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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
14
A 1920 Western newspaper fragment presents multiple recipe notes from Mothers Cook Book and Verece Mawel. It includes soup with turkey giblets, pumpkin custard cups, steamed oats pudding, a cheese centered salad on lettuce, chestnut stuffing, Egga Marcheai, and bake instructions for browning and serving. The piece reads like a home kitchen column with period pantry terms and measurements.
The poem laments passing years and memory, reflecting on distant winters and summers. It envisions a life of quiet recollection, the soul weighing joys and losses, while seasons recur as a timeless thread. The speaker mourns ephemeral pleasures, longs for remembered times, and imagines a lineage of memory shaping future dreams.
An OCR fragment describes how an advertising bureau operates with three women partners in a firm. The business manager handles records and coordination while the seeker gathers data and photographs and prepares materials for writers. The third partner recruits the staff to perform writing and illustration tasks.
Dream interpretations describe mountains as symbols of wealth, greatness, and public office. Ascending a mountain foresees success with perseverance, while rough climbs signal difficulties yet eventual progress. Seeing mountains may hint at travel abroad or changes in fortune, with outcomes tied to determination.
A former reporter recalls how women in early publicity roles used social and practical training to enter business. She notes women should gain access to information, stay alert, and work hard to run their own firms rather than stay in salaried jobs.
The article traces the origin of the term cootie used for lice among troops. It notes diverse early meanings in Drush Isles dialects and suggests the word's evolution from various regional uses to a nickname for soldiers' pests. It mentions Sanskrit and Urdu roots tangentially and contrasts popular myth with linguistic history.
A northern New England legend tells of a boy who carved the message The New Year Will Be Good into a mountainside forty years ago. The bold letters drew cheers from summer crowds, and the promise endures as a simple, hopeful forecast for many years to come.
The fragment speaks of a boyhood creed written on the heart, a year’s promise to be good, and the mysterious influence of letters that visitors read with grateful tears. It evokes hope, courage, and a collective memory in a ceremonial tone.
Fragmented verse recalls a harsh winter scene with Old Your, Bror Rabbit, and weary figures shivering in threadbare coats. References to sleighing, heaters, and dwindling pay hint at economic strain and rising chills, painting a nostalgic yet bleak mood of hardship.
A collection of old verse and aphorisms offering guidance for the coming year. It blends quotes from generals and anonymous writers on truth, faith, and duty, urging readers to seek God's will, endure challenges, and pursue meaningful tasks with steadfast resolve.
The article notes New Year's origins date to the fifth century for Christians and explains that Hebrew New Year begins in September with a calendar tied to the new moon, making it movable. It observes that today few nations miss the season and customs vary by locality.
A garbled but earnest pledge calls for patriotism and moral uplift. It urges prudent finances, brotherhood, thrift, and charity, aiming to elevate daily conduct and ensure resources are better shared among all citizens.
U S Department of Agriculture experts urge clean, dry, well ventilated houses with gravel floors and regular manure removal to prevent disease and parasites in squab production. Remove sick birds promptly, spray pens, and inspect for feather lice with sodium fluoride treatments. avoid disturbing nests containing squabs more than necessary.
Poultry experts advise free range fowls in spring but confinement in cold weather reduces egg output. To keep hens active, scatter feed like cabbage heads and beets to induce jumping and foraging. Maintain litter four to eight inches deep with straw or similar material and replace damp litter to prevent fatigue and promote daily corn foraging.
The United States Department of Agriculture suggests sprouted oats alfalfa meal chopped alfalfa and clover as winter hen seed. Cabbages may be hung in the poultry house and beets split and pinned on a wall to keep food clean. Provide oyster shells grit charcoal and ample clean drinking water at all times.
Fragments suggest pullets forced by stimulants or high concentrated feed to lay sooner or more. The text notes vitality declines and tax-like pressure on birds, implying adverse effects from coercive methods.
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