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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
22
A collection of sharp quips about newsroom life. Jokes mock the push for accuracy and the temptations of clever phrasing. The Farrow and Benny bits showcase playful banter while a young reporter learns about precise wording.
A scattered catalog style clipping mentions a large line of school pants at Goldberg's with stray cartoonish lines and quotes. The text weaves humorous and fragmented notes about vendors, a Courier office, and advertising costs, reflecting garbled OCR from a Gibson City area page.
A Kansas man asked the editor of his local paper to craft a descriptive For Sale advertisement for his farm. Impressed by the ad’s praise, he chose to keep the property and not sell. The piece also notes a playful linguistic tidbit about the pangram sentence and hints at a long sentence emerging after July 1.
Buck Duane got into a shooting scrape at the Thelma theater Wednesday evening. After a tense chase he made a safe getaway with nobody hurt. The Republic notes a magazine flap about women as mothers and says the idea aligns with its view that women make the best mothers.
The piece contrasts medical advice on limb size with exercise while recounting a street encounter about Sam A. Paultfinder and a tailor’s failure. It notes a rainy forecast, a stylish outfit criticized, and the narrator’s obsession with finding flaws in everyday life, ending with a child’s innocent smile briefly shifting attention away.
A column quotes critics arguing verse cannot carry feeling for usage differences while labor strife spreads across New York and Chicago. It notes shoemakers demanding a 100 percent raise and parodic pleas for government largesse, alongside Frank Higgins of a produce house commenting on election outcomes and preferring commerce over politics.
An American soldier returns a German prisoner and finds a pocketful of French money. He mutters a crack about rotting Illinois roads and poor spring and harvest travel. Parowan Times editor Alex H. Rollo defends his Scotch lineage and criticizes self-proclaimed experts while noting the value of skilled work and steady editors.
A humorous Virginia vignette contrasts a village store scene with a darky trading an egg for needles and a comical meditation on spring. The piece paints rural life as the “Prost” most beautiful season, with farmers unions striking and households bursting into yearly routines.
A collage of clipped anecdotes and sketches. A dentist’s failed bill collection ends with a gnashing twist. A robber jokes about subscriptions. A man anxious about anesthesia. a poem loving encounter ends when the lights fail.
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