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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
6
A collage of clipped lines cites Life magazine on social mockery in California and a Virgin Islands vote law limiting influence to those earning at least 300 dollars yearly. It compares other light anecdotes on manners, marriage, and daily life across early 20th century sources.
A narrator recalls a youth torn between two girls named Ginzel and Betty on a sunny beach. Interwoven is a touching anecdote about Miss Jennie Fish, a Bronx teacher celebrated for 52 years of service, never late, and shaping 40,000 students across generations.
The article recalls Jean Paul Marat as a feared revolution figure once fashionable with Parisian women who crowded his rooms for a word or smile. It notes his later repulsive courtly image and his enduring appeal despite a skin disease he contracted while hiding in sewers. A separate Homes Sector gag riffs on etiquette with a child preferring not to visit.
A brief excerpt notes the need for tidiness on shipboard life with a humorous mutter about keeping things neat aboard the vessel. The whimsical line references Swabbing Yarnal Stob and God Hetcha in a Clea themed segment from Curtoons Magazine.
A playful exchange hints at summer social outings and springtime activities. The speaker muses about possible trips and gatherings, suggesting a light, optimistic mood for the season. The dialogue frames leisure as contingent on upcoming opportunities.
An opinion piece argues for a League of Nations to prevent future wars. It emphasizes labor’s sacrifice, argues for international arbitration over force, warns against capitalist or laborist dicta, and notes the United States' pivotal role. It contrasts capitalist and labor internationalisms and cites Galicia and Teschen as examples where a peace table averted war.
Germany faces steep taxes as it adjusts to postwar terms. An estate tax scales by size and kinship, with the tax never exceeding the inherited amount. Income climbs to about 79 percent as earnings rise, plus profits and wealth taxes. Officials consider caps while shortages in food coal and clothes fuel discontent amid agitators after the surrender and peace conference period.
The Korean mutang or mudang is seen as a low social figure who, though often married, acts as a spirit medium. She conducts a kot ceremony with ten forms of service, mainly to drive away disease spirits that visit during meals. She names spirits, sizes up patients, and enacts frenzied possession to promise cure, with offerings consumed by the patient and helpers. A drought episode in Seoul led villagers to armoring for relief, blaming streetcars for angering the dragon guarding the town, and rain was promised by the dragon after destruction of the cars.
The pulp from coconut oil by product copra is valuable as stock food and fertilizer. Philippine production reaches about 1 billion nuts annually with 900 million converted to copra. Palm yields 25 to 80 nuts yearly with harvests every three to four months. Nut meat dries over racks or sun for six days until separation from shells.
A Boys' Life writer notes that a future chemist needs thorough technical education. Practical study at a good technical school and excellent instructors with proper lab equipment are essential. An industrious worker in a plant may gain limited knowledge, but new problems soon leave him helpless without broader science education.
The United States Public Health Service urges people to avoid overeating and to engage in outdoor activity to maintain health and prevent weight gain. The notice frames overfeeding as a path to “stall-fed” conditions and promotes regular exercise for both men and women.
A mother and her daughter attend a movie in dim lighting. The mother mistakes a man’s head for a post while guiding her daughter to seats 2 and 3 in the balcony. Laughter erupts as the misidentification becomes the evening’s running gag.
A brief humorous exchange features a character asking why another won't marry him, noting his “freakish ideas” and calling him a worm of the dust. The dialogue remarks that as long as he remains a worm with the dust, the issue may not matter.
A fragmented note warns of danger and scrutiny from prohibitionists. The text uses ironic humor about virtue and the many don'ts, reflecting clashing attitudes toward morality and enforcement in a restrictive period. It hints at evading censorship while highlighting social tension.
Public health notice urges vigilance over blood quality and vitality. It touts Swift Specific Co. product S. 8. 5 as a blood restorer and promotes free medical advice from Medical Director at Swift Laboratory Atlanta.
An elderly attendee berated the chairman during a political gathering, declaring he was a Republican before the chairman. The chairman shot back that the elder will be a Republican after the elder is dead, prompting the elder to sit down.
A fragment hints at concern over Maude with a wry question about a contagious illness. The brief item captures a local curiosity about health and naming a possibly spreading condition.
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