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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
21
A collage of humor and local notes from Estherville and surrounding area features lines about a new maid at the garage lacking room for a car, jokes on doctors and bedtimes, farm aditations, a rural press appeal, and a humorous exchange about a cheap vs large merchant. It closes with a light verse about childhood scenes and memory.
A collage of past notices and anecdotes features a local merchant losing a sale to a customer who cannot fit overshoes, a humorous ride on a merry gong, a literal moving pictures gag with a farmer, and a string of quips from a Monologue by Attorney General Gregory and other light items. The piece blends foreign marriage notice and regional humor with a merchant’s refrain about finances and church funds.
A grocery keeper tells a debtor planning to leave town that pursuing payment isn’t worth the effort. The exchange reflects tight community ties and unresolved debts as a reminder of personal responsibility amid moving on.
An American tourist is shown Napoleon's tomb in Paris by a talkative guide. The guide exaggerates details about the sarcophagus claiming it weighs forty. The scene reflects travel chatter and sensationalized tour narration in a historic setting.
A London tale describes layers inside a steel receptacle and a leaden casket, hermetically sealed, holding a massive mahogany coffin with the remains of a very great man. An American listener jokes he will be notified at his expense if he ever escapes.
Ex captain now managing a new ten million dollar hotel boasts all staff were former service men. The desk clerk, floor clerks, chef, waiters, house doctor, house detective, and bell hops all held military or service roles. He jokes about using MPs as window washers on the eighteenth floor. For sale ads outline farm and general sale listings, ending with a nudge to advertise with Graettinger Times.
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