23 Jan 1931
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
1
A witty exchange frames a wedding moment where the bridegroom learns the bride’s status from the father only after the couple acts to discover it themselves. The dialogue highlights readiness, autonomy, and playful family dynamics surrounding the ceremony.
Carolyn Babush of Milwaukee is celebrated with three candles for each year of life as her mother recalls using California Fig Syrup to ease constipation and boost health. The ad-like passage touts decades of use, inviting mothers to rely on the genuine California Fig Syrup from drugstores.
In a perilous rain flood within Romilly Canyon, Pia and Jinny scramble through rising water and collapsing rocks as a flood traps them. Sergeant Simon locates a long rope and saves Pia, while Jinny sacrifices herself to allow Pia to escape the torrent. The group pulls Pia to safety as one Sinabada is rescued.
In Tatatata Papuan goldfield the calm swelling with wealth meets a tense stand at the bottom claim. Spicer and Caxon plot to secure first pegs as the crowd awaits twelve o'clock observing two men with chronometers and sextants. Natives hurry down the basin with a tusker pig as the clock nears noon.
T G Bridges reports that ultra high frequency sound waves or super sonics have been tested on animals causing instant death by seemingly destroying blood cells. The piece notes sound can extinguish fire and weaken structures, citing Kellogg’s demonstration with a violin bow and aluminum. It also cites organ notes potentially weakening buildings. The Hillsboro News Herald quotes a witty saying about smart men and wives.
A concise statement highlights that the present moment holds unique power. It stresses urgency and agency in current actions, urging immediate focus and decision making.
English playwright Noel Coward praised autumn sunshine at a New York theatrical luncheon saying our autumns are glorious and comparing the feel to sitting before a big bonfire on a cold winter day. He joked England rarely sees sun and quipped about the famous empire saying the sun never sets nor rises.
Women sufferer of morning sickness urged to use Phillips Milk of Magnesia. A teaspoonful poured over crushed ice and sipped slowly relieves nausea and vomiting. Its anti acid and laxative actions offer relief from heartburn gas and sour stomach and it is suggested as a mouth wash to help prevent tooth decay during expectancy.
A pair of salesmen debate a plan to decide their next move by coin toss and a stray joke about a wife who “understands” his real earnings. Brooklyn Engle is cited as a skeptical observer of human nature.
A Brazilian woman has died at age 150, reportedly the mother of 18 children and ancestor to 124 grandchildren, 230 great-grandchildren, and 14 great great-grandchildren. The eldest great great grandchild is thirteen.
Advertises a medicine called De Fiercé’s Favorite Prescription claiming to strengthen weak women without alcohol. Mentions formats tablets or liquid and references indecency and morality with a note about Alger assisting hands and Ovid. The phrasing resembles a late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine and moralistic disclaimers.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss aid promising 20 pounds of fat loss in three weeks. It claims better energy, clearer skin, and brighter eyes, urging a half teaspoon daily in hot water and dietary reductions to achieve measurable scale loss.
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