20 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1910
Page
1
A miscellany of opinions and notes on topics from presidential retirement to world language barriers, charity appeals, and the internationalization of society. It cites University of Wisconsin views on year-round schooling, a psychical research grant request, and debates over the House of Lords. Also mentions Alaska agricultural prospects and unusually large produce showcased in Eastern markets.
The article argues Arctic Canada and Siberia offer vast arable lands with proper rail transport. It claims Alaska alone won’t meet food needs, but northern regions could, given summer daylight and ongoing cultivation. It envisions expansion of stable yields over generations, not immediate subsistence pressures.
A New York East Side tale features Rabbi Witdrewitz who meets a skeptic seeking healing for two ailments truthfulness and taste. The rabbi administers a tar and sulphur pill, the patient spits it out, and discovers his truth sense is restored as the miracle.
A Houston Post note jokes that when coal is scarce one family member remains in bed to stay warm, calling that person an Optimist despite concerns about MW. The quip ties a cold morning habit to a lighthearted take on resource worries.
Bart Kennedy critiques gossip and the “dealer in the truth” who spreads word about others. He argues gossip harms more than obvious criminals, noting that knowing or not knowing spoken rumors changes impact and urging a bold front to avoid taking sides.
The article argues that human progress rests on social bonds and service to others. It posits strength comes from understanding and aiding fellow lives, not ruthless competition, and urges individuals to strive for excellence and lead by example amid moral complexity.
A tribute praising brotherhood as the driving force behind a victory where even the vanquished share in the triumph. The message extols truthfulness righteousness magnanimity and gentleness as core values that bind competitors and peers in mutual success.
Essay argues that religious and moral forces shape national character and battlefield conduct. It cites Japan as example of discipline and work ethic shaped by upbringing and reverence.端
John A. Howland argues that fathers must train and discipline their sons with practical moral guidance. He warns that heedless youth can ruin their future careers if not held accountable, advocating open accountability over permissiveness to equip boys for life.
Racing pigeons display remarkable speed with reports of mile and a half per minute over long distances and a thousand miles homeward. The piece notes the birds’ endurance, limits, and the unerring homing instinct, citing a pigeon captured during the Franco Prussian War that returned home after ten years.
Bijornstjerne Bjernson, famed Norwegian literary figure, has been seriously ill in Paris. Born 1832, he directed Bergen theater from 1867, lived in Denmark Italy and Germany 1860 to 1872, and led Christiana theater thereafter.
Instructions describe a boy made aeroplane from bamboo, linen cloth, and rubber bands. Plans include three box frames for forward rudder main wing and rear rudder, glued cloth skin, braced structure, two propellers with a tin plate hub, and rubber band powering the flight. The device rises when released and can be steered by rudder adjustments once in air.
The passage profiles a theater editor from Norske Folkeblad who bought a Norwegian farm in 1874 and spent summers there, plus time in Paris Rome and the Tyrol. It lists translated works including A Happy Boy The Tisher Lass and Heritage of the Karts Paul Lange Laburemus, notes plays, and mentions a recent rehearsal in Dresden. It also contains fragmented remarks about Miss A and Miss Ks singing and a line about a man needing a free insurance policy.
A witty miscellany surveys the era with quips on health boards banning kissing in Tennessee, rising shoe prices, a famed singer’s mega earnings tour, and the idea of Columbus’s discovery. It jokes about a New York heiress denying royal marriage, West Point costs for a second lieutenant, and a drowning due to boarding-house prunes. It notes heroism after mine disasters, critiques elective systems, and comments on voting duties, college women, and the efficiency of gasoline versus alcohol as motor fuel.
The article traces Taft’s successors in the Philippines and notes improvements under the new governor general since 1904. It highlights order, public works including highways and a water sewer system in Manila, English language schooling, and rising Filipino literacy. It mentions the Payne Aldrich tariff affecting imports like sugar and tobacco and praises improved governance toward dependent peoples in the Orient.
An investigator from the U S Bureau of Fisheries explains that muskrats influence pearl formation in shellfish. Pearl cysts arise around larval worms from muskrat worms, with baroque and round pearls formed in the mantle of mollusks. The text notes ducks may host pearl larvae and mentions African forests and assorted humorous scraps.
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