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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
3
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic to halt hair loss and improve scalp health. It claims the product nourishes hair roots, reduces dandruff, and makes every hair appear fuller and brighter after several applications.
At a political banquet Senator Sorghum says it is best to wait until after the meal to bring on speakers. He notes that early speaking could spoil attendees' appetites with remarks from various sources.
Advertisements claim Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root aids kidney conditions with a recognized healing effect. A Life Insurance examiner notes many applicants are rejected due to undetected kidney issues. Sample bottle offered for ten cents with a newspaper ad request.
A brief, humorous Louisville Courier-Journal note describes a telephone proposal where the caller is told the lady refused him. The conversation includes a courteous telephone girl offering a different number, reflecting early 20th century social etiquette and wit.
A brief quarrel unfolds as a wife chides her husband to avoid pressing his head against a wall to prevent grease stains, highlighting a small domestic moment between Mr. and Mrs. Benham.
An old promotional notice touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, and stimulates bile flow. It’s presented as a sovereign remedy used worldwide for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, constipation, and related ailments, sold by druggists. The ad closes with a moral quip about mothers giving good advice.
The Sapienza case asks if a sleeping man can be criminally responsible for killing his wife after dreaming of kidnappers and firing in his sleep. Experts discuss somnambulistic automatism and sleep state behavior as possible defenses or explanations for crimes committed while unconscious.
Mrs N P Jensen of Morrison Iowa testifies that in 16 she fell from a horse and suffered internal injuries. She credits Dr Pierce at the Buffalo Invalids Hotel with saving her life using Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets. She says five years of treatment restored health and remains free of blood disorders.
Thousands of mothers have found Mother Gray's Sweet Powders an excellent remedy for children’s headaches colds constipation feverishness stomach troubles and bowel irregularities. Easy to take with excellent results. Used by mothers for over 30 years sold by druggists everywhere trial package free address the Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
In Dublin Sir Horace Plunkett, a noted student farmer author and reformer, gave a lecture on aiding the poor. A lady’s note suggested he needed a wife and lessons in elocution, to which he replied that they were one and the same.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets for quick relief from biliousness headaches and constipation. It claims the product removes liver and bowel poison while you sleep and contrasts carefree usage with a marital quip about obedience and marriage vows.
A clipped line from a Boston Tran script quotes dialogue about a husband’s fate, noting the response that death did not occur but resignation happened instead.
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