21 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
1
The nine interior colleges banned professionalism, halted peak rivalries, and set unified fall practice dates to clean up athletics. After a year’s trial, rules largely held with one change rescinded, signaling another year of decency and manliness in sport as the game itself remains the aim.
The Lowell Courier suggests capital punishment, right or wrong, will gradually be reduced until it disappears, with juries harder to secure and public protests rising. Murders persist, and the extreme penalty may endure only in perhaps military treason cases.
The Chicago Chronicle weighs critics’ remarks about Chicago and questions whether the University of Chicago is truly great or merely large. It cites Professor Henderson and Jack London, noting Chicago’s reputation as a civilized city with western camp excesses, and invites reflection on the university’s stature.
A traveling Persian prince declares he is too busy to wed. He notes that if he must follow the late shah and take eighty wives, he cannot be faulted for postponing marriage as long as possible.
A spiritualistic medium claims Mars is angered because her signals are being ignored by Earth. She jokes that business on Mars must be dull as she complains to her neighbors.
The dowager Countess de la Peyrouse de Boufels died in Aix en Provence recently. She was Napoleon Bonaparte’s goddaughter and was baptized at St. Helena, where she was born in 1816.
A 700 foot tower planned for Coney Island faces opposition with critics arguing visitors should stay near the ground. Proponents say it will attract crowds and boost tourism. Local officials have yet to approve permits or set a completion date.
Des Moines reports that three insurance measures urged by a special commission passed the Iowa House with no dissent. The bills limit life insurer expenses, require annual apportionment and accounting of surplus, and apply these provisions to policies issued prior to the act. Also noted are plans for four industrial schools and a broadened rail rate commission discussion.
Representative Mercer introduced a bill to reorganize state congressional districts. It would move Dawson and Cousins to new districts, shift Birds into the Tenth and Conner into the Ninth, with changes in all districts except the Fourth. Only the named congressmen would be materially affected.
A period piece extols solid colored alabastined walls as superior backgrounds for art and furnishings. It contrasts permanent color with fading shoddy walls, advising strict material choices, cold water tinting, and thorough prep to ensure a permanent, sanitary wall that endures as a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.”
In Scituate Massachusetts Deacon J sells a feeble pair of oxen to Farmer T amid a five dollar disagreement. The deacon claims old age justifies the sale and the oxen prove useless. The buyer later urges the deacon to end his life. A separate note cites English studies claiming eldest sons are likelier to be criminals while youngest sons become paupers. Firstborns tend to be taller stronger and more capable, with genius-skewed distributions among eldest sons.
A physician stops coffee after discovering it harms him and his wife recounts how he fooled his clergy brother at dinner. She notes four years using Postum with continued benefit and claims it has the flavor of coffee without its poisons, inviting a tew days trial.
An advertisement touts Pazo Vointment as a guaranteed cure for itchiness and piles within 14 days offering a money back promise. It also includes a tobacco ad for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and quotes Epictetus on sustain and abstain.
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