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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
14
A 1929 McClure newspaper byline offers counsel on talent, persistence, and choosing a vocation. It urges steady hard work, avoiding distraction, and developing one’s innate abilities to steer toward success despite discouragement.
The text argues that income is the engine that grows capital and urges readers to protect and increase two forms of capital: health and money. It warns against sloth and bad habits, stresses regular savings, and compares brains to bank capital, claiming fortune comes from disciplined accumulation and prudent investment. Copyright by Toho Blete.
Advice column humorously critiques a man who is fidgety, always late, and obsessed with appearance. It mocks his timid, anxious manner and constant promises of affection, urging brides to value promptness over flirtatious theatrics.
Instructions mix unlikely recipe fragments from a vintage cookbook, detailing beef grains in corn patties, a fried wall crust, and baked apple dumplings. Directions include grinding meat, combining with crumbs and milk, forming patties, and steps for folding pastry around apples, with notes on oven time and egg glaze. Also olives with oysters canape and a dubious line on molecule size closes the text.
A poetic meditation on messages carried by a pigeon of love and memory. The speaker likens thoughts to a bird that travels across distances to reach the beloved, urging daily openness and shared hearts. The imagery shifts to a pigeon flying east, carrying a bond between two hearts across land and tongue.
An old fashioned advertisement touts a simple jelly recipe using Plymouth Bock Pink Gelatine to serve four pints with no cooking. The ad promises easy preparation and ample portions for a large family. It also includes a second ad for Cole's Carbotaire, claiming quick relief for burning and itching with instructions to see a druggist or mail order a package.
The American Magn alto piece recalls Rinehart’s entertaining camping tales with men. It notes that men tolerate a woman in camp but dislike being bothered. The commentary likens the mood to a slovenly dressed woman, with a tongue in cheek remark about going downtown and bringing clothes along.
A brief note notes stage funding gaps as theater groups struggle to secure money for productions. Local arts committees face difficulty meeting costs, amid rising expenses and limited grants. Performers warn that reduced support may curb upcoming show seasons.
In a public school duet, a ten year old Maggie played the accompaniment while the narrator and father performed. The father led the boy off stage mid performance, remarking that eleven of thirty three verses were enough. The piece featured a refrain about three grayed ranges and ended with a stark reaction from the audience.
A comic scene unfolds as a frightened husband tells his wife he saw a donkey shaped ghost. Mrs. Carter laughs off the fear, urging him to return to bed. The piece weaves in a witty tale from Oliver Herford about snobbery, a city missionary, and a tale of a rat catcher spoiling a dinner. A Western anecdote about marriage prospects concludes with a misidentification of a guest.
In Indianapolis during December a man recalls his father returning from the chicken yard in zero weather and noting the hens stay on nests to keep warm and may as well lay an egg. Mars Hill adds the hens think they should lay while on the nest.
During Athens zenith the Grecian foot was deemed the most perfectly formed and proportioned among humans. The passage notes a peculiar view on love finding a why non opposition and often leads to standoffish endings.
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