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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
Take Aspirin with water and look for the Bayer name and the Bayer Cross on the package. The ad promises genuine tablets used by millions, with directions for conditions like colds headaches and rheumatic pain, and notes inexpensive small tin boxes and larger packages.
In a Pacific coast institution blind men have become expert rope splicers and knotters after a brief series of lessons. A neighbor questions the width of a lot and the snow shovel discrepancy, reflecting a terse local exchange amid the tale.
An extended advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment. It claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces and to cure catarrh by strengthening health, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure.
Spratt laments lack of friends while Sponger quips a loan, offering five dollars. The exchange hints at financial strain and strained social ties in a terse, perhaps satirical moment. Both characters reveal dependence on each other despite tension.
Do not miss the claim that catarrh is caused by bloodborne germs and blocked air passages. The ad urges removing the underlying cause rather than local remedies and promotes S. S. as an antidote to catarrh germs with a full blood cleansing course. Free medical advice is offered from the Chief Medical Adviser at 101 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
New Yorks old-time Bowery is fading away as Prohibition reshapes the district. The famous dives and the Bowery bum as a recognizable fixture are vanishing while casual work and cash emerge, according to a newspaper feature visit.
A shabby visitor asks for a favor from Mr. Grampson and offers to act as pallbearer at his own funeral, claiming he would even provide his own white gloves, in a Birmingham Age-Florald story fragment.
A teacher seeks parental counsel after catching a boy in lies. The mother refuses to accept it and orders the child in. Annie reports the boy will not come, prompting the mother to threaten with his grandmother offering candy. A remark on applause versus criticism closes the piece.
A 25 percent wage increase for bituminous coal miners is recommended by the wage commission's majority report sent to the White House. The plan would offset a 14 percent fall wage boost from last fall and tie price increases to cover the gap. The mining subcommittee session in New York focused on negotiating a new agreement with no quick decision expected as the soft coal commission prepares its award. John L. Lewis expressed uncertainty about timing, urging continued production past March 31.
Liner Esperanza, 4700 tons, ran aground on Madagascar reef near Progreso Mexico while en route from Vera Cruz to New York. Passenger list aboard reports main sea pipes broken and both engines out. naval station noted no immediate danger unless seas worsen. Other vessels Bald AWW and Amsterdamwerd were instructed to aid by radio.
The steamer Tyee sent urgent calls from about ninety miles east of Five Fathom Height, reporting its position and a crash of power leaving the crew without food as Manning’s guard cutter went to aid the vessel.
Advertises Garfield Ten as stimulating the liver correcting constipation cleansing the system and purifying the blood. Notes availability at druggists with accompanying advertising language.
Antiquated ad copy praises Cuticurn products the soap the ointment and talcum powder as daily toiletries. It touts cleansing healing and fragrance benefits with a 25 cent price point. The playful tones reference domestic life and everyday concerns.
An old style ad outlines a home hair darkening method using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with a note it won’t color the scalp and leaves hair glossy. A humorous exchange follows about dye costs and a mock tomato ketchup joke surrounding a hair-styling quip.
The column notes to examine Castoria bottles for the signature as a long used remedy. It also includes an anecdotal memory about a Monday morning visit and an awkward social moment involving the speaker and a friend named Leo.
A vintage ad touts Freezone drops to stop corn pain and lift the corn out with no soreness. It claims a tiny bottle costs only a few cents at drug stores and works on hard or soft corns and between toes. The copy also promotes Streezone as a cinema invention.
A terse exchange mentions a judge's charge to the jury and an ex-juryman noting payment by the day for work. The fragment hints at legal proceedings and testimony about compensation, with no clear resolution or names.
The fragment blends a plea that alcohol is food with an ad for Cole's Carbonsolve a skin remedy claiming instant relief from burns and itching. It also notes a death scene critique by an art director and a stray postal card request for Garfield Tea samples.
In London the special trade union congress voted overwhelmingly against the mine strike policy and favored continued constitutional efforts to nationalize mines. In Philadelphia a fire destroyed Burmont mills near Lansdowne, burning thousands of dollars in machinery and woolens. origin undetermined.
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