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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1924
Page
5
A Wisconsin woman credits vegetable compound for a strong recovery after twins. She began with one bottle then three and a half, feeling better during confinement. She says the tonic, prepared from medicinal roots and safe for nursing mothers, helps mothers and supports the child.
A 6 ounce bottle selling for 75 cents claims to clean kidneys and bladder and boost health. The Carey Medical Laboratories advertise Marshroot as a remedy used for forty years with dramatic success, offering a money back guarantee if it does not help within one week. Available in tablet and liquid forms at druggists or via the Carey Laboratories in Himira New York.
Myrtile, a French girl fleeing an abusive home and a disliked fiancé, is helped by two English men, Lord Gerald Dombey and Christopher Bent, who take her to Monte Carlo. She forms bonds with Pauline de Pontera and with Gerald while a web of mystery and gambling unfolds.
Gerald confronts Madame and Mademoiselle de Pontere at the Sporting club and learns from Monsieur Dubois that the two ladies are Anastasie and Pauline De Pontere. He confers with his circle about Myrille, a child pursued by Christopher, as social tensions rise over supper party plans.
Myrtile rises early at seven in the morning walks the terrace, finds beauty and a changing heart with Gerald. She nurses hopes of seeing him, resents Christopher, and seeks daily sewing payments for board. Annette the maid observes, puzzled by the two Englishmen and their bond.
A column from the Indianapolis News argues that giving advice is a popular but often ignored act. It notes advisers profit from others, that most people ignore guidance, and that liability for outcomes rarely rests on the adviser.
The United States is described as a young country while St Augustine marked its 800th birthday. The Montreal Herald notes that Merida was planted in 1505 by Don Pedro Adelantado, influencing American institutions, with Annapolis Royal as the next oldest European settlement. It notes early colonial boundaries and the first wheat sowing in Port Royal in 1605 and early milling in 1000.
The Mississinawa river once liberal stocked by the government and a prime fishing stream for Indians, suffered pollution from factory waste and gas-well refuse after the 1880 boom. The Detroit News says the stream has become an open sewer, endangering fish and the red man’s waterway.
A humorous anecdote centers on a man in a bookshop who asks for lunch and pounds. The clerk and proprietor quarrel over the shop’s purpose, with the joker insisting on buying Essays of Charles Lamb from the Louisville Courier Journal report.
A note states that some bees perish within three weeks while others survive to an advanced age of about three months, reflecting a range in life expectancy among the colony.
Instructions describe creaming butter with sugar, adding beaten eggs, sifting and folding flour and baking powder, then mixing in nuts and flavoring. Drop spoonfuls onto a sheet with space, sprinkle chopped nuts, bake in a hot oven. Yields about two dozen cookies.
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