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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary line includes a vague reference to whipping children and a prompt to try a profitable investment in the Want Column. No clear event, names, or locations are legible. the piece reads like sanitized OCR with dubious coherence and lacks concrete facts to summarize as a news item.
The St Paul Dispatch notes disappointment with President Taft on tariff revision and praises Iowa Senators Cummins and Dolliver for their seasoned opposition. It critiques Boss Aldrich’s tactics and predicts the bill’s return to the House with uncertain changes without Taft’s intervention. The piece foresees Progressive gains in coming votes.
After July Fourth the thirty third general assembly changes take effect. The primary election law requires candidate name rotation and county officials must enforce it. Reporters gain daily pay, jurors earn more, and dentists are exempt from jury duty. Minor smoking rules and bonds rules change, with taxes for county hospitals and compulsory education for the deaf and blind following.
The article recounts sweeping changes proposed for dependent soldiers and sailors taxes, public school fraternities abolition, cousin marriages needing out‑of‑state action, union rights for police and fire pension bureaus, and shifts in employer liability for defective machinery. It notes minor reforms on drunkenness, animal control, hotel inspectors, and rural fencing while renaming Cedar Falls State Normal to State Teachers’ college and county poor farms to County Homes.
Akron Iowa July 12 00 Editor Register Tribune urges church revival efforts. A layman argues for faith and works to fund meetings, stresses religious influence as foundation of education and safety, and says timing should suit community readiness regardless of weather.
A Cedar Rapids influenced prophecy cites western Plymouth county sales as a sample of rising Iowa land values. The piece argues that corn lands will steadily climb for ten years, aided by proper tiling, with northern Iowa more buoyant, and notes Tama county prices around 126 dollars per acre, reaching 450 to 175 in spots, while warns southern Iowa trails behind. It recounts a Spanish American war era remark about buying at twenty five dollars and predicts long term gains, urging readers to act, with ads for fare tickets and local real estate listings following.
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