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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
3
Mrs Mary LeNene of Wyandotte Michigan says months of crippling pains and stomach upset ended after she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She reports improved health, regained ability to do housework, and urges others to try the medicine.
An advertising copy claims acids and gases damage the body but Eatonic cures acidity by removing the cause. It promises relief from bloating indigestion sour stomach and gas with a money back guarantee after trial. Over half a million users report benefits and druggists sell the product.
Fitzhugh Richards doubles down in a volatile wheat market while Quigg's scheme collapses. After a sharp decline to 55 cents, Fitzhugh ends his ties with Quigg & Peevy and rides to new profit. Hunt boasts of gains and pivots to a new, equally ambitious plan amid the roaring trading floor.
A tramp Daniel Fitz Hugh learns to imitate wealth after aiding a young girl. He encounters financier Symington City and files a extortion attempt with dynamite. Kathleen Otis, Esther, and rivals complicate his schemes as he climbs from disgrace to crime then refuge in Chicago.
A fragment notes two marriage types in Mongolia and quotes prices for wives. A young girl may cost five camels while an old widow fetches thirty to forty camels. It also mentions wives worth five pounds of rice.
Secretary Meredith favors the United States accepting the invitation from foreign nations to join the Permanent International Association of Highway Congresses. A two day Washington conference of highway officials recommended congress be authorized by the state department and invited to meet in the United States next year. The advisory committee will be enlarged to include the American Association of State Highway Officials executive committee, expanding to 12 members to better cover the country. The group also inspected a signal device to prevent grade crossing disasters and discussed obtaining needed equipment from the War Department.
The newly formed federated road council with 28 business and civic groups plans a campaign to educate residents within 100 cities of St. Louis about the benefits of road improvement.
Experts estimate highway deterioration costs for country roads at up to half a billion dollars annually. The burden translates to about five dollars per person in the United States for road travel and goods movement.
The Agriculture Department reports tuberculosis caused major condemnations of cattle under federal meat inspection last year. From post order inspections 60,617 carcasses were condemned, with 87,400 condemned due to tuberculosis and 58,052 additional carcass parts affected. The bureau notes tuberculosis and hog cholera are the two most serious diseases affecting meat animals, causing heavy farm losses beyond establishment condemnations.
Willian J. Linton of Ketchikan Alaska asserts Ketchikan offers low living costs with self-sufficient options. He notes you can build a shack, fish, hunt, make sugar and lard, and trade for essentials to live comfortably. A fragment mentions seven men buying groceries and a threat involving a cigar stand.
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