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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
10
A Midland hotel bridge builder from Omaha testifies that indigestion once worsened rheumatism butTanlac improved his appetite and digestion and cleared his rheumatism enabling him to work without fatigue. The ad notes Tanlac sales and pill remedies as sold everywhere.
Correspondents debate the origin of Little Annie Rooney with James Thornton favored as both lyricist and composer. The Nomad recalls the tune as early as spring 1890, with the song already popular by summer 1890. The Boston Transcript calls Thornton the rightful creator, praising the original, strong musical quality of the tune.
Blister Johnson of Rumpus Ridge hurries to warn his kin that the presiding elder is in the Mouse. He orders silence and threatens a whipping if the matter is not resolved after the elder leaves.
Mrs. Vearl Surtess, a Montreal widow, learned that Ottawa financier Robert Edwards loved her and planned to propose. He lacked courage, so she sailed on a round the world cruise aboard the liner Samarin and received his proposal by radio near San Francisco, accepting.
An astronomer from the University of Chicago, Professor A A Michelson, notes Betelgeuse in Orion has a diameter about three hundred times that of the sun. Debates over its name include beetle poose battle guess beta goose and beat a goose.
A young medic student, exhausted, set aside slides from a death case to study under a microscope. He admits uncertainty about the cause of death and laments not having a note from the deceased, wishing for clearer clues for his instructor.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Powder as an antiseptic economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use claiming it renders other perfumes unnecessary. A Kansas City Star anecdote recalls a lively dance night with humor and rustic speech.
A neighbor brings a pair of worn shoes to a child named Harold. Harold hesitates but tries them on, then asks to shine them first before wearing. The exchange ends with a request to polish the shoes, as reported in the Chicago Tribune.
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