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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
14
A satirical meditation on aging memory and thinking faculties links to time and progress. Dense prose explores mental transitions and the value of study while contrasting routine work with bursts of insight. Contains an 1923 attribution to McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
A speaker argues that about 20 percent of people are above the average in brain power and capability. By thinking clearly and avoiding bad habits, individuals can outpace others, surpass the average, and stand out as unusual in mind and character. Only a few will be strong rivals, so strive to be different inside.
A fragmented reflective piece laments loneliness and urges readers to offer kindness. It hints at personal growth through simple acts, suggesting that small deeds can widen lives and bring warmth to isolated individuals. The tone mirrors a late 19th century moral wisp.
The text offers a jumble of cooking directions and dessert ideas, from fruit sherbet and angelon cut decorations to carving a flower garden motif and custardlike creams. It includes steps for making cones with soft sherbet, carrot dishes, and mixed garnishes, but readability is limited by garbled OCR.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a quotation attributed to an ancient philosopher. It discusses life as largely the exercise of willpower rather than circumstance and hints at a stance of defiance against external factors. No additional identifiable facts or figures are clearly readable.
By ETHEL R. PEYSER. The piece urges overcoming fear of diving, noting laughter as a trigger to try. It encourages readers to puzzle out their reasons for fright, banish them, and dive in to gain prospects, with an upbeat, motivational tone.
An unnamed correspondent shares a garbled quotation from letters of Branklin K. Lane and a North De Quincy street youngster, noting themes of age, innocence, and moral guidance amid a chaotic diary-like montage from several papers.
Market data from Washington show prices for Irish cobbler potatoes, midwestern and southern fruit shipments, cantaloupes and melons by region, and Chicago cash grains. Hay, bran, middlings, and rye prices across Minneapolis Chicago St Louis are listed along with live stock dairy and cheese prices in Chicago markets. Enthralled by mixed bids and varying terms, traders assess weekly commodities.
Kansas City police probe two deaths at an undertaker shop where Hula Thompson and her employer W M McClure were found dead. Thompson fell two stories down an elevator shaft, while McClure was found with a postmortem knife wound to the chest after signaling a porter to fetch doctors for Thompson. The bodies lay on the undertaker’s slab as investigators work the scene.
Dispatches from Vindiyostok report a Soviet warship captured two Japanese steamers in Russian territorial waters after a clash. Three Japanese were wounded and one Russian killed before surrender.
Washington watchers report a ruling by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that home made cider may not ferment without preservatives to prevent alcohol formation when elder or other fruit juices are used. The ruling authorizes certain small scale julees manufacture without a federal permit.
A plan to remove about 200,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat from the market by storing it on farms while farmers receive financing under the new Intermediate Credit plan. The move is championed by O. B. Bradrate, president of the Americana Worm Bureau federation.
W I Ger Hardt claims an airplane run by foot power has been invented. The device is tested at Dayton’s McCook Army air field and advertised as capable of short flights.
In Washington on July 21 Senator Moses of New Hampshire, head of the Republican campaign committee, predicted the Minnesota election signals a broad wave. He said the upturn would sweep other states as the party gains momentum.
Reports cover labor worries in Cedar Trails, arrests in Oskaloosa for booze transport, Dr. Charles Grant reelected in Town City health board, Decorah records gifted to Luther College museum, Newton club hosting a golf dinner for Keith Williamson, new $175000 brick plant in Sioux City, wild game exhibit at the state fair, wolf attack near Mount Hamill Murmer, Des Moines dedicates first Negro built business building, state accountants tally levies, fair entries near August 1 closing, Kas son inspired Longfellow poem Cumberland, Illinois Central offers dairy show rates to Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress, Jones County cow testing shows productivity rise, Indiana officials to run Iowa Anti-Saloon League, Clara Bassett named Cincinnati psychiatric social work director, San Antonio arrest of John Backmuth, tax revision debates in Town, Rock Island lines announce dairy congress rates, extensive paving plans in Oskaloosa, legal judgments against Hiland Hoskins families over 1923 elevator disaster, Shenandoah funeral for C B Scoles, suit against W R Swaney in Des Moines, Iowa leads in life insurance per capita, Newton begins Skiff Memorial Hospital endowment, Iowa song Iowa popular at Shrine convention and by President Harding’s party.
Roy Nelson of Des Moines credits Tanlac with curing years of illness and restoring health and appetite after flu and a railroad accident. He says the remedy added twelve pounds and gave him energy, while stopping indigestion. Advertisements praise Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills as Nature’s remedy, with widespread sales.
An 80 year old remedy, Fletcher's Doxtoria, claims to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It says the product eases feverishness and aids digestion and natural sleep without opiates, with a genuine signature on the bottle.
A vintage note suggests a film hero could light a cigarette by snapping a switch on a "baby care" device that illuminates his face, showing his features in relief without a match. The idea highlights electric lighting as a cleaner, more cinematic glow for male leads.
Drugstore advertisements tout Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for hidden kidney trouble. A Life Insurance physician notes many applicants are declined due to unseen kidney issues. The ad promotes two bottle sizes and a sample offer for ten cents from Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY.
A batted ball cleared the fence during opening day at Darktown and both teams chased it over the boundary. A visitor asked why players pursued the ball. the gatekeeper explained that beyond the fence lay a watermelon patch, not the ball’s field.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching to be used with Cuticura Soap. After bathing and drying, a light dusting of Cuticura Talcum leaves a fragrance. Items priced at 23 cents each.
A 1922 registration record shows two passengers per car on average for motorists visiting national parks, with many cars nearing capacity. Some vehicles were roadstorg and carried closer to a full load, indicating larger group travel patterns among park visitors.
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