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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
14
The report notes Finnie and Duff saved paper gas leak incident with a backfiring auto. Loss totaled about 700 dollars in Falls City, Nebraska. The item blends local mishaps with brief humorous and editorial quips from various papers. It mentions a Naples-style classified ad fever and light anecdotes about newspaper life and proofreading.
Yesterday afternoon he read his copy of the Eagle. Three hours later he died. This terse obituary notes a rapid final moment following a newspaper reading event. The brief item names Brooklyn Eagle as the source and records a sudden death.
A playful, period remark by William Allen White extols Kansas as a premier winter resort with sun and snow, then pivots to a humorous verse about cold mornings, weather quips, garden buds, and a breezy critique of regional quirks. The fragment ends with a tongue in cheek nudge to stop the dreary poem.
A lazy newspaper reporter and a keen brother stumble on a rumor of a man choked to death in a restaurant. The unnamed victim allegedly died while eating horse meat after someone shouted Whoa. The exchange satirizes lazy news gathering.
A man visited to sell an adding machine to The Times. The paper notes its receipts were once drawn with lead pencil but adds machines are now entering country printers. They expect to someday acquire this useful office piece.
A humorous paraphrase of Psalm content reimagines the Ford as a guiding chariot through hardship. The speaker invokes modern woes and a comical house of nuts, turning sacred phrases into automotive satire with ironic reverence.
Statement of the Ownership, Management, etc for Graettinger Times dated April 1, 1920 details publisher editor and business manager John J. Sullivan of Graettinger Iowa. Notarized disclosure lists ownership, mortgagee T Sullivan and securities. sworn March 30, 1920 by Notary Vincent Kelly.
Fragmentary letters to the Insurance Bureau mention births and dependents. A wife notes a baby born September 7, 18th, asks about insurance and sums, and inquires about a missing husband John after various wartime moves. The missives touch on compensation and status questions for wartime personnel.
The piece contrasts past hardships with 1920s living, noting kerosene lamps, lack of bathing facilities, stoves for heat, and low pay versus modern comforts, and concludes living in 1920 is worth more despite higher costs. It calls out faulty nostalgia and defends contemporary life.
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