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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1933
Page
3
Jan Day arrives in New York to pursue a career in dance but finds hotel rooms and auditions failing. She meets Nisha who offers shelter and a path back onto the stage, moving Jan into a garish apartment and a risky new circle in Greenwich Village.
An advertisement urges readers with hernias to write W. S. Rice Inc. at 311-N Main St Adams New York for a free trial of a wondrous method claimed to close ruptures without trusses or appliances. The copy warns of gangrene risks and boasts cases says ruptures as large as two fists healed.
Two men notice Jan at the apartment as she moves in with Venitia and Nisha. They remark on her appearance and wonder what Nisha can "fix." Jan joins a party plan, dinner, and a theater night as Nisha starts a new numbers stint, hinting at danger and a shady floor show.
A vintage sale pitch promotes Lydis E Pinkham's Tablets as a uterine sedative for monthly ailments. It claims scientific preparation, non addictive relief, and long term benefits with premenstrual use, noting chocolate coating and availability at drug stores for 50 cents per small box.
Jan travels with Jim after a sultry club outing where Nisha and Pete accompany them. Jim invites a ride to Harlem and Central Park for air and privacy, while Jan plots to return home, unsure how far the evening will go as Jim dozes off in the car.
A first person reminiscence by William Brady of personal health, quackery, debt, and acne in youth. The narrator muses on mystery fiction, college years, and parental silence about life’s nuts and bolts, reflecting on how ignorance and finances shaped his early experiences.
A health adviser denounces youth sophistication drawn from movies and magazines and offers a personal sex instruction letter to boys over sixteen. He rejects providing guidance to girls, citing mothers' objections, and argues life should avoid taboos.
Readers seek travel advice for diabetes and insulin use on trains and hotels. A reply urges practical meal planning and insulin packing, then covers eyelash growth myths and cod liver oil dosing for chronic sinus trouble with a traditional safety stance.
A reader is advised to check classifications 27 A and 20 in the Want Ads for locating extra chairs tables or lamps. The note emphasizes locating home furnishing items in the classified listings.
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