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Newspaper

Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1918

Page

3

Learning to read and a puzzled child’s word

In a primer Catherine struggles with the word have while recalling mam ma school and kitty. A mother notes the difficulty and a dental ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and hair care with free samples and mail order offers.

Catherine Dept. X Boston

Economy of leftovers and courtship imagery in old cooking prose

The text extols saving leftovers and reusing small portions to avoid waste, with tips on repurposing beans cabbage bread and pastry. It adds a humorous analogy comparing courtship to chasing a streetcar, noting men's restraint and women's satisfaction upon success.

Good Things for the Table Apples to Mackerel Dishes

A reader recipe roundup shows baked apples with jam and bread, corn waffles with corn flour and canned corn, banana custard pie using honey and lemon, baked hominy with milk and egg yolks, and mackerel soaked then baked. It also notes using cottage cheese whey as a milk substitute in cakes and gems.

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief

An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin provides instant relief from indigestion gas acidity and stomach distress after meals. It touts quick action as the world's fastest stomach reliever and notes low cost at drug stores.

Pape

Better Let Child Choose in Mother's Magazine Plea

Mantha G. Nichols argues for child choice between right and wrong in a Mother's Magazine piece. A mother offers a boy the option to cooperate or be accommodated, and he surprisingly selects the better path. The author says coaxing is questionable and that affirming the child's common sense encourages independent, thoughtful choices.

Mantha G. Nichols Mother’s Magazine Mamma

Swamp Root Kidney Ailment Remedy Highlighted

An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a superior medicine for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims broad efficacy and urges readers to start treatment, offering a sample for ten cents from Dr Kilmer and Co at Binghamton New York.

Kilmer Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y

Oil Rich Mexican Fruit Chichepoxtle Discovered

A new fruit found near Torreon Mexico named chichepoxtle contains about 25 percent oil. Experiments indicate high quality oil suitable as a industrial lubricant and show plans to cultivate the fruit on a large scale.

Torreon Mexico Chichepoxtle

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Action Cure

Advert says catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and acts on mucous surfaces. Claims rely on tonics and blood purifiers with testimonials offered by Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio. The ad also notes that wisdom varies among people.

Hall I. J. Cheney & Co Props Toledo

King Solomon Rants After Motion Picture Binge

Court stenographer recalls Solomon declaring there is nothing new under the sun after a week of attending four movie shows daily, six musical comedies, and a stack of Sunday comics. The court chamberlain asks what put him in that mood as the king dictated words precisely.

Solomon

Too Stout to Skip in Town Toples

A lighthearted use of a quip about Mrs. E being stout and unable to skip through a dull story appears in Town Toples. The snippet captures social chatter and character sketches typical of the column.

Sarcasm Bites In Odd Cash Exchange Between Two Men

Holloway mocks Jimpson for sarcasm while recounting a ten dollar loan. He reveals he never returned fifty dollars borrowed the previous year. The exchange circles around repayment and a quip about future payments. The line ends with a wry note on greatness shrinking with distance.

Holloway Jimpson Wimpleton

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil headline relief for backache kidney issues

For centuries Gold Medal Haarlem Oil offers relief for backache lumbago sciatica rheumatism gravel stones and kidney bladder stomach ailments. It cleanses kidneys purifies blood and may prevent further problems. Buy capsules from your druggist with money back guarantee.

Haarlem

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