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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
3
Century old remedy advertised for kidney and urinary issues. Claims non patent status, imported Haarlem Oil, guaranteed to relieve symptoms with three sizes and money back. Promotes continued use to prevent relapse and notes druggists stock the product.
A constituent challenges a senator over his remarks. Sorghum replies that lack of understanding leads to ill informed disapproval, urging clearer comprehension before judgment. The exchange underscores scrutiny of public speech and accountability.
A dialogue confronts the joke that any mishap pleases a pessimist. The exchange questions who benefits from misfortune and how optimism vs. cynicism shapes reactions, leaving readers with a wry, unresolved tension.
Researcher Dr Irv ing Phillips Lyon of Buffalo N Y states permanent fatness marks illness of the body not just weight. He links excess fat to defects in glands such as the thyroid and pituitary and argues hereditary fat is not passed by inheritance but via gland defects passing between generations.
Notices urge careful checking of Castoria bottles to confirm the signature of gemeyy Zudehine, highlighting the long history of use for over 80 years. Parents are urged to trust Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children as a familiar remedy.
A brief note reflects a proverb about sowing beads and manners, suggesting generosity and courtesy lead to a plentiful return in communal life. The text emphasizes kindness as a guiding principle for social harmony and mutual aid.
A long list reports Iowans killed or died of wounds in action during World War I. The piece cites Lieut Mathew D Eckerman and many others from Des Moines Prairie City Hanson Logan Cresco Iowa City Broomfield Mystic New Albin Rockwell City and Des Moines among the fallen. It also covers butter price investigations, state board reelects officials, and postwar farm and immigration notes. The article closes with an essay urging veterans to take up farming in Canada and outlining opportunities for returned soldiers.
Dr Horaece Whitney Williams of the University of Chicago warns that isolation warmth and careful care are the only true influenza treatments. He criticizes a string of so called cures and repeats a grocer joke about hair in butter to illustrate flawed remedies.
A weary traveler in a Washington Star excerpt shares a dream of a government order enforcing a speechless day. He insists no one cheated the rite road and recounts reciting the dream to others aboard.
Old Ben, a kind hearted durkie, fears for his soldier son who writes I’m some what in ramps. The letter says the boy is lost and unsure where he is, prompting Ben to report the distressing news to a curious narrator.
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