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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
9
Almond orchard of 750 trees on silt loam Bell soil with main crop almonds. 4 miles to school, two miles to town, no improvements. Irrigated by well possible. 600 dollars per acre. Possession arranged. Write John N. Trerg, Butts City, California.
An aunt recalls a visit to a sewing club aiding Belgian orphans. She offered charity ideas. She noticed a ragged child and commented, then learned the child was the speaker's own, prompting an awkward reaction and departure.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio promises clear skin with Cuticura Soap Ointment and realium powder. Cleansing purifying soothing healing fragrance, advertised as a complete toilet set offered at 25 cents everywhere.
A 2 mile diameter plain of Cretaceous sandstones lies about 40 miles south of Zuni New Mexico. It features walls 150 feet high and a shallow lake 4000 by 3000 feet. The lake waters are 26 percent salt and have long served Indians and Mexicans, with salt hauled to nearby ranches recently.
A six year old boy Tommie complains of heartbreak after a date with Mary Ann. He discovers she is with another boy and rides his rival’s new sled. He tells his mother he would ask God to take back his rib if he could.
An advertisement warns to look for Bayer on genuine Aspirin and details uses and packaging. A humorous Indiana story recalls a war bride misreading a sewing machine as a graphophone, then correcting the assessor with a quip about having only a lady and her husband.
For years druggists have observed the strong record of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician’s prescription strength, helps the kidneys liver and bladder function as nature intends. Swamp-Root has stood the test of time and is backed by many friends. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by addressing Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY and mentioning this paper.
A parent explains arithmetical drills paid off by linking math to baseball stats. The boy now loves multiplication and division tables, inspired by using arithmetic to figure batting and fielding averages.
Corporal George D. Foster, Fourth Engineers, Fourth Division, found a gilt case in an old house near Sergy Wrance. Inside lay a Roman coin minted in Trier, dated 306 A D, with inscriptions Magnus Verles XX Beatas Tranquilitas and Percursa Treveris. A professor valued the coin highly, possibly several hundred dollars, and Foster now lives in Cot te Grove Oregon as a member of the American Legion.
The American Legion honors fallen soldiers returning from France by participating in reburial ceremonies on American soil. A photograph depicts Carl Anderson Post at Cloquet Minnesota holding a funeral for John De Fos, the first American Indian from Minnesota killed in action, with the tribe approving a burial befitting his service.
Private Paul J Healy US Army retired as sergeant after service in France vows to honor comrades. Healy now president of Chicago Grain Products Rockford NL orders only ex service men to be employed in new distillery construction with veterans given payroll preference. Healy, active in Brophy post American Legion, aims to build an organization of former soldiers.
The American Legion highlights loyalty to comrades, aiding veterans in dark hours, and calls for Navy retainer pay data. It reports a $5,000 gift from Mrs. Newton L. G. Wilson to aid disabled veterans and dependents, plus a Minnesota dispute over oldest Legionnaires and a push for immigration rights for wartime service relatives. It notes Legion actions against disloyal labor groups, fundraising theater tickets in St. Paul, and local posts in New Orleans and Idaho advancing campaigns and public outreach.
The piece surveys fashion evolution from medieval pointed styles to later corsets and lace in the sixteenth century, then romantic seventeenth century frivolity, while a New York Herald quote highlights historic dress trends. It cites the American Forestry Association on a cliff swallow's daily pest consumption and quail and birds eating various insects and weed seeds in Texas crops.
Jud Tinkins says motion pictures appeal because audiences aren’t expected to applaud and call actors out, allowing a scene to spell its effect. The remark highlights how film storytelling relies on crafted moments rather than immediate audience reaction.
Ontario mining output since the first northern rail line boosted activity. By 2003, silver and gold mines in Ontario had produced about 2 billion dollars in minerals.
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