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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
8
A reflective essay urges courage, self reliance, and resoluteness as the path to progress. It argues that fear and comforters hinder advancement, while persistent effort and focused aims help individuals meet tough future challenges and stay aligned with leaders and brave, capable peers.
A speaker critiques hotel stenographers and spiritualists, noting fakery in discourses about spirit life. The writer cites tambourines, radios, and talking mediums as modern ploys, preferring traditional fortune tellers over sensational séances and urging independence from occult performances.
In a humorous exchange Vonder meets Jiggery Splitts, who laments misfortune despite claim of business vigor. The talk turns to wills, health, gambling, and a dramatic rise in his stocks after a “long fire” of luck, as friends joke about the era’s fortunes.
A reflective verse on uncertain days and shifting fortunes. It contrasts sorrow and joy with nature imagery of hills, fog, and mountains. The speaker urges embracing joy, faith, and resilience as the day unfolds, noting that visible paths may hide enduring truths and that steadfastness helps navigate life’s changes.
An Indiana frontier tale recounted by Rev. J. H. Minley through Arthur Woodward recalls a Kentucky bear encounter. A settler with an axe confronts a bear in a tree. the bear swipes, the man grips, the fight ends with gouged eyes and a dispatch. The frontier slogan sticks: bitin and gouin too hard for ’em in Kentucky play.
A reflective piece argues a child is not blank paper but a person with character to develop and a place to make in the world. It emphasizes individual potential and responsibility in shaping a young life.
The article outlines summer eating habits with emphasis on fruit centered meals and lighter fare. It suggests cold fruit soups fruit salads and cocktails as starters and iced drinks for lunches or dinners. It notes simple dishes like omelets and fruit bowls for breakfast and recommends oatmeal with cream toast coffee and pastry for sustenance.
An elderly couple in a small town story unfolds at a local bank where Mr McGregor Smith opens an account for his wife. Months later manager Mr Jones informs the husband the wife’s account is overdrawn. The wife sends a sealed note to her husband which the manager reads, revealing a large word Sneak written on note paper.
The excerpt argues that essay does not fit classification like Argon or Plato's justice. It describes the essay as an organ prelude with a theme, not strictly formed, but pliable to fanciful treatment, modulation, and color.
A reflective line quotes a McClure Newspaper Syndicate piece lamenting that the world strays from the Golden Rule. It contrasts ethical ideals with material wealth and hints at broader social issues beyond money.
An enthusiast traces greyhounds back 80 000 years showing they appear in Egyptian frescos from early pharaohs and were used for coursing by Xenophon. Roman sculpture in the British Museum confirms their presence. These swift dogs were popular with rulers from Canute to the Stuarts.
Beginning next fall the University of New Hampshire will prohibit students from operating their own cars during term time. The rule targets students with lower grades and requires written permits, likely limited to commuting students only.
A young blue bell in London prepares her trousseau for marriage in New Zealand. The dressmaker warns of warmth, then corrects the bride with a blunt joke about New Zealand’s climate, saying the frozop megta comes from there.
The passage argues that a poet’s work is a mass of clay shaped by the artist’s skull, with genius shown in selecting the clay’s texture. It emphasizes that the material should be chosen to suit the idea to be forged and the impression intended, balancing fineness and rigidity to serve the work.
An advertisement touts Culticura products for pimples, claiming Cuticura Ointment removes blemishes while Cuticura Soap and hot water wash off in five minutes. It urges continuous daily use and mentions Cuticura Talcum for ongoing skin care.
Incorporated enterprises in the United States with net income of 9.269 billion paid 2.572 billion in taxes to federal, state and local governments. The quote suggests that what is worth doing is worth doing well.
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