16 Mar 1922
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
1
The ad extols Tanlac as a remedy that improves appetite and digestion, claiming it stimulates all digestive organs, enables efficient nutrient absorption, and cures weariness and weakness. It urges readers to obtain Tanlac from their druggist today to gain health and vigor.
The fragment mentions Washington as formerly part of Oregon and created a territory in 1853 before statehood in 1889. It includes a garbled aside about an 19th century Louisville Court Journal register and a character Uncle Eben. It ends with a quip about a man loving a wife in hot water and a remark about sensible people agreeing.
War surplus material allocated by the War and Agriculture departments under the Wadsworth Kahn bill aims to build and maintain roads. The program governs iron bars, automobile bodies, tools, and vast quantities of equipment, with distribution completed by mid next year and total value exceeding 30 million dollars.
The Bureau of Public Roads will conduct the largest road survey ever, measuring mileage, cost, construction type, improvement work, and overall condition with state and local officials across the United States. This seven year effort is the first in seven years and mirrors past national undertakings.
Michigan maintains about 1200 miles of highways clear to ensure motor traffic can move unhampered between cities. The plan began during the war to move army trucks and war supplies, and has continued as best practice for interstate movement.
Systematic tree planting in state forest areas is planned for the year. Roads with the fewest overhead poles will be favored in the program. Oregon cedars are to be shipped for experimental planting in Pennsylvania.
The American Legion post in McComb celebrates Gross, a See-America-First author, as a genuine cave man whose exploits in Wyandotte Cave and the Great Onyx Cave earn him selection to a party exploring Kentucky caverns. He praises underground life and notes couples often prefer apartments and farms.
Denver American Legion members claim local ex soldiers cannot rival a real beauty show, noting Miss Edith Adams would not join their act. They admire an amateur actress as genuine as Colorado mountains, preferring her to eastern debutante follies and excluding newspaper men.
Capt P H McCarthy of Development Battalion No 1 at Fort Benjamin Harrison popularized the term gold brick during the war. Recruits supposedly used the brick to skip drill and carry out a harmless mock regimen, yet many cases of supposed fat feet and semi blindness allegedly improved when facing officers.
In Paris the Marshal Foch enjoyed a film presentation arranged by the American Legion post, part of a 16 000 mile tour through the United States. Ambassador Herrick introduced Foch noting the film’s portrayal of Franco American friendship might have altered Germany’s 1914 plans if it had existed then.
John Alexander McCormack, commander of the McCormack American Legion, lauded the Navy as far back as 1904 while praising his career from apprentice seaman to hospital corps roles. He helped at Vera Cruz, established hospitals in Brest, survived a Brest fire, participated at Juilly during the Marne, and was elected to a national Legion post for his spirit and capability.
Ex service men seeking work at the American Legion are directed to John O Lambros a St Paul restaurant proprietor who feeds 600 men at cost during a recent armory celebration Lambros born in Greece has lived in the United States 15 years and is praised as a warm American friend to the Legion by helping the hungry and jobless ex soldiers
A quotation and anecdote recount Hanford MacNider, then commander of the American Legion, using the idea that a "little child shall lead them" to illustrate leadership. He recalls a shaky lieutenant who, after a private’s remark, commands a two mile hike and a march, ending with a bulletin about assembling for a twenty mile hike while a child leads.
A Berkeley daily edition will be prepared by the local American Legion post. alien soldiers and sailors are taking out citizen papers at about 700 per four months per the labor department. ex servicemen enjoy a private health resort in Hawaii, with other Legion actions noted.
Reports from druggists show many people suffer kidney trouble without realizing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy with healing influence and strong success claims. Sample bottle offered by mail, with purchase note.
A garbled phrase claims Belgium uses a term meaning a fast horseless trolley vehicle. The text then shifts to a bright, self defined woman who rejects an angelic label merely due to a man's assertion.
Letters from readers describe relief from debilitating symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials from Mrs. Baler Hastey and Mrs. L K Wiese report substantial improvements after multiple bottles, urging others to try the remedy and request a free pamphlet. A court quip about the Prophet Mohammed appears in a brief joke from the Bilborough Scotsman.
An old timer nicknamed Senator warns that the simple amplifier is out of order, fearing rearward listeners will hear poorly. The senator retorts he hails from a rugged school of oratory, where lungs come before thoughts, in a Birmingham Age Herald excerpt.
A humorous exchange describes a man being overtaken by a young suitor and a woman named Miss Manchester as he tries to marry. The remark suggests he should look before leaping and that the best way to get along with some people is to get along without them.
Spare Moments presents a quip about a man torn between his wife and child. A minister quips that every hair on a head is numbered, while a small boy retorts that the father’s are not. The line hints at domestic friction and humor in rural life.
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