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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
2
A photograph shows a bride from the Black Forest wearing a cake like crown eight inches high and twelve inches across. Weighing up to ten pounds, it features ten rows of colored glass beads and mirrors. The ornament marks maidens’ roles at church, family, christening, and wedding events and is worn from morning through the ceremony and reception.
Washington reports President Coolidge will refuse the League of Nations invitation to send American delegates to a Geneva conference in September to discuss the world court reservations. He believes the United States should deal directly with the forty eight court members, not through the league. Geneva officials say invitations were routine and limited to court signatories.
Four people were reported killed and twelve injured during a Communist demonstration in Streym, located in the Carpathian region, amid rising unrest. Police secured the area as crowds gathered, with no immediate word on the causes or parties involved.
Witness heavy hearings delay House Agriculture Committee talks on farm relief proposals including a Volstead Act substitute to ban distilled spirits while allow beer wine and nonintoxicants. Interior Secretary Work rejects a petroleum data request. President Scollidge may speak in Chicago on July 14 at a memorial building dedication.
The moneyed capital tax law, passed by the 1928 legislature, is upheld as constitutional. John W. Davis, last Democratic presidential candidate, supports the ruling as the Court of Appeals affirms the act's validity.
Jacob P. Adler famed as the David Garrick of the Hast aide died at his home in New York. He was seventy one.
Snowfalls heavy from the Rockies to New England threaten floods in the Mississippi valley as quick thaws loom. Western states report unprecedented totals with 21 inches in three days, while Missouri roads are blocked and fuel shortages grow. Sleet and rain follow the storms, with airlines forced to divert near Rock Springs and Great Falls.
In Topeka Kansas former Gov Jonathan M Davis testifying in his bribery trial said his son Iussell Davis acted without his knowledge or consent in delivering a person to banker Fred W Pullman for 1250 dollars. Young Davis claimed his father knew nothing of the money and that he only helped deliver the pardon after learning of the opportunity for easy money.
Marines at Quantico plan to fight mosquitoes this summer using airplanes. Sawdust soaked in arsenic will be sprayed over creeks and swamps from aircraft. Commander McTean says tests show effectiveness against mosquitoes and no harm to vegetation fish fowl or people. it will act as a tonic.
The Smithsonian Institution will collect in Guatemala a few that are on man's side in the fight for supremacy.
A fierce blaze in Kamagayan Cebu destroyed 400 nipa and bamboo houses, leaving more than 8,000 people homeless. The small structures burned rapidly, and the fire's cause remains unclear. Local officials urged relief aid and temporary shelters for the displaced residents.
A major blaze devastated Carter 8.0's business section in Bronx Iowa, destroying shops and warehouses. Officials put the loss at about 100000 dollars, with crews battling the fire through the night and assessing damages to commercial properties.
An advertisement from a Burlington store touts Tanlac as the great tonic to rebuild weak bodies, relieve nervous strain, aid sleep, stomach trouble, and rheumatic burning, urging readers to buy at their druggist. It cites testimonials and promotes Tanlac as the best vegetable pill for constipation.
A fragmented quotation from Japan Advertiser and Spencer pieces a humorous exchange on necessity and time. It features a wife claiming she always needs time and a tub or hat, with a pithy line about beauty being skin deep. The text is garbled but centers on everyday buys and vanity.
Minnie Teastorer writes how a nurse friend advised Carter's Little Liver Pills for constipation and indigestion. She claims the treatment cleared her pimples and solved chronic constipation, noting the pills as a remedy sold in 25 and 750 red packages.
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