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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
8
A periodical discusses gender norms and physical education, arguing against hard muscularity for women and exploring whether admiration of a "womanly" figure can coexist with tolerance for male‑like strength in men. The piece questions if nature supports women bearing continual athletic stress.
Washington Kang-Dee 25 Special Jesse 12 Mitchell, a well known resident, testifies that after twelve years of kidney trouble and back pain he used Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports relief after four boxes and says he feels like a new man with renewed strength and no back pain.
M Bertillon renowned for anthropometry has developed metrie photography to accurately reproduce dimensions and distances on negatives. The new apparatus and process enable precise representation of measurements and spatial relations, improving photographic accuracy in profiling and analysis.
An advertisement touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a remedy for typhoid fever constipation and various illnesses. It offers a free full-sized bottle to prove its claims and claims the tonic strengthens digestion, cleanses impurities, and cures diseases quickly, including a free bottle for first-time users and for children and nursing mothers.
A dated label shows a stamped date and number reading Genulite with instruction to take no other from your druggist. The fragment suggests a medication packaging directive likely warning consumers to use exactly the labeled dose and not substitute other products.
A fragmented old ad style text touts Hall's Family Pile for constipation and Dr Cheney's Catarrh Cure. Mentions Toledo Ohio and testimonials. References a traveling narrator and a broken down coach with scattered dialogue.
A frail old man cautions to weigh choices as Wedderly and Singleton exchange anxious lines. The speaker urges wedlock with one partner to avoid future regrets, sharing personal experience and urging others to choose quickly. The scene hints at social etiquette and romantic speculation in a small community.
A short ad style note questions the claim that a remedy can cure a cold in one day. It references laxative bromine quinine product names and a dismissed promise of a guaranteed cure, signaling skepticism about the effectiveness and a branding claim.
A student asks a professor for help conceiving an essay topic. The professor offers guidance to spark ideas and outlines potential themes, encouraging independent thinking and planning for a strong writing assignment.
A Jackson automobile burned after careening off an embankment near a River bridge three miles east of Mitchell around midnight Friday. The driver’s identity remains unknown and no license plate could be found. Witnesses noted leaking gasoline and fire from the headlights, with the wreckage consumed and the car no longer traceable. Local inquiry found the vehicle likely cost between 1200 and 1500 dollars.
Lyman, once a budding town in Lyman County, is now effectively abandoned with only L L Armstrong remaining as the town’s sole inhabitant. He serves as postmaster, mayor, police, and school official, noting there is no one left to challenge or seek injunctions. The extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway past Chamberlain toward the Black Hills left the town off the route, destroying its prospects and leaving the lone resident to oversee all municipal duties.
Post mortem on John Abbon at the Benjamin Wenzel home near Miller finds no foul play. Wenzel, who shared alcohol with Abbon, is jailed in Miller for assault on his daughter after the incident. Abbon died from drinking effects.
The shooting of Oscar Nelson in Sioux Paris weeks ago is clarified by a report that an injured husband fired three bullets at Nelson to stop his wife’s unwanted attentions. The alleged shooter acted out of jealousy and anger over perceived infidelity.
Professor H B Callin, seriously shot in McPherson County in November, has recovered enough to receive visitors at St. Take's hospital in Aberdeen. He is expected to resume duties as superintendent of the Eureka city schools after the holidays.
Hand County sheriff traveled thirty miles southeast on Wednesday chasing Benjamin Wenseel in a case of criminal assault on his 12 year old daughter. After he left, the coroner was summoned to the Wenseel home where a man was found dead, believed to have killed himself.
Gordon Willits, a Sioux Falls inventor, has driven himself to madness by striving for fortune through invention. He is confined in the county jail with likely transfer to the state hospital at Yankton for insane care.
Gov Elrod remains at Pierre after a trip to Indiana and a period of confinement at home. He shows signs of recovery and hopes to attend to official duties within a short time.
Col Thos Fitch of Milbank, president of the soldiers home board, reports from the Hot Springs commandant that 219 old soldiers are now quartered at the home, 14 more than previously.
At Aberdeen the regents on Wednesday afternoon unanimously adopted resolutions retaining Dr Garrett Dyoppera as temporary president for the remainder of the school year.
A South Dakota resident, John Walling, was arrested in Wisconsin over a mistaken identity case tied to a horse theft warrant. He was escorted back to South Dakota, released, and Wisconsin paid his expenses, salary, purchase, and return rail fare as restitution.
Oscar Nelson, who was shot three times weeks ago and walked miles to a farm near Sioux Falls, has recovered enough to leave the hospital. He remained unconscious for days and, upon waking, refused to identify his assailant or provide details. Police remain baffled as to who shot the young man and the motive, with the case likely to stay unsolved.
Israel Calkins of Hot Springs was convicted of cattle stealing in the South Dakota case state versus Israel Calkins. Trial Judge McGee will hear a posttrial motion for a possible new trial at term end. Calkins has a prior court history including an earlier similar crime and an insanity plea leading to commitment to an asylum.
Reported coyote convention drew hundreds to a hill near Wheeler by Five Mile Creek. Coyotes held a night long chorus to test lung power, heard at a distance and feared by nearby residents. By the next morning the gathering had adjourned and the animals vanished.
The Title Guaranty and Trust Company of Scranton Pennsylvania notified the state insurance department at Pierre of its withdrawal from the state rather than comply with the law passed last legislature. The statute requires deposit of at least twenty thousand dollars with the state treasurer before transacting business in South Dakota.
A delegation from Crow Creek agency visited Miller after Christmas for the annual holiday celebration. Indian Santa Claus requested dolls, railroad trains, Noah's ark, steam engines, and dozens of Yankee toys to fill the stockings of dusky children at the agency event.
Daniel O'Brien on the 600-foot level of the Homestake mine attempted to remove a failed giant powder charge. The blast struck him in the abdomen and legs, causing severe injuries and likely fatal outcomes. Small rock fragments embedded in his body and his legs were badly lacerated.
A stock farm on the Irvin Thoman farm five miles south of Huron was burned completely a few nights ago destroying sixteen cattle belonging to Clarence Cobb the farm occupant. Additional property was burned and the total loss was about this.
The governor appoints Dr A G Allen of Deadwood to the board of medical examiners to replace Dr J W Breeman of Wend who has resigned.
Parker, attorney for Stites, has led to the arrest of several men in Lead for advertising turkey raffles. Authorities report no form of gambling is currently operating in Lawrence County.
A requisition is issued by Blood for the governor of Virginia to surrender Philip Me Latyre charged with forgery. J Lawrence County authorities report the suspect is currently confined in the state's prison on the Virginia charge arising on the fourth.
Residents surprised to learn beaver have not yet been found in Union County located in the oldest settled portion of South Days.
An advertisement explains how nervousness and general breakdown stem from a disordered stomach and thin blood. It urges Fortifying the body with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and promises a free booklet. Also touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills and notes non alcoholic, non secret remedy with the Bottle Wrapper Badge of Honesty.
A recent patented device for mail bag collection uses a vertical post with pivoting arms and a hinged two-part holder linked by a leather connector. When the car contacts the bag the hinge breaks, the parts separate, and the bag is swept into the vehicle.
Polly, daughter of a peer, drew a dog for three year old Ralph on a slate. Ralph replies that it came from the pencil, noting dogs in the pencil and recalling one that "came out last night for Harold." The exchange shows a child's reasoning and humor about creation.
A London Chronicle note recalls Devonshire superstitions such as relatives touching a deceased body to avoid haunting, postponing tasks on Friday, and a servant breaking two more crockery pieces after one break. It cites Dickens noting good things arrived on Fridays, as a contrast to local quirks.
A vintage drug claim promises a guaranteed cure for piles with itching bleeding and protruding issues. Druggists are authorized to refund money if Vazointment fails to cure in fourteen days. Item priced at 50 cents.
A globe trotter asks why a brass nicked saucer marks barber shops and why dyers and scourers use two long hanging curtains. The note, dated Oct 2 1901 from Miss L A Pearce Brooklyn, seeks explanations of these shop signs and their meanings.
A hungry hobo quarrels with a woman at a kitchen door about visits this week. He laments past affection and excuses his lateness in a dialect rich exchange that hints at hardship and longing.
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