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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1923
Page
21
A garbled column mixes street talk and advice with fragments about a traveling man, a preacher, and random ads. It references marital talk, a wife, and a desire for modern comforts, plus a joke about a kiss and a remark on prison reform.
Albert Selp, grandson of Civil War officer Gen. William Birney, leaped from a Washington monument window and fell 504 feet to the stone court below. Witnesses described a high-speed descent and a loud impact as rescue teams rushed to the scene. Officials concluded it was a self-inflicted death after a recent stay at a Philadelphia sanitarium.
New York reports filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission show U.S. Class 1 railroads earned a net railway operating income of 61,604,700 in January, a 6.54 percent return on a nominated valuation. January of last year posted 28,486,000 and a 2.76 percent return.
French troops occupied Mulheim Witten Ruhr and Gunnerstieh south of Elberfeld, seizing three towns as German troops refused to aid railway motorization. The French then corralled the railway station and tracks at Kel, signaling aggressive action amid occupied territories.
Paris dispatch reports French forces increasing in Dortmund occupy the railway station city hall and expel police. civilians fled as authorities faced orders to confiscate war material while preparations for a court challenge by Hughes on international matters continued.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming it neutralizes uric acid and relieves rheumatism. It urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle and to purchase larger bottles at drug stores.
The fragmentary text hints at a traitor named Pthrwyx-So Breiher Zhorhdoft being expelled from the soviet and sentenced to hang. It flits among odd phrases about loyalty, “Quentwrk” comments, and musings on ideal marriage. The source blends names and cryptic quotes without clear events or dates.
Fifty years ago Dr Paul Wagner became director of the Darmstadt experiment station and his methods have extended and established the foundation for commercial fertilizers. He showed the fertilizing effect of Thoywas phosphate and advanced practical, exact field investigations. His articles, lect ures, and demonstrations aided American agriculture through translations and summaries. The piece also notes flying squirrels and a soda advertisement for Cutler’s Toilet Trio.
Thousands of girls employed in homes, offices, mills and stores suffer monthly pains, weakness, and fatigue affecting work. Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health restoration aid with testimonials from Carolyne Mangels Eleanor Sheelae and Mary West detailing improvements and urging readers to request more information.
A young woman visits a school board member to seek a kindergarten teaching post. He asks her about transcendentalsm. She falters and backs off, deciding perhaps kindergarten is too high a goal.
A farmer questions a recently married Black man about his marriage. The man explains that Mandy is difficult, saying he took her for better or worse. He clarifies he meant the worse, describing Mandy as worse than expected, reflecting a humorous tale in dialect.
A fragment notes a huge cantaloupe market across the United States, suggesting a freight train of 71 miles would be needed to haul the volume. The piece also makes a cryptic jab about laziness tied to miscredited philosophy.
Harvard zoologist George H Parker reports hatchling loggerhead turtles instinctively head toward the sea after emerging from nests. They tend to move downhill toward clear horizons and are drawn to blue-green colors, with retinal sensitivity to sea-like cues suggesting a complex response beyond simple light.
An excerpt shows a bank teller and visitor debating exchange rates in rables marks or crowns. A humorous exchange notes six million of one kind and half a dozen million of another while reflecting on carelessness and entitlement.
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