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Newspaper

Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1926

Page

8

The Girl in the Mirror Chapter 1X Escapes to Mystery

Laurie Devon awakens in a hidden cellar beneath an office with no exit, battles Shaw and a secretary, discovers an empty upper room, and climbs to a mirrored hall. He plans to warn Doris and uncover the fate of the mansion while seeking a way out before morning. The scene ends as he exits into a deserted building seeking information.

Laurie Bin Rhinn Filangurat Sol Shaw Tile Lagrle Lim Shawagin Aldo Renseniai Tacarte Liurle Littele Line Tita Jody Lawp Chen Fletad Inston Jia Hal Wwf Deerie Laure Isey Doris Genrie Ife Shawn Devon Noen

A Bit of Bright Ribbon Chapter Opening Scene

Laurie awakens in darkness recalling a tense moment with Shaw and a secretary. The mood is tense as caution echoes about wealth. He rises slowly, feeling faint, and searches for his surroundings.

Laurie Shaw

Abraham in Moslem and Jewish Traditions

The article surveys Abraham as a central figure in pre Muslim history and in the Koran with prominence in Mohammedan sources. It notes extensive apocryphal and rabbinical literature, and references works by editors and scholars. It also mentions Solomon and the queen of Sheba, and Abyssinian royal lineage traditions traced to Solomon.

Abraham Cleveland Plain Center Heta Yomplins Pine of Atraham W. J. Deane Mfe Timor Solomon Sheba

Take Your Choice Lists Comfort and Cold Dilemma

A Buffalo Express note records a domestic exchange where a woman rejects being bundled for warmth, while her husband insists it is better to be wrapped like an old woman than like Lux Tut. The brief quote contrasts care and pride in a cold afternoon conflict.

Mme Bultale Express

Discovery of Volcanizing Rubber by Charles Goodyear

Discovery and experiments by Charles Goodyear led to vulcanizing rubber, transforming brittle natural India rubber in cold and sticky warm conditions. The accidental process used heat to fuse rubber and sulfur, creating durable material now widely used. A curious note adds a baby wearing a new belt with legs can crawl but cannot fall when seated.

Charles Goodyett India Goodyear

Dislike for Cats Heritage of Man

Albert Payson Terhune explains in Liberty that human aversion to cats stems from ancient times. He argues the instinctive fear arose when nocturnal hunters deterred early humans, shaping our dislike of cats as a defense against unseen dangers.

Albert Payson Terhane Liberty

Dandelion Butter Color Sells Nationwide for Decades

A harmless vegetable butter color labeled Dandelion has been marketed for fifty years and sold in drug stores and general stores. Bottles price about 35 cents, as advertised.

Sicilian sulfur industry electrification contract with GE

Advancement in Sicily the corporation for the technical and economic development of the sulfur industry contracts with General Electric for electrification of all sulfur mining services. A fuel power plant at Catania will power a 40 000 volt main line to Catania, Caltanissetta, and Campo Franco with a 10 000 volt subsidiary line to the Caltanissetta Saramatino district. Estimated cost about 1 280 000 dollars, corporation share about 292 000. About 800 miles of line to be used, completion within three years.

Sicily General Electric Company of Catania Caltanissetta Campo-Franco Caltanissetta-Saramatino

Global stamp series mark history beyond borders

Across nations stamps chronicle history with select series. The United States prepares a Battle of White Plains issue while Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, and Canada unveil commemoratives ranging from liberation tercentenaries to Mme Curie portraits and aviation achievements.

Americas White Plains Portugal Bulgaria Poland Mme. Curie Spain Are Post Rvice Canada Dominion

War Babies in France Lord Beaverbrook Comment

Lord Beaverbrook jokes in New York about wartime baby production. He says the British aim to raise birthrates to supply soldiers for future battles, framing the push as ensuring more artillery power for upcoming campaigns. The Detroit Free Press quotation reflects wartime attitudes.

France Lord Beaverbrook New York Germany Detroit Free Press

Prickly Pear Dress Group Seeks Lease and Subsidy

Prickly Pear Dress Women’s groups in Australia urge government to grant a perpetual 600 acre lease and a 125000 subsidy to build a textile unit using waste products like prickly pears and pineapple root. Mme MecCracken of Dublin led the delegation to the labor and industry minister in Sydney, advocating garments from the new plant.

Australia Mme. MecCracken Dublin Sydney

Wives and Warriors In Backward Africa Report

A government report describes in Bali Cameroons West Africa a man with eight wives while 460 local men have no wives. Another man reportedly has 22 27 wives and seven warriors remain unmarried. Some tribes reportedly uphold slavery witchcraft and trial by ordeal amid primitive living conditions.

Africa Bali Bridat Cameroons West Africa

Customer Finds Comfort in Half Sizes Demonstrated

In a fitting exchange a shopper expresses preference for five and a half shoe sizes for comfort, while noting a six fits better overall. The clerk asks for her size, highlighting the shop’s flexible sizing dialogue.

Sioe Salesiman Aiza

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