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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
6
Philadelphia mother shares relief after a week to three months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports reduced nervous symptoms and improved appetite, claiming the remedy restored health and eased headaches and back pain amid motherhood pressures.
The British W A A CG chief Mrs. Burleigh Leich recalls a visit by an officer assigned to interview a young woman eager to enlist. An old buxom mother at the house warmly welcomed the officer, offering tea and gossip until the purpose emerged. She sighed thinking the visitor was Jim's new fiancée.
Marjorie visits new neighbors and notices a girl named Mary living with her grandmother. She deduces the grandmother lives next door from the girl’s “grandmother hair” remark. The exchange reveals family ties in a neighborly setup without further details.
In a terse exchange the line compares a peak of production to producing little. The caller notes the antithetical image of a grand-sounding peak yielding a small result. The dialogue uses humor to critique efficiency or ambition versus outcome.
A fashion columnist critiques the clash between weather concerns and dress trends in 1918. Arm coverings dominate discussion as sleeves range from tulte to bell shaped, while capes surge in popularity guiding day wear to evening elegance across multiple fabrics and periods.
Four magnificent Spanish shawls are revived in a grand abroad bag set, showcasing intricate patterns and traditional craft revived for international interest.
Agricultural guidance outlines methods to suppress perennial weed growth including clean cultivation, fallowing, pasturing with sheep goats and hogs, and the use of smother crops like alfalfa and buckwheat. It notes cultivating tools, grazing strategies, and building paper coverings as effective options to exhaust weed roots and reduce tops.
A Farmers' Bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture urges readers to grow their own food to reduce living costs and support the war effort. It explains how to create and maintain a farm garden on any plot size and details how to grow common garden crops, offering the bulletin free by writing to Washington, D.C.
War has given the sheep and wool industry a stupendous task. U.S. mills use about half the domestic wool. wartime demand increases reliance on foreign supplies and tightens access to available materials for uniforms and equipment.
Jens Jensen of West Park Ohio, aged 79, recounts severe years of pain and poor appetite. He credits Taniac with relieving his symptoms, enabling him to eat normally and resume activities. The ad notes Tanulie is available at first class drug stores with no price increase and stock can be obtained from Iowa jobbers.
Private Bill Jones of the Inte customs inspection in San Francisco visits a depot quartermaster’s office in France. Only a major and a captain are present when he demands transportation per a Furagraph order. The captain, recognizing Jones, quips about the mustache and shoulder bars. The two men had prior work together in San Francisco.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy to remove hard and soft corns and corns between the toes. It claims instant relief after applying a drop on the corn and says the product costs only a few cents and is available at drug stores.
An impresario recalls visiting Sir George Alexander who he says lived in a £70,000 mansion at Chorley Wood. On a train stop a guard shouted the village, provoking a passenger to shout back Who is Chorley Wood, then angrily ask What’s the row.
Soph-I was over to see her last night when someone threw a brick through the window and hit the poor girl in the side. Burr reveals the strike broke three of my fingers. The incident prompts concern for Soph and her visitor.
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