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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
6
A Quaker milking a cow loses patience as the pail tips over. He recalls his religion and vows not to strike or kick, but declares he will twist the cow’s tail in a wavering outburst. The anecdote from Everybody’s Magazine highlights restraint tested by a stubborn animal.
A faded ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue for dazzling dresses, urging shoppers to try it and buy at grocers. It includes a stray quote about discarding a pipe, mentioning a meerschaum pipe and dismissing the fuss.
A KTTCI Cabins feature promotes thrifty nourishing dinners using common foods. It offers menus and recipes including split pea soup, coconut bread pudding, cornmeal cooked in milk, buttermilk sherbet, buttermilk jelly, and grape juice Bavarian, with tips to stretch ingredients and husband food waste. It also reflects wartime or Depression era values emphasizing hearty, attractive, economical cooking and the three wishes for health, friends, and a loving spirit.
A saying notes that a risk in buying a clock is accepting its face value. The speaker asks a companion what that risk is and answers that buyer must take the clock as it appears.
A proverb notes that a mother's wisdom can rival her seventeen year old daughter's insights. The line suggests mutual understanding across generations.
A fragmented line notes absence of shade trees and ham on the road to success, suggesting hardship and barren travel scenes as metaphor. No clear names or places present.
Castoria is presented as a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric drops and soothing syrups. It claims no opiates and notes over thirty years of use for constipation flatulence diarrhea and fever reduction while aiding digestion and sleep. The product links to Chas H Fletcher and warns against counterfeits and imitators claiming to be Just as Good.
A fragment shows Hibron questioning a man with a tin dinner bucket about reincarnation. The speaker laments the peace league, claiming it is kept secret to prevent public opinion.
An advertisement warns kidneys may slow and cause distress. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Holland, claiming quick relief or money back, urging readers to ask for the original brand in sealed packages.
The piece extols laughter as healthful and morale boosting. It compares laughter to a sea breeze and a shower, notes its effects on the diaphragm pulse blood and brain, and cites a sanatorium anecdote of a dying man using humor to lift others while keeping his own spirits.
Dan Lehr of Jordan station in Owen county recalls a storm damaged flag staff at the Bunny Farm on the hilltop crest. The staff once bore Old Glory used at funerals Liberty loan drives and war meetings. A lightning bolt split the staff the day after Armistice.
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