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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
24
A tale notes a ph naval guest foreseeing a decanter of sherry emptying. He concocts a guard against evaporation using a decoction, but the cherry still decreases. The steward offers a curious explanation about two wineginases added to soup each evening.
An advertisement touts 85 cent Danderine as a tonic that restyles lifeless hair, treats falling hair and dandruff, and nourishes the scalp. It promises glossy, revitalized strands with immediate results and non greasy sensation, urging purchase at drug stores.
An unusual plant known as the traveling pilot is described with a root of knots that enables it to advance about an inch annually from its original rooted place. The write up highlights its remarkable mobility and how it travels its own growing path.
The text fragment warns that an idle word may seem harmless but, once fueled by misconception or prejudice, can grow into a sweeping threat to human friendship. It notes how careless writing harms others and deepens social divides.
A brief item promoting dyeing and tinting options for women to refresh faded drapery and garments. Highlights a 165 centa price point and the availability of dyeing services for various fabrics.
A fragmented advertisement piece mocks dyeing tutorials and Latin phrases. It features stray lines about Diamond Dyes promising easy homo dyeing, mixed with caricatures of druggists, lawyers, and students misusing Latin terms in everyday life.
The Iowa Senate and House scenes include a resolution urging relief for farmers amid price disparities, a joint adjournment proposal, and adoption of a marriage license advance rule. Representative Diltz urged delaying divorces as public concern grows, while teachers’ convention reports draw protest over publication. Changes aim to cut jail extras and tighten code revision as lawmakers clash over funding and remedies.
Republican senators in Iowa recorded a 28 to 16 vote to pass a Bowmiatt currrght resolution demanding prompt government action on economic inequalities hurting Midwest farmers. The measure, meant as protest, urged Washington to extend immediate agricultural relief, and shifted away from direct references to the Republican party in its final form.
Lieutenant Governor Hammill condemns haste in code revision and warns against amendments to fit individual tastes. Few senators foresee completion by February 27. Less than a dozen bills have passed both houses since December 4, with many still in committee. A rule allowing bills out of committee without reports is debated. Budget measures face roadblocks as the senate rejects governor candidate backed bills. Aims to curb extra compensation for sheriffs, and debates on eminent domain and state printing continue amid ongoing squabbles over budget system provisions.
A father warns his reading son with a grim correction about discipline. The boy pleads for a dime novel titled Qnland me, yillum as the threat of bloodshed looms, but the father insists on woodshed consequences.
An old advertisement touts genuine California Fig Syrup for sick babies with emphasis on safety, no narcotics, and proper dosing, urging mothers to avoid counterfeits. A separate item notes a planned world circumnavigation by air routes in 403 hours at a cost of 3400 dollars, contrasting with the usual 60 days by land and sea.
A retro ad style note celebrates Brandreth Puls as a trusted standard for nine decades. It touts its use worldwide and interjects a quip about abstinence and pleasing others, reflecting old patent medicine rhetoric.
A fragment from a Newago Michigan notice hints at personal distress and health issues. The text is garbled but references troubling thoughts, digestion, stomach pain, and a sense of constraint. No clear names, dates, or explicit events are discernible.
An irritable old sportsman wakes at night to find a man named Rasta at his door seeking a hunting partnership in Africa. The exchange ends with the partner being refused under any condition. The clipping also advertises topical cures and a quip about love at first sight.
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