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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Mary Ala of 120 Orange Street Wyandotte Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with ending years of monthly pains and illness. After trying doctor prescribed medicines she reports relief and now keeps the remedy at home. The letter endorses the product for female health issues.
An essay surveys dreams of cheese from Odysseus to modern times, noting various ancient and modern beliefs. Some say cheese in dreams foretells wealth or hard effort, others warn of anger. most views link dreaming of cheese to financial success earned by struggle.
Miss Grace Ferguson shows a career path in household economies linking travel, teaching, and high income. She taught in Porto Rico about foods, prices, and budgeting, proving advanced domestic science opens many jobs and less male competition. The article notes growing demand for scientifically trained women and accessible courses nationwide.
The piece argues that women can use their talent for teaching or office work by entering household economics programs offered at low prices in various colleges. It condemns the notion of working out of necessity and suggests teaching the field as a valued, well paid option.
The article argues the word dollar predates US usage, noting Shakespeare employs the term in Macbeth. It traces the term to the Anglo-Saxon adaptation of the German thaler coined about 1486 in Joachimsthal, later becoming a world standard currency. It also notes the first English dollar was minted at the Bank of England in 1804.
A poem praises a cheerful chickadee and compares life to crusts and crumbs. It notes a new invention a miniature hot water bottle for toothache holding half an ounce and kept between the cheek and a painful tooth. Heat cures not all toothaches but helps in many cases.
A fragment from a 1920 Western Newspaper Union cookbook column describes dated dessert ideas and kitchen tips. It lists dates with pecan cream, cheese and crab apple jelly salads, custard pies with walnuts, dried beef prep, hot water gingerbread, tea biscuits with jam, onion soufflé style instructions, and a cheese broth dish.
Professor Gjcksman of the University of Wisconsin argues that current slang and idioms will become standard English. He notes language is built from past slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and jargon and will shift over time.
Sillicus declares all women are the same, while Cynicus counters that no woman stays constant for long. The exchange explores consistency and variation in gendered experience through witty dialogue.
The notice warns to look for Bayer on packages or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin. It lists uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and more, and notes a 12 tablet tin costs a few cents. It also advertises Wright's Indian Vegetable Pie and a moral line about revenge.
Mrs W H Person writes that Eatonic brings relief from gas and acidity and returns appetite and strength after meals. The letter claims sourness belching and indigestion disappear when the stomach is right and urges taking Eatonic after meals with a druggist guarantee.
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