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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
7
In Shadeland an Evening Star reader encounters Shakespeare and Galileo chatting about current events. The piece blends witty lines with ads and small notices on health pills, postal samples, and Maine steam log haulers noting loads per sled and overall hauling capacity.
The ad claims Cole Co. of Rockford offers Colebi salve that heals hurt quickly without scars. It asserts surgical operation is needed to reveal one’s best, hinting at improved appearance after treatment.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble, backache, and other ailments. It claims long history, odorless tasteless capsules, and widespread use for bladder liver stomach and blood cleansing, warning of serious disease if untreated.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports rapid growth in beef cattle production across Arkansas Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee. Extension specialists shipped thousands of pure bred cattle to Southern states and conducted 154 farm visits 118 counties and 82 587 miles to train farmers and coordinate demonstrations resulting in 129 pure bred bulls 824 purebred cows and 1 805 grade cattle placed on farms.
The article praises the U S Bureau of Markets for daily telegraphic Chicago livestock market reports. It notes private reports were biased, but government figures based on railroad cars arriving have earned broad confidence among shippers and farmers and many Chicago stockyards firms now rely on official estimates.
Farmers emphasize that hens require sheltered, warm, and dry housing when cold rain or snow hits. Proper coop protection keeps birds healthy and ensures steady egg production and profitability for poultry operations.
The report cites leaky roofs and faulty walls as the likely cause of poultry illnesses and discomfort. It warns that such conditions invite cold, rheumatism, and related ailments in birds.
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder issues may suffer back pain headaches and fatigue. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as a healing kidney liver and bladder medicine with sample bottles offered by mail and bottles sold at drug stores.
A Honolulu dispatch to the Los Angeles Times reports Hawaii has so far escaped the Spanish influenza epidemic, with precautionary quarantine for ships and limited hospital cases. The disease’s impact is feared among native Hawaiians due to high susceptibility.
Fifty one years of use across the United States are claimed for Boschee's Syrup in treating coughs bronchitis colds settled in the throat and lung troubles. It promises a good night’s rest and easy morning excretion while aiding nature to heal. Made in America and sold for over fifty years. Garfield Tea advertised as remedy for constipation indigestion and biliousness with a retiring drink.
An article discusses a coated tongue as a sign of liver trouble. Prof HEM METER asserts the liver is second in importance to the heart and may be plagued by intestinal blockages, causing headaches and jaundiced symptoms. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative remedy.
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