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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
6
A collage of light jokes and quips from various 19th and early 20th century sources. Topics range from marriage and money to education and social manners, featuring puns, anecdotes, and caricatures about husbands, wives, cooks, and shopkeepers. Notable bits reference social rivals, wedding invitations, barber shops, and everyday misadventures.
Norway's independence was formalized as Haakon VII and Queen Maud were crowned in Trondheim. The ceremony followed ancient rites with few deviations, including anointing, sword presentation, and a 71 gun salute after prayers led by church dignitaries. The event marked Norway's break from Sweden after years of tension and a path to a fully independent constitutional monarchy.
Governor Pattison of Ohio dies at Milford after illness from Bright's disease. Lieutenant Governor Andrew L. Harris administers oath, placing Republicans firmly in control. Pattison, born 1847, served as soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, and Ohio governor. Harris, born 1835, a lawyer and farmer, previously served in the Senate and as probate judge.
Chicago reports sustained demand in pig iron steel and car building with heavy deliveries and rising construction activity. Lumber quarry and planing products rise with more building, while easier borrowing spurs investment. Grain and timber receipts mix and bank clearings top prior year as seasonal trade strengthens. New York notes steady demand for summer fabrics and fall orders while machinery remains active. Conditions in San Francisco improve per Bradstreet.
The report lists regional commodity bids including Chicago cattle at 84.00 to 6.00, hogs 4.00 to 6.62, sheep 3.00 to 8.00, and assorted grains with No. 2 wheat at 86e, corn at 52c, oats 37 to 88e. Prices cover Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York markets with varying grades and weights.
Notes of Current Events report a capsizing of an overloaded excursion steamer at Riga in Russia leaving sixty five drowned. A Yokio resident receives a letter stating Maxim Gorky will soon visit Japan. Judge Mason in Coshocton Ohio overrules a new trial motion for Ben Dickerson condemned to electrocution for murder. Miss Caroline Fryn Briggs and Hobart family tied in Auburn Maine. Foreign posts shift as French minister to Morocco to be replaced and Taillandier to a European legation. Justice Gould in Washington pauses trial of Oregon Congressman Birger Vermann until others proceed.
Mrs. Albert Sorts of Monrovia California was cleared of the murder charge. In Nebraska, the State board set higher valuations for the Lik and Harriman systems at five million dollars.
Washington correspondents trace the National Pike history from buffalo trails to early toll road. A revived plan proposes federal aid to restore the Cumberland road and rebuild its monuments, envisioning a vast cross continental highway linking tidewater to the Pacific and the Atlantic coast from Boston to Jacksonville. The piece recalls Washington, Braddock and Revolutionary veterans traveling the route, with taverns and pageant eras marking its heyday before railroads.
A census bulletin reports American steel and rolling mills produced goods valued at 730,965,026 dollars in 1905, up 13 percent from 1900. The note concludes with a promotional line about advertising in a large newspaper.
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