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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
5
A fragmentary collage blends quirky lines from an old household scene with stray phrases about Pegasus and ice cream. Amid these odds a man recalls madstones and a bell ringer, while social snips touch on marriage, fashion, and a comical exchange over a wedding outfit.
A fragmented verse pleads to depart crowded life and seek distant hills prairies and plains. It imagines ibex zebra and antelope in wilder landscapes away from fevered urban life.
A Green Countryman returns from New York puzzled by big words as a postmaster and neighbors share snippets of daily life. A motorist offers help while a chatty passenger distracts a man finishing a job, and a boy recalls his father’s accident with care. The narrative blends small-town dialogue with comic misunderstandings.
A tall thin man explains in dialect he has grown tired while helping Brother Smith measure a house for new carpets. With no yardstick, he measured by lying down and getting up across the rooms, noting the six feet height in the process. The exchange features two friends and a humorous mismeasurement.
A whimsical desertion of place names paints a scene where a traveler perceives a cheerful riverbank town with smiling flowers and serene hills. The narrative contrasts joyful, almost allegorical locations with a sudden, explosive inner moment reflecting a clash between gaiety and tension.
A pastoral vignette describes a country walk, lovers and a wary daughter, lines of affection, and a debate over romance versus duty. The speaker recalls a day when the world felt right yet pressures alter plans, as a stubborn partner resists elopement and a paternal voice weighs in.
The Ralph Déchard home two miles east of Webb was set ablaze destroying the dwelling and all contents. Two young children aged two and five perished upstairs as parents Mr and Mrs Eckard cried for help. The father was in a field and the mother in the garden when the fire was found. Residents mourn the tragedy.
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