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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
2
A long sunken river steamer North Alabama reappears from the Missouri River near Vermillion thirty six years after sinking in 1870 carrying flour and whiskey. Sightseers gather as rescuers plan a search for the lost liquor from the vessel wreck.
An oyster dealer notes green turtle meat can fetch about 50 dollars per pound. The meat comes from West Indies coral reefs and is shipped north after being netted among rocks. Turtles are deck passengers then penned below as weather cools. natives sometimes nail them to decks. Calippee and calipash yield rich, tender flesh, with live turtles fetching high prices from chefs and luxury hotels.
Joe Trigg reflects on the idea that perfect days exist through memories of spring winds, June gardens, and October woods. He argues against dour theology and invites readers to find divine inspiration in wood, field, streams, and birds, calling for joy in nature as a perfect day.
Wanted gentleman or lady with good reference to travel by tailor with a rig for a firm of $250000 capital. Salary $1072 per year and expenses, salary paid weekly and expenses advanced. Address with stamp Joseph Alexander Akron Iowa.
A garbled excerpt outlines multiple passenger and freight trains for the G M and St P Ry with departures and run days. It lists No 1 led Passenger at 4 02 PM, No 71 Freight at 425 PM, No 13 Passenger and No 108 Passenger on various routes, and freight No 04 at 1380 sh tr with weekly and limited daily running patterns noting Monday Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday service.
A survey traces lighthouse origins from Ptolemy Philadelphus around 306 B C to Dover in A D 44 and Conanicut Island’s Beaver Tail beacon established in 1750. The article notes language links to pare and fare and early beacon practices at coastal sites.
Italian tenor Marconi recalls visiting Ignacy Rubinstein where Rubinstein’s Hitle son demanded a present. The maestro replied with a left hand waltz, while his right swelled into a grand overture for the audience and Marconi, describing a remarkable musical moment.
A London Mail note recalls the pillory as a once common punishment in England where a man stood in a wooden frame with head and hands through holes, padlocked to endure a fixed period while the crowd watched or pelted him. The last known pillorying was Peter d James Lossy for perjury on June 23, 1830.
A Chicago News item recalls Miss Dreamer who vowed never to marry until a knight on a charger claimed her. Instead she wed a milk wagon driver with two horses, and thrived in the garish glamor of the era's gangster era, reflecting a sharp contrast between romance and real life.
Readable excerpt questions when one first becomes acquainted with a husband and recalls waking him for money after marriage. It contrasts the great error of tying life to material wealth and the idea that existence ends at death, referencing Rousseau.
A vintage ad suggests essential garments for hot weather including nightgowns negligees shirts and a light summer suit priced at 7.50 and hose and socks to complement low shoes and trousers. It emphasizes inexpensive cooling attire and practical summer styling.
The listing details various travel rates and tickets for seasonal excursions and meetings. It covers C M and J P Reducer Rates to Okoboji resorts Arnold's Park Spirit Lake from May 10 to Sept 30 at one and a third fare round trip, Homespeakers' Excursions Tuesdays until December 1 at one fare plus 2, Nations Wncampment in Minneapolis August 1-14, Akron round trip fare 5.17, Annual Meeting BYU Amerion Omaha July 10-14 with extension, Southwest Young Peoples Missionary Conference Siloam Springs August 7-10 with extension, International Geologist Congress Mexico City Aug 16-Sep 1 with return within days, Twin City Northwestern Merchants association three meetings July 31-Aug 16 August or September and November, and Saengerbund of the Northwest St Paul July 21-26 with round-trip surcharge.
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