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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
16
The passage reports Commissioner McLaughin of New York discussing investigations and mentions a Vegas attitude toward a Maori millionaire and a horse racing incident. A spectator rushed a protest at the judges, claiming the horse outcome was unfair and alleging the millionaire’s influence.
The article details a large American engineered plan to drain the malaria prone Saloniki plain near Salontid Groves. It envisions shifting the Vardar river and reclaiming roughly 180,000 acres, costing about sixteen to seventeen million plus ten million for river work, with broader benefits including tax gains and land value increases. It also surveys Saloniki’s geography, history, and diverse population, noting its strategic port position and the city’s ancient ties to Macedonia and T road routes.
James Folker of New York, a Marine on the Colorado, recalls the 1870 clash with Korean forts at Seoul as the Atlantic squadron under Admiral Rodgers attacked. The Colorado carried 46 nine inch guns and eight small swivel guns while Marines and bluejackets used smoothbores and howitzers to silence coastal defenses. The Koreans wore white uniforms and proved surprisingly resistant before laying dead behind the walls.
An old seafaring term for a belt of Atlantic zones between 80 and 85 degrees north where ships faced gales, dead calms, and shifting winds. The article notes debates about the name’s origin, including a theory that cargo horses were discarded to lighten ships during delays.
A writer argues predictions last summer and fall overstated a severe winter. He notes this winter has been only slightly warmer than normal, citing forty to sixty years of records with no radical shifts. The sun and solar storms are blamed for year to year weather differences in this Sun Oapper’s Weekly piece.
The text notes the phrase estates of the realm is often misapplied to the king lords and commons in England but should refer to the three orders: the lords clergy and commons along with the monarch forming Parliament. It contrasts France where nobles clergy and third estate persisted until the 1789 revolution.
The gama grows in tropical America, Mexico and the West Indies with over 100 species. Propagation is mostly by seed though vegetative methods help preserve desirable varieties. the fruit varies in color and shape and does not run true to seed. It is used with cream and sugar, in shortcakes and pies, but mainly for rum, jelly, cheese and syrup.
A new motor car reaches over three miles a minute and over sixty miles per hour in high gear. The engine weighs 800 pounds and develops 800 horsepower. A full mile top speed test requires at least seven miles of track.
A brief quotation praises a gentle method of reproving faults and notes that people fear or feel ashamed less when corrected kindly. The speaker, Atterbury, emphasizes the ease of reproving without harshness and the resulting openness of others.
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