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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
8
English factory farm in Lincolnshire established by Dennis Brothers based at Kirton reports capital running into millions of pounds. Last year distribution to workers on a profit sharing basis totaled £20,002. Intensive cultivation yielded 200 per acre from many acres. The farm runs its own railroads factories and machine shops.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing wool silk cotton and blends. It invites readers to ask druggists for the Diamond Dyes Color Card and promises rich fade resistant colors for clothing and draperies. A separate item questions lifeguard pay at a bathing resort noting salaries from 40 to 60 a week and a jibe about the job requiring quick rescue actions.
The ad touts Pape s Diapepsin as the fast remedy for indigestion gases sourness heartburn fermentation and acidity caused distress. It claims immediate relief after tablets, allowing enjoyment of favorite foods, with a small cost and harmless pleasant action.
A fragmented column snippet mentions Mrs Becker and a busy week with references to multiple husbands landlords and cooks. The tone resembles tabloid humor or gossip from New York sources. The readable text is sparse, offering only partial names and a light domestic scene.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for infant skin relief including Cuticura Soup bath Ointment and a scented dusting powder. It highlights routines with Cuticura Ointment and talks up Cuticura Talcum as essential to personal care.
Ilya Tolstoy, son of Count Leo Tolstoy, wed Nading Pershina, a Russian countess, at Newark New Jersey city hall in a ceremony officiated by Mayor Charles P. Gillen. Both had prior marriages and divorce on July 23, 1920. Witnesses included Gustav Hirshovits and Lt. Dennis Cronin.
Chicago women Mrs. Martha Schuster and Mrs. H P Booth claim ownership of a large Chicago land parcel through alleged descent from Count Casimir Pulaski. An 1864 army discharge bearing Vladislaw von Poleski is cited, while Philadelphia lawyer Joseph Gross seeks to prove another descendant, Count Cladislaw Burdinsky, also tied to the Pulaski lineage.
Illinois Senator Sherman, facing extreme eye strain from overwork, may require a year of rest or risk blindness. Born 1858 in Ohio, he rose from county judge to speaker, lieutenant governor, and senator elected March 23, 1913 to fill Lorimer’s term, with term ending March 3.
General John A. LeJeune, new head of the United States Marine Corps, is urged to play a leading role in the Haiti controversy amid a debate over unconstitutional warfare. Secretary Daniels had secretly sent LeJeune to Haiti to investigate. The United States has long maintained a protean fiscal hold over Haiti, with Marines under navy command, acting as a police force for the state department and reporting through the secretary of the navy.
A fashion note describes satin and taffeta dance frocks with petal inspired panels, scalloped hems, and satin back facings. Bodices are modest with georgette bands and satin shoulder straps, while girdles feature satin flower clusters. Girdles of satin fruit decorations replace sashes, and skirts are full with wide hems.
The fashion reporter notes a shift from georgette to plain color taffeta blouses accented with plaid and striped ribbons. Embroidered georgette remains popular in blouses and smocks, while new jacket styles in taffeta feature simple fronts, two color embroidery, and neat button rows. Tortoise shell buckles on shoes gain popularity as a common, imitated accent.
A clever exchange in the Louisville Courier Journal notes Mr. Auergias, struck by a stiff neck, hearing an optimist propose a silver lining. The man frets over a photo pose while the other jokes about posing without neck twisting and cold tongs. The scene shifts to talk of a back-to-Berlin exiled figure and a cartoonish gallery remark about a statue labeled Caesar.
Professor Pritchard recalls a dinner remark about fault finding in education. A father who used to help his son with homework finds his child saying the teacher thinks the boy is getting stupider every day, forcing the boy to work alone.
A fragmentary note centers on romance and aphorisms about love and business. It juxtaposes a declaration of affection with lines about advertising and perception. The text argues that lack of advertising is like winking in the dark and notes that ceremonies are a social invention to deter fools.
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