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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
2
Doan’s Kidney Pills promoted as the best recommended kidney remedy for backache and signs of bladder irregularities. The ad links weak kidneys to irritability, rheumatic and neuralgia pains, urging use of the product to eliminate uric acid from the system.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap claim rapid relief for eczema rash ringworm tetter and other skin or scalp eruptions. The ad urges readers to request free samples and notes widespread physician and pharmacist endorsement alongside price points and a Baltimore address for Dept. 9 K.
Representative Solomon Francis Prouty of Illinois Seventh district is noted as the only member of the House who chews gum with marked avidity. A 10 year smoke-free record is credited to a medical warning urging gum as a substitute for smoking.
A humorous aside presents a beauty doctor as the one man who can always be trusted by taking customers at their face value. The exchange ponders who that reliable professional might be.
In a playful exchange Jewett confirms Hewitt’s wife has lost her voice. The remark labels her a non combatant, drawing light humor from the situation.
For tired feet Allen's Foot Phase antiseptic powder is shaken into shoes to relieve sting from bunions and coins and make walking comfortable. Sold everywhere 25c. Refuse substitutes. Free trial package available by address A. J. Le Roy New York.
The line plays on a pun as George sports prominent whiskers described as mutton-chop style. The joke hinges on a sheepish expression linking facial hair to sheep.
An excerpt describes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a sugar coated remedy said to regulate stomach liver and bowels. The fragment also hints at social behavior and a remark on a woman's needs mentioning love and a vague second element.
The saying urges swift productive effort over lingering anger. It emphasizes timely action and readiness to provide results rather than hoarding efficiency or delaying with resentment.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution for symptoms during the Change of Life. It cites testimonials from women in Ohio Texas Pennsylvania Alabama praising relief from headaches dizziness hot flashes and nervousness and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
Records show 199 senate bills and 193 house measures enacted while 700 bills were introduced in the House of 1,264 total measures. Eight house and five senate joint resolutions were adopted and 13 resolutions passed in all. Several constitutional amendments and proposals to amend the U.S. Constitution were not adopted.
Decatur City postmaster Earl C. Riley shot and killed William Woodard on a Sunday morning dispute that began in a drug store. Riley surrendered to the sheriff in Leon claiming self defense after Woodard allegedly drew a revolver. Woodard, a widower about 45, died within half an hour. Riley, about 22, said the weapon was carried in his coat pocket.
Des Moines reports Jerry B. Sullivan will accept a post on the Board of General Appraisers in New York City with a $9000 yearly salary under the Wilson administration. He plans to leave Iowa but calls the position honorable and notes it pays well. He predicts Judge A Van Waggenen of Sioux City may be named northern Iowa attorney and Louis Murphy of Dubuque as collector. He says southern district appointments are unsettled due to contest over the posts.
Mary Rabassa, a telephone operator in Iowa City, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. She left a note citing ill health and stating a spiritualistic medium predicted she would leave home late in April.
Andrew Davidson formerly of Monticello and now in Ames sold his Monticello area residence plus forty adjoining acres for 9500 dollars to Charles Kettie sen of Wyoming.
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