28 May 1908
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
1
Fragmented notices reflect cultural critique from a 1920s era paper. Topics include religious attendance, student strikes, library expansion, and baby naming, with critical views on public behavior, immigration, and parental influence. Names and places such as Brooklyn, New York, Kentucky, and Massachusetts appear amid broader social commentary.
The piece laments deforestation and praises Arbor Day as a state measure begun in 1895 to plant trees and protect watersheds. It argues forebears damaged forests, while current generations should honor descendants by planting and conserving trees for wealth, comfort, and future prosperity.
An observer explains targeting with mortars and timing a thrown ball referencing a hinge clock on the ground. It discusses range, uniform velocity, and the use of instruments and mechanical devices to measure range differences. The note cites 36 000 divisions from Scientific American attributed to Captain Howell.
A Malladelphia traveler recounts experiences in South America shared at a banquet of globe trotters. He describes poor hotels across the continent, including Peru where a released American sought shelter after a dispute, and notes a Buenos Aires restaurant sign reading Awmerloog cafe-clumpegue and fried potatoes.
A man testifies that a wife behaved oddly during a dispute, with the judge asking where he poured water after the treatment. The plaintiff claims he never harmed his wife, explaining she "Just kind overtook me" as the scene unfolds in a confusion filled court room reported by a writer for In Manupolis News.
A harsh portrait of a Southern city man described as a benevolent reformer who treats “fresh sinners” by cataloging their sins then taking abandoned women into his home. The piece questions his ethics, notes his self styled scientific method, and claims he marries off many women while denying society’s gaze.
A solemn faced stage-driver on the Willowby to Greenfield route shares views with a visiting author. The driver reveals he writes little but reads much and comments on the writer’s use of other income and future hopes as they converse about the new book.
Prof Alexander Graham Gell argues that allowing divorce for childless couples will promote parental responsibility and that immigration should be carefully controlled to shape a superior American race. He warns against the mixing of diverse populations and urges selective admission to raise national character.
A treatise argues that yielding to emotion drains energy and hampers initiative. By suppressing exuberant impulses and mastering impulses, a person can conserve resources, sharpen judgment, and strengthen will power to act effectively.
The passage notes that he possessed the ability to discriminate in many matters, separating the significant from the insignificant, the useful from the idle. It emphasizes a keen judgment across diverse situations.
The church emphasizes care for labor, arguing the labor question remains even if unions vanish. The speaker asserts the era favors the common man and cites Billings on honest racing and humanity. Emphasizing personal reform, the sermon urges Christan guidance to lift individuals and curb social unrest through better conditions.
Senator Depew of New York argues bankers are not philanthropists but seek lawful profits and good dividends. He praises bankers in New York and Chicago as wise, capable, and patriotic, saying their main public service is keeping commerce moving and preserving solvent institutions underpinning credit and employment.
A writer argues that healthy people may exhibit abnormal powers due to a small initial power. He notes few practicing mediums in New York, cites personal family histories, and suggests doctors would confirm such abilities exist among patients. The piece implies a social reluctance to admit possession of these powers.
A quotation from Hamlin Gatland in Everybody'n notes that occult powers trouble many healthy people who exhibit basic abilities without realizing it, and that the term hysteria fails to explain the phenomena.
A clipped Rothschild anecdote from the Bystander recounts Empress Eugenia hosting a luncheon at the Tuileries. The Paris Rothschild head sits opposite a printer who admires him as a haggar in a painting he is developing. The moment leads to an unlikely pact and promise of future posing.
A painter was moved by the model’s sorrow and slipped a five franc plate into the man’s band before leaving. The next day the young man received 400 pounds in interest on its well invested B francs.
The Clinton Democrat recounts Rose Garth of Clinton building a corn sheller in 1858 from water oak planks and tenpenny nails. Used on a large farm until 1861, Price's men removed it to Jackson's mill to shell corn ground into meat for Confederate soldiers. Later found stored in Washington among other trophies from the South.
In a whimsical strip titled Guarded Tones two characters Richun Money and Poorun Yes converse softly amid hints of brewing trouble. A note references illustrated bits and a brewing backdrop suggesting subtle tension within the scene.
Rear Admiral Coghan, aboard the Raleigh, explains to the Philadelphia Ledger the navy’s vast changes since the Spanish War. He notes the fleet grew from four battleships to twenty six, faster firing, improved armor, smokeless powder, and stronger 11 inch guns. He recalls longer intervals between shots shrinking to about 40 seconds and emphasizes rapid-fire advances across the fleet.
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