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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
2
The Monarch explains how swallowtails, angle wings, fritillaries, and others spend winter in chrysalis, egg, or caterpillar forms. Mr Sun listens as the monarch shares sleep patterns, migration, and a lullaby about staying warm and dreaming through the cold season.
Billie Dove, a popular film star, displays a smartly shingled hairstyle that flatters her features in the movie The Tender Hour. The article highlights how the haircut follows the lines of her face, enhancing her piquancy on screen.
This piece traces the origin of scapegoat from Jewish tradition to modern usage. It explains that the ancient ritual used a real goat bearing the people’s sins, released into the wilderness, while today the scapegoat often bears blame for others.
Olivia states that when meeting someone needing careful handling she favors letting others manage it, highlighting a stance on sensitive interactions and personal approach. The remark signals a broader discussion about treatment of difficult individuals and safety.
The piece notes rural beliefs where a maiden places ashes under a board to reveal a future husband’s name by writing in ashes, and a live coal dropped through a worn garment to counter bad luck. It ties these acts to primitive ideas of body-contact magic and fire worship, as analyzed by Elworthy.
In a 1927 Western Newspaper Union summary Leonard A Barrett argues leisure from a five day work week drives consumer spending and production. He cites William Green of the AFL calling the forty hour week economically sound and necessary for progress in mechanical output.
The junior class organized a formal Ligaquet to entertain the seniors at a reception. While planning the menu the last course was demitasse, but one student suggests serving coffee instead.
Summary of the story recounts a youth named Aladdin who finds a magical lamp and ring. Genies grant wishes, enabling him to build a splendid palace and marry the sultan’s daughter. He becomes rich but later loses the lamp and his palace is moved to Africa.
A tramp asks for bread, is given pie, and recalls once living in marble halls. The farmer's wife inquires how the home was lost, and the visitor replies the term expired.
A fragment from a fashion column notes that shoes are not counted in a weight discussion and playfully scolds a respondent for excluding them. The tone is light and period style.
A speaker denounces Hermann Blair claiming he hates a certain person. He asserts baseball needs more fresh air and voices his disdain in a brief hostile line. The fragment reflects a sensational feud tone rather than a full report.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum dismissing public study of Shakespeare. He questions why the public should focus on profound soliloquies and speeches when he emphasizes his own oratorical prowess.
The Stono report notes that the son secured a position described as a white collar job, but in the ironic setting of a laundry, aligning with the expected industry switch. The piece highlights the surprising nature of the assignment and its contrasts with typical office roles.
The Boston Transcript records Mrs Scrappington calling a man a tyrant in a terse exchange with John. He hedges, she presses, and the line is captured as a sharp, domestic vignette.
In a quirky exchange a grocer asks a customer to choose egg color. The bride specifies she wants white eggs with a yellow polka dot in the middle, highlighting a playful detail in a domestic scene.
The dialogue centers on clothing as a political detail with emphasis on collars and a snappy ready-made tie. A wife weighs in on dress choices for a Sunday suit. The passings show a light social moment reflecting fashion opinions in public life.
A quirky piece hints that a fossil is a baseball opinion in disguise. It plays on self awareness and identity with playful language.
In a dinner scene a household notes approval of the new cook with praise for the soup roast vegetables and dessert, though the dessert is said to have been made by the successor of Mrs Brown.
A park debate features a speaker asserting all men are born equal while a heckler challenges equality by questioning its implications. The exchange highlights stir and divergent views about inherent rights and social recurrence.
A dialogue between Small Nephew and Pathfinder emphasizes that knowledge earned through study remains with a person and cannot be taken away. The exchange frames education as lasting value and personal discipline.
A lighthearted caption notes a waiter responding to a customer about coffee that appears muddy because it was ground that morning, capturing a stray story moment.
The exchange features a playful dialogue about a timepiece with a flapper insisting she paid cash, challenging the others to confirm payment.
An advertisement touts Bell-Ans for indigestion as harmless pleasant relief. Claims long use over 30 years and offers 25 cent packets and free samples from Bell & Co. Inc. in Orangeburg New York.
Quotation style snippet offers a compact moral about avoiding conflict and staying silent. It links a proverb about a fish not getting caught by keeping quiet to personal conduct and not intruding on others.
Ardath, five, was learning reading with her mother. The child asked why she must pause at periods and replied she does not see any periods.
A new photographic film developed in Germany can be soaked and stretched to enlarge images up to ten times their original size. The film is then placed on a glass plate and dried for projection or storage.
A terse editorial or quotation highlighting Labor as divine ordinance and warning that vanity often acts as an unseen motive. The lines attribute moral weight to labor and caution against self deception in motive.
An old age health note urges gentle help for constipation and promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a natural, harmless aid to regularity. It claims the product prevents headaches dizziness biliousness sour stomach and other ill effects from daily purging. A 60 cent bottle is advised with free sample offers from Monticello Illinois.
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