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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
2
A garbled passage discusses road allotments and federal vehicle deliveries to states. It mentions the war department and a total figure around 32,000 vehicles, with references to the United States and public roads, but the text is heavily corrupted and some numbers and clauses are unclear.
A royal jewelry expert recounts a bold diamond smuggling ring at a port. Diamonds worth about 310000 were concealed in fountain pens and toothpaste tubes. Investigators describe how duties shaped the scheme and how lawmen finally uncovered accomplices and methods.
Washington Frederick G. Cottrell a noted scientist led the Bureau of Mines appointment and invented an electric precipitating device that captures smoke particles in stacks. The system yields potash rich by products and profits flow via a Smithsonian backed research corporation and royalties.
A ram from President Wilson's flock at the White House in Washington rammed a Secret Service guard. The animal charged into the executive offices, struck Secretary to youlty and shoved the chauffeur, then stood on the running board before wandering off.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an elderly woman named Elizabeth, a widow, harmed by a broken hip and a fall on a stairway leading to a roof incident. The legible pieces hint at a local obituary notice with uncertain names and details.
Peter Gnome hosts a whimsical party for brownies fairies and the bogey family inviting all to a magical evening. Gnomes perform tableaux while moonlight lanterns glow artistic scenes and the Bogey Man is gently praised by loving children in a charming fantasy soirée.
City newspaper fragment mentions a girl and numbers with unclear context. Text references costs or quantities and a focus on a youth audience. No clear event or outcome is stated.
A woman reports a year long nervous prostration improved after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the product treats nervous prostration and related female ailments and invites readers to write for advice to the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Demobilized army doctor reverently closes the bedroom door and faces a colleague with a sober nod, noting tea is gone and there is nothing more to be done except embalm and hymn him to heaven.
A fragment notes a man’s reluctance to pay his wife’s board when she visits friends, suggesting shame at the implied cost and the social pressure behind such payment.
A compact note observes that people favor political data when it does not overwhelm or oversaturate them. It hints at moderation in public discourse and the appeal of digestible information.
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