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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1928
Page
7
Mrs Frank Sellers of Vinton Iowa testifies that the product helped her after years of weakness and schooling absence. The ad notes women across generations praise the remedy and recommend it to daughters.
A humorous exchange recalls a mother taking Ruth to a movie where a love scene prompted the child to ask if the hero “got too much lipstick.” The remark captures a child’s candid reaction to film romance.
A writer laments rejection as the editor refuses to buy stories. The columnist notes the editor's firm stance and ongoing reluctance to purchase new work, highlighting a tension between creative effort and market demand.
The Sandman narrates a Zoo gathering where Grass Finch from Australia, Black-Cheeked Love Bird from East Africa, Brush-Bronze-Wing Pigeon from Eastern Australia, Java Sparrow, a Japanese variant, Jackson Whydah from British East Africa, and others share their origins and home traits. The birds describe colors, quirked quips about quarters, and a fond chattering farewell.
A quotation reflecting on sowing in life. It compares harvests of contentment to daily actions and warns against retirement from study and the love of music. It cites Emerson on the spiritual surpassing material power and notes Henry Drummond's missed musical cultivation.
The article links the belief in the seventh son of a seventh son to healing power, tracing roots in Apollo and Mercury’s seven strings lyre, seven metals, and Egyptian Thoth. It argues the pattern ties to Mercury’s planet and healing traditions across cultures.
Little Margaret visits grandparents and asks her grandfather to plant all potatoes mashed so grandma can have them whenever she visits. The light hearted moment shows family love and simple kitchen humor.
The piece traces the origin of the phrase honest graft from George W. Plunkitt and contrasts graft with integrity. It emphasizes clean appearance and personal presentation as essential selling tools, noting that a clerk's attire and grooming influence customer trust and sales effectiveness. It ends urging careful, respectable dress to attract customers and rewards.
A fragmentary excerpt offers a quirky dialogue on truth and self. It hints at themes of perception and growth as the speaker muses on honesty, vanity, and learning from life and even a forger’s lessons.
A reflective line about distrust and the futility of expecting logic from hungry or ignorant people. It argues that accepting nothing as the norm yields resilience against life’s pressures.
Article advises handling slightly worn merchandise honestly and fairly. It urges clear labeling of bargains as imperfect, warns against deception, and explains how thrift-minded customers will value transparent discounts while upholding the store’s good faith.
A Scots man recounts a warden’s confrontation with William Sykes over nights in a prison sentence. The warden assigns seven days of hard labor and warns of quiet compliance. Sykes protests and pledges to return in the morning after claiming the earlier order did not specify nights.
A quotation argues that destroying a good book is a moral crime equal to killing a man, because it harms reason and the image of God within us. It links the act of book destruction to a broader ethical erosion.
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for colic, constipation, and diarrhea in babies. It claims the medicine eases fretful nights and mild illnesses, recommends consulting a doctor for real sickness, and notes a care book included with the product.
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