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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
13
A reader recounts a parable of sharing profits titled Pass It Along from a New England factory tale. The anecdote illustrates spreading good news, encouragement, and goodwill without cost, urging readers to pass along helpful acts and happiness to others.
Jessie Roberts discusses equal pay for equal work, noting wage gaps between men and women in education and government roles. She cites examples, laments voter rights barriers, and argues women must demand fair compensation and improve work standards to secure advancement.
Poem evokes June arriving as partridge drums and birds sing. The speaker senses June’s nearing through budding roses and chorus of warblers, describing summer’s blend of spring and warmth. Fragmentary lines hint at editorial notes mixing into the text.
A historical note describes the Asian secret society known as the Kedayis or Devoted Ones. Massan ben Sarhab allegedly founded the order, enforcing blind obedience and a grim curriculum. Members in lower sections were kept ignorant, fed hemp to induce trance, earning the label hashnshin or hemp-eaters. the term assassin reportedly derives from this group.
A historical menu includes several salads such as Russian, Spanish and Onion Salad with detailed assembly using celery, mayonnaise and French dressing. It also features a Hunter's Omelet recipe with veal filling, garnishes, and a tomato topping.
Registration and license fees in 1920 reached 402 024106 dollars for motorcars and 102 034100 26 dollars for chauffeurs dealers and operators, with 288 146 motorcycles registered. The United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads notes a 22 percent rise from 1919, and that New York State alone exceeded US 1910 car totals. Revenue was heavily redirected to road and bridge work, with 98 percent of motor vehicle revenue used for that purpose in 1920.
A rural advocate defends highway spending, arguing benefits go beyond motorists to farmers. He notes higher land values, faster farm-to-market delivery, and closer ties to city markets, making rural roads a practical, vote-ready issue for improving transportation access.
A government official from the Bureau of Public Roads reports highway construction costs at about double earlier estimates. The increase is blamed on railroad congestion, strikes, labor troubles, and material shortages, affecting road programs nationwide.
London readers recount a playful mischief by three young siblings near London for Napoleonic centenary observances. They staged a pretend snowstorm using a feather bed and garden soda, prompting a disruptive yet humorous scene at home.
Sra Gat-Minaning mutters distressed phrases about safety and alarms as a child fears a bayey-ttan, while a mother reassures a dear one of safety amid confusing phrases.
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