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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
8
A short home remedy warns that eating meat can raise uric acid harming kidneys. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape and lemon acid with lithia, to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease bladder weakness. Take four ounces in water before breakfast for several days.
In a prewar camp an officer doing rounds confronted a big round-eyed private with red hair who held his gun in an improper manner. The private insisted the gun was loaded, saying it wasn’t empty. The exchange highlights the tension and discipline issues observed during training.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Talcum Powder as a antiseptic scented economical option for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims superiority over other perfumes and notes it is part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum amid promotional copy. A humorous exchange about Dolson's wife appears as a quoted aside from Life.
In the South Seas Solomon Islands story, explorer Johnson and his wife Osa travel into the Big Numbers district to photograph cannibals. A towering chief and wary savages surround them as Johnson tries to keep calm, but camera work fails. a British man o war ship arrives, prompting a tense escape. The tale frames Johnson’s chase for authentic pictures amid danger and superstition.
The piece argues railroads have hit peak efficiency and will stagnate or decline. It credits motor trucks and hard roads as the future, noting France showed the way during war. Beginning efforts exist in Illinois and the Midwest, but vast national and local funding and wider road construction are urged to support an expanded highway network and faster traffic.
A vintage advertisement promises long thick gleaming hair with Danderine. It claims the tonic will refresh the scalp stop dandruff and shedding and restore color vitality and fullness, urging readers to buy a 35 cent bottle at drug or toilet counters.
Popular Mechanics reports an experimental design for folding wings on a naval aircraft. Wings hinge to fuselage and collapse via a cockpit crank, with each wing breaking into nine sections for compact storage aboard ships or subs, contrasting with traditional spar and rib methods.
Greek plan to channel Mount Parnas water to Athens costs about 40 million dollars and would take four years. Deputy chief engineer Chad Merriman of the New York water supply department arrived from Piraeus on the steamship Pannonia and toured Athens with W. E. Smith last August to work on the plan.
Powers of the American Road Builders association says more than a billion dollars will be spent this year on road and street construction and maintenance across the United States and in Pennsylvania.
The piece argues poor roads hinder social life and travel may halt under severe conditions. It notes that while bad roads are obvious, the broader impact is a calmer, improved social atmosphere once road conditions are better. It links road quality to rural community vitality and cohesion.
Names Baby Marine Gora Haverly Sergi Oren BB Waverly announce the birth of a daughter in San Francisco United States Marine Corps. The child will be christened Marine Corn Haverly. The father sought a furlough and cited a biblical quote while describing his hopes for the child.
A vintage advertisement urges Rub rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil for aching joints and muscles. It claims quick, skin-friendly relief from sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia and promotes a small trial bottle from any drug store to end pain and stiffness.
The wealthiest man in Rosuburban town, reputed at over five hundred thousand, entertained a guest at his home. He charged the guest for a steak dinner and later demanded it be exchanged for chops before serving.
A vintage advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising fadeless color for wool silk linen and mixed fabrics with a Color Card reference. A New York hotel uses vast dairy supplies and processes millions of laundry items yearly, illustrating large service scale.
An old advertisement offering a home remedy to darken gray hair using Bay Rum glycerine and Barbo Compound with instructions to apply twice weekly. It also references a hair care claim about softness and gloss and notes druggists can prepare it. The piece includes stray, humorous quotes and a mis-typed promotional line for Cole's Carbolisive and a mis written line about a man and woman.
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