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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
8
A collection of quips and opinions on honesty, marriage, and social norms. The piece contrasts blunt talk with polite restraint, notes a nose ring as a bold wartime gesture, and jokes about winning money and exercise. It closes with a jab about a woman’s double chin.
Reflects on the ceaseless loom of life with a poetic rhythm about ongoing patterns from sunset to sunrise. Henry Ward Beecher’s reflection centers on continuity, fate, and the persistence of life’s design beyond individual days.
Quick home tips cover fudge texture with cornstarch, velvet hangers to prevent gown tipping, cheesecloth to keep pulp out of juice, bone meal for potted plants, opening can bottoms for asparagus, toasted crouton style rolls for salad, winter care for cacti, grape juice with grapefruit color and flavor, and methods to remove duck feathers and down using hot cloth.
A teacher tests pupils with a puzzle about a cat in a deep well. The cat rises two feet and falls three, making escape impossible. A student insists on continuing with further calculations, joking that the cat will eventually emerge in Australia.
A drug claim touts a combined Pepsin and Senna laxative to relieve stomach discomfort and constipation. It promises faster digestion of undigested food, reduced belching and nausea, and ease for lazy bowels with a pleasant taste for families.
A quotation reflects on heroism as the noblest acts done within walls rather than for show. Attributed to J. P. F. Richter, it emphasizes private virtue over public display.
Dr. Barton reports arthritis may stem from three contributing factors. The physician outlines genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, and lifestyle elements as key influences on joint inflammation and pain.
Dr James W Barton reviews arthritis causes and treatments noting acetyl salicylic acid relief, focus on focal infections and diet. Emphasizes three pathways to arthritis, role of infection and strain, and gradual shift from removing infected teeth to improving overall health and resistance through diet.
A Canadian Medical Association Journal review of 1,000 Toronto General Hospital cases shows that abdominal pain in appendicitis often begins outside the appendix region. Pain starts generally in the abdomen and shifts to the right lower area in 10 percent, with vomiting and loss of appetite common early symptoms.
Fragmentary OCR yields a partial note on a January 21 lesson. The text references education, internet, and possible religious or international themes but lacks clear entities or events to establish a full report.
A sermon contrasts world and divine greatness from Matthew 0 17 29 and Romans 8 6. It argues worldly aims of size wealth and status conflict with God s ideals urging believers to deny self seek humble service and follow Christ s example of dying to self. It highlights James and John s selfish request and calls for true greatness through humility.
A devotional verse from Psalm 109 21 22 pleads for mercy and aid in distress. The speaker proclaims poverty and need while seeking divine intervention for relief and protection.
A fragment references Jesus asking for evidence that believers may be one, mirroring unity between him and the Father. The brief text echoes John 17 style themes about belief in Jesus’s mission and divine connection.
A homemaking idea from Mrs. Spears' Book No 3 shows turning an old iron bed into a stylish couch and adding box end tables with a partition and shelves. Includes steps for painting, padding, upholstery, and completing cushions, with request for mailing 10 cents for Book 3 from Bedford Hills New York.
Questions cover geography and history including Brazil Texas size, decay factors for wood, moon influence on pendulum clocks, Great Lakes waves versus oceans, Atlantic versus Pacific coastlines, European river volumes, Death Valley dimensions, conquistadors Peru, male swan, and a ceded cob. Answers note moon gravity, waves reaching 25 to 50 feet, Atlantic coast, Mississippi discharge, Death Valley depth and breadth, Pizarro as conqueror, and cob as a male swan term.
The Anawere 1, Brazil, claims a size larger than the United States with 20 states, 4 bigger than Texas, while noting bacteria and fungi grow in wood and damage structures and that pendulum clock mechanisms are slightly affected.
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