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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
7
A London Mail report explains that salt water creatures may live very long. Mussels and oysters are cited as comparable in age to ancient trees, with some species potentially surviving millennia. Sea anemones also show remarkable longevity, though one Edinburgh specimen died at seven years after thriving for decades.
An early 20th century ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as pure gentle treatments for infant skin conditions including eczema rashes and itching. It claims lasting soap efficiency and worldwide availability with free sample offers and a library request. A separate London Chronicle anecdote describes a booking office line confrontation over politeness.
Girls at a local school attempted paraphrases of Tennyson and Scott by consulting a dictionary. The excerpts show students rendering lines such as To bicker down a valley into a quarrel in a low place among the hills and He staid not for brake into He never stopped for a mechanical contrivance to reduce speed by means of friction.
A lecturer proclaims pugilism the worst ism but a crutchbound newcomer counters rheumatism as worse. The brief exchange, from Stray Stories, echoes quick humor and lingering pains.
A fragmentary exchange reveals fear of losing mind and despair over recognition. The dialogue hints at mental strain and the risk of others failing to perceive the speaker's deteriorating state, underscoring a fragile emotional moment.
In 1913 fiction set in Manila, John Folsom plans to write Ada Ferris once he stabilizes his life, while Lilith Aintree battles jealousy. Minnie the monkey observes their tensions as John confronts Lilith about her hostile treatment of the animal, revealing a rift over affection and loyalty.
In a Boston emigrant colony tale, Folsom grapples between Ada Ferris and Lilith Aintree. Lilith's lure, youth, and Judge Aintree’s daughterly pull clash with Ada’s gentle presence as Minnie the dogged talisman weighs in.
A report explains that electricity can be tasted by creating a current between tin and silver. Place tin above or below the tongue with silver on the opposite side and touch edges together to provoke a sour taste as the electric current passes through the tongue. The article notes electricity is often invisible yet detectable by senses.
The Schneider ambulance is a large portable hospital on wheels with an operating room in the center and two end rooms. It includes an electric plant for lighting, water pumping, sterilizing, and surgical motors, with UV sterilization and a water tank. A tent-like wing forms beside the wagon when deployed at battlefields, lit by electric windows.
Councilman Henry Glace of Mauch Chunk Pa claims first place for continuous service. He joined Lehigh Valley Railroad at Packerton car shops in September 1874 and has worked on the bolt machine there for over thirty eight years.
The article advises beginners to avoid cheap stock and poor facilities. It urges purchasing from reputable breeders, building rat proof housing, and studying pigeon literature. Emphasizes careful feeding, attentive care, and prompt health monitoring to prevent squabs dying or failing to fatten.
The article notes sunburn lowers feeding value market value and palatability of hay especially in clover and alfalfa. Leaves are lost during handling and curing. It advises rapid windrow or cock drying and keeping hay shaded with a stock cover to reduce sun and rain damage.
Practical notes on hens and egg farming describe using exercise and green foods to boost laying, branding eggs as a quality guarantee, proper coop and incubator conditions, regular egg collection, and feeding bone meal in limited weekly amounts. The text also advises maintaining stable temperatures and training chicks for routine, with attention to seasonal weather changes.
Advice on improving egg returns by careful gathering to avoid chilling, selecting and cleaning eggs, stamping with farm initials, selling direct to consumers or via a local grocer, and coordinating with neighbors to form a joint sale to boost prices. Aims to create steady demand and yield higher returns than store prices.
The article warns that seeds die when sown or covered too deeply. Small seeds often need light or minimal soil, while larger seeds like peas and beans can be buried deeper. Deep sowing kills more seeds than other mistakes, so aim for proper depths per seed type.
A farmer from Mound Valley Kansas describes a home made garden plow built from 2 by 4s and an old baby carriage wheel. An A piece fits into B with bolts, B forks the wheel, D shows cultivation tools, and iron strips provide adjustability. The design uses soft pine handles and proves efficient, enabling one person to do as much as three with hoes.
This clippings recounts steps to prevent oat smut by rinsing seed, a formalin wash in a large barrel, and drying before sowing. It also notes hygroma in cattle knees, advising veterinarians, and farm tips on moving brood hens at night and cutting back frost-injured trees.
A brief, fragmented passage contemplates human goodness and sin, asking how to find truth when God’s presence is lacking. The speaker notes inner conflict and hesitation, implying a search for moral certainty beyond earthly discernment.
A compact compilation of domestic tips including chopped English walnuts in vanilla ice cream, Borax for whitening clothes and pest control, adjustable piano stool use in kitchens, ammonia brightening dull rubbers, boiling vegetables to cook, cautious note on tasteless vegetables, beans with a bit of pork for lunch baskets, blotter under stains when using gasoline, raisins in fruit salad, revolving egg beaters for icing and meringue, flat whips to air egg whites, and cheese improving chicken soups or creams.
A collection of unusual entrees including Haricot of Ox Tails Creme Frite Braised Sweetbreads Creamer Cauliflower With Ham Mushroom Pot Pourri and Balt and pepper. The instructions specify chopping, parboiling, baking and frying with detailed ingredients and garnishes for each dish. The tone mirrors an old culinary column with precise measurements and steps.
A Topeka Journal note quotes an East Tennessee girl who says she did not go to the fair and could not have reached it even if she wanted to. A haberdasher complains that canes do not sell well in town, perhaps because carrying a cane is hard with a hammer at the same time.
Lawrence Kansas and Burns Montana women credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from long standing ailments including headaches backache dizziness and nervous symptoms after marriage or work. Letters claim renewed strength and health and endorse the medicine for other women. The makers note thousands of such letters as proof of its efficacy.
William aged five watched the family physician counting his grandmother's pulse daily. When visits stopped, he kept the duty, finally answering his father with a grave report of ten dollars in payment, revealing a young boy’s sense of responsibility and imagination.
Eight year old Joan, a diligent pupil, searches a large atlas during study. She asks her teacher about locations mentioned in history and explains she cannot locate “Columbus was at the Point of Starvation” on the map.
A man in a new village notes no neighborly visits yet. He plans to call on neighbors only if more of his wood is stolen, hinting at suspicion of local theft and warning others as he settles in.
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