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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
4
A speaker mocks the burdens of alfalfa farming, noting year round labor from May to November. The narrative compares alfalfa to a grueling, constant crop that distracts farmers from other activities, ending with a quip about farmers facing winter feeding chores. The piece satirizes rural life and livestock feeding debates.
The text notes farmers embracing alfalfa acreage for its bankable return despite social discomforts. It contrasts scant hunting of pleasures with practical gains, signaling a rural move toward profitable land use even amid personal or community constraints.
The state prohibits men or women assistants from performing dental work unless holding a state certificate, following a legislative amendment. Only laboratory tasks in a dentist office may be done without certification.
A Tuesday night storm in North Vernon damaged heavy crops and utilities. Lightning struck a grain stack owned by M J Tindall and four telephone poles were toppled with lines burned near Bloom and Schaner. Mrs Schaner suffered a severe shock at her door while others traveled to Story City for a funeral.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a dialogue about risking death for a companion from Kentucky. The readable lines hint at a tense exchange over loyalty, with phrases about giving and perishing and references to a wife. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context.
A youngster on Thirteenth Street New York found a gold plated collar button after playing near a hose. He developed pneumonia that led to pleurisy. An X-ray revealed the foreign object in the right lung. After improved imaging, doctors performed a three inch incision to remove the button with the mother’s consent. The boy recovered and planned to keep the button as a keepsake.
An Indian romance story emerges in Indianapolis as Big Chief Red Pox of the Bronx Indigre seeks a marriage license to wed Mids Byalyn GC Dunn, a Maghal-Indian woman. The application lists William J. Homes as the chief and Black Eagle as his father, with Neuwan as his mother.
In Morana northern Italy a wealthy manufacturer died by self immolation after placing himself in a coffin and lighting torches. A maid found his corpse inside the coffin the next day with his arms folded and a card on the door reading Bring the undertaker to inka away my corpse. Police explored the room and found no funeral directive or gratuity note.
The origin of fire remains unknown with no clear record of who first discovered it. It likely arose from natural events or accidental sparks and lightning may have prompted its use. Fire is presented as fundamental to human progress, enabling decisive advances in tool use and civilization.
Fragmented and garbled text promotes a nonfunctional medical service in Des Moines terms a claim of cures for various diseases. It mentions a Den Moines origin, condescends to readers, and references unsafe remedies and poison lines, with little coherent factual content.
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