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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
4
An old friend outperforms new remedies with Garfield Tea described as pure wholesome herbs. The ad touts Paxtine Antiseptic hot douches for pelvic catarrhs, priced 25c a box or sent postpaid by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass.
A humorous exchange highlights rural life as a farmer questions a garden invitation. The dialogue contrasts expectations with a witty line about identity and labor.
An amateur writer asks how to start selling a short piece. The veteran recommends buying ten dollars in stamps. The caller explains writing in dialect, noting several letters are broken on the typewriter, prompting the author to adapt.
A city editor jokes about staff size as a friend learns modern journalism. He estimates about fifty men, five women, and three society reporters, illustrating newsroom composition and roles in the era.
In a dialogue, Brinkley praises the current age with smoke free gunpowder, horseless wagons, and wireless telegraph. Cynicus counters, noting foreigners arriving moneyless and entering loveless marriages with heartless heirs, highlighting social tensions.
A schoolteacher notes the kits are not slow and cites a problem from Case and Comment. The riddle asks which man dies leaving 1,000,000 and divides the estate by fractions to various heirs and foreign missions. The twist ends with a legal punchline from the youngest student.
In a southern plantation library the Bar pax is set for sale as Jonathan Crenshaw Bladeh and farmer Bob Yancy debate Hannibal Wayne Hazard, the Quintards’ heir. Yancy rescues Hannibal from Dave Blount. Judge Slocum Price and Betty Malroy confront Murrell’s schemes amid crime, romance, and land-title intrigue.
The judge Price, newly in Raleigh, courted Miss Malroy with condescension and whisky, while plotting to leverage his influence over creditors and the justice network around Belle Plain. Solomon Mahaffy watches as Price spins hopes, debts, and loyalties into a dangerous, escalating social game.
Betty learns of a five thousand dollar reward tied to a letter as Hannibal explains the plot behind Judge Price. Betty questions the source of the money while recognizing danger may loom. She recalls her wary view of the judge from Boggs’ race track and Raleigh meetings. The chapter fragment ends with “To be continued.”
The Bank of England employs about 1,060 staff, with 840 at head office London and the rest in branches. Five hundred porters and mechanics are also employed. The bank prints its own notes and Indian rupee notes, along with postal orders and pension orders, at the head office.
A Viennese woman received three months in prison for speaking disrespectfully about Maria Theresa. Austrian law protects royals from criticism for 200 years after death. The 131 years since her death means harsh enforcement in a modern context.
Senator Bankhead cites a self-righteous crowd as bearing a plausible excuse for misdeeds in Fayette an analogy to a parson’s domineering wife. A California stroll ends with one man laughing at water rates and a tourist lamenting ten dollar daily climate costs.
A witty exchange captures a joke about teaching a girl the game of baseball and a response about her understanding of diamonds. The line hints at playful wordplay on baseball terminology and social banter.
A sharp remark notes that some people chase self importance while proposing peace via arbitration. The line implies wage fairness tied to peace efforts, critiquing ego driven positions in dispute settlements.
A judge notes that Smithkins, once owner of a junk shop, now runs a fashionable antiques store in a prestigious street, retaining the same stock but repositioning it as high end. The remark highlights a remarkable relocation and branding shift.
A brief item notes humor about a man nicknamed Rastus Skinah who claims to be raising chickens. a reader quotes a response saying he means lifting, in a local humorous tone from the Catholic Standard and Times.
A lighthearted exchange about costumes contrasts with a grim note that many people daily harm themselves through self-pity, likened to a rope-and-rafter death by own action, urging readers to avoid despair and seek better paths.
A playful clipping notes a wordplay question about a presidential preferential primary and jokes about minding p s. The item then parodies health claims and memory, ending with a quip about Lot's wife being saltier than pepper.
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