Local Mention and Visits Highlight Akron Notes
Local Akron items report visitors from Sioux City and Centerville, soon-to-be-home moves, hospital returns, and travel detours. The column notes Mrs. Bert D. Swift’s appendicitis recovery, Miss Raney’s Baptist convention trip, and various relatives visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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Brooks
Adaville
Akron
Los Angeles
California
Bert D. Swift
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Raney
Centerville
Iowa
Eli Tanker
Omaha
Spanish Jack J S Brapizy Groom at Burnight Barn
Spanish Jack J S Brapizy is set as groom for a single service at Burnight Stockyards Barn across Akron Bridge. A $15 service fee applies to insure a live call during the event held all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnight Stockyards
Akron Bridge
New Depot At Last For Akron
After years of waiting by Agent Searls and travelers, C M and St P Ry began excavating and laying a concrete foundation for a new Akron depot. The wooden structure features a full story and attic, 22 by 14 feet, 31 feet high, with separate waiting rooms, baggage area, and office. Brick paving will extend 200 feet along track to Reed street crossing, with cement curbing and galvanized spouting. The old depot will become a freight house and occupancy is not anticipated before October 1. Akron welcomes the substantial improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searls
Akron
Ottee
Reed Street
A Great Sunday Maga Zine Preview Headlines
A promotional wraparound describes The Chicago Record-Herald Sunday issue as a grande service with illustrated special articles by writers William B. Curvis Walter Wellman and Frank G. Carpenter. It highlights women’s features on fashions economy art music drama sports coverage by Tim Murnane Malachy Hogan and J L Hervey plus a comic section and other entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
William B. Curvis
Walter Wellman
Frank G. Carpenter
Chicago Sunday Record-Herald
Tim Murnane
Malachy Hogan
J. L. Hervey
Akron Iowa school board bids for addition building
Notice to bid invites bids for adding to the Akron school house Akron Iowa. Plans and specifications available with R D Clark president of the board at the Alvon Sayings bank Akron Iowa by order of the board secretary.
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Akron School Board
Akron
R. D. Clark
Alvon Sayings Bank
Iowa
Wood For Sale At Akron Area Farm
Soft wood priced at 330 per cord and hard wood at 4.50 per cord. Located at a farm 114 miles north of Akron. Cordwood seller Isaac Waterbory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Reduced Kresoline Dip Prices Ventured by Makers
Gladstone Kresoline Dip producers announce a material price cut for the season. Manufacturing improvements and a lower crude lead price enable the reduction of quart can pricing. The disinfectant remains the valuable preparation with Crude Gread cited as the principal ingredient.
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Lhe
Special Prices on Farming Supplies and Disinfectant
From 75c to 50c on items, gas cans discounted to $1.50, larger quantity deals. Gladstone Kresoline Dip is a potent disinfectant and parasite destroyer for hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, and poultry, preventing hog cholera and related pests. Manufactured by Chadslone Medicine Co. Hawarden Iowa, distributed by EY Cobb and March Bros.
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Gladstone
Chadslone Medicine Co
Hawarden
Iowa
Twist Test Shows Difficulty Of Breaking Bill Belief
A Minneapolis man witnessed a bank cashier claim easy money by twisting a five dollar bill into two. Anxious to earn, a local farmer tried twisting the bill as shown, but the note resisted, illustrating the banknote’s strong paper and currency design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Immune to Poison by East Indian Snake Charmers
The piece explains how Indian snake charmers train to resist cobra venom. It describes a gradual inoculation process beginning in infancy, progressively increasing venom exposure until the adult becomes immune, likening it to building tolerance to a drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
New England on the Pacific Coast Myth and Fact
The text notes Pacific climate appeals invite settlers westward but adds surprising historical claims. It cites Sir Francis Drake in 1570 naming Nouva Albion near Point Reyes and claims English speech preceded Plymouth Rock on the coast. It also mentions osprey nesting habits in Scotland.
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Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
San Francisco
Plymouth Rock
New England
Sir Francis Drake
Lizabeth
Nouva Albion
Point Reyes
Dover
Alexander McAdie
Outing Magazine
Horse dealer recalls customers buying horses yesterday
A horse dealer recounts that two customers bought horses with one easy buyer who knew little about horses and another who brought several experts before purchasing. The dialogue shows contrasting buyer knowledge influencing the sale.
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Jouca
Jones
Sun Foor Mrs Wilkins Bitter Marriage Disappointment
Milwankee Sentinel reports a sensational overheard exchange accusing Mrs Wilkins of a hasty marriage to a wealthy widower, with claims she married under the impression of heart disease and the doctor contradicts the idea of illness. The remarks allege deception and regret in a young wife’s life.
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Sun
Foor
Wilkins
Milwankee Sentinel
Hicks Question Gym Plans Asks About Afternoon Visit
In a playful exchange from Somerville Journal, one character doubts whether a boy will attend the gymnasium this afternoon while another asserts it was advised against. The brief dialogue captures a domestic moment and a reminder of guidance given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Wicks
Somerville
Jounal
Islamic World Divisions and Attitude Toward the Sultan
A London Times summary notes the Islamic world splits into two grand camps Sunni Muslims led by Arab lineages and the Shiah in Persia and beyond. It asserts the caliphate’s legitimacy varies by faction, with Sunnis demanding Arab descent while rejecting Turkish claims. It cites Monday prayer as a test of allegiance and warns the sultan would face sedition accusations if claimed as caliph.
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Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Tripoli
Afghanistan
Egypt
Sudan
Central Asia
Persia
India
Hamal
Mohammed
Turkey
Constantinople
London Times
Ancient Greek and Egyptian encaustic painting methods
Ancient artists used wood panels or papier mache and mineral pigments with liquid wax. Colors were applied in patches, blended with a cestrum tool, then finished by burning the wax with a heated surface or sun heat in Egypt.
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Greece
Egypt
Zach Man's Share of the Globe
The text argues the globe will not be divided equally among inhabitants, but estimates that the land area is about 22.6 billion acres and with 1.6 billion people yields roughly 28 people per square mile. It discusses the idea of each person receiving a tract of land and the distribution implications.
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Zach
Startling Matto Ends in Pittsburg Funeral Florals
A traveling salesman died suddenly in Pittsburg. Relatives telegraphed the undertaker to craft a wreath with an extra wide ribbon bearing the inscription Rest in peace on both sides and if there is room We shall meet in heaven. The new assistant handled the order as the undertaker was out of town. The floral piece arrived at the funeral with a plain ribbon and the same inscription.
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J. ©. Button
Rive
Kendall
Hamilton and Baldwin
Maxson
Monsey
Welst
Audornker
Matto
Pittsburg
Ten Good Things for a Harmonious Life
A compact list of ten virtues urging restraint and kindness. It encourages avoiding gossip, judging gently, speaking thoughtfully, resisting anger, and forgiving wrongs. It promotes patience, compassion for the distressed, and truthfulness in judgment.
Burglary Threat Echoes Through Kitchen Scene
A fragment from the Kangas City Independent narrates a tense moment as Mrs Clinton Streeter-John wakes to screams of burglary. Mr Clinton Streeter-Great Scott intervenes while another voice warns of gunfire and a risk to the cook, highlighting a startling domestic alert.
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Clinton Streeter
John
Scott
Paradoxions In Suburban Patient Doctor Dialogue
A terse exchange shows a patient apologizing for a visit to a different practice and a doctor accepting the disruption. The judge remarks on the situation, noting the apparent plan to “kill two birds with one stone” as a grim aside.
Action from youth advice from middle age prayers from the aged He A
A terse verse fragment presents a meditation on wisdom across life stages. Youth act with vigor while middle age offers guidance and older years provide spiritual petitions. The lines imply a cycle of learning and support through generations.
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Akron. Milling CO
Weidenteliee & Schafer
J. W. Chamberlain
M. W. Chamberlain
John B
Alexander Tearshov
Lowe
Cc. KF
Horton Pious
Cobb's
Win
Simeon
L. C. Conway
Fludson
Mike
Clarence Bary
Frank Montagne
Alcester
Elia Chamberlain
Jak Point
J. J. Benbow
Brookings
S. C
Sylvan
Delbert Waterbury
Mose W. Smith
Lennox
Wesley
Wesley Smith
Frazier
Kingsley
St. Paul
Kansas
J. Miller
Miller
Akron M. B
Mesdames J
DP. Farnham
Wm. Bly
C. & Chandler
George W. Ruish
Mable
Colorado Springs
Colorado
M. H. Ladies’ Aid
W. B. Miller
Robert Sox
Mitchell County
Towa
B. Frank
Harry Clark
St. Louis
Tim Sullivan
Will
Pearl Douglass
J.D. Douglass
B. J. Searls
Portland
Oregon
Othel Searls
Leslie Goodrich
Neola
Lesroy H. Farnham
Spirit Lake
Jas. Whitteld
Western Points
Whitfield
Chicago
Whitfield & Whitfield
Ray Ogden
LeMars
Sehwindt
Alva Seamands
Clayton EB. Gear
J. C. Mellen
York
Nebraska
George Wells
Chatsworth
Prince of Good Fellows
Knight Templars
Mr. Fox
Frank
J.S. Brapizy, Groom
McFarland & Co
Sowa
Peter Johnson
Coryyrights &c
Juiakly
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Ndentida
Turcid
Broadway
News
Biny Washibatons
A Great Sunday Magazine
Isaac Waterbory
EY. Cobb and March Bros
If In
Highlands
Scotland
Glasgow Times
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