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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
6
In fog near Boston harbor passengers on the Nate maket Beach steamer hear a strange metallic pound not a bell. A large tripod rises from the deck with a triangular device at apex producing the eerie signal guiding vessels through the fogbound channel.
A medical student at the laboratory receives two test tubes with clear broth and a cotton plug. After washing hands thoroughly he touches one tube with a fingertip, replaces the plug, and waits twenty four hours. The touched broth becomes turbid from microbes, while the untouched tube stays clear. Also notes North Sea herring fishery nets deployed each night.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache cause. Sanative Bromo Quinine is cited as removing the cause. A Livge hotel manager in upper Broadway laments women smuggling pet dogs to rooms, noting kennels and porter care exist but dogs cannot stay in bedrooms overnight. Salvation Army operates in fifty two countries and thirty one languages.
A promotional note extols Grape Nuts and Postum as ideal for old age, citing easier digestion and better brain and nerve support. Testimonies claim improved vitality, regularity, and sharper thinking, credited to the wheat barley product and its diastase action, with a signature by Postum Co.
In Georgetown, a gun smith named Reuben Daw built a unique fence from old gun barrels at his Twenty eighth and P streets homes. He salvaged barrels from surplus arms, attaching forked tops to the ends to form upright picket fencing now largely intact if worn by time and souvenir removal. The Daw family, including Charles and Edward Daw, occupy the two brick and stone dwellings that flank the fence.
A collage of notes and idle fables. an X ray portrait mocks foot binding with a proverb about harmony. A Philadelphia Ledger tale about a young man seeking the boss in marriage ends with the wife keeping control and the man’s wager on horses and hens. The piece contrasts humor with moral reflection on who truly leads.
The item touts Allen's Foot-Bane powder for foot ailments and says the Butler river is the swiftest in the world. It claims plague deaths in Constantinople reached over 11,000 weekly in 1812, totaling 144,000 in all.
Howard Rowell of Fort Crook Nebraska describes fifteen years with persistent eczema affecting hands wrists and legs. After using Cutienra Soap Ointment and Resolvent for six days the itching stopped and sores disappeared. He reports dramatic improvement and better health now.
A letter from Immigration Commissioner A Kaltenbrunner of Winnipeg discusses homestead farming in western Canada. He describes his own farm between Moose Jaw Creek, yields of 20 to 26 bushels per acre for wheat, 60 to 86 bushels per acre for oats, and shipments of dem grain at 48 cents per bushel. He asserts Western Canada crops cannot be shocked by unusual conditions and praises first class seed and high yields despite a late spring and adverse weather.
An 1890s style ad list promotes Billion Dollar Grass and related seeds. It urges readers to request the John A Salzer Seed Co catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin, offering samples and a new farm seed package for 14 cents. It also touts vague health remedies and other commercial claims.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a humorous quip about domestic life. It mentions a husband and wife dialogue and a casual tone. No clear event, date, or location is established.
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