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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
8
Philadelphia physician recalls a fellow doctor claiming to deduce illness by blood flow and to alter a child’s brain size through training. A host adds a lay observation about predicting dinner from a look in a pocketbook, illustrating skepticism toward pseudo science.
Fragments recount early library origins in Mesopotamia circa 650 B C. Isistratos Athens and Strabo Aristotle are cited as early collectors. The library ends in Rome. Text notes the average Senate age around fifty with variation.
Fragmentary scribbles ponder an editor who called himself a poet and used a blue pencil to bluff in union lore. The brief remark links old time editing craft with scribbled musings on collective power.
W T Hanson Company of Schenectady sues Collier's Weekly for 100000 damages alleging false statements about Dr Williams Pink Pills. Case mirrors Dr Pierce suit against Ladies' Home Journal. Also notes Denmark forms rat extermination league and Berlin offers a penny per rat tail.
A vintage offer invites readers to write for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease to Allen 8 in Olmsted Le Roy. The remedy claims to ease tender feet, sweating, swelling, and tight shoes and cures corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A Virginia courtroom tale recounts Judge known for formality asking if anyone in court knows a good reason James Brown should not be there. A witness rises with two reasons he died last night and is still dead, delivering a grim punchline in Louisville Courier Journal.
The village editor greets the returning postmaster with humor about his weight and presence. The postmaster responds by telling the editor to leave, noting that he has no midst. The exchange plays on appearance and social standing in a small town setting.
A humorous exchange notes the cost of a marriage license with a mock payment plan. Youth asks what to pay and the clerk jokes One dollar down and your entire salary each month for life. The piece captures a light local-paper moment and reflects early 20th century wit.
An advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and cannot be cured by local means. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal medicine that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces, made with tonics and blood purifiers. It cites a physician’s endorsement and lists Toledo, Ohio, as the company base with a 50 cent price and druggist sales.
Ito is reportedly engaged to his partner with plans for a quick wedding. The source notes she favors short engagements and prefers brief, frequent celebrations, signaling a rapid marriage timeline.
Allcock's porous plasters are asserted as the original genuine product with imitation plasters dismissed as counterfeits. The notice emphasizes authenticity and advises consumers to prefer the true Allcock's brand.
An It. telegraph official recalls a Pennsylvania town young woman who sought dress goods from New York. After checking if the service connected, she used ten words and clipped two fabric samples to a telegram reading Blank and Company Send express four yards sample A and six yards B.
A Californian recalls a Chinese servant Lee Yuen who deftly handles a hungry tramp at his kitchen door. The tramp pleads for food and a meal, but Lee Yuen flatly replies with a sly “Call Friday,” illustrating a wry assimilation of American methods to dealing with hobos. The anecdote, attributed to Harper’s Weekly, highlights cultural navigation in dealing with poverty.
A group of coffee importers and roasters push back against claims coffee harms a third of users. The speaker urges a frank, fact based public discussion and offers to wager $100,000 that Postum Coffee is falsely represented as harmful. They promote Postum and Grape-Nuts as pure and beneficial, urging readers to quit coffee for ten days to test health improvements.
In Sioux City the Monday election featured fierce contests with open gambling sentiment prevailing. Elected officials include Mayor W. G. Sears, Treasurer Geo B Whittemore, Solicitor F W Sargent, Engineer J M Lewis, Auditor W B True, Assessor J W Gray, Police Judge Sam Page, Superintendent of Markets Ole Skogerson, all with party affiliations noted. Five Republicans and five Democrats won council seats.
Des Moines mayor Mattern a Republican was re elected Monday over Democrat C. C. Holly by about 300 votes, a sharp drop from a 3,000 plurality two years earlier. Report says organized secret “seyatchers” swung voters, contributing to defeats of four of nine Republican alderman candidates by decisive pluralities.
Burlington voters chose Fred Unterkircher Democrat over incumbent J. S. Caster Republican by about two thousand votes. The result signals a Democratic sweep aided by the civic federation’s campaign against Caster over alleged lax enforcement of vice laws and local service corporations.
The Republicans won the city election on Monday but failed to oust the mayoral incumbent as W. F. Sapp lost to Democrat D. Macrae. Democrats retained two city officers and two aldermen.
Marshalltown held a quiet Monday election with one alderman elected per ward and two park commissioners. No issues, friendly contestants, and no party lines aside from socialist candidates all defeated. Akron voters backed banning slot machines and regulating saloons and pool halls. Dr George W. Wooten won mayor by 27 votes and the Republican ticket generally carried.
In Orange City the Monday city election drew scant voters due to bad weather and a foregone conclusion with one ticket. H. Johnston, Republican, was elected mayor by 68 votes to succeed Parsons. the gas franchise to a private firm passed by a large majority. Webster City backed private gas 216 votes to 186. Walter Smith beat James Hutchinson for mayor 256 to 186. Sibley reported no competition and a tepid city ticket with an average margin of 107. Storm Lake saw the entire Republican slate prevail. Missouri Valley split, Republicans winning wards one and three, Democrats ward two, leaving Mayor James (Democrat) with decisive swing. Rock Valley re-elected Dr. E. O. Plumber on the citizens ticket by 130 votes. rest of ticket about 180.
Pehinghar voters cast a very tight vote Monday with no opposition to the citizens' ticket led by Ww. W. Artherholt as mayor. Sutherland reports very little interest with only one ticket in the field.
In Merrill Lawrence Patterson, age 21, nicknamed the boy mayor, won Monday's election against W H Koon by a 25 vote margin. Merrill remains a Republican stronghold with a 25 to 380 advantage.
In an exalting contest Lake City voters chose J. B. Moray as mayor J. M. Fickle as sessor G. G. Hutchinson as treasurer and John W. Jacobs as solicitor Voters acted decisively in a tight race reflecting strong civic interest and clear public support for the slate.
Richard Swan, a Republican, was elected mayor by a 60 vote majority. The municipal slate includes four Republican and one Democratic councilmen elected, shaping a Republican leaning town leadership.
Henry Harlow, citizen candidate for mayor, won by a 121 vote majority over Republican challenger Bradbury. The reform ticket was defeated decisively, and the election result declared.
In LeMars on Monday three aldermen were elected with minimal turnout and no contest, while Capt. G B Gilman the Democrat was re elected mayor as four Republicans won council seats. Boone reported a calm election with a straight Democratic slate and no issues aside from a Honey Creek relocation proposal.
City elections reported with mixed outcomes. F W Mack re elected by 13 vote majority amid a light Spirit Lake ballot where the people's ticket won without opposition. Several towns show Democrats and Republicans trading victories, with debates over a city hall measure passing in Sac City by 75 votes.
Election results from multiple towns show varied outcomes with close margins and quiet voting. Harlan elected Byers mayor and Steuart as solicitor while Clinton and Estherville reported Republican or nonpartisan trends, bond issue passes, and notable mayoral races across Alton Remsen Pomeroy and surrounding locales.
Public notice approves Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the only women’s medicine sold by druggists with full ingredient disclosure in plain English on bottle wrappers. It emphasizes American roots, no narcotics or alcohol, glycerine as safe carrier, and endorsements from medical writers. Readers encouraged to request a free booklet from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo N Y.
An Indian lad using a skate chased a large sturgeon beneath thin ice for about an hour. He trailed and trapped the weary fish, broke the ice, used a harpoon through the gills, and dragged the dead catch to camp amid triumph. Roman gentlemen wore a gold or ivory crescent in their shoes.
A railroad worker credits Grape-Nuts with ending years of indigestion and stomach distress from irregular meals in poor food. He reports improved digestion and clear thinking after using Grape-Nuts regularly, stating his nervous troubles disappeared. The ad cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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