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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
7
A country woman in a northern market town asks a grocer about fresh eggs and is told they cannot be beaten. She sighs they are useless to her for Jock's pudding. Short quip ends with a gag about perpetual motion and a line about Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
A 1917 fashion piece notes the rising popularity of medieval sleeves in American gowns, with Callot designs mixing empire waists and long sleeves. It highlights flying panels inspired by Chinese dress, bold color use, and the shift toward historic-inspired but practical outfits for daily wear.
The furs most used this season include Hudson seal nutria kolinsky Russian rat moufflon and fox with fox dyed in fancy cok ore noted among patterns.
Old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription with years of tested results for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It urges readers to obtain a bottle or send ten cents for a sample and notes its claim to neutralize uric acid and relieve rheumatism while encouraging soldiers to read for happiness.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soup and Cuticura Ointment for cleansing purifying and beautifying the complexion hands and hair. It claims no massaging or wasting time and offers a free sample by mail with a book. Postcard address provided in Boston.
A battered Brother Bung narrates a misadventure after his car strikes him. He proudly claims paying a fortune teller for luck who predicted a white doctor would appear to fix him up, mocking those who distrust fortune tellers.
Claim is made that Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. The advertisement offers $100 reward for a case not cured, notes internal use and general health strengthening, and lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as distributors with testimonials available.
Japan's 74 million population includes about 200000 Christians from Roman and Greek Catholic converts. Protestant members total 97850 with 11586 baptized between 1015 and 1916, a gain of about 14 percent. The piece ends with a stark line about tramps.
An advertisement touts Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy as a safe herbal formula that has helped diabetes patients. It cites testimonials from James Platt and others, claims a 40 year tested history, and notes availability from leading druggists with a sample offer for ten cents.
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