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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Danderine as a remedy for hair loss and dandruff. It claims the scalp will be rid of dandruff after several applications, hair stops falling out, and hair becomes strong thick long soft and glossy. Available at drug or toilet counters for a few cents.
A Baltimore American quip notes the line between a dirigible and a balloon airship. The remark highlights public interest in lighter-than-air craft and the era’s evolving aviation terminology.
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin. Touch pimples redness roughness or itching with Cuticura Ointment then bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Rinse dry gently and dust on Cuticura Talcum for a fragrance. 25¢ each. A coal dealer quips we must live by the weigh.
A 19th century style health ad urges readers to trust Dr. Pierce and take Anuric to relieve uric acid pain. It advises reducing meat and alcohol, drinking hot water before meals, and sending for trial packages. It claims kidney benefits, relief from backache and rheumatic pain, and offers free medical advice at Buffalo, New York.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges farmers to protect and develop forest resources as a key farm crop. Timber value surpasses potatoes and nearly doubles tobacco, with farm woodlands comprising about 20 percent of farmland. Public cooperation, better data, and public-forest expansion are called for to ensure a continuous wood supply and prevent community decline.
Two teachers, longtime chums, meet and recall an odd day. A visiting teacher praised by remark and left, prompting the other to invite her home for supper. At the living room, an out-of-town cousin arrives as the first friend realizes the afternoon visitor was her own earlier guest.
The hens lack green pasture in winter and must receive green foods such as mangels cabbage clover and alfalfa to stay healthy and produce eggs.
A concise note argues for limiting cultivated acreage to what can be profitably prepared planted and tended. It emphasizes prudent planning to maximize returns and avoid overextension in farming operations.
Senator Penrose woke his chauffeur by telephone before daylight and sent him to the hotel in a hurry. The chauffeur arrived sans collar and coat, wearing only an overcoat. In a brisk exchange the senator asked to go to Pittsburgh instead of the capitol. A week later the chauffeur came back to Washington still minus a dress coat.
Observers report a brilliant meteor on October 21, 1919, that followed a long horizontal path of about 335 miles from near York England to near St Valery France. It traveled roughly 338 miles per second at an average altitude of 74 miles, with radiant direction and speed aligning with Herschel’s calculations for the 1730 comet meteors.
A sober man and his partner discuss yielding to each other’s opinions for harmony. The exchange turns playful as they recount a exchange of declarations of worth and unworthiness, ending with a resigned separation and a doubt about the accuracy of the other’s claim.
A brief quip from the Kansas City Journal notes concern over lost arts, with a tongue in cheek exchange about art ground that ought to be lost and the mood of the times.
A father explains to his son that an ultimate consumer is the man who buys goods despite high prices, war taxes, and charitable contributions for starving Europe, illustrating scarcity and sacrifice during wartime.
The dialogue contrasts two generations over energy use. The Sire recalls burning midnight oil at college, while the Son dismisses it as impractical, noting they used gasoline and oil engines that aren’t suited for motorcars.
A concise reflection on gender roles and equality. The dialogue questions a woman's knowledge of childrearing while asserting that all men are born free and equal, with some staying in bachelorhood. It ends noting contentment does not arise from regret.
Exports of honey to allied countries surged during war and domestic use rose. the bureau of entomology foresees sustained growth if American beekeepers meet rising demand. Local sales grow faster near production points, and consolidation under commercial beekeepers is viewed as beneficial despite two brood diseases and the need for careful husbandry.
A readable OCR fragment notes that people who let produce spill from summer gardens into storage will find canned garden produce scarce in winter. It emphasizes rapid learning about preserving surplus to avoid shortages.
Quotations from a 1920s column describe Fred Warren former editor of the Appeal to Reason at Girard Kansas as a socialist lecturer. He leaves home with a traveling bag for a speaking engagement after fifteen years of “saving the world,” with contemporaries noting global discontent amid strikes and profiteering.
A reader recalls a social misstep while walking with a boyfriend who ignored a remark about a bungalow. The couple later discovers the home will be their next residence, and the writer notes a lost dating chance as a result.
A Boston Transcript snippet contrasts party slang with a hostess guest banter about jelly whipped cream and drink. It muses that a man’s character may not recognize his reputation if they met and that clean courageous sensible people fare without romance.
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