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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
The excerpt features Grandfather Merrivale complaining about the idea of fun during a hard winter with high taxes, wood and coal costs, and rising food prices. He fixates on a single word from a speech and repeats it, highlighting his gruff, argumentative temperament and the bleak Christmas mood.
A Praxis style exchange asks if one believes in self help with a wry reply. An ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellets claiming benefits for liver bowels and stomach and prescribes one pellet as laxative and three as cathartic. A note states Holland bans bulb exports except via Neense.
James Milne paints Paris during wartime as brave yet grieving. Parisiennes appear dignified in mourning yet resolute, balancing charm with strength. The piece visits Old Paris landmarks and school figures, linking past culture to present resilience.
The Balkan Gypsies roam from Constantinople to Bohemia with routes learned by lore passed down through generations. They endure poverty with lean caravans and dirty children yet stand out as the most musical of the clan, their music a cherished skill across Eastern Europe.
A June 1 note explains President Johnson had set May 25 1865 as a day of humiliation and prayer for Lincoln's death but Ascension Day created an ecclesiastical clash. No revised proclamation followed to substitute June 1 as the mourning day.
Myr asks how to dress on five hundred dollars a year while Twobble calculates twenty five outfits at twenty dollars each. He notes five hundred dollars could buy twenty five such items but questions the value of a bath robe.
An insurance examiner notes kidney disease often goes unnoticed by applicants and rejected policies. Drugstore reports praise Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, an herbal remedy claimed to help kidney problems. A sample bottle can be obtained by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
The Sleye Foundation completed a grand museum building near Broadway and 155th Street to house its vast collection of Indian relics from North Central and South America and the West Indies. Field mat De Booy returned from the Virgin Islands with new material, promising heightened public interest in native cultures.
T L Burnett of Louisville Kentucky aged eighty eight is noted as the last survivor of the Confederate congress. An advertisement promotes Cuticura skin cream with a free sample by mail and requests readers to send a postcard to Boston.
An advertisement promises a one day cure using LAXATIVE BHOMO QUININH tablets with Drogelats refund if it fails. Boxes bear the signature of B. W. GHOVH and are priced at 0c. The notice also mentions Australia purchasing California lumber.
A mother reads a sensational novel and mocks its realism while a father defends it as intensely realistic. The exchange centers on what counts as mort in fiction and whether the lovers’ dialogue and actions are believable.
Bishop Colfelt of Troy said at a dinner that some people gain no Sunday comfort from religion because others do not receive any comfort during the week.
Illustration caption features a wry saying about swallows joining a jolly lark and a playful nod to social clustering in a lighthearted pair of lines.
A humorous quarrel over a bulldog and a poodle ends with a plan to gift a brass collar to calm tensions. The exchange highlights domestic discord and comic motives in a light tone.
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