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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
6
A Kutztown Pennsylvania reader lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound crediting it with helping her childbearing. The advertisement claims many cured cases and urges trials citing a fifty year record and widespread testimonials.
Norman Davey recounts a night in London when a waiter fills the impresario’s role and excites the city with his violin. The successful manager offers a blunt theory of genius, saying it is push and guts more than talent, since many can perform.
A witty back and forth from the Boston Transprint notes two traders about egg prices. Strictly fresh, as usual, the line hints at ongoing market chatter and typical price expectations for cold storage eggs.
The piece surveys Formosa Tai wan under Japanese authority, noting its landscape from west coast bamboo rafts to high east cliffs, and describes Taihoku’s westernized city life. It highlights camphor production, tea trade, diverse flora, and the islanders including 150 000 natives and a growing ban on savage raids, with a hopeful forecast for the island’s future.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to invest in proper farm sewage disposal, noting it benefits health and farm product safety. It recommends planning, local assistance, and phased sewer work with guidelines on septic tank size, site placement, and maintenance.
The USDA investigated oat sterility and its link to head moisture and weather. Results in Bulletin 1058 by Charlotte Elliott show sterility varies by variety and is not tied to halo blight. Further work may discard weak varieties. bulletin available for 10 cents from the Superintendent of Public Documents in Washington.
The article praises alfalfa for increasing livestock carrying capacity lowering feeding costs and improving land for future crops. It claims three to five tons of hay per acre from a good stand and argues alfalfa offers one of the best net profits per acre given current prices.
Department of Agriculture estimates it costs 1.82 dollars to keep a rat for a year. Even topping the dollar, the rat remains an expensive luxury. The 82 cents could earn interest if placed in rat proof cribs and bins.
Cancer or piles sufferers urged to write E Seeley of University Place Nebraska for home treatment. Results guaranteed and information offered free.
A home health guide issued for broad readership. The ad promotes a book titled Science of a New Life, described as complete sex knowledge for all ages and useful for every home. It invites readers to send $2.25 by post and mentions Stewart Supply Company in Saint Louis Missouri as the supplier.
Frost grips Alaskan placers where surface thawing reaches two or three feet even in summer. Prospecting favors summer, but excavation can proceed in winter by burning wood to soften ends of shafts. The frozen gravel mats, resisting gunpowder and dynamite, until gold gleams spur on workers.
A neighbor asks if Tommy is the only child as he heads to the market. He replies that he is not the only child but the only one working, a witty self-assertion about his effort.
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