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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
7
A Marine Corps correspondent recounts training at League Island where raw recruits study rifle parts. An inspection reveals one recruit unable to name balance of the rifle, replying he did not know where it is after being shown earlier, illustrating the learning curve.
The government in Washington announces a rat control drive aimed at reducing widespread losses of food by rodents. It promotes Stearns Paste as the most effective method, urging households to purchase a box for thirty five cents to curb damage and pests.
Philadelphia reads the final exemption case as a colored citizen pleads with the board chairman saying he has no wife and is only testing engaged while asking if he can avoid jail for that reason.
Harvard University medical school will admit women students this year marking a milestone for gender access in professional education. The move expands the student body and challenges traditional admission norms at the institution.
The New York Sun quotes Mr. Moore praising Mrs. Adams memorial by Saint-Gaudens in Rock Creek Cemetery as Washington’s most admired statue. He credits its remote location and mystery for wide exposure, saying the figure embodies humanity facing the greatest mystery of life.
An advertisement promotes Warner's Safe Nervine as a remedy for nervous exhaustion sleeplessness and irritability. It claims quick relief without narcotics and notes availability from leading druggists with a 10 cent sample offer. The Rochester New York company is cited as the advertiser.
The French government under M. Klotz imposed a tax of two francs on each cigar lighter to protect government monopoly matches. The measure has drawn criticism as matches decline in quality and public sentiment shifts against the tax. There is a movement to rescind the order despite higher tobacco taxes.
A humorous exchange portrays an unnamed man as the most unreasonable, annoyed by rising at six to shovel coal. The other speaker concedes the load, noting the coal supply as the real burden.
A wartime quip notes the home front burden with a six cent tax on a nickel cigar. The reply hopes a four cent smoke may be offered for a nickel, jesting at wartime price changes.
A reflective line noting that many women admire their own beauty, yet few reach the extent of their self-assessment, suggesting a commentary on self image and cultural standards.
The article lists simple peanut butter based dishes like Peanut Butter Soup and Peanut Butter Biscuits with steps and optional additions. It also offers Luncheon Salad Oatmeal Muffins and Orange Jelly recipes with ingredients and method. The piece closes with reflective lines about peace and resilience.
A list of thrifty household tips covers cleaning, maintenance, and simple fixes. Advice includes using emery paper to refresh clothing and suede, sharpening machine needles with sandpaper, securing hooks with plackets, camphor to prevent silver tarnish, improvised air circulation from a fan, repurposing common items as tools, and cost-saving wallpaper and storage ideas.
Jet bought powders to kill bugs on cabbage plants. He reports success, though not as expected. The blamed insects followed him into the house after the first application.
In Billingsgate Market a man silently signals a fish has passed its prime and prompts a heated verbal onslaught from a loudmouthed fishmonger. He labels her an article then a noun and finally lists parts of speech until she collapses in rage.
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble are urged to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root. The ad promotes the medicine as a physician’s prescription that can restore kidney health and relieve back pain nervousness and despondency. A sample bottle offer is included with a ten cent request to Kilmer & Co.
Mrs Russell Sage, at eighty eight, has only recently agreed to ride in a car. The piece notes that rides don’t buy happiness, yet a life of poverty isn’t easy or pleasant.
In Washington Senator Chamberlain argues for restraint in supporting the food control bill. A humorous movie theater analogy is used to illustrate excess emotion and the need for measured reaction, while a separate quiz-like exchange about an "eighty-five oliver" features a playful back-and-forth.
AFL president Samuel Gompers opposes allowing women to work in war industries. New York Commissioner Williams seeks penalties for residents who waste city water.
A timid Bilson confronts a burly man claiming to be an undertaker named McPherson who says there is a body dead at his place. The exchange centers on the uneasy encounter and unclear intent as the pursuer presses for Bilson's residence.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It promotes internal use and claims the medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials free.
A humorous exchange about patriotic garden work yields a tiny windfall as the speaker reports only about twenty cents from radishes grown for the cause. The quip highlights frugality and lighthearted pride in modest harvests.
Henry Boyle donated a building valued at 115,008 dollars to St Norbert College in De Pere Wisconsin. The gift announces support for the college's facilities and future programs.
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