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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
8
The piece urges placing the house on an east or south slope away from the road, with the barn and outbuildings behind and concealed by trees. It advises thorough planning, gradual construction, and integrating plumbing, lighting, and sewage. emphasizes simple dignity, a green lawn, open vistas, and natural landscaping with evergreens, ivy, flowering shrubs, and strategic tree placement.
The essay notes marriage in Soudan societies varies by tribe with a wife bought or valued, often via cattle and grain. In Omdurman the price ranges from 75 to 150 dollars, with half paid to the bride’s kin before celebrations and the rest in installments. A wife is treated as personal property and husbands may have multiple spouses. A separate anecdote tells of a girl who learns scholarship by habit while unaware she already knows her lessons, due to sleep learning.
The piece notes early American dishes borrowed from Native peoples. Samp, Indian corn beaten and eaten with milk or butter, and hominy made by boiling corn with alkali are described. Hoa cake, popular with Southern African Americans, is said to have been adopted from Indians in the region.
An irate matron scolds a boy for throwing stones at her chickens while the boy retorts about the method used on her cat. The exchange hints at a tense, juvenile quarrel in a neighborhood where a college pro father is mentioned but details remain fragmentary.
A humorous critique of the Woman's Page in a midwestern newspaper. It mocks practical kitchen tips and matchmaking advice while lampooning editorials on homespun femininity. The piece highlights gender stereotypes and the sensational tone of domestic columns.
A nostalgic Roundtable of old friends and neighbors recall Milt Whitehal’s trip to Washington to meet President Wilson about Arkansas River widening. They riff on former locals now scattered across Kansas, Idaho, and Montana, noting fortunes, careers, and fates from hayloft gossip to new posts.
A brief, dialogue style excerpt shows a discouraged boy telling his mother he will stop attending school. He cites repeated difficulty spelling due to teachers changing words, expressing a sense of futility and low self worth. The passage captures a child’s frustration with learning.
A breezy advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for a hot bath and Cuticura Ointment for relief from disfiguring eczema and itchings. It claims daily use for toilet care and invites mail order samples via Boston. The snippet also includes a humorous exchange about a husband planting a garden.
An old advertisement extols farmers hard work and comfort aided by Alleb's Foot Ease antiseptic powder. It claims the product prevents friction, sore feet, and blisters, keeping feet cool in shoes and bath use. Sold by dealers for 28 shillings.
A lawyer campaigning for municipal office canvassed a cottage door. The resident woman refused entry and accused the husband of ham theft. The lawyer corrected her, but she retorted with a sharp, blunt quip and offered a sandwich cut of the alleged matter.
In a brief quoted exchange a woman asks about reform affiliations and responds she is a wife. The dialogue snippet hints at social or political probing without identifying groups or places. The fragment preserves a personal angle while noting the interaction's gendered dynamic.
A Cincinnati man discovers a compound named Freezone that relieves corn and callus pain with a few drops. It dries instantly, shrivels the corn without harming surrounding skin, and allows easy removal. If a druggist lacks Freezone, ask them to order it from their wholesale house.
A group of Maine lumbermen were discovered producing whiskey from prunes. Authorities reported illicit distilling activities tied to a rural operation, with resulting arrests and investigations under state law.
A playful courtroom exchange centers on why a clever and wealthy woman would wed a penniless man. The judge prompts with a wry exchange asking who else would marry such a partner, highlighting social expectations and wit.
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