This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
10
A garbled collage shows conversations about ice cream wishes, madstones, a misread electric bell, and wedding clichés. Snatches mention a chocolate Sundae, engagement remarks, musical guests, and phonograph notes, with cultural snippets from an era blending humor and domestic scenes.
The speaker longs to escape fevered life and crowded towns. He seeks distant wilds where chamois ibex and zebra may roam, hoping to glimpse exotic animals and untamed prairies far from urban life.
A flock of vignettes from a rural town sketches political rants, oil rush chatter, and a New York visit. A postmaster and traveler share light exchanges as a distressed motorist seeks help while a meddling wife injects commentary.
A tall thin man explains to a short stout friend that he has been helping Brother Smith by lying down and getting up all over their house to meet a six foot height requirement. The dialogue uses dialect to illustrate fatigue and effort in a humorous context.
A whimsical reminiscence describes a fictional river town with names like Don’t-You-Wortty and Ne’er-Give-Up. The poem paints a cheerful landscape where flowers named Try and Patience face the sky, and streets host shade trees with the Very Seldom Frown.
A playful verse fragment depicts a woman gazing down a road and fearing an imminent burst of emotion or upheaval, wearing stylishness as a theme and hinting at impending change.
A narrator recalls a country walk with a lover and a squandered chance as rules change. He muses on reckless youth, a longing gaze, and the pull of duty versus desire during a pastoral moment in the countryside.
A convoluted page item reports a fatal house fire near Webb destroying a home and killing two children of Mr and Mrs Eckard. Algona notes Miss Nellie Devine injured in a car backed into by John Bohannon, with damages paid. Whittemore details a hotel theft of 75 to 100 dollars and watches, with a suspect leaving town. Garner reports Hancock county’s first arrest for running a still and large whiskey seizures near Britt. Fairmont describes a serious collision west of East Chain injuring two cars, with disputed driver fault. Humboldt recounts a 75 year old horse thief, Edgar Emanuel Martin, sentenced to Fort Madison after stealing Peter Thompson’s team from Badger area.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.