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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
1
A mash of speculative opinions and humorous asides covers topics from prosperity and taxes to education, linguistics, literature lists, and a claim about President Eliot. The piece nods to editors, fashion, chemistry, and race mixing, with quips about gold in the Adirondacks and a machine for testing building materials.
A public talk warns the wood pile as symbol of discipline is fading along with racial and social shifts. The essay notes future substitutes for toil and innovation, stressing that hard work and courage remain central as old habits vanish. It reflects on play, education, and progress shaping American identity.
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly recalls the cent school kept by an old lady, Hunice Swain. Children paid a cent for a day of work and discipline, learning the three R's, manners, and truth telling. The school used a kitchen bench and a doorway as classroom, with Swain meting punishments and pride in old ways. Children left after a year, while Swain aged, remembered with mixed feelings by former pupils.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows Mrs De Fash en scolding Vlossle over doubt about the Bille. Miss De Fashen admires her new gown and laments the idea of being punished with clothes. The note adds that there is little romantic falling in love, and those in love are falling out.
The Duchess of Marlborough shows deep interest in educational work among London working girls and is connected with the National Physical Recreation Society led by King Edward. The society, founded in 1886, offers physical education instruction through hundreds of instructors in gyms. She presided at the thirteenth annual drill competition and handed out tokens to winners.
A reader notes poetically that mothers often get more praise than fathers in poems and urges including a tribute to the weary but devoted dad. The piece laments overlooked fathers while praising mothers, urging fair nods to paternal sacrifices and enduring love.
A New York Sun writer cites a husband who sends his wife shopping by taxi as a frugal ploy. A friend notes the scene, but the husband insists the taxicab saves money by forcing shorter store visits, preventing larger expenditures on foot or by streetcar.
The poppy marks graves in India and cemeteries, linked to death. Ancient Egyptians reportedly used it as a funeral plant. Belzoni opened a tomb showing plant representations likely poppy. A student quotes a line about uneasy rulers and a self-made man questions crown wear.
A humorous quip contrasts husbands worried by money with the fear of poverty. The note then remarks on the costs of fatherhood versus owning a race horse, reflecting light social commentary on wealth and status.
A collage of brief notes covers varied topics from Japan Mexico labor to Carnegie libraries, pruning a lobster debate and fern preservation, with side mentions of theater missteps, wills of Browning and Arnold, and quaint local oddities across multiple towns and journals.
Ada May Krecker argues declining stimulant use shows civilizational progress. The piece cites John J. Hayes on abstinence from tobacco for runners, and notes Prohibition era views linking tea and coffee to future control. It discusses natural stimulants, death penalty debates, and radical elimination of dangerous elements as impractical.
The author argues that criminals will reoffend despite punishment and advocates death as the only effective remedy for barbarous offenders. He contends executions may inspire imitation and create a criminal cult, while noting that humans are not divine emissaries to take life.
A short essay argues there is no sex question and men and women are equal yet distinct. It contrasts domestic tyranny with respectful partnership, praising French views of women. It questions long-held male power and notes beauty and happiness as women’s domains.
The venerable Dr Edward Everett Hale renowned clergyman writer and philanthropist died in Roxbury Massachusetts He was a long time United States Senate chaplain and author of A Man Without a Country His career spanned Boston Worcester and Washington where he ministered to congregations and contributed to historical literature as a South American editor for a time He was born in 1808 and served at the Church of the Unity Worcester and the South Unitarian Church Boston earlier in life he also wrote for journals and helped shape Spanish American affairs
Dr. Hale, 87, renowned for peace work and abolition of war, died after a life spent in Boston and Washington. Born 1828, Harvard graduate, he influenced philanthropy through clubs sparked by his 1870 book Ten Times One Is Ten. He guided Chautauqua circles and edited Christian Dispenser and Sunday School Gazette. survived by wife Mina.
Emily B Perkins, granddaughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher, and four children are noted in the snippet reflecting family lineage and kinship.
A New York Times summary critiques Germany's finances under Prince Baelor, noting rising government costs, growing debt, and tax unfairness favoring landowners. It cites public works and colonial ventures as costly, with borrowing filling gaps as Germany relies on lenders. The piece portrays thrift fading as expenses rise.
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