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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
8
The page reads a chaotic mix of classified ads and public notices. It lists employment calls for a traveling salesman and a fire place vendor, livestock and animal care product pitches, farm and real estate offers, and various business inquiries. Names include A W Fischer and THE EDWARDS MANUFACTURING CO, with addresses in Cincinnati and Marshalltown.
Roky Grazi ano, the Dead End kid from Brooklyn, is the middleweight champion of the world. He is a tough, unlikable figure who has proven his skill by defeating Zale and proving his gameness. The piece contrasts his controversial rise with his fighting prowess and notes the boxing world hierarchy, including Louis, Lesnevich, Robinson, and other greats, while highlighting Grazi ano’s contentious path to the title.
The article presents a Moody Bible Institute lesson by William Culvertson on temperance, urging moderation in alcohol use. It cites Proverbs 20:1 and Ecclesiastes, notes concerns over rising drinking habits, and argues the Bible provides clear guidance against excess.
A mixed page item warns against alcohol abuse citing Bible passages and moral guidance, linking drinking to harm and poverty. It then shifts to advertise sewing patterns, detailing pattern numbers and sizing for youth dresses, inviting readers to order.
Practical advice on organizing refrigerated items to improve air flow and neatness. Save cancelled checks as proof in bill disputes. Perfume oils may be added to bath water for scent. Clean crystal with egg shells, water, and shaking to remove film. Flavor vegetables with bacon drippings. Handle paraffin safely by avoiding steam. Hang linens evenly to dry for whiter laundry.
The calliope, a steam whistle keyboard instrument, originated in Massachusetts in 1855 as river boat entertainment. Its popularity lasted about twenty years before steamboats dropped them, after which the calliope shifted to land venues and became linked with circuses, fairs, and carnivals.
The readable lines suggest a fragmented OCR page with phrases like That's Enough and eye spots. A waiter, a question about rice, and a brief dialogue appear, indicating misread text and stray quotes rather than a coherent story. The content lacks a clear event or named entities to summarize.
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.