24 Mar 1932
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
1
An advertisement extols Castoria as a safe regulator for infants and older children, emphasizing delicate child digestion and gentle relief for colic pains, cold related upset, and fevers with no harsh drugs. It claims the product is used by doctors and mothers and mentions the genuine Castoria name.
Wing Commander Kingsford Smith recounted a New York dinner tale in which a Halifax flying officer asks recruits about aeronautics. A sharp recruit answers he studied two years at the varsity and will do, then the officer orders him to clean the colonel's wife’s electric refrigerator.
Mrs I Marriet Adams, president of the Society of Woman Geographers, will send weekly radio messages to Mrs Elizabeth Dickey, a society member and jungle explorer. Dickey and her husband Herbert Dickey travel to the South American jungles to seek the source of the Orinoco river while bedridden with rheumatism.
Cedar Falls resident A Wagner recalls winter bronchial spells improving after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. He credits strengthened bronchials and fewer colds. The clipping also notes hiring three new maids as the month approaches.
Ragged boy Shad flees brutal father Bat Morryson and finds kindness with a camping party and Colonel Blake. Shad works at Amity Dam, befriends Bony and Browns, confronts murky motives after a Perry family attack, and eyes Ruth Blake while Brown is blamed. Colonel Blake narrows suspects as Shad seeks education and truth.
Shad Morryson and Bony Brown push closer to solving Oscar Terry’s murder. They locate a broad brimmed hat and eye kerchief hidden along the Ashfield road and confer with Mr. Benson about reporting to Colonel Blake. The pair plan to deliver evidence after fatefully guiding a town’s suspicions toward the true culprit.
The piece notes South Carolina and Virginia once required oaths banning dueling for officeholders. many states incorporated dueling prohibitions in constitutions. It recalls Henry Clay's duels and Graves’s fatal duel with Cilley, illustrating how political disputes fueled challenges in earlier eras.
The French court popularized snuff in the late 1500s with noble sponsorship and ornate snuff boxes. A royal physician, Monsieur Fagon, allegedly denounced snuff in a public oration but ruined his point by taking a huge puff mid speech.
In a 1932 feature, Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy escapades are contrasted with later works such as The Light That Failed and Barrack Room Ballads. Testimonies from G. Beresford and Maj. Gen. Lionel Dunsterville note his youthful story overdraws. The piece also profiles Marjorie Fleming, Rebecca Gratz, and their ties to Scott Irving.
Negro log cutters in Arkansas and Louisiana call certain large seed trees mammy trees. The trees, left with a white streak marking, are spared to seed a new crop of young trees, per guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture.
A promotional note extols Bayer Aspirin as ready for fatigue headaches and colds, advising one tablet to prevent headaches and two or three for colds. It urges carrying it at home, work, and travel, claiming it relieves neuralgia neuritis and various pains quickly.
A Weekly Scotsman piece notes Scots ideas on underwater craft may have led to Scotland building the first submarine. Dutchman Cornelius van Drebbell tested a craft on the Thames in 1624, but with little success. Napier of Merchiston, in 1596, spoke of devices for sailing under waters but failed to realize the plan. Some women know too much to get married and others don't know enough.
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