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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
A Cincinnati inventor’s Freezone claim offers painless corn treatment. The ad asserts drops stop all pain and let the corn lift away without irritation. It states a tiny bottle sells for only a few cents at druggists.
In the blueberry season a narrator describes a drive past SMG forts and a cemetery. A bemused remark about the burying ground contrasts with light chatter about people with pails heading to the State hospital.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney liver and bladder ailments and neutralizes uric acid. It promises testimonial proof and offers a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. with ten cents and a newspaper mention. Large and medium bottles are sold at drug stores.
A compassionate visitor challenges a prisoner in a stone walled setting. The inmate replies that confinement cannot break spirit, while noting the futility of physical barriers against hope and freedom.
Advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous Eustachian tube. Claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via bloodstream contact. Offers one hundred dollars for uncured cases and notes free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A fragment from a London Tit-Bits page mixes social chatter about dancing with Miss Jones and a wry remark on domestic life. It advertises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder at five cents and muses on mood and vivacity in relationships.
Marshalltown population estimates rise toward 17 000 as Pettibone Directory data are updated and government figures are released. Iowa dairy and other state statistics are summarized with notable cases from Des Moines, Newton, Burlington, Ames, and Webster City.
Joseph H. Igleheart, secretary of the Evansville association, ordered licenses to be printed for members. A proof showed the words Evansville Bar association in unusually large type leading him to ask if the licenses were for saloon keepers. The printer replied that bar can mean saloon.
A Kansas City Star quip opens with Professors and widowers turning a funeral mood into dry wit. Pro fessor Pate declares character returns from the tomb, while Festus Pester jokes the rickety widower comes back giggling and eager to remarry.
A fragmentary dialogue questions Mayme's husband treatment and notes a loafer is a man who loafs and lacks a bank account. The terse exchange reflects social attitudes and daily concerns in the era.
The article argues music boosted morale in training camps through song readers, phonographs, and records. Returning troops now view music as integral to life and culture, suggesting the nation will be more receptive to musical education and active participation, condemning idle wealth and leisure as criminal.
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