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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
1
A garbled scan from a 19th century newspaper discusses women suffrage, political power, and social norms. It references King Alfonso, Pan American ideas, Caruso’s voice, and a mining magnate's fortune, with assorted opinions on education, spelling reform, and public manners.
The article surveys kidnapping laws across states noting harsher penalties for abducting children, with varying punishments from prison terms to death in select cases. It highlights Idaho around one year and Pennsylvania context, plus ongoing federal interest to extend penalties in Congress for the District of Columbia and territories.
A collection of misprinted notes covers volcano counts tea exports and emigration, Darwinian growth rates and the spread of rabbits in Australia. It discusses Squier on aviation paths with bumps and gusts and the need for automatic control in early air travel.
The article discusses three attitudes toward mental and spiritual influence in medicine, highlighting its impact in the nursery. It notes cautious use by conservatives, warns against overreach, and describes a royal ceremony with the King, court officials, and the US minister attending a Christian service at the palace pavilion.
Wim M. Stewart former Nevada senator died in Washington after an operation. He was a supporter of free silver, born November 9, 1827, Lyons, and educated at Yale. He went to California by the overland route in 1849 and joined the army in San Francisco in 1852.
The piece reflects on the child who feigns illness to avoid discomfort, arguing that nurturing early innocence and restraint strengthens health. It praises a nursery culture where minor ailments meet tolerant care, suppressing pain and promoting quiet recovery. It then abruptly shifts to a biographical note about an Attorney General of California who built a fortune from the Comstock lode and served as U.S. Senator between 1863–75 and 1887–1905.
The Harvard Bulletin notes the cremation of Edward H Strobel former Beming professor of International law at Harvard who died in Bangkok Jan 15 1908 while serving as general adviser to the King of Siam His remains cremated at Bangkok Feb ya with royal honors in Wat Dhebnsteludr attended by a large gathering.
The Jerome mines yield strong sulphuric water used to precipitate copper from ore. Copper replaces iron in the ore creating allie that runs 80 to 95 percent copper. Ore at the 600 level of the Shattuck vein shows 15 percent copper in a fine dump, with dimensions undetermined.
A nostalgic verse captures spring’s arrival with primroses and daffodils, wind and rain, birdsong, and meadow walks. It laments winter’s drift while welcoming May pleasures and carefree days of Maiden April and merry springtime.
A railway clerk narrates a seven year old near miss with the Old Tartar engine. He rushes to the Bartson switch to derail the runaway, but trips and falls before securing the siding as the train barrels toward disaster.
A dramatic railway tale recounts how the Old Tartar derailed by a gang's plotted train hold up. The narrator narrowly warned Dawson, the engine stalled, and the crew survived as the train avoided disaster. The gang later abandoned the plan, deeming a miracle had prevented catastrophe.
The Medical Record traces the rise of school medical inspection from 1866 in the United States to widespread adoption, noting early pioneers in Boston Chicago and New York and dating milestones in Philadelphia and beyond. It compares U S progress with Germany and other nations, highlighting varying laws and city programs.
A Philadelphia trolley ride becomes comic when a quiet young man tricks two talking women by feigning deafness though he understands them in their own language. Their humiliation grows as he directs the trio to alight, revealing the ruse and his own clever revenge.
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