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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly laxative that cleanses the stomach, relieves biliousness, sour stomach, and foul gases, claiming a 10 cent box clears the head and liver by morning with no griping, suitable for children.
Stella visits her friend Bella newly married and finds her in a workmanlike overall with fashion magazines and cookery books. Bella asks if cakes are made from a recipe or a pattern, revealing her cooking noviceship and humorous confusion.
Warned with household health tips and ads for Cuticura soup and ointment offering immediate relief for surface issues. Includes mail order offer from Boston and mentions free samples with a book, plus other unrelated drug claims and a note about Brazil exporting crude rubber in November.
Mr. George H. Barr of Iowa owns seven Saskatoon land sections rented for pasture or cultivation. He notes Iowa land at $150 per acre yields only 2 to 3 percent, while his Saskatchewan holdings on a quarter section produced 35 percent in 1915 and 1,643 bushels of wheat valued at $2,563 in 1916. He promotes fencing, leasing, and grazing cattle on unused quarters, urging friends to consider Saskatchewan for real profit.
Patent claims describe small pockets intended to fasten to the fittings of women’s shoes for valuables. The inventor notes the design is convenient and positioned so wearers need not descend far to retrieve items.
An advertisement urges cutting meat consumption for health and cost reasons and promotes Skinner Mfg Co of Omaha Nebraska. It claims Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti are delicious and highly nutritious with many affordable preparations and offers a free cook book.
A mother tells a doctor her baby chewed two pages from an old dictionary. The doctor asks about emetics, and the mother confirms she gave one, but the child remains quiet.
Ad claims Danderine removes dandruff and halt hair fall within ten minutes, then new fine hair grows over weeks. It promises hair to become light fluffy and lustrous, urging a 26 cent bottle from any store to prove its effect. Cleveland public school teachers expect higher pay in 1917.
United States Department of Agriculture home economics specialists outline factors that affect tenderness and flavor in poultry, including age, sex, exercise, diet, care, and freshness. The article covers clean handling, cold storage, thawing, and practical tests to judge age and quality in chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, and capons.
A high fat cream of about 85 percent is preferred by farmers and factories as it provides better separation and leaves more skim milk on the farm. The best separators work efficiently with rich cream, improving overall dairy operations.
Ridgway Pennsylvania resident Mrs. O M Barnes reports seven months of backache and side pain preventing work. After three doctors and a sister in law’s recommendation she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and regained health enabling her to resume full housework despite caring for a three year old boy.
The Louisville Courier Journal cites Robert Fitzsimmons, an actor named Dewar, as exceptionally studious with memory feats. It notes a belief that foreheads widen in intellectual and studious men after age thirty, referencing a theatrical context and training to memorize lines.
A famous actress shares a gray hair remedy using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. Mix half a pint of water with 1 oz Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and 1/4 oz glycerine. Drug stores can supply it or mix at home. directions included in Barbo Compound box.
The half watt metallic filament lamp sees wide adoption for interior lighting in England. It is believed restrictions on lighting would have allowed it to replace the fire lamp for outdoor use.
The article explains uric acid is in everyone in small amounts and excess comes from overeating meat and foods that ferment. Weak kidneys fail to remove poisons, causing uric acid and urates to travel in the blood and trigger backache and rheumatic conditions. It promotes Anurio as a kidney toning treatment, claiming Dr. Pierce of Buffalo discovered Anuric is more effective than lithia for dissolving uric acid.
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