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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
4
A discussion explains how the moon exerts a tiny pull on everyday objects mirroring Earth's gravity. It notes the moon's influence in creating ocean tides affecting commerce, fisheries, harbors sanitation, and even bathing habits. The piece anticipates tidal power stations as a future energy source and outlines Newtonian gravity as the basis for weight concepts. It references specific items like pearl earrings and a teddy bear for scale.
A fragment indicates a trend in Berlin where women increasingly work at home and in the market, with numbers suggesting about 1.2 million women employed outside traditional roles and over 1.4 million referenced, highlighting shifting gender labor dynamics. The text notes servants and unidentified names among Berlin women and hints at a broader social change.
Inocencio Galindo, a Panama City resident, procures an insurance policy paying $2,000 yearly for life. He bid $8,700 for the policy, with a guaranteed annuity for life. By five years he expects to break even, then collect beyond the cost in ongoing payments.
A child-friendly explanation states the moon pulls on you like Earth but with far less force because it is 239,000 miles away and has one eightieth the Earth’s mass. Gravitational pull weakens with distance, so the moon’s peak lift is only about a fifth of a drop in your weight when overhead.
In Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Oscar A. Fritz granted a divorce decree to Guy Slaughter against Mrs Estelle Slaughter and ordered the former couple to establish a single home for mutual cooperation. The judge said the unusual step aims to protect the children and foster potential reconciliation, with the husband keeping custody while the wife has a separate room in the shared residence.
In Brooklyn, Judge Robert A. Inch ruled to admit Marta Droglesky, a 24 year old Brooklyn resident, to citizenship despite prior disputes over alleged immorality from a 10 year old romance in Russia. Her father defended her against claims of immorality, stating a court cannot deem her immoral for indiscretion.
Forty four of Oklahoma’s seventy seven counties now produce oil and more are expected to join. Experts estimate many byproducts from crude oil, with the Martins Oil Company extracting significant byproducts. Oklahoma’s 1926 oil related output, including gas and minerals, totals about $1,000,480,000 with oil contributing $350,121,000.
Rosemary Crofton travels with her aunt to the governor's palace where she meets De Vries who woos her with tales of the Kaid and the sultan's agent. She resists and is later rescued after a fall from her horse. An Englishman in the Rift intrigues and hints at espionage as Franco French aims to curb raids while Abd el Krim remains a focal point. Rosemary insists on leaving despite warnings, while a dangerous game of loyalty and exposure unfolds between captors and captives.
Rosemary confronts a mysterious Englishman in Fez legends as a tall figure named Pete arrives with coffee and a meal. The Englishman claims one name Ward while Rosemary pleads to be sent back, but the stranger remains guarded and elusive amid a babel of Arabic chatter.
Rosemary argues for release from a guarded cave as a tense exchange unfolds in a shadowed concealment. A heated plan emerges about entering the mountains and concealing a vehicle. The dialogue hints at secret knowledge of a pass and a figure named Kald and Guglish.
A distressed scene shows Olive trying to climb a mantel while her father, sick with a sore throat, warns her to get down. He laments the strain of discipline and the need for an outlet, hoping a softer punishment suffices.
In the narrative of modern Europe literature often begins with Bible translation and cultural shifts. A note on the Pennsylvania Railroad cites a $500,000,000 investment in stage stands, illustrating substantial infrastructure themes amid discussions of women and society.
Notes from Union township near Primghar to Denison and Marshalltown cover accidents, farms, a Lincoln land tablet, a $126000 memorial coliseum bond, a concrete ice pool at Silver City, a fire at Tingley, new sheriff’s office appointee Fay Eyler, a Challenging pilot exam for Clarence Chamberlin, cattle shipments from Kirkman, a Massena fire, 1925 auto license registrations, a high corn yield in Hoyers township, and the Union Pacific Transfer Hotel closing in southwestern Iowa.
Dr. M. E. O Keefe asserts aviation is now a growing commercial proposition. Waterloo studies regular passenger service to Minneapolis Chicago and Des Moines with fares near rail rates. Council Bluffs could become a key air transport hub serving Omaha and the two cities with one major airport.
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