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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
8
A collage of old trade items and notices offers cures and seeds. A panoply of tonics, salve, and dietary claims touts Dr. Pierce’s All Healing Salve and other nostrums alongside seeds from John A. Salzer Seed Co. The prose mixes medical boast with catalog offers, including a tale of a sleep prone man and a hotel door knock.
Tests indicate that electrically produced steel is not inherently the same as crucible steel. The study notes material discrepancies, suggesting distinct properties and origins in the two steel types. Further analysis may clarify manufacturing implications and potential applications.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for blood deficiency and post grip weakness. It cites Mrs. Ernie Gowan of West Bay City, claiming complete recovery after use, and lists benefits for anemia rheumatoid conditions and after effects of fevers and neuralgia. The pills are sold by druggists or by mail, with prices 60 cents per box and two boxes for 2.50.
The Ohio River overflowed its banks and towns along the river faced the worst flood in twenty years. Thousands fled homes, streets and lines of transit were disrupted, fleets halted, and multiple communities reported isolation and extensive damage. Authorities warned of continued danger as dikes failed and relief struggled to reach affected residents.
Mrs. Rutpell Sage retreats to a Long Island home to escape mendicants and curiosity amid coverage of her wealth. An army of well wishers, reporters, and secretaries guard her privacy as she remains largely secluded.
The article describes a high profile figure whose country home is shielded from visitors by long gates of sound and a wall of defense. Secretaries, lawyers, physicians, and a clergy are all part of shielding her from importunate audience requests, with personal freedom reportedly limited.
The scene on Cincinnati’s riverfront shows dikes shielding the lower town as flood risks loom, while John R. Walsh faces a sweeping 182 count federal indictment in Chicago for misappropriation of bank funds. Navy writer Famon B. Connolly enlists, likened to Kipling’s impact.
In Roulsull's stronghold Zinnt was destroyed by fire as Moroccan troops attacked. Pitman Pulsifer notes armor price drop from 004 to 840 per ton between 1887 and 1905. Union leader Hocks distributed first relief funds for eight hour day workers. Staten Island Anti-Nuisance League reports four Baltimore engineers arrested for whistle blowing on switching engines. Victoria advices claim forty Japanese vessels and 460 poachers missing on Kamchatkan peninsula in 1904. London Mail says British navy will shrink after February maneuvers. three battleships reassigned. Seattle port crews resigned over lack of overtime pay. Armour plans nodal city near Minneapolis plant. John Burns dies after fall at Salvation Army ball in St Paul. Swanson and Liat questioned as coroner probe unfolds.
The decision holds duties on imported goods by weight at entry date, not withdrawal from bonded warehouses. Tobacco, hides, goo, sugar and other moisture absorbing items show weight differences between arrival and withdrawal, with an estimated ten million dollars already saved to the treasury by this ruling.
The American battleships Indiana and Missouri and the gunboat Yankton under Admiral Davis withdrew from Kingston to Cuba after a dispute with Governor Swettenham over relief efforts. Marines and nurses left behind aid seekers, while the governor resisted U.S. presence and the consulate’s relief work. Davis offered to distribute Celtic supplies but complied with the governor’s demand to pull back.
A freight powder car explosion and train wreck at Sandford Indiana Saturday night killed and injured many aboard a passenger train. The blast, likely triggered by a passing train or gas ignition, toppled the locomotive and roasted passengers. hospitals in Terre Haute and Paris Illinois treated the injured while rescue efforts continued.
Long article notes adding a fourth row of eight stars and two rows of seven to the flag, contingent on New Mexico and Arizona's admission. It also covers defense costs for insular ports, postoffice money orders, Indian forest reserves, and various political appointments and military plans amid 1907 policy debates.
A Queen City Special passenger train collided head-on with a freight near Fowler Indiana. Twenty-five people died, about forty injured, many burned alive in the combination car. Dense fog prevented signals. the dispatcher fired shots to warn the oncoming train yet it crashed, followed by rapid fire and entombed victims as rescuers struggled amid the flames.
The New York School Journal reports a surge in support for sex instruction in public schools. Dr Mary Putnam cites neglect in twenty city schools except three girls high schools led by women physicians. Critics argue over who should teach it and how to present it to avoid stigma.
A Paris dispatch announces that France has ceded Tahiti to Great Britain. In Washington plans reveal General McClellan’s equestrian state will be unveiled on May 13. Gov Magoon signs a treaty of extradition between Cuba and Santo Domingo. The Paris Journal notes Jacques Chaudy, self‑styled emperor of Tahara, plans a move toward the United States.
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