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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement touts GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a remedy for disordered stomachs and inactive liver including sick headache constipation sour stomach and nervous indigestion. It claims gentle laxative action and digestion regulation along with bile stimulation and blood purification. Sold in 30 and 90 cent bottles with other notes on cures and a separate LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE claim.
Government readers must file income tax returns by March 1 1918 if unmarried with net income 1000 or more or married with head of family 2001 or more. Revenue officers will visit counties January 2 to March 17 to assist taxpayers in preparation and enforce penalties for late or fraudulent returns.
World Outlook cites Sir William Osler on war era health and the danger of returning soldiers spreading unfamiliar germs. The piece warns against indiscriminate postwar immigration and urges strict medical and sanitary readiness to combat new diseases.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that reaches the blood to heal the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Claims deafness results from catarrh and inflammation, offering a cure and circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A nostalgic Atlanta Constitution excerpt highlights gatherings around the fireplace as a refuge from an approaching blizzard. The piece notes joy in shared stories, warmth from the fire, and simple comforts like knitting while winter swirls outside.
An assortment of early 20th century ad blurbs and quips. Remedies promote Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin relief with free samples offered from Boston. Other lines tout Brom Quinine, laundry whiteners, and whimsical notes about nursery rhymes and cat transformations.
A column riffs on a possible soap famine amid US warnings to conserve. It recalls ancient cleaners, jokes about youths and soap bubbles, and cites a Century Club reading with Robert W. Chambers where a young writer mimics Poe to charm his audience.
A Columbus Dispatch item recounts LT at a church luncheon where meat was served before soup. He dipped into the soup, drawing a sharp chorus from attendees who cried that he was drinking the gravy, highlighting a humorous miscue in serving order.
Bobbs and family move into Chicago with furniture delayed a week. Children race through an almost empty house until the arrival of belongings. Bobby to friends: Oh pshaw, you can't come in anymore. We've come back to civilization.
In a brief exchange a man is humorously asked if he is credit to his family and replies that he is a debit instead. The remark hovers over a moment of bright wit about worth and merit.
A comic exchange pivots on a joke about a wife named Elizabeth and the nickname Pegey short for Pegasus. The pun hinges on Pegasus being an immortal steed, implying an immortal nag, as the speaker warns to keep quiet since she is nearby.
Quotation hints at self isolation as cure for trouble phrased as moral thrift. The text suggests keeping apart until distress resolves, portraying an attitude of self help and restraint rather than social remedy.
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