04 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
1
A column argues iron will alone rarely rules groups such as soldiers, bands, or conductors. It cites Napoleon and Nikisch to show influence by guiding followers, with success depending on mutual trust and earned respect rather than sheer force. The piece also riffs on ownership queries for the Orkney and Shetland islands and ends with a playful anecdote about a dog and a cat.
A New York correspondent details a fresh consignment scheme selling lists of worthless names to commission salesmen. The ruse targets signers who will pay for goods after fake introductions, with a badge of notable merchants and a lawyer named among the culprits.
Rep Frank Nye of Minnesota recalls a steer that ran away as boys on their father's farm. He and Bill hunted the steer for days, returning home late at night to a mother crying in the road. Twenty five years later Sill Nye, then starting his newspaper career, received a letter about a trip around the world with a boast to take it if he could not locate the steer.
No exact elephant total. in Siam’s Ayutthaya district a harvest of over two hundred elephants was driven into stockades in a single event. The King attends three annual drives where the finest animals are captured, trained, and placed for domestic use. Royalty of 100 dollars paid per animal, but many die before training.
Dominican lotteries operate in major towns and cities under municipal authority. In large centers two to five draws occur weekly with seventy percent remitted to public hospitals schools free departments and charities, while the remainder covers expenses and municipal needs.
Memories cluster around seats in City Hatch Park New York as officials move to preserve the historic benches favored by Maye editor of the Chicago Daily News and figures like Stewart and Dana. The piece recalls wartime recruiting, family farewells, and public sentiment to keep the benches in place.
A Parlatans festival featured Maraaflash with a focus on meat demand as beef output rose. The season saw $268 horses mentioned in passing while markets reported 24 million pounds of meat produced, signaling strong supply growth versus last year.
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