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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
6
A New York Episcopalian bishop attended a large reception at a church. A conference member complimented the bishop, but the bishop’s brother, a lawyer who strongly resembled him, revealed he was the one who preached and quipped I practice.
Mrs. A. P. Hester of Evanaville Indiana credits five years of kidney trouble with swelling pain and frequent scalding secretions to Doan's Kidney Pills. After starting the remedy she improved quickly and was cured. She urges others to remember the name and buy Doan's Pills, 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A London Answers item defines an unusual occurrence as a sentry walking to the far end of his post, turning around, and finding the sentry box idle. The notice discusses guard routines and alertness in a concise, period voice. Cuticura remedies promote skin and hair care for all ages with claims of purifying and preserving the complexion.
A reader shares plans for a thriving garden this year. They mention discovering a neighborhood man who owns a wheelbarrow, seeing it as a great help in the work ahead. Detroit Free Press.
A deluxe Grand Trunk Railway pamphlet extols Montreal and Quebec for tourists. The attractively printed volume, in early art style, features descriptive text and many photographic illustrations. Sent free upon request to W. S. Cookson in Chicago at 17 Merchants Loan & Trust Building.
A European traveler in Noumea observed a sea serpent bite a trapped rat. The serpent, 3 to 4 feet long with a tiny head and poison glands, seized the rat’s tongue with pincers and caused death in four minutes, illustrating potential deadly capability.
The text reviews natural versus artificial indigo, noting Java-Natal indigo boosting production and cost prospects. It then discusses Paris flood defenses, proposing a large flood-cutoff canal or reservoir schemes. Gas engine efficiency gains and revised efficiency measurements suggest focus on new engine designs and methods.
A curious tale recounts William Gordon of Clinton New Jersey at ten imitating a human hoopsnake in a hayloft misadventure. He rolled to the barn door and was saved by his uncle’s quick action. The piece then shifts to a description of Beauvais cathedral clockwork famed for its 92000 pieces and astronomical displays, built by M Verite before his 1887 death.
A Lyon cathedral clock is praised as a marvelous device that tells more than time. Descriptions note the crowing clock, bells marking hours, smaller bells for the Sancte Spiritus, and an angel opening the gate to greet the Virgin Mary.
At an electrical show in Chicago five girls using electric washing machines raced six colored women who washed by hand. The order of finish showed modern automation outpaced traditional methods as the hand washers earned a consolation reward for effort.
A brief dialogue notes a policeman asking what the suffragette said during arrest. The second officer cites she offered compliments and regrets missing a prior engagement. Publication tone matches early 20th century wit.
A witty clash on unwritten laws cites a New York Press quip about a mother’s tacit rules. The note adds that Swiss flora suits bees, estimating 100,000,000 pounds of honey produced yearly, and caps with a common adage that a man who pursues success typically earns it.
During Thackeray's second Boston visit host James T. Fields feared a dull scientific talk would bore him. Thackeray silently slipped away and performed a pantomime duel and gunfire in a dim anteroom, prompting puzzled recollection years later by a young man asking what troubled the author that evening.
A Youth's Companion excerpt discusses asthma as a nervous condition, its severe symptoms, and varied theories about causes. It notes the paradox of suffering and old age mortality, and counsels hygienic living, better air, simple diet, and wise exercise as ways to reduce attacks.
Gen Edward M Mc Cook once presided at a Pike's Peak dinner for a famed Indian fighter The Washington Star notes his introduction at the event ended with a quip about enlisting only bald headed men saying it aggravates the Indians feelings and goes too far
The text states raw sienna is the natural earth near Sienna, Italy, and raw umber is an earth found near Umbria.
A Boston Transcript quote calls Softleigh a man who thoroughly believes in himself as a gullible ass in a sharp parliamentary style clash.
Tit-Bits notes John Wilkes famed for beauty and liberty, despite extreme ugliness. He wooed and won brides among the loveliest heiresses, boasting he could outpace any handsome suitor in minutes. His wife in the early 1820s was among the era’s loveliest heiresses, while Hamilton, equally plain, still won many hearts before finally marrying at eighty.
Chinese student couples discuss the new Western influenced approach to marriage as Dr Isaac T Headland recounts a Pekin story in Travel Magazine. A young Chinaman engaged to a woman he had never spoken to explains how modern students see brides in church and learn about each other through sisters in schools and brothers in colleges.
A collection of anecdotes on famed ugly men like Brougham Marat Potemkin and Hamilton, noting public infatuation despite grotesque features. Includes a Western New York charity teacher meeting Mrs Pugh, who explains she named Chauncey Depew after herself.
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