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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
A playful dialogue features characters Izzy Dizzy Szzy and others debating differences and words. The exchange includes jokes about ammonia in bottles and pneumonia in chests, French phrases on a window, and a riddle about sharing apples and brothers.
Classified ad listing beauty culture school and music publication with address in San Francisco and Des Moines. Mentions graduates in demand and offers free catalog from Walnut Street Des Moines. provides contact numbers and catalog code.
A British correspondent claims Chamberlain’s umbrella conceals a sword stick and covert tools. It allegedly hides a rapier in the handle, a expandible rib entanglement, a sandbag rest, and a tassel for hidden messages dropped from planes. The American reaction questions the tale.
A visitor in a country town gets shaved by a barber who cuts him. The injured man apologizes and covers the cut with tissue. After the shave he hands a large tip, noting the barber’s three trades as barber, butcher, and paper hanger.
A reflective note on humility and perseverance urges that even the most earnest workers will err. It thanks God for mistakes and counsels courage, counting errors as a path to growth. Moody’s quotation emphasizes resilience.
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