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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1923
Page
22
A fragmentary Boston Transcript note extols a woman’s captivating charm and deft intellect. It paints her as a paragon whose presence lifts a home, likening her influence to a heavenly music and a spring coronet of dew. The ornate prose lauds her impact on her husband’s happiness.
A university professor asserts cosmetic spending is 60 percent more than the endowments of all universities and colleges. The piece notes frequent makeup routines among students as context for the claim.
An advertisement extols Cutileura products for clear smooth skin. It recommends cleansing with Cutleurn Soap and hot water, drying gently, then applying a small amount of Cutieura Tyleum for fragrance. The copy contains misspellings and odd phrases, typical of an old classified ad.
An old advertisement promoting WALLS CATABRH MEDICINE a local ointment and two tonics for quick relief from nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It notes the product has sold for over 40 years by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and cites Puritan Massachusetts as a contrast to present demographics in New York City and U.S. foreign-born and native-born populations.
A Kansas City resident vents frustration with dictionaries, noting that common words are defined while new terms are missing. The writer demands a dictionary focusing on words people actually want to know and questions why unfamiliar terms are included. A new edition is anticipated.
An article extols Grape Nuts as a digestible carbohydrate rich food. It explains long baking converts starches to dextrins and maltose forms, aiding absorption. The cereal is claimed to build strength and energy, supply phosphorus and vitamins, and suit digestion issues, made by Postum Cereal Co in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Cedar township in Sue county opens a new community hall as farmers celebrate the project. The note highlights broader Iowa college enrollments, bonds defeated for Arnold high school, and Coe College receiving major endowment funds. It also covers state appointments, international trips planned by lawmakers, and rural education efforts across the state.
Stent of 6507 88th St Portland tests Tanlac claiming it cured his stomach trouble. He gained eighteen pounds and now enjoys his best health after two years of misery with poor digestion and bilious attacks. He says he can eat sleep and work normally. Advertisements note Tanlac sold widely with over 35 million bottles.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble and never know it. Poor health makes you nervous irritable and despondent. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root restores health to the kidneys and has helped many women. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by parcel post to Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY. Available in medium and large sizes at drug stores.
A fragment from a column quotes a musician suggesting a tune hinted at violence after a murder. The odd phrasing includes a character named Jack-o-Lantern and sparse dialogue implying motive or remorse, with no clear dates or locations.
A jittery, fragment laden ad and a cheeky mock dialogue expose a playful scene as a woman away from home leads to door knocking humor. The page mixes an advertisement for Cole carbolic liniment with a comic line about a baby swallowing a nickel, suggesting light local notes from a Buffalo Evening Times issue.
A quirky note on quick desserts using Plymouth Tock Gelatine for meat entrees, followed by a quoted critique of ad writers. Rubber Stampa and Adalph Zukar feature in a Los Angeles talk where the magnate derides repetitive advertising phrases and clichés.
A reader recounts an awkward evening as a frying pan slips from a paper and clatters in a crowded streetcar. Onlookers stare while Khidky retrieves the pan and returns it, ending the journey with the cookware recovered after the mishap.
A robin lays only three eggs annually, so vigilance is advised against potential deceptions or threats.
Windom Minnesota and Allen Alabama letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for postnatal strength and relief from long standing pains. Mrs. Moxpp credits renewed energy after ninth child. Mrs SpaRre reports four years of weakness improved after use.
A derogatory dialect exchange shows a Black man explaining to a new immigrant that he spent time in the hospital. The foreigner asks what four hospital means and the response parts a joke about hospital and misery, reflecting language and attitudes of the period.
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