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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
7
A schoolmistress in a small village confronts ten year old Tommy, son of the grocer, over whistling in class. He replies that his father told him to whistle when they sell something to get money, and the exchange centers on honesty and payment in a rural setting.
Letter from R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana describes a 26 year struggle with kidney trouble and bladder inflammation. After using two boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills he reports being sound and well and urges others to try the remedy. Include price 50c per box and mail for more information.
A Virginia farmer guides a recalcitrant cow at a crossroads. A passerby, a Black man, is abused with racial slurs as he tries to help. The cow continues on, while the man responds politely. A separate Exchange item mocks sales pitches and domestic money talk in a brief vignette.
A fragmented, quirky passage features a request for hot lemon ade and a shopkeeper offering warm Fliegende Blaab ter. It contrasts male attitudes to pianos with a remark about manners, yielding a surreal, period-tinged snippet.
Fragmentary ad style copy touts a laxative product named Bromo Juinine and claims cures for colds and grip within days. The text also makes abstract remark about hotels lacking proper fire escapes, illustrating a jumble of promotional and critical lines. The overall readability is low and several phrases repeat or fragment.
President Wilson urges a return to the original standards guiding national life. He argues the new era requires restoring justice, sanity in government, sanitary and labor laws, and gradual economic reform without partisan haste. He stresses that the era is one of restoration, not destruction, and calls for united, humane action.
Des Moines reports about 1 060 Milwaukee workers housed east of Marion for rapid start on double tracking in Iowa once weather permits. More men join daily to finish multi state line projects and to install a third rail east of Savannah. Perryt completes a 440 ton coal plant, Manila a 340 ton plant in operation, with a 240 ton plant planned near Cornell Hinits.
An immense drainage district named the Lamm district will span twenty five miles with forty three branches. Tile sections reach forty two inches in diameter and 6 000 feet of tile will be used. Approximately 360 car loads of tile will supply the project at a total cost of 100 000 dollars.
Des Moines reports 17 year old Lloyd Melibbon, paroled in 1932 from Anamosa reformatory, sobbed when remanded to complete a fifteen year sentence by the parole commission at the state house. Convicted in 1910 of cherk sargery, he was released two years later but broke parole.
Farmers of the south half of Mitchell county met at Orchard and organized a farmers cooperative society. Stock of four thousand dollars was subscribed. E G Dunn of Mason City delivered the principal address noting there were no Iowa farmers organizations with seventy thousand members.
Keokuk Pretor Boat Club to host punt regatta on the Mississippi River Power Boat association circuit. They have sold 6000 dollars in bonds to build a new clubhouse with stalls and racks for more than 100 motor boats. Prepare for Lumbermen in Sioux City. About 350 lumbermen expected March 6 for the Northwestern Jones Retail Lumbermen’s association eighteenth annual convention with I C Hole of Chicago and Nelson S Darling of Oklahoma City as speakers.
A $1,000,000 endowment for Morningside College was announced by President A. E. Craig at the eighth annual banquet, to be reached by the twenty fifth annual dinner. A farm hand, 23, was seriously concussed after a motorcycle crash near Bennet Illinois. A new pipe organ costing $2,000 for the Central Presbyterian church in Nevada has been installed and is ready for use.
Bonds for the new twenty five thousand dollar North English high school were sold to a Davenport firm at a small premium. The brick contract was awarded.
The Northwest Iowa Library Association will hold its convention at Emmetsburg in early April. Credit Men At Waterloo: The Northern Iowa Credit Men’s Association met here with several members present. The association includes credit men from wholesale firms. Now Theater for Denison: German residents plan to build a $30,000 opera house on a main corner of Denison.
Iowa trapper John Morgan captured a large otter on the Des Moines River about ten miles east of Knoxville. The pelt is in fine condition according to the fur dealer, and the otter’s lip to tail measurement is noted. A prior trap was gnawed by a previous otter that escaped after losing a leg.
Waterloo Fayette J Westshinneys, about 64 years old, president of Minele Hawk National Bank and Security Savings Bank, plans retirement from active labor but will keep his posts. He aims to devote time to travel as activity winds down, with wealth estimated around 300000 dollars.
Brayton Iowa sees a bank reorganization with Niels P. Hoegh heading the Brayton Savings Bank as president. Officials include Jesse Nymand and M B Nelson from Brayton, William P. Hoegh, John C Nelson of Atlantic, and F de of Brayton. Capital is set at 12000 dollars.
Estherville report highlights H. D. McCoy of Knox ville, Iowa, age 72, and an elderly acquaintance, who during unloading a car of apples stated he had bought and sold forty cars of Missouri apples this winter. The remark is cited as refuting the Osler theory that old men are expendable.
The Farmera Elevator Company of State Center is organized with Jax Nauke as president and F C Brown as secretary. A meeting on March 5 will consider proposals to purchase one of the two elevators in State Center.
Boggs, a Waterloo tombstone dealer, found guilty of embezzling two hundred thousand dollars from banks, amid a two week trial. Soldiers Home muster near Marshalltown reports 562 Civil War veterans present under Inspector General C. W. Wadsworth. Tama Jim Wilson visit set for Ames convocation in new gym. Kellogg Savings Bank organized with A B Craven leading, capital $25,000. Nevada reports Frank Kowell’s death by suicide. Mount Pleasant notes Aunt Eliza Struthers, over 100, a former slave, died last week.
Dr Hartman responds to a young man who sought guidance on right living and quitting stimulants. He urges immediate action, confidentiality, and ongoing correspondence. The column promotes Peruna and lists Columbus Ohio as the doctor’s location with endorsements for sale in drug stores.
A disjointed telegram style string of quotes covers fleas on dogs and a mix of unrelated lines. It includes stray humor about romance, a Castoria ad fragment, a cartoonish question about a favorite illustrated paper, and musings on debt and blame.
Elderly health hinges on regular bowels as stomach muscles weaken with age. Avoid harsh cathartics, purgatives, and pills. try a mild laxative tonic like Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. A letter from Mr. C. P. Miller of Barada, Michigan, praises its gentle, natural action and economic sizes. samples mailed to those who request.
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