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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
4
An amused narrator describes Mrs Birdsong and a caller hearing how Mr Birdsong creates music. The piece portrays long nights at the piano, husband and wife interactions, and the composer’s intense ear for harmony as he forgets meals and relies on his wife to write notes on manuscript paper.
In a rural scene a curate watches Mollie lounge in the garden while Martha labors indoors. Grandmother fears mortgage loss as Mollie’s art promises relief, and the minister shifts to supporting Martha. The tale follows duty, aspiration, and hidden affection in a village household.
Arthur Denby and Le ele Bard revive their unlucky thirteen with a class reunion at the Denbys. The ensemble, including spouses, gathers near Rainbow Falls for a beefsteak fry while Ethel Cluxton, the odd girl, slips away unseen during the campfire wrap. The party discovers her absence as they prepare to depart.
A narrator recalls a ramble with family in Sylvan Dells and Bosky Crest as a weathered union strains, a West Point nephew drills troops, and Ethel and Ted confront neglect. After a tense moment and misadventure, Ethel declares she is ready to change, and Ted seeks a renewed relationship. The tale ends with plans for renewed reunions downtown and a cautious hope for smoother days ahead.
A fragmented reminiscence titled The First Second and Third Confessions of Ophelia recounts three intimate encounters. The narrator describes intense love, churchgoing reveries, a chance trolley meeting with a beloved figure, and a final mourning scene after discovering a death.
A teacher explains that the trunk is the middle part of the body, and the class affirms, until one boy objects noting it isn’t so. He adds a quip about visiting a circus to see an elephant, prompting the lesson.
An Oblo farmer tells his son to feed pigs twice daily. Nightly squealing begins. the son reveals he has withheld feeding to ensure a winter streak of fat and lean, arguing the father gave him control of the pigs.
The government spent 96000000 in the five and a half months from July 1 to December 1 1918 and nearly two billion in November 1918 as wartime costs surged.
The text lists area and population figures for France Britain Isles Haly Austria Hungary Belgium and Germany. Data include France 207,054 square units and 39,004,509 people. Britain Isles 121,89 and 48,216,741. Haly 110,659 with 34,656,600. Austria Hungary 247,833 with 61,304,249. Germany 208,830 with 64,903,429.
Classified brief lists offers to list land for sale by Lewis Lippold Graettinger IA with contact options. Also items for rent sale eggs hatching and writing equipment advertised with names and locations including First National Bank Craettinger and Times office.
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