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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
4
Bettington faces a chilling revelation about Beardsley’s facial surgery and a doomed cure for a haunting smile. On the yacht, Clements hints at deadly stakes as Mrs Radway writes, while Evelyn Radway’s peril looms and Bettington weighs risks to protect Unwin’s children.
On a voyage, the ship's surgeon Bettington confronts Radway's absinthe fueled descent and the ruthless plots of Radway's backers led by Clements. As Radway teeters toward collapse, Bettington faces murderously jealous men like Sam and Metzger while navigating danger, deceit, and a fragile moral line aboard the ship.
Floyd Unwin and Howard Bettington meet old college friend Alfred Gibbons and pledge mutual aid to educate Unwin's son Bob and daughter Mary. Mary refuses to betray her employer as Elgar Radway plans a voyage and kidnapping. Gibbs dies after wearing Bettington’s clothes. Bettington is questioned by the Boss who plots a $1,000,000 ransom and forces Bettington to assist.
The text traces blind reading aids from Peru with knot codes to 16th century wood engravings, 1640 movable type in France, Pinsenau’s metal frame, German cardboard letters, and Val entin Haug’s embossed paper. Louis Braille, a pupil at the school, champions the dot system over earlier schemes. Braille becomes world wide with transcriptions of the Koran and adaptations to Chinese and Arabic.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus argues that man loses neither past nor future since they are not his to take. He notes the cycle of things and the equality of fate for the long lived and the short lived at death, reminding that time and mortality affect all equally.
Maud Rex Allen describes the dragon as a Chinese imperial form evolving from early Chinese imagination. She lists features including a serpentine body with horns, horse head, red worm eyes, carp scales, cow ears, tiger paws, eagle talons, flame-like shoulder and hip appendages, and varying claw counts on feet.
Horace Mann started the May walk at Antioch College in its early days. An annual trek through the glens to Chilton drew students and faculty, with scenery noted as unusually beautiful.
On the following morning the ship's crew discover Dr Elgar Tradway dead in his cabin. Bettington and Clements discuss the implications as Radway’s fate threatens to derail escape to New York. Evelyn Radway faces duty and danger, drawn to the ship's surgeon Waite amid looming peril. TO BE CONTINUED.
The article argues Memorial Day, born after the Civil War to honor Northern soldiers, is shifting toward a broader observance of all who have fallen. It foresees a future where the day becomes a general, all-encompassing remembrance, possibly aligned with May 30 as a time of reflection on life, death, and humanity beyond national conflicts.
A Detroit News summary reflects on May 30 as Memorial Day chosen for flowers and peace after the Civil War. It notes Lee’s April surrender, Johnston’s capitulation in April, and Kirby Smith’s forces near the Mississippi were defeated by late May. Buckner and Osterhaus signed the New Orleans surrender on May 26, ending armed resistance. Memorial Day, begun in 1868 by General Logan, honors the peace after the war.
The fading ranks of Civil War survivors are shown as time erodes attendance at reunions and alters marches. Pension reports indicate fewer veterans remain able to attend annual events, marking a shrinking remembrance of a great yet tragic conflict.
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