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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
2
A 19th century style ad touts California Syrup of Figs as the safe, gentle laxative that cleanses a child's stomach, liver and bowels. It warns of feverish, cross, listless symptoms and promises quick relief, urging mothers to ask for a 50 cent bottle with printed directions for all ages.
A dialogue notes that 18 percent of a Swiss railroad line passes through tunnels. Patrice quips that no girl, even superstitious, could regard thirteen as unlucky in this context.
A 1916 letter from GEO. P. SHILEY, a Missouri Valley druggist, praises Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a beneficial kidney, liver, and bladder remedy. Request for a sample bottle and booklet is included, with pricing notes and store availability.
A professor asked students about the strongest building material for a house. A quick witted student answered with Limburger cheese, speaking from his experience, sparking amusement in the classroom.
Escanaba, Feb. 28. Kelly Johnson of Delta county reports total receipts of 2,988.75 from a fifty acre Clover Land farm with 1,100 bushels potatoes and other crops, after $850 in labor costs. He notes other crops and hay but offers no figures, highlighting Clover Land as a promising settlement for settlers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
A terse fragment discusses publication status and editor Clea among editors, with unclear quoted phrases and scattered punctuation from a Boston notes page.
Adele Synopeib of New Prance is wed to Commissshire Cassien, an ally of Governor La Barre, to secure control of Fort St. Louis on the Iiola river. She overhears a scheme to abandon the frontier and inherits a vast fortune. La Barre and Cassien move quickly as Adele’s ally Rane D Artigny and uncle Cheever become entwined. Cheever is murdered during the plot.
In this installment Adele faces intensified danger as her kin are lost to murder and her husband’s jealousy grows. She clings to stay with her tormentor yet narrowly survives a deadly near miss and gains multiple reasons for gratitude, framed in graphic narrative content.
In CHAPTER XII continues, Caesian accuses D Artigny of the tribe’s guilt without his presence as Moulin spreads word of Hugo Chevet’s murder. The group departs by canoe, Adele and the narrator drift toward the lake, and Caesian warns against misplaced trust as plans unfold before dawn.
In a tense Caribbean like dialogue, a woman’s coerced bargaining unfolds as her ally vows war or peace with a dangerous captain. Suspicion lies over D Artigny as allegiance shifts amid strategic moves by La Barre De Tonty and Indian allies. The scene blends intrigue, betrayal, and the threat of execution. The narrator guards her truth while navigating forced leverage and looming court martial.
In rough seas and fading light the party clings to the shore as a storm looms. The narrator notes D Artigny’s cool distance, Cassion’s stubborn course, and a growing tension amid fog and advancing danger. D Artigny watches the narrator, hinting at hidden risk and renewed interest in her welfare as the voyage continues toward Green Bay.
A scrambled dialogue features Squire and Cy discussing a fetter and a popular model, with a stray reference to Maxwell Accelerator and a jumble of names and places, giving a fragmentary glimpse of a rural or historical scene.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a quick corn remedy. Apply a few drops to a tender corn, dry freezone shrivels and lifts the corn. A small bottle from any drug store costs little and may remove corns without irritating surrounding skin.
A garbled clipping notes Garfield Ten and a mention of Emperor Charles of Austria with a light tie to horse racing. The fragment also mocks the TVark and discusses avoiding drug ethartics in favor of nature’s herb core.
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