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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
6
In a London Punch cartoon, a mother apologizes to her daughter for a harsh aunt's report labeling the girl naughty untidy and untruthful. The daughter questions whether the aunt could truly write such things about her own mother.
A. E. Pilkie of Des Moines invites inquiries for affordable lands and strong investment chances in Western Canada. Prospective buyers are urged to seek full particulars at the Pilkie desk, 202 West Fifth Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
Elise asks for the one thing she wants, a toy store, as her mother promises a single request will be granted. The four year old agrees quietly and accepts the limit set by her mother.
An old ad promises healing from burns or cuts with Cole's Carbolisaive claiming scarless recovery. It urges readers to send 20 cents to The J. W. Cole or Ackford in Newfoundland for the product.
The article states Canada’s farming wealth is estimated at seven billion dollars. It notes the sector’s size and potential impact on national economy, reflecting broad agricultural interests and regional contributions.
A brief aphorism notes that sharing another person s happiness costs nothing and reflects genuine affection.
A Madison County Iowa apple tree, the original Hawkeye later named Delicious, sparked a pomological romance. Jesse Hiatt planted it in the 1870s, Stark nurseries later propagated it nationwide, and by the present era the Delicious generates about 12 million dollars a year from a 7.5 million tree brood. The monument includes a granite boulder honoring the fifty year old parent tree and its enduring harvest.
The piece notes large Mexican populations in New York and Chicago with Chicago listing about four thousand. Many work in stockyards to fill labor shortages and settle in the old Irish quarter near the yards. Railroads employ hundreds and house workers in boxcar bunkhouses. Social and religious groups respond with a Presbyterian church mission at Jefferson Park and a Spanish speaking minister. Schools arrange special programs for migratory workers.
The article recalls ancient to medieval use of dwarf attendants and cites Bishop Berkeley’s experiment with Magraph, claimed to reach seven feet by sixteen and 7 feet 8 inches by death. It explains Chinook winds enabling prairie cattle to graze in winter and describes warm descending air creating foehn like winds in Switzerland and other regions.
Uncle Augustus explains to a young hunter how to cook a loon by boiling it in water and dropping a flat iron on it until done. The exchange presents a rustic, humorous glimpse of rural culinary lore and local dialect.
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. Reducing inflammation may restore hearing. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to rid the system of catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh. Sold by druggists, B. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, note about forty years of use.
Mrs Rawler notes language lessons from a gramophone, while Mrs Wagg admits her husband, Mr Wagg, has begun using new words since neighbors obtained theirs. The exchange hints at social influence and shifting speech in the neighborhood.
A brief item notes humorous grocery and street signs from the Boston Transcript with quips about feet and soda, reflecting light fare pedestrian humor and local wit.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows awealthy, irascible father threatening a young man who seeks his daughter's hand. He calls him a former suitor and orders him to leave, highlighting tensions in a paternal betrothal dispute.
A pithy reflection on social norms and self righteousness. The line critiques universal expectations and the tendency to judge others while ignoring personal biases.
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