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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
1
A jumbled 1910-era column blends notes on Nat Goodwin’s aviator interests, Rockefeller wealth, the press, a Kansas City fire victim’s insurer, exploration regulation, and a moral tale about a penniless brother and the high-sense honor of a nephew. The piece mixs satire, public notices, and human-interest vignettes in quick, editorial strokes.
A thoughtful discussion praises small cooperative banks modeled on Ratfelsen systems. Neighbors pool credit to fund members at about five percent with oversight to ensure purposeful use. German and Italian examples cited show reduced interest and relief for farmers, including Mentone where rates dropped from twelve to five percent.
A compact biography of Viscount Hardinge, detailing his fearless youth in Canada and India. It describes boyhood stunts at Durham Cathedral, rapid rise in The Queen's Ranges, and acts of gallantry from Montreal to Vietnam, highlighting a career later marked by bravery and notable commendations.
The Statesman notes a cautious reaction as Assistant remarks in Congress provoke little public commentary. Washington blur hints at measured engagement and a hope for orderly discourse without sensational reactions.
A fragmentary exchange questions whether tough beer improves nourishment and exercise through a tough beef. The speaker notes men avoid being quoted when expressing real sentiments on subjects.
The article argues aviation could shape human evolution evidencing a proposed aeroplane head. Phrenology links wide forehead regions to balancing ability and imagination among aviators like Curtiss and the Wrights. It predicts brain development parallels muscular growth as aviation advances concluding with a possible future race of man birds.
The fragment references a poet’s ideal of life and song as intertwined. It questions whether art can perfectly embody life, noting singers seldom merge their life and minstrelry and pondering what a true union of life and song would require.
Claude Morrissey, an ex-gambler in love with Grace Collum, schemes to reunite with her at her aunt Grace Collum’s New York home. Allan Perry aids the plan as Claude awaits Grace and pleads for reconciliation with her stern father. Grace resists then softens, asking Claude to return to his father with truth. Des Moines News.
A translated census from France shows population decline and family size breakdowns by number of children per household. It lists totals for families and counts for households from zero to eighteen children, plus sex counts, births and deaths notes, with stray quotes and jokes inserted from other papers.
Uncle Jack spots a real owl in the fireplace as Kal Kathie and siblings react with fear and curiosity. A second piece shows a card game lesson and a bossy office boy, with moral about clear speech and confident, honest conduct. Dorothy’s stutter and a Nature poem close the survey of childhood moments.
An old Meridian visitor in New York recounts a Florida style gator hunt. Fishermen use a hooked pole and rope to secure the entrance of a gator hole, pull the beast to the surface, then manhandle and restrain the animal with rope and teamwork. The piece notes the mud, marsh, and danger of the hunt as a rugged test of skill and nerve.
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