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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
8
A New York man recounts a European trip and a court presentation. He explains a Buckingham Palace drawing-room scene with vivid detail. The young listener asks if men stand uncovered, learning that women are more strict about the habit.
Captain John J. Jay of Company B Seventeenth Ohio, living in Newton Kansas, shares how kidney trouble developed during the Civil War and became chronic. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills, used since 1901, with curing his condition and keeping him well. Sold by all dealers, 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader features Cholly Nitwit asking about someday growing a beard. Nonsorialist dryly suggests the man may imitate his mother, noting the odd remark about paternal and maternal traits.
Auto enthusiast wonders if cars will replace railroads. He claims railroads killed 15,000 people in the country last year, reflecting gloom about transit shifts.
An old advertisement promises Hall's Catarrh Cure and a $100 reward for deafness due to catarrh. The text shifts to a domestic scene on November 10, where Mrs. Symmington travels with six roosters to trade for corned beef, then learns of a church supper offering chicken pie for all attendees.
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls a farmer who jokes about weather peril and a near miss from lightning. He notes crops were checked by a sheriff, a house burned later, yet he remains optimistic, praising resilience and fate with humor.
A New Jersey editor credits a long recovery from nervous dyspepsia to a regimen of Grape-Nuts and outdoor exercise. He says the diet restored digestion and strength, enabling him to resume arduous editing and writing work, and to walk miles daily. The piece promotes Postum Co. and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
The Rev Fred Berry of Winter net opens the legislative senate session with prayer. S F 22 and S F 59 were recalled from the house to address Sunday theaters and petition renewals. The Smith bill allowing courts to withhold warrants of commitment for inebriates from Knoxville was reconsidered and passed. Various bills on for consideration, adjournment set for Wednesday morning.
A massive French coal mine explosion at Courrieres in Pas-de-Calais kills or entombs 1,100 workers after 1,795 descended. A 15 hour rescue failed as flames consume galleries and props collapse. President Fallieres sends officials to the scene amid national mourning and reports of a fire in one unit.
Springfield Ohio returns to quiet after anti negro mobs burned and attacked negro quarters. Militia presence halted violence though prior lynching of a black man by a mob and a shooting of a white railroad brakeman sparked renewed unrest. Local citizens demand restraint and accountability while noting the city’s large black population.
A guide endorses early spring clipping for horses highlighting health benefits and increased value. It cites a Buffalo streetcar trial where clipped horses had no sickness versus many unclipped horses. A $7 clipping machine is mentioned as affordable insurance for investment. The tale closes with a physician joke about locating where all are sick.
Chief engineer says engineers sealed outlets after four days of fighting a fire. Leon suspects fissures allowed gases to escape and ignite, causing a massive explosion. Saturday 1,795 miners descended as usual. cages from pits 3 and 4 were hurled from shafts. A miner near the mouth died and a horse was blown aloft. The mine office roof blew off and flames gushed from the shaft mouth, trapping and defeating rescue attempts.
Kansas aims to honor Civil War veterans by raising funds for a soldiers monument near the State House during the 50th anniversary exposition in 1911. Led by Capt P N M Coney, the plan seeks $1 subscriptions from each living soldier descendant in the state, with more than half a million potential contributors.
Bridigh Leather Crinis notes a severe leather scarcity in England as the busy season nears. Prices have risen, making contract fulfillment possible only at heavy losses for boot and shoe factories.
A board of engineers for the Michigan Central railroad invites bids for a Detroit river tunnel beneath the Detroit river to Windsor Canada. The tunnel will be about a mile and a half long and will be overseen by the Detroit River Tunnel Company.
President Palma will ask the Cuban congress to raise the rural guard strength from 8,000 to 6,000, signaling a major security expansion.
A city quarter housing black residents faced mob violence after a fatal shooting. A torch attack destroyed several buildings while others were burned. negro families fled as looting and arrests followed. Militia and incoming outside troops restored order.
A fragmentary swerve through charges and opinions on Congress railway rate bills, Mormon oaths, polar balloon expeditions, a dynamite stunt, Col Mann Town Topics court scrutiny, Rockefeller tainted funds, and Wall Street influence, with references to Algeciras delegates and train robberies.
A reader testimonial praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for curing a baby's widespread skin sores in two weeks at 75 cents, claiming prior doctors failed. The note accompanies a jumble of jokes and advertisements from a historical weekly, including quips about porous plasters and a street-car fare remark.
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