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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
7
Mrs Jas Rohrberg of Pittsburgh credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing months of weakness causing backache and headaches after taking two bottles. The ad urges other women with uterine or nervous complaints to try the remedy and notes its forty year history.
Monte Jacobs of Pinole mocks a farmer in a Richmond to oil-city trip. Jack Silva, from Martinez, asks for a transfer and receives a clothespin instead. Jacobs quips the pin is good on his Hnel, proving his knack for dealing with the public.
A white bearded man entered a downtown real estate office and, brandishing a roll of bills, sought to buy a lot. A salesman showed plat books and asked which area he preferred. The man replied he wanted a small lot in Crown Hill cemetery.
The American Forestry Association wins broad support from governors councils of defense and civic groups to plant memorial trees in 1919. Proposals include an Avenue of the Allies in Washington DC and Pershing Boulevard in Chicago, with letters urging recognition from city mayors and state leaders. France’s forests suffered mass destruction, prompting calls to replant along major highways including the Lincoln Highway to honor fallen soldiers.
In the late 16th to early 17th century, Spain and Holland harshly treated ships of other nations carrying goods to belligerents. England protested the strictures and the conduct described as contraband, prompting broader diplomatic friction.
In the northern tip of Manhattan rises 270 feet above water where Fort George stood in the revolutionary era. It linked to Fort Tyron and Fort Washington and later became Camp Laurel Hill under British control. Excavations have unearthed muskets buttons and huts from that era. A preserved conversation in a Southern newspaper reflects nuanced Civil War era views.
John Kendrick Bangs notes finding a sizable Abraham Lincoln tribute in a prominent Atlanta paper. He recalls being in Atlanta over Lincoln's birthday and describes the newspaper's three column spread featuring Lincoln with a fitting tribute.
The wild pineapple in the Philippines grows abundant with thorny leaves housing long silky fibers suitable for spinning into fine threads. The resulting cloth, known as pina, is woven on hand looms and commands high prices.
In two English words all the vowels are removed to reveal a hidden puzzle. The fragment hints at a playful, wordplay style noting vowels and consonants and a strange phrasing. The rest reads like an oblique clue, and the text appears as garbled graffiti or a cryptic note.
Donald B. Mac Millan and his Arctic expedition carried a marine generating set allowing electric lighting inside their lodge and a front door headlight that projected ten miles over the ice. Ensign Jerome Lee Allen of the U S Navy operated the radio and ran the plant.
Mrs Oldrich questions a bread delivery and asks who the young lady is. The boy reveals he called her the old woman, while Mrs Hays notes the son earns money from his singing at the opera. The exchange ends with the line Oh.
A humorous exchange centers on who ate the salmon. The cat is blamed, then dismissed as unable to operate a can opener, highlighting a playful dispute over causation and capability.
A home remedy suggests mixing Bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. The preparation should not color the scalp and remains non sticky or greasy. Full directions are included with each Barbo Compound box.
Guidance on selecting woolen fabrics advises holding material to the light to reveal even, unbroken threads. The best quality pieces show uniform texture with no gaps or flaws, ensuring durability and consistent appearance.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for soothing itchy scalp and dandruff with a daily routine of Cuticura Soap and hot water. It promises clear skin and soft hands. It also promotes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for pimples headache and bad breath.
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