski as ambassador to Washington, praising his polished bearing and patriotic service. A leading diplomat, he helped ease Austro-Hungarian and German strains over the Polish question, and his calm, decisive style is highlighted. The Countess Tarnowska is Russian Polish, eloquent but has never visited America.
Rhode Island elects Peter Goelet Gerry as senator, a wealthy polo player and educated lawyer with a long family prominence. His political start was in 1912 as a Democratic national delegate, later organizing Wilson campaigns in the state and overcoming expectations to win a district seat and the Senate race against entrenched Republican Lippitt. Gerry, Harvard graduate and U.S. Supreme Court bar member, hails from Commodore Elbridge Gerry lineage and married Mathilde Townsend.
The article profiles Achsah Lippincott, assistant in city marketing investigations in the Office of Markets and Rural Organization. She is noted as the only woman in the country connected with government marketing investigations. She joined the office in January 1916 after directing city markets in Philadelphia for two years.
James H. Watson, Indiana's senator elect, urged support for the Republican ticket at Fort Wayne. A spectator challenged his candidacy claiming lifelong Illinois residency, prompting Watson to ask the reason for not voting for him amid shared laughter from the crowd.
A fragmented, old newspaper style piece references a peculiar bet about a molasses portion and mentions Castoria the infant remedy with a signature by Geka In. It also offers a bee sting remedy using ammonia for immediate relief and cautions on removing stingers with nails.
An assortment of old ad copy and fragmented notices appears, including Cuticura skin treatment instructions promising instant relief and healing, a bizarre bird disease brief noting forty-five thousand dead ducks near Great Salt Lake, and scattered lines about backache rheumatism and a London style dialogue. The item mix hints at period paper humor and medical trivia.
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