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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
16
A midwestern newspaper argues farmers should advertise in their home papers like Sennimore Times. It cites 18 display ads including seven quarter page auction notices and a column of farming want ads. The piece urges locals to test advertising to reach buyers nearby and promises measurable benefits.
When stiffness and aching joints hinder movement try massaging the affected parts with Chamberlain's Liniment. It will relieve the pain and make rest and sleep possible.
Wakefield Michigan City Commission will meet at City Hall on June 20 1920 to receive and open bids for laying an eight inch sewer on Alcherman Street from Harrison to Putnam. Specifications are on file with the city engineer. Bids must include a five percent certified check. The commission may reject any or all bids. May 25 1920. William Jacobson City Clerk.
A collection of quips and jokes with lines about marriage, divinity, clothing, hair, heat, beauty, and social observations. The fragmentary page ends with a signature, Mrs. L. D. Basye from Glenns, Va.
A humorous snippet urges readers to clip the notice to ensure buying Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and indigestion. It contrasts the risk of wrong purchases with the satisfaction of following the cutout, and ends with a playful nod to traditional domestic roles.
For sale a forty acre farm one and a half miles west of Dunham. Twenty eight acres cleared and under cultivation with a good house and tool shed and good water. Entire farm fenced with complete outfit of farm machinery including iron age potato planter plow seeder drag cultivator mower tripod hay fork side delivery rake and kicker. The twenty eight acres seeded to alsike and timothy last year under cultivation for five years. Also orchard of sixty five trees. For price and terms inquire of LW Truettner Bessemer Michigan.
Property listing notes a ter room house featuring lights and water. For particulars contact S. Simon at Skud Gold man & Co.
A reader notes how a woman often drafts lengthy letters yet presents a concise three line script for her message. The observation highlights a pattern of detailed writing followed by minimal spoken output.
An ad style item touts Mentho Sulphur cream for itching burning and eczema. It claims rapid relief from irritation and germ destruction, cooling effects, and healing of eruptions, pimples, and rough skin, with a quick visible improvement.
Public notice from Gogebic Michigan Probate Court dated May 21 1920 orders hearing on petition by Anna Hankanen to grant administration of the estate of John Hankanen deceased. Hearing set for June 21 1920 at ten in the forenoon at the probate office in Bessemer. Notice to be published weekly for three weeks in The Wakefield Advocate.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a quick remedy for clogged noses from cold or catarrh. It promises to open air passages, soothe inflamed membranes, and end symptoms like snuffling headaches and nighttime breathing difficulties.
The Ames Iowa Intelligencer warns that alcohol is not a remedy for colic and stomach pain. It argues that some people wrongly believe whiskey can relieve such ailments and urges seeking medical help or using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy instead.
A reflective line notes that a typical girl without desires would keep one wish for marriage while saving the other to see how a future husband would turn out. The remark frames cautious longing and judgment about suitors.
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