21 Jun 1929
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
1
A physician recalls 47 years of practice showing constipation occurs despite care. He advocates Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as near natural treatment, non habit forming, and preferred over drastic purges. He urges daily bowel movements and offers free trials via Syrup Pepsin, Dept BB. Monticello Winds.
A planned bridal shower was canceled due to ruin. The event, intended to celebrate the bride-elect, could not proceed as scheduled and organizers halted activities.
Fragmentary text notes promises money back for first battle related to Galled Horses and Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh, plus scattered lines about a one-man controlled tanker and distant social banter hints.
A United States Department of Agriculture review shows Nevada prohibits erecting signs that mar scenic highway beauty. Public roads chief Thomas MacDonald criticizes intrusive billboards while noting progress in several states and Connecticut’s model law licensing roadside stations and authorizing approved placements.
Three years after adopting the oil filter, car makers extended oil change intervals from 500 miles to 1 000 to 3 000 miles, with an average around 2 400 miles. The filter removes abrasives from oil, protecting cylinders and pistons and saving about $29 per car yearly, while recommending renewal every 10 480 miles for peak efficiency.
Tops on roadsters and phaetons rattles when summer rain begins. Front attachment to the windshield frame may have loose nuts and bows not moored firmly. Some cheap cars use a cutter pin to hold bows, causing squeaks if not installed. A washer can remove play at this joint.
Advice from other drivers misleads on chain wear in cars. A new chain stretches, delaying spark timing. automatic take-up devices help only some models. Without such devices, an initial adjustment is needed after about 700 miles.
A brief guide describes a brass or copper U shaped tube with a rubber bulb and hose to start siphoning gasoline. By drilling a hole at the bend and sealing the hole while squeezing the bulb, gas will flow once released, provided the hole stays below the fuel level.
A 1929 snapshot notes Italy had about 172000 motor vehicles and jokes about car humor. It observes women increasingly becoming drivers and comments on ambulance-chaser slur in New York with a light tone.
Shanghai reports upwards of 200 prominent Chinese will sail August 24 aboard the President Cleveland for an extended tour of the United States to promote Sino American friendship and trade. The Friendship Tour company promotes the trip with first class accommodations, a special train, and hotel arrangements. Stops include Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Akron, Buffalo, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Side trips cover Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon of Colorado. Interpreters and guides accompany the visitors, with a Chinese press representative and photographer to relay highlights back to China.
Three African wild boars arrived at the 1 280 000 acre King estate in Kingsville Texas and were released into the chaparral to mingle with javelinas. The plan is to observe their growth with the idea that hunting opportunities may arise in a few years. Javelinas are common in South Texas and pose a constant threat to deer hunters who often climb trees to escape their charges.
Former citizens gathered in Trav er California for a one day reunion on the fortieth fifth anniversary of the town founded as a grain and horticultural hub. Once a bustling center of 3 000 people in its heyday the town is now deserted with all buildings gone including the Del Zante hotel. Irrigation revived the area then ruined the grain and orchards causing Travers decline as a municipality.
A fragment reports Darcy Nelson and Red Welch serving 204 day sentences after being held for investigation in Spencer Iowa. The wording hints at intoxication in the county jail and mentions a perception of the act being worse than merely getting drunk.
Old Ironsides restoration progresses at the Boston navy yard more than 40 percent complete. Officials say the frigate will be fit for service before year end, with $687,000 raised toward an estimated total cost of $884,000.
Washington reports Chefoo China rose to fame as a hairnet export hub, driven by German hairnet production and Shandong shipping links. The port's busy markets and foreign settlement contrasted with congested quarters. fashion shifts and rail developments reshaped trade, dropping hairnet exports from eight and a half million to about two million dollars within a few years, with thousands of women losing work.
A well dressed woman swindler in Zanesville Ohio fooled two stores by paying with a check drawn on a Cambridge bank. A third store detained her while the bank was contacted. as the bank warned the check was fake, lights went out and the woman vanished in the blackout.
Paris reports a France United States agreement to cut the tourist visa fee from 10 to 2 dollars, extend validity to two years, and ease passport difficulties, as announced by Norman Armour the American charge d affaires.
Poiret recalls a Paris dress shop tale where a mannequin aged nineteen models dinner gowns for a middle aged couple. The wife nudges her husband and comments on his gaze while the man defensively asks why he cannot look like that. The anecdote highlights uncanny, tense moments in fashion.
A fragment shows Sam muttering an obscene line about Louise's mother in sleep, provoking a sharp retort from Louise. The dialogue hints at domestic tension and humor despite the coarse remark.
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal sweetener that neutralizes stomach acid for both adults and children. It frames the product as pleasant to take and widely endorsed by physicians, noting its trademark status since 1975.
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