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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
5
A breezy miscellany of quips and short exchanges shows snippets about weather lore and social banter. Phrases touch on a husband taking a day off a weather bureau context and a father son exchange about college life. A line recalls a dairy of a dog and a playful quick retort.
Fort Madison Matron Mr. W. G. Ashlock recounts a tale of his wife’s dramatic recovery from a year of illness. He describes severe fatigue, headaches, indigestion, and nervous strain yielding to renewed health and appetite after using a tonic. The piece blends medical anecdotes with local color.
A humorous exploration of Valentine’s Day origins from ancient beliefs to linguistic twists. The piece traces the name Saint Valentine from galantin to valens and related terms, noting varied mythic and linguistic attributions, jokey asides about dating customs, and playful etymologies across languages.
A faded old valentine found in a quiet place reveals a shy poem of lovers' vows. The margin carries a sender's name in faint ink. The piece hints at two youths with hopeful but uncertain futures and a note of bygone romance.
An advertisement warns buyers to insist on the Bayer name on aspirin to avoid imitations, claiming Bayer aspirin has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 26 years. The message urges buyers to say Bayer when purchasing.
The item mentions an entertainer Seeda Alfalfa who told veteran jokes and lists prices for sweet clover and Iowa farm land terms. It notes J Mul hall of Sioux City and a town ady. The text references Boughton gratitude and a maxim about poor men and umbrellas.
The piece traces Saint Valentine's Day origins from Chaucer and Shakespeare to later folklore, noting English and French traditions waning while American Valentine buying persists. It contrasts literary references with a comic aside about a village mail carrier, ending on fond memories of valentines delivered to Betty.
A playful fairy tale fragment shows a tiny elf by a warm hearth writing a honey dipped letter to a darling sprite. The speaker copies the elf's missive and signs it as Arthur Gullerman in Delineat.
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