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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
5
The Toadville Clarion pays a handsome compliment to Eliphalet Sogsby an old citizen who died recently. The editor notes the Hon. Sogsby sat on public meeting platforms for thirty years and was never known to speak. His place will be hard to fill.
An early 20th century style ad warns of liver and bowel poison from meals and promises Cascarets as a safe overnight laxative without harsh pills. It contrasts with calomel and salts while claiming easy, sleep-time relief. A marginal note references Private Stev Bedell and a mention of East Indian troops with snow bags from a Stars and Stripes piece.
An advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It stresses a tonic and blood-purifier blend, with testimonials and product details from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A Chicago Daily News item notes a bright youth claiming an escaped parrot as part of a curious scene. The quip suggests playful misdirection in a lighthearted column.
Representative Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio gave an extraordinary house address recounting Civil War fighting styles. He detailed Hood’s Chattanooga through Franklin battle scenes, naming numerous generals and moments, and contrasted Union and Confederate losses and leadership.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip recalls a blunt policy on honesty as a speaker confesses a past risky joke about “passing a spade” that left two fingers shot off, illustrating a harsh lesson in truth telling.
Advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates stomach and intestinal digestion, purges impurities, and supports bile secretion. Marketed as a sovereign remedy used worldwide for indigestion nervous dyspepsia and constipation for decades. Includes social quip about poverty and taste forcentures.
Recipe for darkening gray hair with Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine mixed with water. Apply twice weekly to shade gray hair without coloring scalp. inexpensive and easy to prepare at home or by a druggist. Mentions an electric pen invention by an Indian native that carbonizes paper as it passes.
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