19 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
1
Broadway Jones hosts a lavish farewell supper on New York’s Broadway planning to flee debt with a fortune. He announces marriage to Mrs. Gerard, the millionaire widow, amid champagne, dancing, and a dramatic turning point as guests react to the unexpected betrothal.
Photographs from scenes in the play Copyriont show a chaotic wedding aftermath. Guests shower flowers and odd gifts as Broadway’s couple, Mrs Gerard and her fiancee, face gleeful crowds, a potted palm intrusion, and a satin slipper misfire. Rankin Waited watches from the bachelor apartment as the scene, set to the Lohengrin wedding march, unfolds below. The tale ends with Broadway awaiting his master and his cat companion pondering the revelry.
A fragmented account discusses King Otto of Bavaria and other European royals showing signs of insanity. It recalls Otto's childhood frugality, a dentist tale, and parallels to Frederick William IV and George IV. The piece shifts to a domestic anecdote about a clever pupil and a servant named Matilda noting spelling quirks in a letter.
In Washington President Wilson received two pencil portraits and a letter from a Bing Sing prison convict who also sent a story about his life. Philanthropists in New York helped deliver the items in secrecy, hoping to offer a note of hope to the incarcerated man.
Nettleton protests a mustache as he faces social pressure in Chicago politics. He recounts a summer voyage on a lumber boat where shaving lagged and whiskers grew, leading to a proud mustache. A three year old’s kiss joke seals the verdict that the mustache must go.
The article recounts how the Food Hygiene Bureau and Uncle Sam’s official cookbook influence American eating habits. It credits two scientists with tomato experiments and popularizing mutton over lamb, noting Dr Milner’s English origin and his successful push for full-grown sheep meat to boost U S meat supply.
John Burroughs of Roxbury New York the naturalist quietly visited with Representative Platt at the Capitol Treasury scene where he once worked as a clerk and later as a national bank examiner for 11 years He rediscovered unchanged spots and recalled Wake Robin his 1871 book He also met longtime colleagues and was introduced to United States Treasurer John Burke prior to a call on President Wilson Burroughs has since 1874 lived on a farm and pursued fruit culture and literature
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