12 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
1
Broadways Jones, a Jonesville lad turned New York dreamer, sinks under debt and temptation, plotting a grim act as Rankin and others watch a once glamorous career slip toward ruin. He faces a choice between despair and a last, dangerous gamble.
Carnegie argues poverty should be abolished not by erasing honest toil but by removing luxury. He says poverty underpins virtues that drive society toward higher civilization and asserts a universal desire to end poverty.
A druggist notes a yearly rise in cold complaints tied to steam heat as people move from warm rooms to cooler air. Dramatizing the scene a man hurries in for quick remedy while others already seek medicines for head colds caused by overheated, gradually heated interiors.
A home tip advises enticing a canary to bathe by placing a small leaf of fresh lettuce in the bath. Fill the bath halfway with moderately cool water and place it in the cage. The bird’s desire for the lettuce will lure it into the water and likely make bathing a regular habit. If refusal persists, repeat the method until the bird begins bathing willingly.
A wartime bureau tracks desertions in both the army and navy. War department files use yellow envelopes and long familiarity with records, while the navy uses a modern index system. An arrest case shows how verification can take days before confirming a deserter’s identity.
Byron R Newton urges that the general supply committee schedule covers every commodity for Washington departments and bureaus at special contract prices. A private secretary notes items from nursing bottles to hospital supplies, showing the broad reach of the schedule and its potential to meet any need.
The article profiles Dr. C. F. Lang worthy and Dr. Robert Milner of the U S Department of Agriculture who, with a team of tasters, eat varied cheeses to study digestibility and effects. They rate food and prepare reports while staff meals include cheese omelette souffle pudding and more to test assimilation.
A vivid anecdote recounts Senator LaFollette's dramatic but ultimately empty speech. Witness W rinkler Manning notes the theatrics, intense facial expressions, and urging gaze, yet LaFollette fails to deliver any consequential words or policy revelations.
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