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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
2
Raymond Comstock notes in Countryside Magazine that the builder of a small house must harmonize five desirables space charm distinction utility and comfort with economy within a tight budget Often success comes from balancing these aims but more often one or more qualities are sacrificed to finish the project The achievement of all six is a notable record.
Fragments discuss mothers urged to let children dislike foods be ignored for nourishment. Cites health and mood concerns, noting adults have dislikes and suggesting restraint in forcing disliked items. References to home guidance and historical viewpoints on child eating habits.
The New York World notes Ghent’s 13 ton iron bombarde from 500 years past with a 25 inch bore and 700 pound granite shot. It recalls bronze guns at Constantinople and a British fleet encounter at the Dardanelles over a century ago that crippled six ships and wounded 126 men.
The Gypsy people first appeared in England in the fifteenth century under the name SYPSy given by the gosh people who believed they came from Egypt. A careful study of their language shows the race originated in India, with the Gypsy language derived from Sanskrit. The note cites similar misnaming of a bird as turkey and cog d'Inde by English and French speakers respectively.
The Isle of Man officials in surplices climb Tynwald Hill each July to publish the year’s laws in Manx and English. The ceremony mirrors Norse relics and marks the laws as valid, a tradition dating back to antiquity per the Liverpool Mercury.
A man with a hunted look stands before the mummy of an Egyptian princess at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He sighs at the wonder then quietly leaves, tearing up, as he hurries to catch a car for dinner.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows a chat about Willie landing an office boy role and a mother praising his efficiency as he anticipates a promotion, while a father figures the work moves. The exchange underlines family dynamics and workplace ambitions.
A Florida Times-Union quip contrasts two aims, noting a line about aiming at a deer in the Adirondacks and another about shooting for a bride. The playful remark equates hunting with winning a spouse, reflecting light, humorous tone in a clipped excerpt.
A pithy reflection contrasts the asset of experience with its cost. It notes fortune’s role in blindness, yet argues men can be more blind than luck. The quote channels Samuel Smiles on value, risk, and human perception of success and failure.
A pioneer family pauses a cart breakdown along a Saskatchewan riverbank. The father finds a moosejaw jawbone that fits a damaged cart spoke, inspiring locals to name the district the Place Where the White Man Found the Moosejaw, a tale cited by the Washington Star.
A banknote bearing a hidden message freed an English slave after a Liverpool merchant’s cashier decoded red ink marks on the back. The note warned John Dean of Longhill near Carlisle that his brother was prisoner in Algiers. Dean appealed to officials, the prime minister urged action, and after inquiries the captive was released in time to die at home.
A Kansas City Star reflection notes that simple writers reveal neighbors as human beings. It cites McCutcheon, Webster, Briggs, George Ade and Fatty Lewis for uncovering peevish habits, noisy babies, and romantic family traits. The piece urges readers to get to know neighbors beyond surface visits.
The London Express cites Ralph Gardner's 1655 England's Grievance in Relation to the Coal Trade describing a Newcastle woman driven by an officer while an iron branks gag forced into her mouth. The device, resembling a crown, was tied to an engine, inflicting blood loss as punishment for chiding and scolding by magistrates.
The piece urges women to seize libraries as gateways to thought and growth. It contrasts helpless feelings with the vast resources of city, country, loan and traveling libraries. A reader may gain masterful ideas by living with a great mind through books, not by sheer volume of reading.
Five cents' worth of Epsom salts dissolved in a cup of water forms a neat headlight dimmer for cars, claims Scientific American. The solution is applied to the inside of the handsight glass and left to evaporate, yielding a beautifully frosted lens that lasts for months.
A brief Baltimore American quip warns Miss Flirty to beware and stay lawful. The banter notes her sharp glances as a “killing” trait, framed as a tongue in cheek confrontation rather than a real threat.
A Baltimore American snippet shows Ma recalls James asking to share his Jot and inquires if it referred to a good building section. The brief exchange hints at property or value matters without detail on location or outcome.
A terse exchange ends with a quip about a dollar and intent in a judge led setting. The fragment suggests a courtroom or interrogation tone with social witticism. Names, dates, or places are not provided in readable form.
The Freiburg cathedral altar carved by Hans Lefrink, protege of Maximilian I, tells how love overcomes class and hierarchy. A rich father forbids marriage until the altar curves upward, a boast of love that defies impossibility as the high altar rises higher than the church. Observers note the bent apex, a symbolic triumph.
In Farm and Fireside an inventive hint helps autoists with scarce fuel. If detours drain a tank, add denatured alcohol or kerosene to stretch it. When fuel is just enough for a road but not a hill, press the cap vent, blow into the vent hole, and light a match to force a surge. If needed, back uphill.
A Chicago News quotation explains that a doctor’s bill covers professional services rendered, not miraculous cures. It notes a patient joins a contract to pay for expert services whether cure occurs and that a doctor may refuse service and cannot be compelled to work for a contingent fee.
Ogden canyon, a deep rock cleft overlooking the Great Salt Lake, formed as the Ogden River cut through rising Wasatch peaks. The river flowed west before mountains rose, then kept its course while the range lifted, a prime example cited by Argonaut.
Magnetic disturbances do not start simultaneously worldwide but move around the globe. Sudden disturbances, though small in effect on the compass, take three to four minutes to circle the earth. Larger storms progress more slowly, needing thirty minutes or more to pass around the globe.
The foremost festival at Athens honored Minerva. Citizens of all classes joined a grand procession led by age groups from oldest to children and women to matrons and tower orders. A key sight was a ship propelled by hidden machinery bearing the goddess’s sacred banner aloft.
In the center of Kildine, an island in the German ocean, a curious lake rests. Its surface waters are fresh and support freshwater life, yet deep below remains highly saline, hosting saltwater fish.
A sharp quip from Josh Billings notes that a man choosing to become foolish should first closely inspect himself and test whether he is naturally suited to folly or deserves the label of a fool.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a line asking about innocuous desuctude and notes it as a humorous result when a mother and a caller discuss a servant problem. The quote contrasts with a proverb about poverty as a northern wind forcing men into vikings, attributed to Ouldi.
A Geological Survey Bulletin praises the Grand Teton for its superb views and draws tourists and sportsmen from Ashton and beyond in pursuit of elk, sheep, and trout. It notes the peak has reportedly been ascended only twice, in 1872 and 1804, amid awe of the dramatic alpine scenery.
This London Graphic note recalls John Howard the prison reformer who faced prison fever with no fear. He kept vinegar near his nose in cells, washed and changed after returning home, and abandoned some habits later. His immunity was credited to fearlessness, cleanliness and temperance, including ascetic living that kept him healthy to sixty four.
In a London Bits item a village innkeeper lent a customer a pair of black trousers for a funeral. Weeks passed without return. The messenger demanded the garb, noting the funeral, but the holder insisted they were needed for quarry work and offered to borrow another pair instead.
The world’s largest hydraulic lift lock sits in Petersborough Canada. It uses two steel pontoons moved by hydraulic power to raise boats sixty five feet in about twelve minutes, with one and a half minutes for the vertical lift in St Nicholas.
Daniel Webster noted that his great reply to Hayne, long prepared, could be delivered instantly. He claimed he only needed to consult notes in a pigeonhole to refresh memory, asserting no man is truly inspired by the occasion and that Wayne could not better fit his prepared lines.
The Liberty Boys were members of the Sons of Liberty who fought early colonial battles and opposed the stamp act. They joined the Boston Tea Party, signaling from Hanover Square in Boston where a flag was hoisted beside Liberty Tree flagstaff to assemble.
The Winfarthing oak was 700 years old at the time of the conquest according to reliable testimony. William surveyed it closely before declaring, Could I live to be but one fourth the age of this tree the world would be mine.
A published quip from the Louisville Courier Journal notes there are always two aides to a question and adds that a fellow who insists on expounding both of Yem is not to be liked.
This brief item notes a heated exchange as Gillet confronts Perry over alleged deception and a repeated pattern of investments blamed on Scott. The dialogue hints at ongoing disputes and reputational stakes within a small circle.
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