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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1923
Page
21
Bolsheviki claim Khiva ruler was captured and confined in a Moscow prison. They say a successor, an ex American, has taken leadership and control of the khan’s harem of three hundred wives.
Charles L. Peters of Kansas City reports a 25 pound gain after taking Tanlac, describing prior pneumonia and digestive woes with bloating heart palpitations and weak appetite. He says Tanlac restored strength and appetite and that he now feels husky again. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 87 million bottles sold.
Fragmentary clipping presents quips about editors and poems, paired with an ad touting Cuticura Soap for shaving and skincare. It hints at casual humor and consumer promotion within a historical newspaper snippet, mentioning auto safety, the Georgia Cracker, and a multiuse beauty soap claim.
The advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by an ointment easing inflammation and an internal tonic working through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal conditions. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F. J. Cheney Co. of Toledo Ohio.
Richard G. Herndon, play producer, described an incident with a persistent cinema seeker who asked for free admission. He explained the production’s success and that no professional favors could be granted. The man claimed to speak French and pressed the idea of following the slogan they shall not pass.
A father tries to train Helen to use the right hand at table. She explains she forgets her right hand but says she would remember it if she had a ring. She gets the ring.
An improvised tree grows atop an abandoned Turners Falls factory smokestack. The plant feeds on brick moisture and persists with stubborn inevitability, reflecting how mere survival sometimes equals great effort.
A humorous snippet from a dance floor tale where a man recounts how three words spoken ten years ago cost him wealth. He explains the woman’s family wealth and how her rejection halted his chances of becoming a millionaire. The exchange underlines fate tied to a single, fateful remark.
At a political gathering a man named Hay faced a hostile audience. They drowned his voice with tumult and shouted no. The chairman, frustrated, declared the line as the first record of jack asses refusing hay.
A Petrograd dispatch reports Russian expedition led by Professor Bartsenko returning with news of an ancient civilization on the Kota peninsula between the Arctic Ocean and the White Sea. Pyramid tombs, traces of dwellings and temples predate Cut-Ann-Amen by long ages.
A pithy exchange notes that roughly a third of marriages end in divorce and that such rough statistics fuel most troubles, framing blame through light repartee rather than heavy analysis.
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