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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
3
A simple easy to build sand box barge boat doubles as a wading pool for young children. Provides step by step directions and full size patterns with painting guides. Requires only standard lumber from local yards and a hammer and saw. Send 35c for Pattern No 09 East Bird Pattern Company Mensantville NY.
The article suggests Acenagua, touted by World Book as the western hemisphere’s highest mountain, once might have held the title of world’s highest peak. It states a centuries old eruption blew off the summit and erased signs of the crater.
In a wartime steel plant a worker jokes with a visitor about promotions then a minister recalls a deceased colleague and his ambitious partner. The conversation reveals a cynical parable on hard work, wealth, and marriage as the widow of another worker is remarried to the ambitious man.
A long reminiscence on Charlie Moran of Horse Cave Kentucky, famed as a versatile star and coach. The piece recalls his multi sport success at Nashville Military and Tennessee Military institutes, time with the Bucknell Praying Colonels, and his roles as player, coach, trainer, umpire, and gear maker. It notes Moran’s impact across football and baseball and his strategic prowess in assembling teams with limited rosters.
A garbled excerpt lists household tips on cleaning ovens removing fish odor pinning back curtains and basic dental care for children. It references parsley hot soap suds baking soda and waxed paper wrapped eggs as practical guidance with no clear cohesive narrative.
A Welshman is noted along with West Point and Primo Carnera in a terse items list. The States of the Union theme appears, with Polo mentioned among brief notes. No coherent narrative or dates. items read as fragmentary catalog.
London reports that 2000 British horses imported to Belgium annually are largely slaughtered for meat rather than used for work as agreed. Arthur W. Moss of the RSPCA testified after visiting Belgium, noting hot branding and ear punching before the horses were killed.
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