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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
7
Chicago police chief McWeeney unveils a 1911 bathing season code detailing modest dress for women and men. Women must wear skirts past the knee, bloomers beneath, and no sleeveless suits. stockings required for girls over 16. certain skirt styles banned. Men must wear shirts and trunks. Police will enforce standards at public beaches.
Seventeen senior women at California Berkeley halted rehearsals for The Hop King stage finale after coach Fred Carlisle requested the Baby Doll chorus members fall into male chorus arms. The girls complained of lack of acquaintance and dignity, and the scene was temporarily dropped awaiting closer cast cohesion.
The Union of South Africa high commissioner is informed that due to a foot and mouth outbreak no cattle sheep or pigs from Great Britain will be landed in South Africa until further notice.
Edwin A Brown of Denver known as the millionaire tramp has quit his quest to glimpse the other half life. He arrives in New York in overalls and declares he is finished with the seamy side of existence after his latest excursion for information.
Walter Duryea left about 2.6 million dollars to Eleanor Peregrine a trained nurse who cared for him the final years of his life Her share including 50 000 outright 30 000 in trust a Montclair New Jersey house and the residue after legacies The will notes Duryea a crippled diver later life advocate for municipal lodging houses Brown the trustee toured southern cities to study shelter needs and plans to sail to Europe next month to continue his inquiry
Edwin 3 Good describes sheep scab as an old disease whose mite was identified in 1835. The female lays up to 20 eggs, incubation 4-10 days, and a single female could yield millions in 90 days. Symptoms include itching, rubbing, moist dandruff spots on the back, patches forming, and eventual wool loss. Dipping cures the scab, and federal, state, and farm efforts have reduced cases, though some flocks remain infected in the United States.
Walter B. Leutz argues hog pasturing on red clover should prevent flowering to keep feed value, noting June to early fall grazing possible with adequate rain. He also covers currant varieties, soil prep, planting spacing, cover crops, and pruning practices for optimal yields.
An Antwerp correspondent to the Kansas City Star shares a photo of two Belgian work horses on Flemish docks. The pair can pull about two and a half tons each and are gentle as kittens. Drivers control them with a light cord while sharing lunch with their horses. Each horse receives grain hay and a long loaf of bread, a custom praised as humane and unnecessary cruelty societies with horses.
In Sycamore Illinois 3S. T. Armstrong preserves a wartime print showing a sack of flour carried by Gridley or Herrick during an election bet in Austin New. The flour was used to launch a fundraising drive for the United States Sanitary Commission led by Dr. Henry W. Bellows of Boston. The plan grew into a national effort that ultimately exceeded 1.9 million dollars for wounded soldiers.
Taunton Unitarian church marks the council with King Philip after he was proclaimed sachem in 1662. His later broke faith led to renewed conflict and his death in 1676, while Taunton, once Cohannet, avoided the war’s worst destruction. Whether spared by treaty or by being hunting ground remains unknown.
A Brockton Massachusetts item cites advice from Mrs Mary Scriggens famed as the oldest woman in Massachusetts. The list urges hard work long hours abstaining from gossip avoiding flirtation avoiding novels banishing vanity of dress and keeping away from dances and shows as paths to long life.
A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills will be sent free to any inquirer. Address Professor Munyon at 53d and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia. He promises confidential medical advice and a careful diagnosis. The pills claim to gently stimulate the liver and bowels without scouring or weakening, improving digestion and health. Regular bottle has 45 pills for 25 cents.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis advocates strong law requiring reporting of every living tuberculosis case. Law or regulation exists in 25 states, while 28 states and territories lack any provision. Some cities in non registering states have local reporting rules, totaling about 100 U.S. cities with such ordinances. The piece notes timing and psychological readiness matters, and aside includes unrelated health product pitches.
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