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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
5
A G A R veteran recalls a Civil War rescue by locomotive through Tennessee lines, arguing romance lies in adventure and danger. He contrasts that with European trench warfare, saying vast armies gain little with high casualties, and notes aviation fighters offer no romance when asked about those in the sky. The tale frames war as perilous, thrilling, and oddly captivating.
The Goliad massacre in Texas follows the fall of the Alamo as James Fannin and the Brazos volunteers, about 350 strong, surrender under false parole terms. Urrea orders execution after Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, with 1 200 Mexican troops blanketing Coleto Creek. Houston’s forces rally with Remember Goliad as the cry.
A humorous exchange about discovering a mysterious machine in a club setting. One man reveals a decades old device with astonishing, unexplored capabilities to see, hear, speak, walk, write, telephone, or even breathe, and contemplates turning it into a fortune.
The article explains three Roman applause forms the bombus imbrices and testaes confirming Romans clapped with humming hand claps hollow hand slaps and flat hand strikes though certainty of public clapping remains unclear.
The Talmud is described as a compendium of ancient Jewish law with oral tradition, tracing origins to the return from Babylonian captivity around 580 B C. The text notes Hebrew compilation began with scribes and successors, mixing prose and poetry with regal and legendary elements and comparing morality to the New Testament and philosophy to Plato.
A Georgian philosopher in the Atlanta Constitution muses that he does not expect to fence in many acres of the world. He hopes to keep a portion as beautiful as Adam’s fields were before the fall, remarking on the folly of ignoring unknowns in the apple business.
Perry says only one person works in the office, the others have been with us some time, during a Detroit meeting fragment.
Fragmentary lines from Allegende Blaetter hint at a dialogue between creditor and debtor about timeliness and owed sums. A quoted Samuel Johneou fragment notes the fraternal years require provision for lust, suggesting a moral or satirical piece from a historical periodical.
The Kansas City Star quotes a satirical line urging calm dialogue with the wealthy and suggests seeking honest ways to separate them from money through prudent acquaintance and persuasion. The note frames wealth as a target for prudent respect and potential gain.
A garbled excerpt shows a woman declaring her spouse amid a perplexing scene. The misread line hints at personal conflict and implied scandal, with the Detroit Free Press as the source.
A string of local items reports on new car purchases from Leslie Wheeler and A D Taylor, visits and travels of Mrs Boyde Crumline and Mrs Gus Peterson, illnesses and attendances at churches, family visits to Spirit Lake and Lake City, a car accident involving Wheeler, and improvements in health of Neilson, with multiple small updates from Estherville Emmetsburg Graettinger and Lake City communities.
The poultry husbandry department of Iowa State College warns that chicken lice pose serious risks to flocks. A mixed remedy of equal parts blue ointment and vaseline or mercurial ointment and vaseline should be prepared on glass and applied in pea-sized amounts to each mature fowl, under the abdomen and vent, with smaller amounts under the wings for young chicks. One application can keep lice under control for months, but blue and mercurial ointments are highly poisonous and require extreme care in handling. The text notes most chickens carry lice and that healthy, well-kept stock is less harmed, though lice on chicks or infested stock risks poultry operations.
An observation notes sunny skies ahead but cautions to prepare for rain and snow as weather shifts. It compares Italy beyond the Alps with Spitzbergen in a metaphor about diverse climates and life’s changing conditions.
Marshalltown T. R. remarks on weather as a metaphor for life. He argues climate cannot be changed by effort alone, tries to unite labor with responsibility, and cites the parable of talents. He contrasts bankers and everyday life, praises America for opportunity, and envisions Italy beyond the Alps as a tempting backdrop.
In Iowa, Doran and Pitt demand highway commission elimination to cut taxes. Yet the Greater Iowa Association shows that removing the 80,000 dollar highway budget would only trim a farmer’s tax by about twenty-five cents yearly, while service and road quality would fall. A Davenport farmer who joined a taxpayers league realized elimination would save only forty-one cents, renouncing the league after his calculation. Farmers seek value for every tax dollar, not mere reductions.
Palo Alto County seeks to form Drainage District 92 on lands in Walnut Township and surrounding parcels. Petition filed 1915 requests drainage to relieve overflow and improve health and utility. engineer report filed 1916 with proposed drain, costs, and profiles. Hearing set at Wagner's Hall Graettinger July 18 1916. damages claims due July 8 1916. objections encouraged.
Public notice sets a 3 623 00 assessment for district D D 89 with a hearing fixed for July 19 1916 in Auditor's Office to consider objections and the apportionment by commissioners. If no written objections are filed by noon that day the right to contest is waived and the assessment may be affirmed diminished or increased.
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