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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1923
Page
30
A fragmentary Boston Transcript quote extols a bride’s beauty and charm in lush, poetic terms, comparing her to siren banners and dew, promising a blissful marriage with musical, ecstatic imagery.
A university professor claims cosmetics and perfumes last year rose by 60 percent over the combined endowments of all universities and colleges. He notes frequent facial routines as supporting evidence and asserts belief in the trend.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for pimples redness roughness and fragrance. It instructs washing with water, rinsing drying and dusting on Cuticura Bulary for a lasting scent at 25 cents each.
An ad cites Wall's Catarret Medicine with an ointment for nasal catarrh and a tonic to boost the body against colds, sold by J Cheney Co. It also references Puritan Massachusetts and census facts about foreign-born and native-born populations in New York City.
An individual critic voices frustration with a dictionary’s missing new words while it reliably defines common terms like eat dog and house. The letter asks why smucody cannot publish a dictionary including the words he wants to know and excluding trivial terms. A brief bridesmaid note follows about a new bride sweeping clean.
A vintage-style advertisement explains that carbohydrates provide heat and energy, with Grape-Nuts derived from wheat and barley as easily digested. It touts iron, phosphorus, and vitamins, claiming they support health and strength, and urges readers to shop at local grocers for the “Body Builder.”
A Cedar township community hall dedication, Iowa State College enrollment figures, and appointments mark a broad Iowa news roundup. Voters defeated a $100000 high school bond at Arnold while 1,000+ cast ballots. endowment plans and college debates unfold. Military orders, travel plans for Senator Brookhart, and a University of Iowa debaters win over South Dakota College on a League of Nations question. Fire damage in Burlington, land sales in Muscatine, and herd testing progress in Humboldt County shape agricultural and civic updates across the state.
Gregan of Strat on 4517 88th St Portland reports stomach trouble for two years with weight loss and pain. After taking Tania he gained eighteen pounds, now eats well, sleeps soundly, and works full speed. Advert says Tanine bulk health claim with 35 million bottles sold.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder troubles often misattributed to other causes. Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer’s remedy, is advertised as restoring kidney health. Sample bottles offered for ten cents with mail order from Binghamton NY. full sizes sold at drug stores. Growing tension noted in a fragment about a musician and a line about a Jack-o-Lantern.
Ad claims Carbolicve quickly relieves burning itching and skin diseases with no paraffin filler. Urges readers to ask druggist or The J. W. Cole Co Rockford AL for a package. Includes cartoonish snippet about a magnetic nickel and doctor rush.
A brief home ad notes quick dessert ideas during spring cleaning. It highlights Plymouth Gelatine as a fast option, usable in any flavor, promising multiple servings with minimal prep.
Movie magnate Adolph Zukor criticizes ad writers in a Los Angeles talk. He mocks repetitive phrases such as built fato and the house of Schmidt, comparing them to a salesman’s grand proposal to a girl. He cites the dullness of current advertising style.
A woman describes studying home nursing and cooking at the office to save money. While boarding a crowded street car she dropped a frying pan, which clanged loudly and drew surprised stares before a passerby kindly returned it.
A short note claims robins lay merely three eggs annually, suggesting caution in observing bird behavior and garden watchfulness for seasonal patterns.
Windom Minnesota mother of nine credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after a difficult ninth pregnancy and says she will tell friends to use it. A second Alabama mother from Glen Allen reports relief from bearing down pains after trying the remedy following her first child and allows use of her letter.
A humorously misheard exchange depicts a negro explaining hospital to a recently arrived foreigner as a "museum o' misery" in a quaint old setting. The line captures language shifts and social attitudes of the period with stark imagery.
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