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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
3
An advertisement touts Cascarets 10 cent box as cleansing the stomach and liver, stopping harsh laxatives. Separate item reports painter Vasquez solves portrait sittings by using a wax figure posing King Alfonso in uniform. the wax likeness does the rest.
A newspaper advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician's prescription for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It claims long tested relief and urges readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with paper mention.
A Boston teacher asks for a word meaning full of with examples like dangerous and hazardous. A boy answers with a playful joke, saying Pleus full of pie, in Tit-Bits style.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for facial care. It claims the treatment tightens pores and advises applying ointment, washing after five minutes, and continuing with the soap bath. Free samples are offered by mail from Boston with a request postcard.
A sobbing bride laments her husband’s rough behavior after a letter reports her mother ill and unable to visit. Her sympathetic friend asks what happened and the bride recalls his brief reply wishing the illness to be nothing trivial.
An old newspaper ad promotes ethine-double strength cream to remove freckles. The plan claims rapid results with nightly and morning applications, noting most cases need little product and offering money back if not effective. Also includes unrelated quips and health tips.
A revised roads platform in Iowa proposes to keep powers as present, move the highway commission to Des Moines, and create a six year term for an engineer on the commission with a $4500 salary. The measure aims to appease progressives while retaining the current framework and name.
No taxes for five years for settlers who clear two acres yearly under a Clover-Land law. The Clover-Land region in upper Michigan, spanning fifteen counties, offers rich, clean soil, 1000 miles of Great Lakes coastline, strong rail and road access, and a thriving land market driven by favorable tax policy and record harvests. The Upper Peninsula Development Bureau promotes this as a premier settlement area attracting buyers and dealers.
The Demopolis Times recalls indigo as a once thriving money crop in Alabama Mississippi and Georgia before the cotton gin era. It notes a hundred acres of indigo could yield more money than alfalfa cotton corn and peanuts, and explains indigo remains a key dye ingredient facing global scarcity and rising prices postwar.
An old advertisement urges girls to try Danderine claiming it cleanses dust and oil, stops itching and shedding, and over weeks will grow new fine hair all over the scalp. The pitch promotes a 25 cent bottle from any store.
The campaign urges soft collars and office wear for men and dark blouses for women to save laundry costs. It notes reduced towel laundering with proper hand and face washing. Garfield Tea claims to cleanse impurities and aid health. An advertisement touts a baby bringing happiness to the home especially when asleep.
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as building strength for weak women and restoring health for the sick, touting its non alcoholic formula available in tablets or liquid. The ad closes with a caution to consider advice carefully.
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