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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
10
In London Tit-Bits a tale notes Mr Green singing at a neighborhood musical evening. His wife, hearing him sing publicly for the first time, misreads his motivation until he explains he sang to give pleasure to the guests, easing his wife’s fears about dinner delay.
A salty sailor deserts the navy and seeks work on a farm. When asked what he did, he recounts hoisting wheat, straw spilling, and bags filling on a thrashing machine, insisting he outworked a swab with a joke about his own strength.
Sergeant Vernett of a London regiment kept the pigskin moving for 50 hours to beat his prior record and hoped to reach 60 hours. He managed to sustain the effort while eating and drinking as the sphere bounded. Men fall due to misjudging the ditch width.
A church lesson outlines Proverbs guidance on avoiding winebibbers and gluttons. It details the miseries of drinkers from pain and remorse to quarrels, red eyes, and eventual ruin, urging abstinence and warning of eternal consequence. The piece cites examples from Scripture and applies warnings to youth and adults alike.
A New Britain Connecticut woman describes three years of cramps and digestive distress before finding relief with PE-RU-NA. The ad touts PE-RU-NA as a remedy for catarrh digestion and general ailments and urges readers to keep a bottle at home for preventive health.
An old advertisement argues sprays fail to cure catarrh and claims the remedy S. S. S. removes the disease by cleansing the blood. Readers are urged to request free medical advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at 101 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The article notes the presidential succession law in a Boys' Life excerpt. It states that if both president and vice president die the cabinet members follow in the line of succession.
Complete dye kit promises rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. The ad claims simple directions and guaranteed perfect results with Diamond Dyes and a 16 color Diamond Dyes Color Card available at the druggist.
A brief family dialogue records Elsie admonishing a caller for asking Miss Older about her age. The daughter counters that Miss Older asked her age first and she did not get mad.
An advertisement touts Freezone a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. It claims the product instantly soothes aching corns and allows removal without soreness, describing its effectiveness on hard corns soft corns and calluses between toes.
A briefCourier-Journal item notes a playful idea about love at first sight during a seaside getaway. It suggests spending a few days at the beach may spark romance and quick decisions.
Senator Siram Johnson recalls a child’s blunt lesson on words. A toddler defined demagogue as a vessel holding beer, illustrating how young minds reinterpret political terms with innocent honesty.
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