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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
8
A fragmentary report recalls a speaker praising Chinese cooking as among the oldest delicacies. He claims only few cooks surpass them and notes friends doubted his comfort abroad. The excerpt hints at cultural observation and personal adaptation during residence among Chinese communities.
A five year battle with painful itching and bleeding eczema ends after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The testimony from Mrs. Altie Bilson of Bellevue Michigan claims rapid relief after the first bath and one application, inviting others to write with doubts.
Bess claims Maude will marry a man old enough to be her grandfather. Nell declares it impossible, arguing no man is that old. The two exchange sharp banter reflectingSocial expectations about age and marriage.
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal female remedy. It claims to cure ovarian troubles uterine issues backache nervous symptoms and menopause changes and asserts high success with leucorrhea and tumors and invites readers to write for confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A youthful widow, seen recently, wears extreme mourning with a long gown and Parig written styling. Her pale face and a pudgy pug perched in a crinkled crepe muff draw attention as passersby note the scene with a mix of sympathy and amusement.
Two essentials for health in heat are keeping the system clean and a stomach and bowels tonic. Mull's Grape Tonic, 56 percent grape, cleanses oil impurities and poisons, strengthens the body for heat debility, and helps prevent heat prostration and bowel troubles.
In a Dominion House speech F A Lawrence notes each province will cover at least 275,000 square miles, nearly six times New York’s area, seven times Indiana’s population, and larger than multiple U S and European regions combined, illustrating Canada’s vast north west heritage.
The Garfield report shows packing profits near two percent of business. Government census data from 1900 indicate flour mills in Illinois earned about seven percent gross margin, while wholesale slaughtering and meat packing firms in Illinois averaged just over two percent. The contrast suggests packers' profits lag mills, fueling ongoing agitation and debate.
A fragment sets a scene about the casara or oven bird of the pampas in South America, called housebuilder by Spaniards. It describes mud and straw nests with thick walls and an internal partition, plus a stray quip about a 25 cent remedy and two old anecdotes on wisdom and Achilles.
Judge Carland of the United States court in Sioux Falls ruled in the case of Mrs. Jane Waldron versus the United States Black Tomahawk and Iran A. Hatch that a mixed blood Sioux woman retains her land. The decision debunks Black Tomahawk's claim and voids a trust patent issued in 1898 on grounds of bad faith.
Aberdeen closes all sixteen saloons July 1 after assistant city attorney Williamson says licenses cannot be granted at city level but must be approved by county commissioners. Wuakonda becomes dry after saloonmen fail to gather petition signatures. Canton saloons close per vote. A court test will challenge a block license ban near an institution of learning. Yankton courthouse construction woes spark completion fears. Dell Rapids group seeks Sunday mail service to end 24 hour gaps. Milwaukee Road possible fix with Sunday northbound train from Canton.
In Sturgis a preliminary hearing bound James Hayes over to the next Meade County circuit court term in 1000 dollars. He is charged with stealing five head of horses.
Reports from Dell Rapids note crops look well despite heavy rains. Corn remains backward awaiting warmth while oats and barley are heading out. straw is a bit short. Government action includes reappointing John C. Perkins of Sisseton as insurance commissioner for two years and naming H. E. Walseth as deputy in another post.
Lyons farmers form a stock company to build and run four grain elevators in town with a capital of 10000 dollars.
A storm delivered high wind and heavy rainfall at Egan flooding streets. Lightning hit I C Taylor's house causing minor damage.
Monday night burglars broke into John Gaskin’s store in Columbia cracked the safe and took 60 dollars. The robbery was discovered when the store opened the next morning with no clue to the suspects.
Aberdeen gambler Jack Purcell faced a preliminary examination Tuesday for the fatal brawl at a saloon that killed W. D. Marvin. Purcell is jailed in $5,000 bond but claims he will post, and he awaits further court action.
The western portion of South Dakota experiences unprecedented moisture with nearly five inches in Pierre for May and over two and a half inches so far in June. Reports from Coal Springs and Pedro echo soaked prairies, running streams, and uniformly excellent crop conditions across the state.
The Sioux are frequent filers in Gregory County and neighboring circuit courts seeking divorces. Iron Star, a Sioux warrior, sued his wife Her Blanket for desertion and won a legal separation. John Famous Thunder also received a divorce from Lucy Famous Chunder on desertion grounds.
A new Commercial Savings Bank building at Mitchell suffered a partial collapse when the east half of the south wall gave way at about 4 PM Wednesday. Wall support failed as rains softened chalkstone rock behind the inner wall, threatening serious injury to six to eight masons and delaying the project with heavy losses.
Settlers on the ceded Rosebud Indian reservation vow an energetic campaign to win congressional support for relief from paying the land price. Meetings are planned across the ceded lands to organize clubs and rally settlers to lobby from South Dakota and other states.
The reform movement in Lawrence County aims for a broad sweep as authorities plan to close remaining resorts in Lend and Deadwood. With gambling dens and saloons already shut, miners say the region’s bad repute hinders investment and demand further action to cleanse the area.
A rancher named Jens Frost, employed by Jarman Bros., left a ranch on a horse with his own saddle. The saddle was found on Bad River bank, the horse returned home without the saddle, and Frost’s whereabouts remain unknown amid fears of drowning.
At a Dell Rapids board of education meeting bids for the new school were opened and read. The contract was awarded to Peterson & Paulson for 11 655 dollars and work will begin on the building at once. Faulk County Pioneer Dead. Joseph Powell died at his home five miles north of Faulkton of Brights disease. Powell was among the county's earliest settlers and a prosperous farmer. Tom Carroll, 28, of near Mathews post office, drowned while bathing in a pond after recent rains. He had just eaten a hearty dinner. Indians to be Paid July 10. May McLaughlin is at the Sisseton agency where he informed the Indians that 100 000 dollars of funds due them would begin on July 10.
In Hecla Brown County a special election on Monday approved a 5,000 bond for a new high school building. Separately, the Spearfish to northern hills electric railway project reports that track will be laid halfway this season and the full line is expected to be finished next season.
The contract to survey ten townships in the Pine Ridge reservation has been let to O. H. Southmayde of Desdwood. It will require about three and one half months' work.
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