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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
6
Newark resident Miss A Kelly describes a three year nervous breakdown and daily headaches. After two years under a physician and trying many options, she found relief with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, reporting restored health and ability to work.
A reader asks for a book or pamphlet that outlines a logical order to teach children indoor games from eight and six start with chess and checkers and progress to backgammon lotto halma and tiddledy winks suggestions are invited from readers.
A brief dialogue hints at military maneuvering with a General and a Colonel debating actions and preferences amid a retreat scenario. The exchange suggests strategic desires and lighter tone during a tense moment.
A playful exchange about whether to consult the bill of fare or the almanac frames today’s witty misdirection. The dialogue hints at choosing knowledge over routine meals as the speaker favors the almanac for guidance.
The piece profiles Vilhjalmur Stefansson as a leading Arctic explorer whose 1918 Canada backed mission seeks new lands beyond Crocker Land. It notes his background, hardships with the Karluk, and discoveries near Banks Land, Cape Kellett, and Victoria, with potential continental or archipelago claims and scientific contributions.
The Christmas tree custom began in New York after Catskill woodsman Mark Carr brought evergreens to St. Mark's Place in 1851. He decorated a tree with ribbons and tinsel, drawing crowds in the Stuyvesant and lower Second Avenue districts and quickly selling trees at high prices, marking the start of the New York Christmas tree tradition.
A San Antonio Light brief notes armadillos entering the food chain due to wartime shortages. A wagon load arrived last Saturday and sold to consumers who found the meat edible, likening it to pork and wartime rations.
A brief amusement as two sisters polish a car outside their home. A red haired curly-locked girl rushes over in shock exclaiming that a woman is working on a car without a man present.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder issues. It urges readers with back pain to buy or sample the physician’s prescription treatment, highlighting its long standing reputation and availability at local druggists.
A niece remarks that harsh reviews of a boy’s book may educate him, while his mother points out that critique alone does not raise his intelligence. The dialogue contrasts perceptions of feedback and growth.
An old promotional notice offers $100 for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It describes internal use and action through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
Minus notes a sharp paradox as a clever figure remains unseen. The speaker argues the subject is not a vacant cipher but treated as such by others who miss the hidden edge.
A wartime era call to action urges men to take Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic. It frames March and April as high-risk months and promises restored energy, vigor, and health by using the tonic available at druggists.
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