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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
8
Washington Star notes the upcoming mammoth building on North Capitol street will house the world’s largest printing shop. It will consolidate the Bureau’s vast output from leaflets to multi hundred page volumes, with modern bindery, maps, and half tone imagery, replacing the old ramshackle shop.
Count D Orsay endured Lady Holland at dinner as she teased him by dropping items to force him to retrieve them. He finally signaled a waiter and asked to finish his dinners there for convenience, ending the genteel encounter.
A caller complains of delay caused by meeting an old friend returning to town after a long absence. The reply questions the justification for the lateness, reflecting a tense exchange in a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
The Health Department of New York seized a cheap baking powder sold in city stores after tests showed it mainly contained alum and pulverized rock. Several thousand pounds were destroyed. Officials warn such cheap products are unsafe and urge use of cream of tartar brands for healthful, economical results.
In a humorous exchange, Prof. Blank argues for dictating language at its source, while his wife compares language to a vast river that cannot be fully steered. He retorts that change is possible at the mouth, citing the Mississippi jetties to illustrate his point.
Century old ad claiming Mother Gray the nurse at Children Home New York cures colds fever teething disorders and destroy worms in 34 hours. It promotes ten thousand testimonials and urges readers to obtain samples from Allen's Drug Store Le Roy New York.
A partial Telegraph style fragment recalls a man boasting of a lucky stone saving him from harm or loss, followed by a Red Cross ball appeal and a grocery ad urging shoppers to keep clothes clean. The snippet preserves period voice and local commerce cues.
A fragment from a Life magazine line offers a billionaire summing up a final duty to progeny. He counsels a yearly gift or gesture, noting even modest yearly acts accumulate into lasting wealth beyond mere millions. The aphorism frames time and legacy in financial terms.
A severe windstorm across Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska left at least three dead in Joplin with other towns damaged. Omaha reports fatalities and destroyed landmarks as roofs collapse and plate glass shatters. Lincoln and Iowa endure high winds, rain, and snow while crops suffer across the region.
Section workers demand higher pay while Wabash lines near Altona road will gain electric lighting. Rumor states Wabash plans Huntington to Indianapolis route. Rock Island promotes a Spanish booklet for its Mexican line via El Paso. Car service committee to propose per diem charges replacing distance-based rates. Santa Fe chosen for Women's Club Federation delegates route to San Francisco. Lake Shore and New York Central eye rapid transit freight Chicago to European ports. 40,000 bushels grain moved from steamer to Buffalo to New York Central cars, onward to New York for Europe in 48 hours, a record shipment for shippers.
Government backing frames the barber’s role as authority yet the craft is tedious as he uses a tiny razor. Varied Chinese hair colors influence the trade, with sable preferred and accessories tied in a cell. A stranger’s entrance to worship prompts officials to request the tail be lowered, signaling etiquette and respect.
The Margarita island area off Venezuela remains a famed pearl center. Rising pearl prices have boosted Venezuelan divers using metal scoops and nets to expose shells. A French company has won a government concession to fish for pearls with diving gear.
An article quotes Mrs Anna B Floharty of Galesburg Illinois praising Peruna as life changing for herself and her daughter. It recounts Dr Hartman’s view that pelvic catarrh causes many female diseases and that Peruna cures by removing the cause. Several testimonials from Mrs Brown Mrs Milner and Congressman Mahon accompany the appeal to readers to seek Hartman’s advice.
A claim identifies Baalbec in Syria as home to the world’s largest stones not in Egypt. The bluestone blocks are described as sixty feet long and twenty feet square. The text oddly notes thirty minutes required to dye with PUTNAM FACE LESS DYES sold by druggists.
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