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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
3
John D. Rockefeller recalls a Richford anecdote about a mean man whose stinginess led to a tiny fortune. At a church supper a cut required court plaster and a two cent stamp. a squire lent relief with a stamp and a penny saved became a penny earned in a final quip about thrift.
A witty exchange ends with a biting retort as she answers his persistent challenge. The brief repartee captures sharp humor and quick wit in a moment of verbal duel.
Alfred Westfall of Colorado Agricultural College notes telephones are an American invention. Four-fifths of the world’s telephones are in the United States and U.S. exchange systems offer unmatched convenience. European systems are slower and cumbersome. Telephones accelerate business and influence daily social life.
A witty remark compares a true wit to an appreciative dog, noting the wag is always ready with a taste. The joke hinges on a playful pun linking wagging and taste, reflecting light humor in concise form.
Lucerne, famed Swiss city on a lake, blends beauty with history. The Lion of Lucerne memorial, medieval walls and towers, painted bridges, and scenes of city life adorn its walls. fireside regulations once kept streets clear, women aided at night, and city fathers served in fire brigades.
A National Geographic report by J. R. Sitington Barrett describes the Trogiodytes of Cappadocia living in natural, stream-carved rock homes. They remain nearly untouched by housing issues or political fate, living near civilizations of 6,000 years ago and distant from modern urban concerns.
Fragmentary text notes Cappadocian Troglodytes and Babylonia 2000 years before Christ, contrasting mighty Euphrates Tigris power with primitive stone age social instinct, then mentions rough dwellings and lone paths as a clash with neighborliness.
The article describes Troglodyte communities around Mount Argaeus and the Halys River, noting their cave homes carved into cliffs and their isolationist society. It cites entrances high on rock faces reachable only by long poles and mentions ancient writers claiming harsh living rules, including killing the weak.
In Tokyo shrines Americans offer prayers on slips of paper, tucked into temple walls while native pilgrims fund travel for others. The Kyoto mikado’s palace spans twenty five acres within a walled complex, with bronze works, cloisonne, fans, and velvet, and Lake Biwa’s shores hold a 1,200 year old pine near breathtaking shrines.
William J Showalter writes to the National Geographic Society that Cuba’s sugar industry has surged since 1912 with production nearly doubling and prices quadrupling. He notes the vast cane output, describing it in hyperbolic terms and comparing it to a monumental wall around the island, underscoring sugar’s economic stakes for Cuba.
The article extols Cuba's sugar industry, claiming sugar output could load fleets from Havana to New York, with a thousand ships for every mile of the 1200 mile span. It likens Cuba's wealth to Midas and notes extraordinary profits per capita, plus enduring fertility with minimal cultivation after initial planting.
William H Hall argues to the National Geographic Society that Turkey offers vast latent resources. He describes five provinces Anatolia Armenia Kurdistan Mesopotamia Syria and notes coal iron copper marbles rivers harbors and passes as potential drivers of postwar development. He contrasts the large Ottoman domain with its European loss and outlines geographic boundaries from the Black Sea to Persia and the Mediterranean to the Caucasus.
A London from Detroit News reports a large American bird shipment arriving at the zoo. Cockatoos from New York 200 mimic American phrases like clam oysters on a half shell and California, while a small green parrot nearby also attempts California. A keeper counters with London, but the parrots seem to prefer the Yankee accent.
A pupil reports to his mother about the new fall teacher Miss Albright. He says she is bright and will make the rest of us bright, or know the reason why, highlighting optimistic views of the new instructor.
An old advertorial claims a blood disorder remedy called 5.8 clears germs at the source. It urges readers to begin today and send a case history to Chief Medical Ade ree at 1655 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, for free expert advice from the medical director.
A Boston Transcript item recounts a distantly sourced anecdote where a benevolent hostess at a soldiers’ dinner party receives a glass eye rolling onto a plate. A guest explains it was sent by a friend to test if drinks are available at that end, implying none are at his. The chatter shifts through quips about public life and a scientist’s fallibility.
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