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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
3
The Deutschland’s arrival in Chesapeake Bay on Sunday July 9 marks a new era in ocean travel as a 300 foot merchant sub carries 1000 tons undersea, capable of fast travel with low detection. The piece notes German ingenuity and speculates on future implications of undersea transport.
Dr Hession comments that Emmetsburg program drew more attendees than Graettinger Chautauqua, while a lengthy humorous tale about Hell in Texas is told. The fragment discusses weather and harsh conditions, with rural imagery of Texas and devils, heat and desert landscapes.
The Times reprints two satirical poems with apologies to both sides. The Kansan replies with The Return Of The Shamrock. The verses mock Patrick and the Shamrock, envisioning future Irish coppers in Berlin and a slow British move in wartime.
The piece satirizes the CREDIT SYSTEM store showing Bill Purple buys crackers on credit and earns a year’s credit while Bill Pink pays cash and loses interest. It argues cash buyers subsidize credit customers and questions political representatives over seed waste spending. It plugs fly nets gloves and screen products.
A wartime verse depicting British and Irish sentiments toward Germany and the Netherlands. It imagines German defeat leading to consumption of Saar kraut and Kaiser's wine, with Ireland’s Shamrock faded in the Rhine valley, while urging action against the Dutch.
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