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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
13
A garbled report from New York traces remarks by Commissioner Melaughlin on medical inquiries and reform efforts. The transcript shows scrambled names and phrases, mentioning painters, hearses, and a rushed contest reaction, with broken lines suggesting a protest or alert.
The piece surveys Saloniki in modern times and traces its strategic setting on the Aegean, its mix of peoples, and its history from Kassander’s founding to Byzantine and Ottoman influences. It notes the city’s fertile plains, river works, and plans to drain swamps, with its harbor at the gulf and its diverse population including a large Jewish community. The White Tower and Italianate quay add to its distinctive civic character.
James Volker of New York, a Marine on the Colorado, recounts in the New York Evening World how the American squadron under Admiral Rodgers stormed Korean forts near Seoul. The Colorado carried 9 inch guns on the stern and 8 on the bow, while marines and bluejackets used 3 inch howitzers and Springfield rifles. Koreans wore bullet proof knit uniforms. American troops fought hand to hand, leaving heavy casualties behind the walls.
An old seafaring note defines Horse Latitudes and Worse Latitudes as a calm prone Atlantic band between 30°N and 30°N. The passage describes gales, calms, storms, and variable winds, and cites a colonial cargo theory that horses were thrown overboard to lighten ships.
The weather bureau notes that past forecasts about a cold severe winter were incorrect as this season has been milder than normal. Forty year records show little radical change, and some blame sun storms for year to year variations.
The Kansas City Star notes the phrase estates of the realm belongs to the king or queen, lords and commons. It explains the three orders in Britain and France, and states they formed Parliament until the 1780 revolution.
The guava grows in tropical America, Mexico and the West Indies with over 100 species and varied color and shape. Propagation is usually by seed though vegetative methods perpetuate desirable varieties. It is eaten raw with cream and sugar, in shortcakes and pies, and most commonly made into jam cheese and syrup.
Swift Motor Car describes a vehicle capable of exceeding three miles a minute with a minimum of over sixty miles per hour in high gear. The engine weighs 600 pounds and develops 600 horsepower, requiring at least seven miles of stretch for a full mile tear at ton speed.
A quip notes that true gladness of life makes age unimportant and that a gentle rebuke can shame rather than fear people into repentance, attributed to Atterbury. The remark emphasizes humane correction over harshness and the social effect of candid sincerity.
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