This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
13
Mrs. M. O. Johnston of Richmond Indiana details a two year illness causing severe weakness and stair climbing using her hands. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, moved to a new house, performed garden and building work, and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for a gentle facial treatment with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. It urges daily use as a skin care routine and offers a free sample by mail with a postcard request to Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
A fragment recalls a friend once prospering through hard times and a bizarre recovery. After a chance meeting on the street in Cleveland, the recovering man jokes about selling his ear to regain footing, then drives away mournfully, leaving others bemused and unsure how to respond.
A couple quarreled immediately after their wedding in front of guests. The narrator recalls the shock and hints the groom aimed to show he was not marrying to avoid war. The dialogue reflects on fighting, loyalty, and the social dynamics of marriage. A woman adds that domestic duties leave red hands.
A call to mobilize road builders for maximum efficiency in aiding national defense. Emphasizes aligning road projects with wartime needs, reducing unproductive expenditures, and lowering transportation costs for raw materials and finished goods to support army and navy readiness.
Prof Frank A Waugh of Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst told delegates at the American Civic association convention that rural road systems were planned long ago and must be updated. He noted that earlier roads fit pre automobile economies and that improvements focused on trunk lines serving cities, now used heavily by trucks.
The article argues the split-log drag is the simplest and cheapest road tool, giving the bull's-eye in economy, operation, and results. With farm implements, it can perform tasks across typical earth road construction, achieving outcomes often hard with more costly tools.
An essay argues good roads inspire human happiness more than improving digestion. It suggests brains, money, and concrete transform a cow path into a hard surfaced highway, while malted milk aids digestion.
A brief note credits patient drag work as essential for road improvement, suggesting steady effort now will benefit roads more than pursuing bond issues. The statement emphasizes cautious planning and perseverance over financing moves.
Reports advise incubator hatching for geese is possible but not common due to doubts about success. If using hens or incubators, maintain moisture in early days. place four to six eggs under a hen and ten to thirteen under a goose. Keep hens confined, goslings from water, ensure pasture as grass improves, and feed cleanly with appropriate mash to avoid disease.
Daddy tells Nick and Nancy a bedtime tale about the Caviaries a tiny rabbit-like family with varied colors and tails. A discussion with pheasants reveals different views on tails with Brownie Caviary defending usefulness while others doubt tails matter.
Ross M Sherwood of Kansas Agricultural College urges breaking up broody hens to reduce egg losses. He notes a hen lays four to five times weekly worth 12 to 15 cents per egg and advises prompt confinement, airy coops, no starvation, controlled grain, and milkscraps feeding to end brooding quickly.
The article outlines two methods to air incubator eggs. One method vents daily during night or morning if temperatures are high, the other slowly turns to intake fresh air and limits cooling to one or two periods after 15 to 17 days incubation for shells to become cold. Cooling, especially in warm weather, often yields better hatches.
A Maine station reports successful laying-hen results using a mash of parts by weight: two wheat bran to one cornmeal to one middlings to one gluten meal or dried brewer's grain to one reed meal to one beef scrap. The ration may be simplified to wheat bran shorts cottonseed meal and beef scrap or a mush of two parts wheat bran one part corn meal and one part beef scrap.
Instructions describe choosing a fowl variety, identifying its proper type, size, and markings. It notes that hens show individual disposition similar to other animals, implying careful selection and study of characteristics.
An article emphasizes that clear water and grit should always be accessible to poultry, highlighting their importance for health and productivity and urging poultry keepers to ensure steady supply.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless method to lift out sore, hard, or soft corns and calluses. A few drops on the corn shrink and dry instantly, not irritating surrounding skin, with bottles sold at drug stores or via wholesalers.
A humorous dialect scene centers on Massih Tosho and Brother Slewfoot arguing over a “phudicky moat” and mumps. They beg for a moiety of funds to ease the plight of eight mumpin children as a masterful yet comical exchange unfolds at dawn.
Druggist F E Britton of Jonesboro Tennessee marks a 25 year endorsement of Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney medicine. He reports strong sales and a solid reputation, praising the remedy as meritorious. An ad invites readers to sample a dime bottle and receive a booklet on kidneys and bladder from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
Quote from Carlyle on unity among soldiers, urging recognition of common purpose against darkness and avoiding internal strife over minor uniform differences. Reflects themes of shared humanity and moral duty across all who serve.
The advertisement promises removal of freckles using ethine double strength applied twice daily from a druggist. One ounce is usually enough to clear skin, with money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
A dialogue notes department stores plan to sell Liberty loan bonds while advising women buyers that such bonds cannot be exchanged for other purchases shortly after buying. The exchange warning frames the sale as a consumer choice tied to war financing.
A teacher assigns a brief polo match description to pupils. One student, quiet and focused, works late and submits a story that reads: Ralno-no game. The moment highlights the boy’s concentration and the ironic outcome of the punishment threat.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.