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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
6
A garbled text fragment reflects a personal reflection on romance and marriage. The speaker describes old mood, romantic tendencies, and a desire to marry someday, but the legibility is low and details are unclear.
The piece explains how railways introduced penny platform tickets to curb delays and crowding on platforms. The plan allowed only ticketed travelers onto platforms, a humane yet controversial fix that saved thousands in annual costs, and was hailed as a grand success by city papers.
A fragmentary tale recounts how Dresden clay, famed for translucence in ware, was discovered by chance after a muddy road incident involving a foundry owner and a shrewd businessman. The mineral’s true nature, its link to Boettcher and Augustus, and its trade impact in China and beyond are touched upon with historical note from the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
An Indianapolis News item reports a rider who rides the streetcar for years, never buys tickets, pays cash in advance as a favor to acquaintances, claiming his savings from not purchasing tickets can exceed ticket costs, a teller of a petty con on daily transit.
A fragmentary folklore note describes a Europe entry about a cotton legend. It recounts travelers in Tartary mentioning a plant fruit that, when cut, resembles a lamb with wool. The tale links the plant’s white fluff to cotton, calling it cot tom wag, and notes its flesh as edible, framing a strange nature story of fibers mimicking wool.
A garbled clipping reflects a dialogue about a boy and parental guidance, mentioning Umar Corntorael and a gate scene. The text is largely unreadable, with fragmentary phrases and misspellings, making precise meaning difficult.
Readable pieces mention fragmented phrases and garbled text without clear events. The snippet includes odd sounds and misread words, lacking identifiable people, places, dates, or concrete actions to summarize into a coherent item.
A portrait of Miss Fanny Lawson known as Ast Fanny Lawson, a leading suffrage volunteer in New York City. The piece highlights how 200000 New York women worked for suffrage in 1915 16, with about 1000 named on front pages while the rest campaigned unseen. Lawson is praised for her tireless organizing across districts.
A woman recounts approaching her eighteenth birthday to claim her estate and pursue guardian Nathan Griggs. She fakes a plan using her mother's letter to entice him, but his resistance reveals his intent to avoid wrongdoing while she confesses long‑held feelings and a doomed attempt to force a union.
The piece urges thorough rubbish disposal to improve health and air quality in homes. It highlights dust, mold under carpets, rotted flooring, and stored clutter as sources of infection and smells. It advocates removing worn household items and refreshing furniture and paper goods for a healthier living space.
Fragmented text describes a bedspread with colonial motifs and blue borders. Phrases mention patchwork like patterns, blush tones, and a raised edge with flowers. The passage references a whirl of terms and nonsensical lines, offering little coherent meaning or context.
Mary Medford and Gwen Dolen travel through Germany France and England chasing a theory of progress and love. They meet two anonymous British peers aboard a voyage to New York, fall for the men, and return home with gifts and romantic entanglements amid class and marriage ambitions.
A girl named Toe Bommera navigates shifting friendships as she reaches adolescence. Two boys, Bob Atherton and Jonnie Mygts, compete for her attention, sparking a tense rivalry. After tense exchanges and a schoolyard battle at Effingham High, Toe’s decision to side with Jonnie ends the love feud and resolves the conflict.
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