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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
27
An essay discusses how persistence and attention shape character and future success. It warns that repeated wrong ideas erode judgment, leading to cynicism and failure. Emphasizes cultivating mental discipline, especially listening to elders and following orders carefully to distinguish right from wrong and avoid servitude.
A dated motivational passage urges self focus and prioritizing personal goals over others, arguing ambition shapes success and happiness while cautioning against constant social distraction and fatigue. It frames choosing the right life path as a personal affair and encourages persistence toward one’s aims.
Fragmentary verse recalls ordinary joys and simple moments. The narrator reflects on quiet hours, memories, and enduring feelings amid movement, time, and life’s fiercer passions. The text preserves names and phrases in a damaged, sentimental meditation on everyday pleasures.
The text argues that people rarely develop more than a fraction of their mental potential. It urges constant, intelligent use of the mind in youth to unlock abilities, noting many regret late realization. It emphasizes effort over ease and cautions against laziness in pursuing personal growth.
Fragment from a cookbook describing simple bake sale snacks and substitutions. It mentions corn flakes as a base for cookies, with steps such as beating egg whites and adding sugar and vanilla, plus possible variations with chopped ingredients and butter.
The article traces the term gypsy from early English usage to its supposed Egyptian links, noting explorers and travelers mislabeled as Bohwwlins, with European names like Gyptians and Zlegeuner reflecting historical misbeliefs about origin and language, and touching on French and German terms.
Fragmentary baking directions describe combining sugar and salt with baking powder and flour, then mixing with eggs or water until smooth. The text is garbled but indicates forming a batter and baking for several minutes. It suggests a simple quick bread or cake preparation with improvised measurements.
A garbled note mentions Westoen Rowsniper Paton and a phrase about people in a peck of froutle not complatn of Abort Westra. The readable text hints at a local saying or cautionary quip with named individual references, lacking clear event or place details.
A Kansas City reader reports Tanlac cured severe indigestion, sourness, headaches, dizziness, back pains, and fatigue after three bottles. She now works happily, sings while employed, and praises Tanlac as life changing. Advertisement notes Tanlac available at druggists.
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure the Bayer name appears on the pack or tablets to receive genuine medicine. It claims aspirin has been proven safe for aches and pains by physicians and millions, with handy boxes and bottle sizes available at low costs. The ad notes Bayer manufacture and a chemical basis as salicylic acid ester.
In a joking exchange a diner recalls ordering eggs at The Chilly Hen restaurant. The cook waited about six minutes before serving and the diner notes the eggs are hard cooked. The speaker half jokes about timing and the diner’s expectations.
A fragmented 19th century style advertisement item mentions Plymouth Gelafine jelly dessert and Cuticura soap and ointment for complexion. It touts novelty thermometers and cautions about daily guidance quotes, ending with a garbled signature.
Drugstore ads promote Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney trouble. A Life Insurance physician notes many applicants are declined due to undetected kidney issues. Sample bottle offer: send ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co. for a test, with paper mention.
Fragmentary note suggests the author urges daily life to be nourished by hopeful improvement. Emphasis remains on forward-looking mindset and practical growth as a guiding principle.
A fragment promotes Castoria with the line bearing its signature claim of use for over eighty years. It also mentions Friends, a group of 28 companies on a joint journey to aid each other toward a happier life, citing Pythagoras.
An unclear ad mentions a product with bold claims of stopping burns instantly without scars and a call to contact J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford for a package. The rest includes fragmented humor about marriage and sobriety, with stray phrases about forgettery and excitement.
Milwaukee reader praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a general tonic with lasting effects. He uses one bottle in spring and fall and reports added strength and endurance for demanding work. He also recommends Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and notes satisfaction with the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York. He urges contacting the hospital for free medical advice and offers a trial sample by sending 10 cents.
Multiple testimonial notices from women across Cortland Hamilton and St Louis praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for fertility strength and relief of female weaknesses. Mrs Cantield Mrs Algoin Mrs Naumann and Mrs Hartman recount personal use leading to childbirth and healthier lives.
A brief, quirky exchange records Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge visiting town about a week ago. The dialogue hints at idling moments, with one character saluting and another remarking on sidewalk stomping, capturing a humorous rural voice from the Kansas Olympiad stir era.
An old advertisement notes Fall's Catarrh Medicine has over forty years of use for catarrh. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts on mucous membranes to reduce inflammation. Sold by druggists, F J Chenay & Co in Taleo Ohio.
Describes a lunar eclipse where the moon enters Earth's shadow blocking direct sunlight. The text notes the moon moves opposite the sun’s direction and becomes obscured as the Earth’s shadow covers it. The explanation uses basic celestial mechanics to define the event.
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