02 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
1
A stream of satirical and social notes on women’s suffrage in China, dreadnought costs, Mars communication, Abdul Hamid’s image, immigration chefs, Canadian rail mishaps, taxes funding naval arms, and moral reflections on wealth and widowhood. Notable mentions include Mrs Sage and Jay Gould, with reflections on society, fashion, and public life.
The piece contrasts George and Howard Goulds marriages to actresses with Anna Goulds costly alaries of dissipation by French nobles. It notes Helen Gould remains single using wealth for good, while Kansans curb wedding hijinks as a mob committing damages.
An article advising site selection for houses argues gravel offers ideal drainage and stability while rock and clay pose excavation and drainage problems. It notes rock can cause damp cellars and vibrations, while clay expands with water and freezes, harming foundations. Made land and sand are costly or unstable. gravel elevations best for safe building. It ends with brief jokes from Circle Magazine and Cleveland Leader.
Cary W. Hartman, Buffalo businessman and president of the Indian Association of America, urges education to curb tuberculosis on the Cattaraugus reservation near Lawton. He notes crowded, poorly ventilated homes and fear of white methods, while Carlisle graduates still prefer open air life. Hartman partners with the State Board of Health to promote sanitary housing for Indians.
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co. challenged commission rates as confiscatory but the U S Supreme Court held the commission’s rates prima facie fair. they were not arbitrary, and the complainant bore the burden to prove otherwise. Separate notes cover Alabama rulings on electors and foreign birth, and a registrars’ denial of registration for a non citizen applicant.
The court holds that foreigners who only declare intent to become US citizens and have not perfected naturalization have no right to register or vote in the state. It notes doubt whether the Legislature can confer such a right.
The London Evening Standard reports a method by Prof. Tomas ala using photographs of veins on the back of the hand for identification. The process captures a unique venous pattern and claims to be more reliable than fingerprints, as fingerprints can be altered by criminals.
John Mitchell recalls the grim shift of jobless men roaming westward to seek work and food. He describes how unemployment drives professional tramps, begging for sustenance, eroding pride, and reshaping character as hope for labor fades. He credits his stepmother for teaching him to work and preserving self-reliance.
An anecdote from Memoirs of a Surrey Laborer cited in Highways and Byways in Surrey depicts a carter named by Betteworth accomplishing the lifting of three elm trees onto a timber carriage with only himself and his horses. The feat, admired by onlookers, shows the horse team’s instinct and the farmer’s quiet authority, noting the absence of whip use and the old man’s skill at sixty and beyond.
A Success Magazine writer questions farming myths linking moon phases to potato yields. U S Department of Agriculture research shows no moon phase advantage, with similar crop outcomes whether planted in darkness or daylight. The exchange includes colorful quotes from a Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption and public curiosity.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes surprise at a British noble marrying an American chorus girl, calling it a risky, desperate match as public reaction weighs on high society norms.
In Long Island Sound a tiny, unpainted tug sits at a dirty wharf under repair. Its stern bears the grand name Dreadnought in imposing letters. The scene contrasts modest details with bold branding, echoing the idea that people value appearances.
In a village shop the lank proprietor faces a traveling salesman from the Mam moth Paint Company. The man bets the owner can raise five dollars to settle a past bill and proves his bluff by returning with payment. The episode ends with a promise to stock more goods and a tease about bringing the daughter.
The Paris gossip traces Prince Herman of Saxe Weimar’s meteoric life to a reckless spree. In his twenties he amassed debts, borrowed from officers, and spent lavishly on horses and entertainments. His family covered about $200,000 while Paris creditors mounted toward $900,000, with a stay in a garrison and later wanderings through Party and Vienna.
The article recounts Prince Herman’s final spree in Paris funded by borrowed money and forged guarantees. After bankrolling lavish living with Wanda, he faced bankruptcy declared by the grand ducal house, fled to London, and was seized by police. His family arranged intervention through the German embassy, leading to his confinement in a Frankfurt sanitarium as creditors pursue repayment.
A collage of curious facts on camel hair socks for Soudan horses, Mexican rubber plant value, US electric industry gains, tall women in hospitality, US petroleum and gas areas, a pheasant farm on a remote island, Tonawanda reservation corn drying, Chinese use of rice water, a British hotel luncheon anecdote, and Refeka Hanoum, daughter of Klamil Pasha, championing women’s uplift.
Win Henaon and Amien applied at the factory for a job. The foreman questioned why he left his last position. He replied that they asked him to please leave, and he did not want to refuse.
A fragment from Meggendorfer Blaetter describes a scene in the Nigeri Forest where a man’s passport or passes is discussed and a policeman carries him away, citing fear of returning home through the dark woods.
A cryptic excerpt contrasts bread with wind filled life. It reflects on how people fritter away time when not overwhelmed by regret, suggesting a meditation on sustenance and purpose.
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