11 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
1
An ad touts Cascarets as a gentle daily tonic to aid the liver and bowels without harsh laxatives. It notes 25 million boxes sold yearly and claims the product works while you sleep and is inexpensive. A separate tale recounts P T Barnum’s English show tour and a music hall joke about an usher directing tickets.
To get genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin look for the Bayer Cross on each package and on each tablet. The cross signals true aspirin trusted by physicians for over eighteen years and proven safe for colds headaches earache toothache neuralgia lumbago neuritis and general pain. Proper directions are in every unbroken Bayer package. 12 tablets in handy tins cost only a few cents and Druggists offer larger Bayer packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
The writer recalls sleeping with gloves and using cold cream to soften fingers hoping to impress a girl. At a fraternity dance she grabbed his hand and mocked his infant like palm, exposing the failed effort and his slick appearance.
Constipation invites troubles speedily unless checked by Green's August Flower a gentle laxative that regulates digestion cleanses and sweetens the stomach and intestinal canal stimulates the liver to secrete bile and remove impurities from the blood. A sovereign remedy used for over half a century in thousands of households worldwide for indigestion nervous dyspepsia a sluggish liver and related symptoms sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle take no substitute.
Eleanor Franklin Egan portrays Alexandropol Armenia where residents, including women with grass bunches and men with grease stains in pockets, continually eat grass as a seen normal habit, a scene she finds startling amid broader cultural surrender.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as internally taken to cure catarrh by affecting mucous surfaces. It promises $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available, and lists Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio as the source.
A brief, quippy exchange from the Louisville Journal notes a joke about Turkish rhapsodies. The dialogue contrasts expectations with a blunt remark implying nothing worth celebrating remains. No further context or actions are provided.
Dave helps an orphaned boy Charlie then confronts Conward’s plot. After a failed confrontation Dave rushes into a reckless night drive, recalls Irene and their vow, contemplates vengeance against a killer wolf, and returns to his war duty resolve as Edith seeks him.
A WWI era reminiscence recalls a Sunday hike in France where a weary peasant woman with three fallen sons embodies sacrifice and dignity. The narrator describes helping her wheelbarrow, visiting a cold one room home, and the pride she bears in her sons who died for France. Her spirit defines true wealth.
The Milwaukee meeting between the school board and teachers is noted with humor over wages for washing. A teacher jokes about earning six dollars a day washing, contrasting with five dollars for teachers. The Oregonian reports the scene and questions the quotation's accuracy and grammar.
The text traces Cape Ann's temporary settlement shortly after the Mayflower voyage, notes Thorwald and Captain Smith’s explorations, and describes a shift from agriculture to fishing by 1700 as the region's defining livelihood. It mentions St Tragabigzanda and the attraction of English fishing vessels to the coast.
Enjoyed Long Life. Shifnal in England boasts the longevity record with churchyard headstones. Notable gravestones include Willian Wakley aged 124 and upward and Mary Kates aged 127, wife of Joseph Kates, who married a third husband at ninety two. Wakley lived through eight monarchs.
Mr Hardiface refuses a kiss saying the spot is too tight and daylight brings risk of a concealed camera. Miss Manchester recalls a kiss under electric light last night. Tough Willie notes Lillie’s fighting again and jokes about his eye.
Dialogue notes Goodefellows described as straight as string while Walters agrees he is equally breakable, signaling a sharp characterization in a quoted exchange. The exchange underscores tension and personal reputations in a social scene.
A Kentucky physician testifies from personal use that Peruna treats catarrh and digestive issues and has helped both young and old. He urges readers to try Peruna for coughs colds and related stomach and bowel concerns, noting prompt improvement. Pills or squid capsules are available widely.
London officials seek guidance on what to do with a preserved mummy kept behind the Mansion House in an old church. Identified as Old Jimmy by locals, the intact figure including eyes skin and ribs raises questions about provenance from the 1668 Great Fire era. The rector invites public suggestions on disposal.
The government of India has sent fetters to various chambers of commerce urging a plan to maintain seven air route centers. Proposed sites include Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Delhi Rangoon and New Delhi. Centers would serve all air routes across India and Burma.
Hash is described as the lingering trace of a meal in a compact aphorism, evoking appetite and memory with a paradoxical image.
The text links Friday superstition to the crucifixion, notes beliefs about spilling salt linked to Judas in Da Vinci’s painting, and suggests salt as a symbol of incorruptibility. It concludes with a Cicero quotation about duties and wishes without a direct narrative.
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