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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
8
A Muskegon woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring back strength after six years of severe weakness. The ad urges other women with gynecological issues to seek help, noting confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. and promising a personal, female respondent.
Advertisement touts Eatonic as a cure for acid stomach and related symptoms. It claims nine of ten suffer, promises removal of acid and gas, and rewards satisfaction with refund if not satisfied. Over half a million users allegedly benefited, with first tablet offering relief.
A jumble of quotes and jokes appears with dialogue about disliking a suitor, a tease about a past charm, and brief advices for pimples using Cuticura products. A stray line hints at hair woes and social crusades. The fragmentary text reads like a miscellany of 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippets.
A farmer explains that united effort can yield power like the horses pushing a fence. A Tillamook County Creamery report shows 1919 cheese sales of 1,954,080 dollars with whey cream and butter adding over 35 thousand, total 2,007,475. From 1909 to 1919 the 25 factories nearly quadrupled sales, with 1920 output ahead 23 percent. key is standardization, inspector oversight, and strong branding across Pacific markets.
United States Department notes cereals such as corn, wheat and buckwheat are widely grown. Farmers prefer buying flour and meal rather than grinding grain. Average farm family uses about 6 barrels of flour yearly. South averages 600 pounds corn meal per family. North about 50 pounds. Buckwheat and rice consumption is low, except where grown, usually under 100 pounds per family. Most families bake at home. some buy bread from traveling bakers.
For home use farmers still have some grain ground into flour and meal in certain sections where custom grist mills are found. Occasionally a farmer is found who has his own little mill and who makes his own flour and meal.
A scrub is an animal of mixed or unknown breeding lacking definite type or markings. Terms like native mongrel razor back dunghill piney woods cayuse broncho and mustang are related though many described animals show some finity of type despite no clear improved breed.
A former fad is now viewed as a solid business move. Farmers once debated seed corn choices as a trend, but sentiment has shifted toward treating careful seed selection as essential for reliable yields and farm profitability.
Weeds that are just germinating or have not yet gained a foothold on soil are easily killed by light cultivation. A hand hoe or weeder can effectively remove these young weeds before they establish themselves.
A column contrasts birds fighting behavior with a humorous London scene about a tire found on Bluff road and a tale from the writer. It notes sparrows staving with beaks and claws, starling bouts, and strong talons in raptors, plus quirks like spur winged geese and blunt horns on guinea fowl. Also includes a sketch of an ostrich farmer’s kick and a dealer’s tire anecdote.
A six year old asks his younger brother about death and heaven. The elder responds with a quip about not yet finishing a book on the last war, remarking he is not ready for the next one. The exchange is recounted in a Birmingham Age-Herald fragment.
Anecdotes from the Chicago Tribune recount the generous yet impractical Beranger, the famed 19th century French poet who shared all he had with beggars outside his modest home. One friend lamented missing an invite to his wedding after discovering marriage announcements were limited to close friends.
A weary consumer voices frustration at steadily climbing costs and the familiar excuses tradesmen offer to justify price hikes. The dialogue captures resignation and fatigue with ongoing inflation in everyday purchases.
A historic notice urges vigilance over the blood supply warning that sluggishness invites disease. It promotes Swift Specific Co vegetable blood medicine and invites readers to obtain medical advice at no charge by writing to the Medical Director in Atlanta Georgia.
Taylor returned home after work and heard a racket upstairs. He questioned his wife Mary who admitted she was making noise to fool a supposed burglar, saying she thought a man was in the house.
The passage credits Captain John Smith with naming New England. It notes his 1614 exploration of the northern coast, the map that named the region North Virginia, and the later adoption of Smith's name in the Mayflower charter era.
The eldest master of each town counts the families and prepares a list, which is sent to the Imperial tax house as part of an annual census process in China.
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