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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
10
The article notes honey as a cash crop aiding farm self-sufficiency. Iowa accounts for five percent of U S honey production and ranks fourth in owned colonies while being second in state colonies, behind California. It highlights bees as natural resources and ties beekeeping to broader agricultural value.
Ford C. Frick narrates an Indigenous myth in which the Manitou and a lesser god create cleansing springs after plagues. The tale follows ritual purity, offerings of wealth, and a blessing of healing as tribesmen drink and prosper, while artifacts remain as memorials of gifts. The piece closes with a brief modern humor interlude about a doctor’s rise to prominence.
A city keeper admits uncertainty about elephant weights. Further inquiry yields figures: an Asian elephant of average size weighs about 6400 pounds, while a famous elephant named Fargeri weighs 15000 pounds.
Indian Lodge Tales recounts a Cheyenne legend of a faithful pair among the Chosen People and a dragon monster named Manitou. After a great flood, the dragon drank the waters dry and died when overburdened, leaving a petrified form on Cheyenne Mountain as a monument.
A reflective piece urges planting apple seeds to honor forests ruined from Maine to California. It laments barren tracts, eroded soil, and the vanished beauty of trees, imagining if loggers treasured nature like Johnny Appleseed. The author notes future fruit may come even if one does not see it locally.
In a London Tit-Bits item a husband jokes about his wife’s arrest after she complains of him rocking him to sleep. The absurd exchange features a quip about obtaining a warrant at the polls to arrest the wife for rocking him, reflecting a humorous skit tone.
A compact notices list highlights a mix of games and goods including box ball and billiards activities along with soft drinks, candies and cigars offered in a local venue.
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