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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
7
Editorial on striving for thorough effort in all tasks, stressing school work and personal pride as guiding ideals. Doris Henningsen emphasizes that small duties deserve care and preparation to outshine others in life. The piece frames a timeless ethic across youth and adults alike.
A report from the At Last Nation outlines Automatic Ady Mail's bid for government approval to operate a mail pickup route along central Mississippi by a flying airplane invented by Louis Wolf, secretary of the company. The piece also notes local incidents, trials, and notable events including student mischief, court actions, and community figures.
Ray Noble of Sune City designed and sold 14 000 eveners after building them in a home plant that employs around 7 000 men. A woman uses her lung power to drive off a house intruder. A class of six children attend a single Palermon-School in district No A. County supervisors debate funding for dogs from the domestic animal fund. A stray hound kills Herrik’s two days, and a white Leghorn hen lays sizable eggs. A Studebaker collision with a Milwaukee freight locomotive injures no one. Two men from near Sheldon face fines for highway vandalism. Three Floyd county youths face Uncle Sam charges for target shooting rural mailboxes. An accident kills Alfred Nordaker near Soldier. Clermont forms an aviation group at a new field. A vinegar accident requires stitches. Richard Korth of Sioux City is arrested for tombstone lead theft in LeMars.
The piece recalls Henry IV adopting Forget-me-not as a motto in exile and a legend of the Danube tale where a lover swims across for a flower, cramp endangering his return, uttering the line Forget-me-not before drowning.
A nineteen year old William H. Harrison studying medicine in Philadelphia learns of General Arthur St. Clair's 1791 defeat by Indians in Ohio. He leaves school to join the army, rising to general and later becoming President.
The passage explains Hyacinthus as the youth killed during a test of quest between Apollo and Zephyrus. Apollo mourned the beauty and the hyacinth flower was named to honor him, with Bon causing the Hyacinth to endure forever.
Orville Hane, 22, died after a tire puncture led to a fatal automobile crash while changing the tire. Bertha Cardwell resigns from the Lean school system after decades of service. A fire at Clearfield school prompts odd salvage actions. Police chase to LeMars ends in arrest for traffic violations. A women’s club contest awards two best songs with winning selections advancing to a national level.
A collage of snippets from a historic page includes aphorisms, small anecdotes, and quips. Highlights touch on marriage troubles, family economics, odd names, and humorous reflections on work, age, and daily life with mentions of Uncle Si, a church choir moment, and playful phrases about fortunes and manners.
A scrambled column of quips and snippets crisscrosses cultural bits from jokes to magazine notes. It references mothers and aging, a subscriber complaint, a wry exchange about truth, and a World War II era German prisoner anecdote with a hint of humor about French money.
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