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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
3
A garbled London street vignette features a polite cabman and a fat lady over a minimal fare, then stumbles into a collage of exam jokes and wordplay about collective nouns and a suspect poem fragment, with stray phrases and mis-typed lines. The fragmentary text includes lines about wool gathering, socks, and a misaligned verse ending in a loose, ailing cipher.
Household questions cover food storage and prep tips. Laundering and cleaning ideas include discarding frying fat in cups and storing lemons in a covered refrigerator jar to prevent decay. Other notes advise soaking new brooms in warm water before use for longevity.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's laxative that combines Senna and Syrup Pepsin to relieve constipation and aid stomach distress. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested protein while the laxative wakes lazy bowels, promoting comfort and easier digestion.
A brief aphorism invokes Milton noting that truth cannot be stained by external touch much like a sunbeam. The line echoes enduring integrity and luminous clarity amid influence or distortion.
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