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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
6
The first dose eases your cold by clearing nasal passages and reducing headache and feverishness. A few cents at drug stores buys Pape's Cold Compound which acts fast, tastes nice, contains no quinine, and requires no preparation.
Advertisement asserts California Fig Syrup is a safe laxative for children and urges mothers to use the California labeled bottle. It touts a fruity taste and full dosing directions on the package. A second item notes heavy Seattle shipments to Siberia in early 1919, totaling over 15 million dollars versus the prior year.
An advertisement urges Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanser for the stomach and bowels. It claims to regulate digestion by removing sour foods and bile, carrying out waste and poisons while you sleep, without griping or inconvenience. The pitch contrasts Cascarets with harsher laxatives and salts.
A Washington Star quip contrasts a man’s blurred description of a woman’s hat with a witty correction about a cafe terro named “profiteria.” The remark highlights how descriptive accuracy falters in social observation and how language plays on misnaming venues.
Paris reports eight preliminary documents signed to prepare ratification of the Versailles treaty. Five between entente and Germany cover Galicia and relatedissues. three with Poland settle enforcement details. The two part ceremony begins with German signatories and Clemenceau, then a second session with all thirteen powers to sign key documents.
A roundup of federal actions and incidents includes deportation policy on radical aliens, a murder near Port Lobos, and a Senate probe into navy medal awards. Also noted are proposed funds for enforcing radical laws, War Department surplus sales terms, Cuba travel restrictions easing, and a Volstead Act ruling. Panama Canal traffic records, influenza figures, mint output, and a denied loan pledge are summarized alongside other 1919 developments.
The Dutch cabinet refuses to surrender former German Emperor William to Poland despite a memorandum from the First Chamber urging return. The government views the move as a formality and asserts it will not yield.
Domestic roundup notes a speech by the president with much unsaid. Commissioner Culver calls arrest of board employees a frameup. Reports mention a mysterious man in New Jersey and an aphasia victim. Uncle Sam to aid families of deported radicals. Trade and industry show strength for the first week of the year. Auto thefts yield a $1,000 jewelry haul in Chicago. Baron Eichhoff urges U.S. aid to starving Austrians. Mexico quake hits seven cities. death toll unavailable.
Victor L Berger was escorted out of Jersey City by Chief Richard T Battersby after addressing a Socialist Educational club mass meeting. Reported incidents include two drownings in Louisville two critical burn cases from wood alcohol in Kentucky and a major industrial fire in Memphis damaging Swift & Co refinery.
Final results from a four month Woodbury county pig feeding contest list Helen of Danbury aged 14 as first prize, scoring 84 percent, with Milton Rudholm of Bronton second at 80 percent. The report also notes local housing, beekeeping, college teaching placements, tractor trends in Iowa, a January Sac City tractor show, and cooperative farm organization issues.
A fragment from a Boston Loanscript scene features a self made man being interrupted. The exchange hints at ambition and interruption in a candid street setting.
A reader advertises a home hair dye mix using Bay Run, Barbo Compound, glycerine and water to darken gray hair. The formula claims staining only hair, not the scalp, and to be inexpensive and non sticky. The note ends with a generic reflection on quality work.
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