17 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
1
Free mail sample bottle offered by the Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio to prove the remedy for c angers in all catarrhal troubles. Readers are urged to request the sample and note the offer in their correspondence.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune features a doctor asking about cold plunges and a dyspeptic capitalist replying that he has been investing heavily in ice stocks and has not nipped. The quip plays on medical and financial imagery to lampoon risk and prudence.
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy addressing blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the cure is not quack medicine, cites a physician endorsement, and notes the product costs 75 cents with testimonials available. It also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Citizen reports two women in a club chat about a broken relationship. One describes breaking Nell, the daughter, with the other noting the incident occurred the previous night.
A new model features back fullness gathered into a broad band above the mi. Trimming options include the cape collar and the full sleeve. Designers propose contrasting colors and fancy details via the cape and cuffs.
An old advertisement extols changing diet to improve health by replacing meat with fruit Grape-Nuts and Postum. It claims high value nutrients aid digestion and blood and nerve tissue, highlighting natural phosphate from grains and promising quick nervous strength after a few days. It ends by directing readers to a booklet The Road to Wellville. There’s a reason.
Captain Ireton recalls a plan to escape while Margery aids him. Tarleton’s dragoons search the house as Owen Pengarvin’s motives loom. Ireton confronts Lord Cornwallis about his past and the rebel plot, seeking liberty through audacious defense.
In a tense interview with Lord Cornwallis, Captain Ireton lists his wary truce with truth as he plans to serve as an Austrian observer in the campaign. He accepts honorary aide status to remain close, while facing challenging rivals Gilbert Stair and Owen Pengarvin as the tale continues.
A brief Harvard Lampoon excerpt presents a tester scene where S B asks about a horse’s temperament and the rider replies with escalating assurances. The exchange ends with the boy’s demand to hold the horse himself, capturing comic banter and character dynamics.
A quip from Yonkers Statesman contrasts a budding genius failing to build a clock that won’t run down with the idea of building it on the principle of the gas meter, sparking a witty exchange between Bacon and Egbert about perpetual motion and practical limits.
Crampeid and Friend inspect Brown’s bare flat and misidentify a passageway as a dining room during a Boston Tram script reading. The exchange highlights stage directions and humorous misperception of space.
A reflective piece on Omaha domestic life, tracing a fireside origin tale and the deep love of home among Omaha people. It notes naming rites for children, child rearing focused on etiquette and self sufficiency, and marriage norms. The author praises education, thrift, and evolving homes on the reservation, urging white society to support Omaha progress.
A National Guardsman recalls losing twenty mark pieces on a crowded August rail trip from Metz to Paris. After the train halted near a French border town an officer failed to give proper change and the train departed with his money. Later a station officer recredited him the twelve marks and pfennigs, extending him satisfaction for the ordeal. He was guided to the station, identified as the man who provided the twenty mark piece, and the change was restored after a fifteen minute delay.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes a woodpecker in California storing acorns in various pine tree holes. It marks the nuts with foresight, yet does not eat them, relying on stored food that decays before winter maggots harvest the harvest. The bird’s planning appears more reasoned than instinctual.
A humorous exchange recalls Jim Simpson suing Abner Hawley over alleged affections of his wife. Judge Musgrove supposedly told the jury to assess six cents as damages, prompting Jim's wife to throw a chair and be jailed. The punchline: he was her first husband.
The Chicara School of Domestic Arts and Science awarded a gold medal to a maid who has served one family for thirty four years and listed ten others on a roll of honor for long tenures. Mrs Nelson Thommosson urged reviving old time affection between employer and servant, noting Eliza stays out of loyalty and acts without needing rules. Kansas City Journal quote.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are described as a tonic that energizes the stomach and nerves without scouring or weakening. They claim to enrich the blood and aid nourishment, contain no calomel, and come in 10c and 26c sizes sold by druggists. Also advertised are Munyon's Cold Remedy and Rheumatism Remedy with quick relief and modest prices.
A London Standard note cites ancient military use of rats for firing powder via lit matches on their tails, referencing Vauban rules to counteract such tricks. It adds Samson's foxes as a parallel and mentions a royal rat catcher in scarlet livery with mice motifs, plus Leicester paying a mole catcher a yearly salary.
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