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Newspaper

Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1919

Page

5

Thatcham Women Turn Tiny Farm Into Profit Power

A Berkshire woman demonstrates intensive farming on two acres using stable manure and zinc field protection to yield three crops a year. From France and England, the method relies on small capital, self‑performed labor, and clever lease terms enabling soil reuse after harvest.

Old Dame Nature Thatcham England

Rockefeller funds hospital contracts in Peking and Shanghai costs

Rockefeller Foundation lets contracts for hospitals in Peking with Shanghai cost about 3,000,000 dollars. Spanish cotton experiments in Morocco show best results with Louisiana seed. One fifth of railroad coal consumed by locomotives. Pulverized peat fuels Swedish railways. Celluloid-like plastic for roofing and glass. Europe adopts new automotive and glass materials. Swedish is main commerce language, but English German and French are understood in business. Dental parlors in Rio show US equipment dominance.

Peking Shanghai Rockefeller Foundation Morocco Louisiana Europe Sweden Rio de Janeiro United ‘States

Happiness Depends More on Inner Self Than Outer World

A reflective note contrasts happiness with external conditions, asserting that inner mindset shapes fulfillment more than material surroundings. The aphorism emphasizes self-control and outlook as the key to lasting joy.

Lubbock

Items of Interest Princess Mary and Dublin Police Pay Claim

Princess Mary, daughter of King George and Queen Mary, serves as colonel in chief of the Royal Scouts. The Dublin metropolitan police request parity with the London police on rate of pay. An inventor has designed a device to keep wallets and eyeglass cases from slipping from baskets.

Mary King George Queen Mary England Royal Scouts Dublin Ireland London Police

Grain crops feed France and a Fort Dodge school plan

Director Bliss reports that grain gains by farmers in Town during the war would supply every French person with a daily pound of provisions for a year. Fort Dodge business leaders urge locating the new $600000 high school at town edge to force six mile walks and link schooling to fitness.

Bliss France Fort Dodge College of Aindustrial A. B. Funk Tabor William Hoffman International Harvester Company Europe Zurich Switzerland Charles City Alexander Houck Independence Iowa New York Frank €. Burnett Knoxville John England Black Hawk County Ruth Stanley Yorktown M. FI. Healy Seth Thomas Hamilton County Sammie Glen Lawson Norwich Maron County Clarinda Gulf Monroe County Fraser G. B. Hancock Bedford Il Health M. A. Sawyer Osage South Bend Ind Rippey Marion County J. W. Wright T. G. Gilson Knoxville Journal R. B. Cook Winthrop Chicago A. E. Johnson Graettinger Laverne Story County Farme Bureau McGregor Jacob Hoss Waterloo Ditcher Cedar Falls United States Beaune Harry H. Bells Teachers' College W. L. Schuletter C. W. Stones George ‘Willard

When I found I was fast I quit the phrase

A French officer misrenders English saying he was fast in many senses and gives up on the saying The first shall be first The piece also notes a neighborhood club with a single rule to serve refreshments at each meeting in a humorous aside

Supreme Law

Back Like a Board Your Kidneys Remedy Ad

An old advertisement urges quick relief for back pain by using Gold Medal Haarlem oil capsules. It touts kidney disease signals, urges readers to visit a druggist, and promotes three box sizes with the Gold Medal label. It claims two hundred years of efficacy and availability everywhere.

Haarlem Ady

Too Much of a Good Thing

A quoted exchange shows a boy and mother discussing discipline and obedience. The mother insists she told him to stay where she can reach him, while the boy expresses fear he crossed the line and might be punished. The fragment hints at a domestic scene with tension over control.

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Systemic Cure

Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective internally for catarrh by purifying blood and acting on mucous surfaces. Claims cure through bloodstream action and constitutional factors. Mentions Cheney & Co as proprietors and testimonials available.

Hall Rugietetc Cheney &Co Props Toledo

On Being Cheerful and Spreading Joy

Quotations from Lydia Maria Child urging individuals to share cheerfulness with others. The note emphasizes that a positive demeanor refreshes both giver and receiver and invites deliberate effort to convey happiness.

Lydia Maria Child

Girl Not Troubled by Jas Ohigs

A brief cultural note records a girl who shows little concern for Jas Ohigs or his affairs, reflecting a calm social attitude without conflict or reaction.

Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Highlighted

The excerpt praises Dr. Pierce of Buffalo for his Favorite Prescription a temperance medicine claiming to restore color vitality and nervous health in women through root and herb formula available in liquid and tablet forms. It notes the doctor’s extensive experience treating women and asserts relief from feminine disorders across ages.

Perha Dr. Pierce America Dr Pierce Buffalo N.Y

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