21 Oct 1920
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
1
Comptroller Williams states unjustified call money rates in New York have driven shrinkage in security values. He cites a small group of brokers fixing renewal rates, warns of power concentration, and links high rates to adverse effects on bonds, stocks, and overall commerce.
Chicago reports prices for butter eggs and poultry are expected to decline in the coming month. Frank G Hetman of the National Poultry Butter and Eye association predicted softer prices as colder drier weather should boost laying and drive down costs. In Ossining New York seven suspects hunt for George Stivers and three others who escaped Sing Sing, knocked down keepers and stole a car from an Ossining resident.
Galveston reports the death of Grant Hamilton special representative of the federal department of labor aged 52 found dead in his hotel room. Physicians said heart disease caused his death.
Dynamos caused blasts at the Rockford coal mine entrance in Rockford West Virginia near Morgantown. Two workers inside escaped unharmed as the dynamite damaged the portal and nearby tipples.
Athens reports the physicians attending King Alexander express satisfaction with his progress as he recovers under care.
Anatole Vrance, aged seventy six, noted writer, wed Mile Eisma La Precette at Tours France. Camille Flammarion, the renowned astronomer, announced by friends in Paris the marriage of Mile Gabrielle Renaudot. Flammarion is also described as seventy six.
Cleveland defeats Brooklyn 3 to 0 in game seven at home to secure the title. The series saw Cleveland win five of the seven games. Also noted are horse racing and boxing results featuring Man of War and Georges Carpentier's knockout victory in Jersey City.
The Supreme Court in Washington refused to reconsider last June 7 decision upholding the prohibition amendment and enforcement act provisions. Attorney General Pal mer in Washington ordered that evidence be gathered against mine operators in central Pennsylvania for profiteering.
Mrs G B Hutchinson of Springdale faces death after a car crash near Iowa City. Mrs Laura Morting of Ummersburg dies in Chicago Hospital after illness. Emma Peters of Cedar Rapids jailed in Marion for court behavior. Chicago bandit Thomas Batchelor sentenced to life for shooting Herman Uecker at a bank in Folleston. Albert Conrad alias Frank Smith escapes federal custody en route to Annmose to serve ten years. Red Oak to power Cumberland, Massena and Bridgewater with one plant. Twenty Iowa City merchants may fund 5,000 each to start a 100,000 electric plant for downtown use. Over 2,500 dollars of merchandise stolen from Hub Clothing in Burlington by sky light entry. W J Covk, 77, bank president and longtime attorney of Webster City, dies. W Barker of Sioux City killed by streetcar. James Cook injured in car crash, likely fatal. Five youths hurt near Atlantic in auto crash. Deacon Patch badly hurt. Cecil Robbins, Paris Dewitt, White London, and Dele Hoptey hurt in crash. Charles Strole nearly suffocated by hay fork fall near Hamburg. Mrs Strole assists husband. Herman Ruckenbrod, 83, scalded in Hawkeye Boiler Repair shop. live steam exposure. Mrs Serena David, 73, nearly dies after iodine ingestion in Des Moines. Preliminary hearing: Hugenholtz and Moffet held for murder. released to Army for trial. H Grietel killed as auto struck by train near Grand Mound. Garretson and Olja Behultaz arrested in Des Moines. son took family car to Des Moines. The Garretson boy’s father reported the car taken a week prior.
A long fragment recounts a life crossing from Irish patriotism to Swiftian satire, then shifts to Gulliver like adventures. It covers birth in Dublin, a medical career, sea voyages, and escape from Lilliput, Blefuscu, and Blefuscu’s king. It blends historical figure references with literary pastiche in a reflective portrait.
An 1919-era memoir style piece recounts travels from a voyage to Surat, encounters with Brobdingnagians and Lilliputians, and later anecdotes about ironies in life. The narrator recalls ships, storms, a king at court, and a boyish dream of home, interwoven with humorous vignettes about public speaking mishaps and odd judgments.
The American Legion Weekly notes that alliteration appears in ancient texts though not universally and cites Cicero and Virgil. It quotes William Mathews on attempts to reach battlefields in France, humorously contrasting effort and avoidance in two years of trying.
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports its fiscal year ended June 90 produced the largest annual tax collection since its founding in 1852, marking a historic revenue peak.
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