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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
5
A collage of items including lost pocketbook notice, piano lessons starting June 4, several for sale postings for horses hens eggs and timber hay and timber, farm land wants to list, house for sale, car storage, and local business notices from Graettinger Iowa with multiple names and contact references. Prominent names include Edith George Oracle Emma Shaver Editor and Mrs. C. K. Pierson Graettinger.
Notice appears to announce the appointment of Vin as Administrator at Landing. Details are fragmented but indicate official action by a local authority on estate administration and pending duties or responsibilities.
A historical sketch recounts Versailles as a world center of diplomacy and drama. It notes nations recognizing U S independence, the French Revolution, and German unification linked to the palace. It details royal lovers, political upheavals, and the famed Gallery of Mirrors with tales of Louis XIV and his mistresses.
Mrs Hill, aging and lonely, fears a bank collapse after dreaming of Leslie and Marah Bank failing. When letters arrive from granddaughters expressing concern, she moves to Marion and George who invite her to stay. In Adrian she discovers a safe box containing money, revealing careful planning and a new home.
Eskimos of Alaska perform rhythmic dances with tom tom drums. Men dance topless, women in denim parkas with wolverine halos. A muscle dance precedes wolf and partner dances as drums drive a rising chant. Guests usually give tea and candy instead of money.
A young otter litter is born in a soft nest under an inaccessible bank. The mother stays near, wakes with an ear open for danger, and feeds milk as the pups grow. When eye sight returns, she guides them to sun, teaches local woodcraft, and disciplines misbehaving cubs with bites.
The account recalls Saint Lucy born in Syracuse in 304 A.D. Her beauty drew admirers who sought her hand, but she joined religious life. A nobleman’s accusation led to her persecution under Diocletian and martyrdom, often depicted with a platter bearing her eyes.
A fragment describes a device for preventing poison bottle errors by applying a sandpaper label around a bottle so a dazed sleeper can feel the rough surface and identify it as containing Saker. The idea duplicates a warning label idea in a tactile form.
A young woman with a baby asked a prominent household to mind her infant while she went to the courthouse to attend her own wedding. The baby, about two months old, was kept for over an hour and returned with the mother expressing thanks for the kindness.
A dated riddle explains a math puzzle using counts of living brothers and sisters plus deaths. It instructs doubling living brothers, adding living sisters, multiplying by ten, and then adding deaths minus 150 to reveal a three digit answer where left is brothers and middle is sisters.
The column argues Senator Reed Smoot’s plan to reform departments via a special committee is flawed. It urges a ground‑level approach by accountants and business leaders to define necessary departments, assign duties, and simplify Congress. This would expose parasites, cut waste, and create an efficient, enterprise‑like public administration.
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