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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
2
Notice to all city water users to halt sprinkling lawns and gardens immediately. Pump and well capacity is insufficient to meet demand, risking a severe shortage. If water use continues to drop, a new well may be sunk. J F Brown, Superintendent urges cooperation.
Mrs. August Koch and children and relatives express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and floral offerings during illness and after the death of their husband and father. Also notes Miss Amy Dahl of Sioux City returned from a trip to Chicago World’s Fair visiting Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Local column items report on Bloomfield and area events including visits by Hattie Vargason from Livermne to see relatives, the Thorson and Kennedy families at Lake Okoboji, and various travels. Community updates mention the Cudahy plant workers, new Spencer Garments agency, and a 3.2 beer parlor opening. Fire losses near Craig, and rail freight gains at depot, plus obituary of Clark C. Smith of Elk Point.
A New York Sun reflection questions whether the Gulf Stream could be clever enough to outwit marine surveyors. The piece notes repeated claims of the current revealing advance survey data and then retreating to confound researchers, a notion many find curious and hardly credible.
A camel with a decayed tooth and painful abscess was brought to the zoo hospital where the molar was to be removed. To everyone's surprise the camel voluntarily opened its mouth and held still during the extraction, then returned to the zoo with no further trouble.
The Magazine of Wall Street cites a study on male life histories noting that from twenty to thirty a man takes risks, thirty to thirty-five grows conservative, and thirty-five to forty-five tends to accumulate but often loses gains. From forty-five to fifty eight to nine tenths lose, and after fifty only one in five thousand recover. By sixty-five, about 95 of 100 rely on daily earnings or their children for support.
Local notices mix hardware sale mentions with appointment phone details and shop names. Included are social visits from Sioux City residents, a Fourth of July gathering at the Smith home, and a magazine teased romance article about Poor Waitress and Rich Banker. Also notes of travel between South Dakota and Iowa including Marcella Seemann.
Norway occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula and spans about 125000 square miles. Seventy percent of the land is barren mountain moor or glacier. Only 8500 square miles are suitable for agriculture. Dairy farming on a cooperative basis thrives. butter and tinned milk are exported. Main occupation is wishing. About 2000 miles of railways and coastwise steamers connect ports. Principal cities include Oslo also known as Christiania and Bergen, a major seaport with fishing and ship building.
A Revolutionary era letter from a Pennsylvania husband details his wife’s work. He notes she prepared pies cakes bread meat and dried apples, tended the orchard cleaned the house washed clothes and even made 20 cheeses. She sewed knit and aided neighbors while serving as a faithful nurse day and night.
Under Solomon Israel grew into a commercial nation. Alliances formed trade with Phoenicians. He sent a fleet from Akaba every three years to Ophir on Arabia’s coast, returning with gold and oriental riches that expanded the royal coffers.
Erasmus cited the Greek proverb in Adagia to signal a choice between two bad options leaving a person at a loss. The saying has since appeared in varied forms across literature.
Fragmented OCR text references a protest related to a song or concert involving a violiny instrument. Mentions a person named Hough and a social setting. Details are unclear and names may be jumbled.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions long term constipation relief with various terms like forty years source mentioning stomach relief and herbal aids. The readable lines include references to remedies and possible brands or ingredients though clarity is limited.
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