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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR yields a whimsical, archaic admonition about savings and drink, with scattered phrases about an old fashioned man and a jug. The readable parts suggest a cautionary note on money and inheritance, but no coherent event or person is established.
A humorous exchange unfolds about a tawdry house and buried treasure from a former saloon keeper. J Puller Gloom challenges participants to name their friends while a musician is asked to play by request. Farmers boast independence and a city dweller questions hiring a man in a playful rural dialogue.
Idealist and Cynic spar over a long courtship ending in a wedding after fifty years. A moon shiner case ends with a harsh sentence of thirty six years. The judge shows pity, while the condemned remains stolid and calm. The farmer claims no fish in his drained pond. The city man humorously notes the eight inch limit.
A collage of humorous bits and verse from a small town paper. Jokes about bluff and brag, a North journalist, a country doctor poem, and a Life of a Working Girl parody. Classifieds list sewing, shoes, poultry, lost items, and real estate, with short homely notices and ads.
Land to list by owner seeks agents to list with me Lewis Lippold Graettinger Iowa Also R F E TRUCK HAULING offers trucking for grain tile lumber livestock jet fuel and more Phone 59 C K Pierson Graettinger Toan 6 10 11 For sale Four room house six lots barn chicken house east and north of depot Easy terms Inquire at M Weinholzer Jewelry store 8 25 11 Pythian Sisters meet first and third Tuesdays Woodman Hall Royal Neighbors Lodge nights second and fourth Tuesdays Edith George Oracle Epima Shaver Recorder
A resident advertises a remedy at home addressing rheumatism constipation stomach trouble piles bladder issues asthma bronchitis liver kidneys nerves bunions and toe conditions. It claims painless removal and hair growth effects and invites inquiries at the advertiser's residence.
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