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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
2
J A Jenson announces stocking National Mazda House Light Bulbs and related accessories. They also carry Bremer Tully Counterphase Radio Receiver and accessories from Bremer Tully Mfg Co of Chicago, a six year old maker promising precision and full guarantee. Call and hear it.
Milnerville notes recount Mrs Silas Green of Westfield hurt in a fall. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Russell Sanford on a newborn daughter. Local families host Christmas meals with relatives from Bronx City Sioux City and Vermillion. Updates include illness recoveries and community visits, with J Cross quarantine news and Milner family voyages west.
Community notes from Westfield cover visits by Harry Lias of Akran and Royer, Christmas programs at Congregational Sunday school, new birth in Sioux City, and local travels. Residents attend Orpheum shows, plan a community hall party, and share holiday gatherings with Sioux City and LeMars relatives.
The Hoffman and McConahie families thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of a wife mother and sister. Special appreciation to Dr Mattison for services and for the musical offerings. Signed George Hoffman and Children Mr and Mrs W A McConahie Arthur McConahie.
The Lawrence Family thanks neighbors and friends for their boldness and assistance during illness and after the death of our beloved mother Mrs. G Lawrence.
A burning question for readers: the Akron Lumber Co advertises the hottest, purest coal available. Open prospect for customers seeking high quality fuel from a trusted supplier located in Akron.
The cornerstone ceremony for the new Masonic Temple in Akron marked by grand lodge officials and Freedom Lodge No. 434 as well as Vesper Chapter No. 61. The event included ritualistic laying with corn oil and wine, a sealed box, speeches by Iowa grand officers, and a gift cornerstone from Green Monument Works Hawarden.
Fire insurance enforces safety by charging higher costs for dangerous properties and rewarding safe owners. Underwriters use dollars and cents to penalize neglect, raising protection costs until repairs are made. The public benefits as risk drops and safety rises overall. Methodist Church notes outline New Year services, choirs, leagues, and school plans led by Pastor Wilson Gow.
The Register Tribune office advertises ribbons for all types of typewriters along with carbon paper and typewriter paper, catering to varied writer needs and ensuring steady office workflow.
United States Bureau of Standards begins a $50,000 investigation into using waste from corn, peanuts, and cotton crops. Experts note cotton seeds once valueless now fuel a large industry. Research aims to harvest and assemble stalks, cobs, and peanut hulls for paper, alcohol, and other chemicals. Warren Emly leads surveys and seeks public suggestions before field trials in the corn belt states.
Fifty years ago a hawk moth entered a scientist’s window and probed flower designs in a tapestry. Drs. Frederic Clements and Frances Long at Alpine Laboratory on Pike’s Peak conclude that insects use color and odor to locate flowers and, upon arrival, are guided by flower form and markings such as stripes and dots.
The Louisiana state board of health states insects do not truly bite with teeth or claws. Human skin resists grinding mouth parts, but tiny openings allow insect saliva to inject fluid that widens blood vessels, making bloodsucking easier and causing stinging and burning sensations.
The piece explains why flowers close petals in bad weather to protect pollen essential for seeds. Heavy dew or mist can wash away pollen similarly to rain. Daytime growth on the flower underside causes inward curling, while nighttime growth straightens petals outward again.
Engineers have pursued volcanic energy for power though limited by work. Italian efforts use saffioni jets from boiling pools via iron tubes sunk to 200 to 500 feet. Surface steam reaches about two atmospheres, hinting at vast untapped supplies. Northern Italy uses some to drive factory wheels by day and street lighting by night.
Pathfinder Magazine says a new Yerkes observatory camera lens can photograph 100000 stars on a single plate covering four degrees of sky. Professor Tross claims it yields the best Orion image yet, revealing many spots more clearly than previous plates.
The State Highway commission awarded the $298,048 contract to Western Asphalt of Sioux City to surface Primary Road No 1 from LeMars to the Plymouth Cherokee county line. The 15.49 mile project costs about $2.21 per yard or roughly $26,760 per mile and must be completed by October 4, 1928. It calls for moving 63 000 cubic yards of earth and paving eighteen feet wide.
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