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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
9
A column of quirky items notes a fat circus performer marrying a 100 pound man, jokes about clothing and beef, and sharp quips on snake jewelry and lingerie trends. It hints at appetite, fashion, and social absurdities with playful asides. Also mentions a 78 year old groom seeking annulment from a 75 year old bride.
The piece critiques wives as housekeepers, cites a ballet master on fashion, and mocks modern beauty culture. It discusses heart testing methods, nervous disorders, and the rise of plastic surgery after World War I, warning against quackery and urging ethical practice.
A French heart specialist notes that young women under fifty with digestive upset often report palpitations, which may be nervous rather than tissue disease. Physicians check heart size position and valve function, and look for swelling indicating circulatory pumping issues.
The piece notes a surge in beauty shops nationwide with towns filled by cosmetic enterprises. It compares the spread to doctors pills and movie spending, suggesting cosmetics dominate women’s dressing tables and men’s spending, calling cosmetics the stock in trade.
Observers in Washington discuss sub-surface moves after a wave of resignations and promotions in the prohibition forces. The Anti-Saloon League aims to remove General Lincoln Andrews as boss while Andrews and Secretary Mellon opposed Haynes.
The Anti-Labor League questions Andrews as a law enforcer not a crusader arguing his reforms lack public backing. It says Haynes would be a stronger enforcer and claims many of Andrews policies originated with Haynes and were later opposed by the league. Wheeler avoids public attacks to preserve influence while officials remain privately contentious.
A brief interlude notes a remark about a baby improving and a hope she can work soon while musing whether teaching her is worthwhile amid a general decline in walking, framed in a light social tone from Everybody's Weekly.
Mrs Lawrence Weaver of East Smithfield Street Mt Pleasant Pa describes lasting strength after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound It helped her sleep better and gain energy enabling her to care for three children She urges other women with similar troubles to try the remedy and share the news
Peoria Illinois June 2 A millionaire farmer J H Harrison has developed a triple plow attached to a tractor that cuts three rows digs up roots and pulls out buried corn plants. The machine shakes soil and draws out dry corn ears to be burned to thwart the corn borer menace.
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