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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
8
A superior patron complains the classroom is too cold or hot for her daughter and insists on extra aid. She then demands the teacher keep Priscilla with her at recess to avoid mixing with children who she says teach her to butcher English. The Indianapolis News notes such entitlement and irony in public life.
The National Public Works Department association, with about 195,000 engineers and others, backs a Jones Reavis bill to replace the Interior Department with a central public works department. It would fold 80 agencies and move offices from multiple departments into a unified body, prompting interdepartmental and political resistance.
A fragment from a 1920 debate reveals Platt National Park in Oklahoma, established 1902 with 848 acres and springs deemed healthful, attracting about 25 000 visitors mainly from Sulphur. Legislation considers transferring the park to Oklahoma or selling it. an amendment increases funding then is blocked, leaving a temporary stay and a larger appropriation clause in legal limbo.
Secretary of War Baker announced plans for three American fields of honor in France to receive bodies of Americans who died overseas in World War I. A war memorials council will advise on graves marking and beautification, with trees and memorial drives.
President Wilson moves quickly to fill roughly 200 executive posts before Congress adjourns. Postmasters dominate the unconfirmed Nominations, with key offices including Interstate Commerce Commission seats becoming vacant and to be filled. Several notable picks and vacancies loom in diplomacy and shipping as a new seven member merchant marine board is created.
John Henry Jingletop awakens a daydream in a barber chair while Geraldine, a deft manicure girl, flirts with him during a playful courtship. A wife’s sudden anniversary surprise exposes his whiskered plans as Mary’s Broadway mischief upends the self styled bachelor’s punctual pride.
An old promotional piece extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root praising kidney liver and bladder relief. It urges readers to request a sample by mail from Kilmer Co with ten cents, claiming wide testimonials and nationwide availability.
An odd dialogue fragment describes fear, aid, and a sly correction by a householder. The excerpt mentions a contagion called isomola of the midnight cat, an old man donating aches and phins, and children with nerve in a quirky domestic scene.
A letter from A C Gilbrath of Erle Pa praises Petersons Ointment for curing a year long running sore on the left leg after three weeks of use. The ad extols healing for eczema pimples and chafing and notes mail orders and a Ruffate New York company address.
The article promotes a blood-cleansing treatment for eczema severe itching and burning sensations. It argues topical salves only soothe temporarily and that the infection lies in the blood. It urges readers to obtain a bottle of the remedy and write for advice to the Medical Director at 110 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta.
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