23 Mar 1922
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
1
A fragmentary description echoes a child’s question about Gail and zebra stars. The text references an Ark image with a rulebound government and a smokestack and includes an ornate Boston Transcript quote about a majestic vessel on waters.
A grower designed a three wheeled platform to aid fig picking to speed harvest, as reported in a scientific journal. The note about friendship repeating the same tale adds a social aside.
A theater usher ejects a man for hissing during a performance while the manager questions the action in the lobby. The man stammers he merely said to friends that the show was superb, denying any hiss. The Pittsburgh Press reports the odd confrontation.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often misattributed to other causes. Back pain, headaches, nervousness signal kidney issues. Start treatment now with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, a physician's prescription available at drug stores. Send ten cents for a sample bottle with this paper notice.
Mrs Hornbeal reads a city relative's letter noting niece Geraldine will visit next week and has had eighteen Jove affairs. Farmer Hornbeal quips about what she could do with eighteen ivory toilet sets. Kansas City Star
Lund disciplines his men after a violent clash, calls out Rainey and Tamada, and wins Peggy Simms by declaring her his mate. A gunboat pressure and fog threaten escape as the crew drives the schooner toward Nome and an American port with a preacher awaiting them.
Lund glances at spray as a shell from a gun boat arcs ahead in the misty murk of Terrng strait between the Cape of Chimas and Prince Edward's point. Aboard, gold loads with eleven knots under full sail, while the sunboat moves fifteen. A fog curtain looms a mile away and the shell falls short by two hundred yards. Five minutes pass.
Dante Gasparini rises before sunrise to thresh thirty acres with his two daughters and young son. The family works as a synchronized team, four pairs dropping grain and stowing straw while the boy rakes and sorts, all in a rhythmic, dance like labor on a hot southern Italian morning.
Lord Beaconsfeld spoke of man as the creature of circumstances and urged nurturing the mind with great thoughts. He said that delaying virtue makes heroes, and that difficulties are tests to be overcome, embraced by a noble community.
Evening News of London reports a sharp exchange after a collision between a 40 horsepower car and a horse driven by Cubman. The driver accuses the horse of blocking, while the owner vents frustration at the clash and the mishap’s outcome.
Gilbert K. Chesterton, the British essayist, discusses England importing American jokes. He argues a joke is hard to import and that American tall stories often fall flat in London. He praises Americans for democracy, work respect, practical life, and optimism, noting few are pessimists.
Former Pan American Union director general Tom Barrett says Latin Americans expect US courtesy to invite larger republics to arms conference discussions. He credits President Harding and Secretary Hughes for restraint in press coverage and hopes the upcoming fifth Pan American conference in Santiago will aid Pan America and global peace.
Los Angeles district attorney Woolwine, who stepped away from the Obenchain case, devotes energy to the Hollywood mystery of Taylor. He notes a lack of solid evidence while reporters feed daily theories from bootlegger tips to stories about Sands the missing valet.
Benedict Crowell of the Aero Club of America says a new airship network will connect New York and Chicago in about ten hours once two giant rigid ships enter service. The plan includes mail and passenger capacity, with expansion toward South America and Europe as ships and facilities are built in the United States.
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