18 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
1
A fragmented nineteenth century style scene centers on a narrator coercing payment from M. Duchaine to be led to MMe Jacqueline. A tense confrontation unfolds as a voice at the door declares Jacqueline is present and the narrator whirls to face her.
In a dim room Jacqueline denounces Paul as a meddler while Leroux presses her for truth about debts and murder plots. The scene escalates as Paul reveals his possession of the money and Leroux confronts him with guns drawn, prompting a tense standoff among former allies and hidden fortunes.
Paul Hewlett wanders at night in Madison Square New York where an Eskimo dog leads him to a gambling house. He protects Jacqueline, the distressed mistress with memory loss, and hides her in his rooms. A murder and pursuit unfold as he vows to safeguard her and uncover her past amid legends of Chateau Duchaine and a perilous reunion.
I enter a rear room where an ancient, white haired man named Duchaine sits at a carved table, counting gold from a mysterious wheel. He invites a game, promising a near system, as Jacqueline’s fate weighs on me, and I win all his gold in quick succession.
They seem to get along well together. Neither one expected the other to be perfect when they married.
Wool furs have become staple in suits and top coats and now imitate sealskin muskrat and other pelts with close realism. Designers use wool fur to trim cloth suits with duyetyn and furfelt resembling sealskin, featuring tight basques, silk braid, bone buttons, and a narrow belt with a unique material band.
The article outlines girls and misses coats emphasizing soft coatings like velour, duvetyn, and velours with draping, smocking, and shirrings. It notes sturdy tweeds for school wear, new junior miss styles for flappers, and details on a velour coat with nutria fur bands, triangular inserts, and a grown up fourteen plus model in duvetyn with draped sleeves, shawl collar, and minimal buttons.
An ad by Frederick Kolla MD promotes Bitro-Phosphate as a tonic for underweight nervous individuals. It claims a French scientific discovery supports improved weight, strength, sleep, and vitality with a weekly fifty cent supply and a money back guarantee if benefits do not appear after a few weeks.
Short anecdotes trace how Longfellow wrote Wreck of the Hesperus after a storm at the fireside and how Rossini, in poverty, rewrote a duet after dropping it under his bed. A friend urged testing both versions revealing the later is improved and included in his works.
A dream featuring a church service with a large congregation is said to foretell riches late in life while a thin attendance warns of slander. The piece notes a dislike for fussy people, and jokes that if George Washington never told a lie he did not fish as a hobby.
A dental style ad copy touts lifting corns with fingers using Freezone drops that stop pain and remove the corn or callus root and all. It also pitches Cuticura Toilet Trio for skin care and cleanliness with Ointment, Soap or Talcum and a 26 cent price. The text blends home remedies and wholesome humor with promotional lines.
Dialogue portrays Phat fellow Jones as the perennial optimist. He remains hopeful under any workload, refusing to despair and urging others to persist, suggesting sunny resolve behind dark clouds.
A boy named Junior loved car rides and asked neighbors for rides despite his mother’s warnings. After an hour away, he told his mother the neighbors had given him a ride. She asked if he was told not to ask. he replied he only asked where to sit.
A Cleveland man asserts prices rise while people sleep and a new uniform schedule spreads through the market. He cites an overheard downtown store conversation where a clerk suggests marking down straw hats, but the proprietor insists prices must rise.
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