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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
7
Fragmented OCR text outlines promises to allocate federal funds for road construction. It mentions securing steam shovels and cranes and selling vehicles to states. The passage is unclear but suggests ongoing legislative action over funding and equipment for a large road project.
A fragmentary item references Wow Motor and trucks in connection with a wort related event. No additional details are readable to identify people, places, or outcomes.
A Port inspector uncovers a $10,000 diamonds smuggling attempt concealed in a fountain pen and a toothpaste tube. The case highlights clever schemes at harbor ports, detailing past tricks and the roles of insiders, with officials noting the high duties tempt fraud.
Frederick G. Cottrall, famed for a smoke consuming device that saved by products, has been named chief of the Bureau of Mines. A Cosmos Club figure, he gave away a key invention to science and later assigned patents to Smithsonian research and a marketing corporation, netting profits that rose to six figures annually before the war. The device, used in smokestacks, precipitated particles and yielded potash fertilizer, proving invaluable to industry and agriculture.
Fragmentary OCR describes a disturbance at the White House involving a Secret Service guard. A president’s aide or driver is mentioned, with references to Jarvis and an executive officer, a rambling confrontation, assaults on a chauffeur, and actions near an automobile. The text is garbled.
A garbled obituary fragment mentions Ay Mypra aged Bay and Wend from an eel injury. The text is damaged, with broken words and unclear phrases about a person named UWilzabal and a "Nip" incident, making full meaning uncertain.
A magical party organized by Peter Gnome for brownies fairies and creatures fills a woodland venue with evergreen decor lanterns and a moonlit stage. Gnomes perform tableaux while the Bogey Man appears tenderly as a friendly character, drawing applause from delighted guests.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a girl and tea memory with scattered phrases about yesterday and a place name. No clear events, dates, or identifiable entities are readable to anchor a solid news item.
A Beekman era advertisement from Binghamton New York touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for nervous prostration and female ailments. It shares a testimonial from Mrs J Cunistan of 193 Oak Street and invites readers to write for advice.
The detpobbled nrnty sector cleaned the bedroom door reverently and faced his colleague with a sabethol of the fond. He announced that, “Te's gong,” with no further action but to point tin with am palming full and mark him, heaven, in Home Sector.
A terse old proverb speaks on men paying for wives use and the social sting of hosting or visiting. The saying notes that some men reveal their constraints when supporting spouses away from home.
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