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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
19
A city editor preaches accuracy to reporters while a cub miscounts a crowd, noting three thousand nine hundred ninety nine eyes fixed on the speaker, only to reveal a one eyed man in the crowd. The tale ends with the editor going out for a drink.
A noisy ad page features a long list of casual quips and small notices. It includes a cheeky quote about troubles and age, a misspelled item notice for dry goods, a local ad about railroads under private ownership, and a humorous anecdote about a Kansas editor asked to describe a farm. The mix reads like a newspaper blurb page with light humor and small notices.
Buck Duane figured in a shooting episode at Thelma theater on a Wednesday night. An exciting chase followed but he escaped unharmed and the crowd enjoyed the scene.
A magazine flapdoodle column notes the article Women as Mothers aligns with common beliefs that women are the best mothers. It contrasts with a street encounter with Sam A Faultfinder who fixates on faults, while a child’s innocent smile shifts focus away from criticism.
The excerpt notes readers debating language with got and gotten while tying it to everyday items. It quotes letters praising or questioning political life and wages, including references to shirts skirts fur and shirts priced at specific sums, and mentions a strike rumor across New York and Chicago with demands for large raises. Frank Higgins comments on politics while running a produce business.
An American soldier shields a German prisoner and jokes about French money and Illinois roads, then quotes a spoof poem on bad roads. Alex H. Rollo of the Parowan Times proclaims Highland Scots blood in editors, defending his stance on wearing green and critiquing pretenders who teach or run papers.
A diminutive black boy brings a single egg to a Virginia village store and asks for a needle for his mother. The exchange shows the storekeeper offering two needles for one eye and the boy insisting on cheese as change, reflecting a rural humor anecdote from the period.
The piece playfully marks spring as the vernal period when cows calve potatoes rot peaches etc and unions press for higher wages while farmers begin long days. It portrays household tidying chaos chicken yard activity Rovier scouting and fishermen eyeing bluegills as spring’s beauty is celebrated in nostalgic schoolroom style.
A collection of humorous vignettes features a robber paying a dentist with teeth gnashing, a Conscientious Dentist fearing gas, and a neglected romance interrupted by a blackout. The pieces mix quips about money in business, comic misfires, and a playful yet tense mood.
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