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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
8
A traveling salesman in a hotel lobby argues about fabrics and salts, lamenting cloths that either hold shape poorly or fail to impress. He hopes for a material with lasting toughness and lasting beauty, a combination not yet found.
An early 20th century promotional piece touts Kilmer’s Swamp-Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder problems claiming universal results. It urges readers to send ten cents for a sample and to order large or medium bottles from Dr Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
The article notes more than 7,000 hospitals in the United States and Canada and nearly 2,000 orphanages for dependents, highlighting a large network of care facilities.
A reader presents a word puzzle line that asks Jonn to name food products while a ragtag feud jokes about dys hepa and medical bills. The fragment reads as a playful misprint and household puzzle note from a vintage page.
The article profiles actors and singers who rose from working class origins. Verdier, a top singer, was once a village blacksmith. Franz, a renowned tenor with the Invig Opera, worked as a brakeman until age forty. Antoine the actor began as an electric light company clerk, Chevalier was a theater corps member, Note, a famed bari tone, was a railway porter. Xavier, a Montmartre cabaret favorite, sang in the streets for pennies or bread.
An ad touts Freezone as a painless cure for all corn types and foot-calluses. It claims instant relief and easy removal without soreness, sold by druggists in small bottles for a few cents.
Fragmentary text references a dawn CPRonyer and grape themed phrases. Mentions Crust Detroit News style and a neighbor agreement tied to Ides. Lacks coherent facts or identifiable individuals or events.
The animal husbandry department at Kansas State Agricultural College reports a lamb feeding experiment on a carload divided into six lots. Results show silage can substitute for alfalfa to reduce costs, with gains around $17.25 per hundred. Different rations tested include alfalfa with corn and cottonseed meal, silage with corn and reduced cottonseed meal, and mixed feeds over 20 to 80 days.
The article urges marketing lambs in May to maximize price and avoid summer stress. It advises fat prime lambs, early sale after mid May, and emphasizes feed strategy for ewes and lambs including ensilage, alfalfa, clover, ryebean hay, and grains like corn, oats, and barley as base rations to support suckling ewes and creep for lambs.
The piece outlines a nursing schedule for large pig litters. It suggests alternating shifts every hour for the first two days, then every two hours for five days, then every three hours until six to seven weeks old. Weaning starts with the strongest pigs at six to seven weeks while others stay with the sow two to four weeks longer. The policy is cost effective only if the pig or production value justifies it.
Live Stock Notes advocate pure bred stock and lambing pens four by five feet for ewes at lambing time. It urges slight extra feed for lambs, revival techniques for chilled lambs, and small rutabagas for pigs while stressing cows’ benefit. It highlights value of a wood lot and a productive garden, urging better breeding and feeding to improve farm prosperity under the slogan Pure bred stock on our farm.
A fanciful tale presents a birch bark news extra about African animals with playful sketches of Henry Hyena, a mangabey, Aoudad, Cheetah, Cape Buffalo, Bleasbok, and more. The piece emphasizes animal feelings and fair treatment, aiming to educate readers about habitats and behaviors.
Cartoon caption shows a character asking Ingat why he plays alone and suggests playing with Hans. The dialogue ends with Ingat implying fatigue after yesterday's game and the hesitation to join today. The piece reflects a light humorous exchange about sharing playtime.
A small boy injured himself and needed stitching. While the doctor tended the cut on his lip, he told his mother not to worry, saying his mustards would cover it. The line shows playful resilience and Victorian humor.
Mrs Urquhart of Omaha claims a household advertising success by asking friends to try a 10 cent bottle of Liquid Veneer She received a free $2 Mop and praises the plan Twenty thousand mops are to be given away to housewives who write for the free sample and description Address Liquid Veneer Company Dept L Buffalo NY It appears as a promotional column in a vintage ad note.
An unusual tip suggests sewing a wire honk on a bug placed in a clothes peg holder so the bug can be hooked onto a dine and pushed along as clothes are hung out, noted in the Chicago Americin.
An advertisement lauds a refined woman whose allure stems from the fragrance she wears. A bath with Cuticora Soap and hot water cleanses pores followed by Cuticora Tatenm powder to leave a clear sweet healthy appearance.
An inventor, Miss Edna C. Robeson of Atlanta, claims a device that writes four marthitie faster than speech with a complete word appearing at each key touch. The article mentions dangers of following corkscrew directions leading men astray.
Verdana Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming writes of relief from monthly troubles after using Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports improved health after marriage and childbirth, caring for five children and doing housework, praising the medicine to friends.
A bank note that vanished for about sixty years has been returned to the Old Colony National Bank in Plymouth Massachusetts. Framed under glass, the note shows both sides and the 1805 date, surviving its world travels largely intact.
Public notice-style ad extols Tanlac as a roots and herbs tonic that cleanses the blood, stabilizes digestion, and restores appetite. It claims users regain color and weight, with millions and over a hundred thousand testimonials praising its benefits. Take Tanlac Vegetable.
A clipped, fragmentary note discusses oyster eating seasons and the idea that oysters should not be eaten during spawning months. The text references Louisville and a form letter suggesting to cut a corner and write yes.
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