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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
2
A Harper's Magazine excerpt presents a lyric by Virginia Watson urging endurance and freedom. The piece reflects on burdens carried in war and frontier life, contrasting hardship with hope and strength. It closes with a vow to reveal the visions the speaker has witnessed.
Poultry keepers face hard mites that reduce eggs and growth and can kill setting hens. Mites thrive in warm weather. life from egg to adult takes about a week. Use sprays that reach cracks and hiding spots. apply outdoors, remove roosts and nests, then reapply as needed through summer.
A reflective meditation on fear grief belief and spirit. The passage argues fear grows into cautious sagacity and grief yields amiable tenderness while our life secret lies in discovering what we believe. It asserts trouble reveals existing traits rather than changing them.
The article notes sodium and potassium as highly interesting metals often discussed together. It describes their reaction with water causing surface spinning and possible flames, the resulting soapy feel when dissolved, and the water turning blue with red litmus. It also mentions a violent explosion if water is added to concentrated sulfuric acid.
An English inventor patents a rolling method to produce hollow steel bars from ingots that are first milled and oiled. The process aims to streamline production and improve bar quality.
A vintage guide highlights wholesome desserts using home grown or affordable fruit. Recipes include plain junket with fruit garnish, rice with bananas, velvet sherbet with lemon, peach ice cream with optional almond flavor, and apricot ice cream with orange juice and paste.
The British government will raise the Board of Agriculture to ministry level and appoint a minister to oversee agriculture in its broadest sense. The change aims to give coordinated leadership to farming, land use, and related sectors under a single government department.
A hypochondriac seeks Dr. Weir Mitchell who writes a simple note for a pharmacist. The pharmacist declines to fill it and reads the line as a Bible verse about self-control, highlighting a humorous take on medical overconfidence.
The grizzly bear shows a large appetite for varied fare. It enjoys violets rosebuds and bulbs, but also eats meat of any age. Favorite foods include apples turnips and honey, often with bees. It consumes wasps grasshoppers ants grubs snakes rats mice and rabbits.
The article notes that early Indians grew corn for hominy flour corn and bread and soups. It credits them with inventing succotash and claims we owe them our best corn recipes including hoecake and cornbreads. It asserts corn remains the same great American food crop today. It adds a vivid measure: last year’s maize crop stretched in wagons to circle the globe nine and a half times.
English inventor patents bunk beds for ships that remain horizontal despite heavy rolling. The design promises steadier sleep aboard vessels and could transform shipboard accommodations.
Fragmentary verse line appears to question the outcomes of ill acquired gains and persistent success, marked by archaic language and a punctuated refrain.
On a September voyage, Cara seeks attention from Sam Russell aboard the Witherspoons’ yacht while Peggy Short and Duval observe. A sudden plunge follows a cry of girl overboard as Sam dives to save Cara. Back aboard, Cara feigns shock, and Sam’s devotion deepens though Peggy plans her own flirtation, creating tension among the party.
Sam Russell rescues Peggy after a plunge overboard during a cruise near Martha's Vineyard and Narragansett Pier. Peggy confesses love, rejects a quick promise, and agrees to a future in New York as the pair seal plans with a daring proposal.
An early health column notes that lack of phosphorous can cause nervousness sickness and thinness. It touts Euro Phosphate as an organic phosphate aiding nerve tissue and body vigor while warning to avoid fat-producing foods if flesh gain is not wanted.
A tiny bottle of Freezone costs only a few cents and can be applied with fingers. It claims to lift off hard or soft corns and calluses from feet instantly without pain, allowing removal with no soreness.
A playful exchange captures a boy and a young man debating sister’s hidden style and big ears. An aside mentions a “Lady of Distinction” known for fragrance and a beauty routine using Cuticura Soap and Talcum Powder to achieve clear skin.
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