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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
9
A humorous tale of a newly married man named Jones who on the first payday gives his wife fourteen dollars of a fifteen dollar salary and pockets a dollar. On the second payday he reverses, keeping fourteen dollars while giving his wife only a dollar, prompting her protest about surviving a week on so little. He admits confusion over the odd split.
Guidance urges careful timber cutting to ease fuel shortage as large quantities are felled across Iowa. No fixed limits on wood type or amount, but select trees wisely to preserve reserves after two crises. Iowa consumed about one and a half million cords of wood in 1914.
Three million cords or about one million tons of coal equivalent burned in 1918. Heating values vary by wood type from coal equivalents to 1200 pounds of coal. Dry wood figures. Hard woods season nine to twelve months and should not be cut for immediate use. Softer woods season quickly and are suitable for quick consumption. Prefer larger trees. split logs promptly to hasten seasoning.
The piece cites Taft at Yale stressing accuracy in editing and recounts a humorous restaurant mix up where a needle soup becomes noodle due to a typographical error. It notes the quip about a tiny error causing a big misreading and includes a brief mock dialogue.
A Missouri candidate filed a humorous expenditure report listing costs from 1849 hours of sleepless thought to personal clashes with an opponent. He also notes donations of a beef, four sheets, five sheep, two suspenders, four calico dresses and five dollars in cash as part of his campaign outlays.
The humorous list details a character who kissed 126 babies and shook 9508 hands while claiming to have lied 10 101 times and walked 4076 miles. It notes unusual feats and misdeeds, ending with an election result of 353 in a surprising majority.
A Kansas country newspaper editor faced a community rebuke over a typographical error in reporting the mayor’s daughter's wedding. The apology noted the fault was an error of the typesetter, changing roses to noses, and promised correction in the following issue. The incident highlights the impact of editorial slips in small-town papers.
A humorous verse compares common sayings about value to a car on the way. It contends a car not moving may be worth less than a fixed asset like a yard or bin. The poem ends by asserting a ton in the bin is worth two in the yard, reflecting practical thrift.
A Traverse City haberdashers uses the storefront sign The Irishman and the Jew and signs all ads with the name. The store labels neckties Made especially for the shop as part of its branding strategy.
In Traverse City E. Joy and D. H. Netzorg explain why their shop chose the distinctive title The Irishman and the Jew. One owner is Scottish Irish and the other Hebrew, a name picked to be striking and memorable for traveling salesmen buying neckties. The plan proved highly effective.
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