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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
2
In a sunny Oklahoma pasture a tired dairy worker named Mrs. Cora Short gains health through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after seven bottles. She reports improved strength, sleep, and mood enabling continued hard work at home and farm duties.
Louisville Courier Journal laments new idea to clean blackboards with vacuum cleaners in New York schools. The piece argues the change would worsen the sense of childhood as slate pencils and water buckets fade from daily life.
The article credits Dr. Abraham Gesner a Canadian geologist with developing kerosene from bituminous shale and camel coal, naming it kerosene though it yielded him little profit. After petroleum discoveries in Pennsylvania in 1859 kerosene became a main oil distillate and funded many fortunes.
In Glendale California, C A Redmond heard a rattling on his porch and found a thoroughbred Boston terrier attached to a shipping tag. The note says the owners are leaving the city in haste and asks to care for the dog until they can reclaim it, promising it will be worth their while.
Pathfinder Magazine notes women endure discomfort for appearance. It cites wearing tight slippers and six inch heels as comfortable while shivering in light clothing. It compares modern women's Spartan image to ancient Greek practices of hair removal by flame.
A young woman with a sporting turn bets on a horse with a bookie. She asks how much she would win at various odds and the bookie explains the payout includes the stake. She then asks what payout would be if the race starts at one o’clock.
A description explains cold blooded fish die from extreme cold as they are pulled from 80 degree Antarctic waters into 70 degrees colder air. The text notes millions of thle fish perished in Atlantic currents and fish caught by Scott's expedition froze upon exposure to air.
Report notes nearly half of Swedish farms have electric power while only about three percent of American farms are electrified, highlighting a stark contrast in rural infrastructure and modernization between the two nations.
In a playful tale the geese argue for preference while Miss Brown Hen escapes a road hazard and Miss Red Hen plans a solo. Red Top the Rooster proclaims a crowing song as ducks and other animals prepare for a barnyard concert that becomes a raucous, celebrated event.
John Lyle Harrington recalls counting habits from childhood that shaped his path to engineering. He entered college at twenty two and became a renowned engineer designing bridges worth millions and leading the American Society of Mechanical Engineers worldwide.
The article discusses a folk remedy claim that moistening a finger in the mouth and rubbing sunward around a ringworm could cure it. It frames the practice as a survival of ancient sun worship beliefs tied to saliva and spiritual power, citing Pliny and Roman thinkers.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece explains hobnob as a social term arising from old English hearth corners. Each corner house had a heat hole for ale and a small round nob table, making hobnob mean drinking snugly in the chimney snuggery.
A 1927 motivational piece argues cowardice is running from difficulties and urges self control, proactive problem solving, and timely action. It notes that delaying action breeds disaster and that facing tasks strengthens will and purpose, with praise for daily challenges as growth.
The New Haven Register quotes Mr. Mellon as declining a $70 million property offer. He says the price is good but he does not want the bother of reinvesting such a sum, noting it would interfere with his golf.
A frugal buyer and a vendor quarrel over slate and coal in a rustic bargaining scene. The man claims he can dig enough coal to cover a roof while the vendor grumbles about lack of slate. The dialogue highlights thrift and grit in a comic, urban-tinged rural exchange.
The line mocks readers with a wry quip about survival of the fittest in urban foot traffic. The remark hints at street safety themes without naming individuals or events.
A brief wry anecdote recalls Mrs Giddy as a self made widow after her husband dies from misprints in her cookbook. The remark highlights a fatal faux pas in a humorous tone.
A brief note contrasts two quotes about a subject described as golf crazy and a disease that must run its course. The lines suggest public or literary commentary on obsession and acceptance.
Read as a reflective note urging present focus over future worry. The piece contrasts hopeful living today with the heaviness of tomorrow, encouraging immediate action and embracing the present moment.
An Irishman boasts that his youngest son became a surgeon after catching him using scissors on a book and cutting out the appendix before anyone could stop him.
At the supper table Jones quips that the visible coal supply would be exhausted in 15000 years. Mrs. Jones retorts that he should have ordered enough for the whole winter, highlighting a domestic dispute over fuel shortage.
A brisk stage dialogue centers on Ted declaring youth makes marriage impossible for him and Vilet retorts that she may have spoken hastily about age. The exchange probes romance and generational expectations with quick verbal reversals.
In a brisk dialogue two fish joke about being penniless. The first teases the second for lacking money, and the second confirms he has no funds at all, calling the other a poor fish.
A brief note reports a local quarrel where a man names Herman Rand as someone who dislikes him and uses a rubber band to pick teeth as part of the taunt.
Marion defends a diamond ring's authenticity and trusts Frank while Doris urges consulting a jeweler. Marion confirms she already consulted an expert.
A debate on tragedy and denial centers on an opera singer who loses his voice and the different fates of realizing or not realizing the loss. The exchange contrasts ruin with awareness and the harsher consequences of ignorance.
A dialogue fragment shows a tongue in cheek exchange about the husband’s occupation, asking what he did in the past and what he does now, with the reply “Nothin’.”
A playful exchange riffs on a bird and dirt as a character scolds a sitter atop a chimney. The dialogue hints at mischief andyard humor with brisk, rustic slang.
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