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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
16
A witty anecdote tells of a city editor urging accuracy yet missing a misread line. A young reporter submits a public meeting report claiming thousands of eyes fixed on the orator, prompting the editor to realize the error after a one eyed man is noted.
A mosaic of vintage ad snippets and quotes fills the page, inclining readers with jokes about school pants at Goldberg's Adv, a quip from Michigan Gargoyle, a note on a misrouted package, a government rail privatization jab, and a quirky sentence puzzle about liquor jugs and alphabet letters.
Socrates and hemlock joke leads to a quip about truth in a paper. Buck Duane caused a shooting scrape at Thelma theater Wednesday night, but made a safe getaway with no injuries. A magazine article titled Women as Mothers aligns with the view that women are the world’s best mothers.
A fragment from Chicago Post notes exercise can reduce limbs with swimming tennis bowling cycling while asking if limbs can be enlarged through similar routines. The anecdote shifts to a street scene with Sam A Faultfinder and manners of finding fault, ending with a child’s innocent smile and a wish to avoid perpetual defect talk.
Local advertisement promises dust-free results at cleaning, pressing, and repairing services. It emphasizes no sneezes from dust and a stitch in time saving nine, highlighting comprehensive garment care offerings.
The item notes a strain of labor unrest with reports of a strike in New York and Chicago as shoemakers seek higher pay. A Boston Transcript verse mocks worry over progress, while Frank Higgins prefers business to politics and dismisses electoral results amid circulating opinions.
The text konserves a mix of wartime slang and rural verse with jokes about German prisoners money illinois roads and a Virginia store anecdote, plus a spring rhapsody and rural seasonal scenes. Contains dated language and characters reflecting early 20th century humor.
A collection of humorous anecdotes and sketches. A dentist chafes at a nonpaying customer who used his teeth as the bill, a restaurant tale features a robber posing as a patron, and a brief vignette recalls a delayed encounter ending in a power outage and a wary suitor.
A youth sits in a dentist chair wearing a striped shirt as the dentist voices concern over how the patient will react when unconscious, noting the challenge of managing fear and procedure.
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