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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
13
A reader describes long suffering from monthly female troubles and varying health issues, claiming Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provided relief after trying medicines and other remedies. The letter attributes improved well being to the herbal remedy and mentions urging others to try it.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union recipe item describes green peppers halved and seeded, boiled briefly, filled with a seasoned rice mixture, and baked in bacon fat. The piece also lists bread, buttermilk custard pie, and fruit punch preparations, giving measurements and steps in a compact home cooking style.
A fragment from FA Walker discusses contentment and discontent. It argues discontent spurs change, revolutions, and progress, citing America’s history with independence as an example and warning that excessive contentment can hinder advancement. The piece reflects on the role of dissatisfaction in societal progress.
A column urges students to take greater interest in their work and in government. It argues most contentment comes from personal effort, warns against breaking laws, and calls for discontent only with injustice while promoting lawful, orderly change. Copyright text noted.
A poetic meditation on life as a newborn entering a forest world. The speaker describes instinct, doubt, and wonder as life grows, learns to walk among trees and seasons, and questions yet drinks from fate’s strange beaker while seeking meaning.
A fragment titled How to Succeed on the Job promises guidance for women advancing at work. The text references money matters and market understanding, noting a time when women faced limits in financial knowledge and voting context.
A fragment discusses the word renge renige renenge in card play and traces its origins to old English verbs refuse or deny. It links variants of spell-five twenty-five and forty-five to whist and British army practice, noting how the term appears in histories and names.
Reports from Popular Mechanics describe rich silver deposits in the Mayo district of Yukon territory Canada about 150 miles east of Dawson. Veins eight feet thick assay 5 000 to 14 000 ounces per ton and five foot veins are common with smaller lodes around 200 ounces. Transportation and living conditions are poor but may improve if a motor road is built.
Public health notice warns that genuine Aspirin requires Bayer branding on package or tablets. The ad mentions Bayer as the trusted source for aspirin used for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism and other pains in small twelve tablet tins and larger packets. Also included is an unrelated report about wheat straw fuel yielding gas and tar liquids with specific BTU values and combustion notes.
Thousands of women warned about silent kidney and bladder trouble urge readers to try Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. The ad claims kidney health affects overall wellbeing and offers sample bottles by mail with ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, plus availability in drug stores.
A buyer complains that the parrot he bought is not talking. The dealer retorts that the parrot’s intelligence was the point, implying a misunderstood meaning in the sale. The exchange highlights a wordplay misunderstanding in a shop transaction.
Textile dye product pitches Diamond Dyes with instructions for dyeing wool silk cotton and mixed fabrics. Warns about dye streaks spots fading and ruined materials from poor results. Promotes color card and ready solar dye option as aids for better outcomes.
A report to the American Forestry Association notes that 10,700,000 feet of yellow pine in Klamath and Lake counties Oregon are fully or largely infested by beetles over five to six years. The average annual loss totals about 160,000,000 board feet valued at at least $250,000, or about 300 times the average yearly fire loss in the two counties.
An old advertisement claims Cuticura Ointment improves skin by applying gently before retiring and washing with Cuticura Soup. It touts benefits for poor complexions dandruff itching and red rough hands. The piece also includes a humorous exchange from the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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