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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
8
The piece explains the origin and meaning of the saying sow wild oats. It traces to English rural speech from the sixteenth century, noting the metaphor of sowing seeds that yield useless crops. It discusses moral transition from youthful waste to later reform.
Secretary of State Hughes resigns effective March 4. He will be succeeded by Frank Kellogg of Minnesota, then ambassador to Great Britain. White House announces Alanson Houghton will replace Kellogg as ambassador to Britain.President Coolidge weighs a compromise on federal district judgeships. vast federal actions and military notices fill the dispatches.
Obituaries note Irvin J. Martin director of Douglas Fairbanks productions dies in Hollywood at an advanced age. William L. Martin former VP of Minneapolis Saint Paul Sault Ste Marie railway dies in Minneapolis. Gene Stratton Porter estate valued around 250000 left to daughter Jeanette Porter Mehan after fatal Los Angeles crash. Dawes plan reparations total 286,208,447 gold marks or 71005802 dollars in four months. Allied finance ministers finalize US costs of occupation and war damages. US to receive about 25 million pounds yearly for 25 years. Berlin reports Lenin aide Adolf von Struempell dies aged 71. Berlin probe finds munitions not stored at a North Berlin factory. Tutankhamun tomb excavation resumes under Egyptian government with French support. France warns against Peril as Russia’s Sinowle leaves for Leningrad. Britain plans to enter the vote next November.
Green's August Flower claims fifty eight years of superior performance for nervous dyspepsia sour stomach constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness head aches and more. The ad asserts millions of households use it worldwide and that 80 and 90 cent bottles are sold widely.
The article explains ostracism from the Greek term ostrakon and traces its use to early Athens in the sixth century B C. Citizens inscribed suspects' names on shells, placed them in an urn, and the council banished the person with the most votes after scrutiny, requiring six thousand votes. The practice ended around 900 B C.
An old advertisement urges readers to Demand Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross logo. It warns that without the Bayer name on the package or tablets the product may not be genuine or safe, citing 28 years of physician usage and safety.
A Wyandotte County man Albert H Reid paid taxes for years on property he purchased six years ago and received the deed this year. He was told the land was listed as M B Church and not taxed. He stated M B Church is the buyer’s name, not a church nearby. Also an ad for Cuticura scalp treatment appears amid the fragment.
The Saint Gaudens sculpture known as the Adama Memorial is not meant to symbolize grief. Gaudens said it represents life’s most persistent question, whether a man shall live again, and the piece reflects his views rather than mourning.
Argentina establishes a national hygiene department using modern teaching methods. Rural districts receive rail cars fitted with radio, moving-picture machines, and first aid disinfection supplies. Lectures and posters supplement outreach while a child welfare division is created.
A fragment describes a historic Mexican custom where single women fed a doll to signal search for a husband. It links that practice to a doll craze in Europe and the United States since the war, noting that firmness of mind comes from submission to prejudice rather than truth.
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