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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
16
A lengthy, jumbled ad style notice touts Tanlac with endorsements from a nurse and a Dr. J. Clark of Warlswi rd Ave. It praises the tonic’s effects on appetite sleep and energy while implying dramatic personal testimonials and multiple producers.
Ad extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming kidney liver and digestion help. It promotes a sample bottle by mail to Kilmer Co and notes availability in drug stores with large and medium bottles for sale.
A fragmentary note appears to describe a student named Miss Mugg learning violin with a teacher named Texsons. The text hints at practice involving a bow and strings, but details are unclear. The item reads like a classroom or lesson snippet from a historical page with partial captions.
Fragments tout Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for tired swollen feet and blister prevention. Claims include easing friction, preventing sore spots, and comforting coins and bunions while breaking in new shoes. Free trial package and walking doll offer promoted from Le Roy New York.
Seven dirt farmers play golf tugging at Orient course while county road plans include graveling in Emmet and Carroll counties. LeRoy Vaughn of Clarion wears a plane headdress coat. A New ton Women’s club book publishes a fundraiser netting 1100 dollars. State Teachers College commencement set for late May. Ogden council finds new revenue via gravel tax. Leg session wrap brings code revision ahead. Camp Dodge pool opening slated June 7 at playground meeting. Guthrie County votes to eradicate pests with 92 percent signed petitions. Shenandoah man 36 reports tobacco and wood chopping as long life promoters. Corn plantings expected up. new Iowa code anticipated. Leslie M. Shaw to address Teachers College June. Dew Moines laundry mixup costs $10. City labor union raises hourly rate. Iowa State Fair premium list released. Sheriff sale date May 8 set by district court. Polk County road bond election June 2. National Congress Mothers opposes public schools for military training camps. Dr Ozora S Davis to give baccalaureate at ISU. West Liberty Fair funds approved for girls’ clubs. Humboldt farmer grows nuts in county. Railroad unions oppose bus line expansion. Farmers burn corn stalks to prepare for crop. National Congress Mothers opposes military training campaign in schools.
Eduard Ludwig Ried Linkwig has been chosen as president of the Austrian parliament.Flo has become notable as a reformer and Ida will work in the new office, where her performance will be closely watched.
Washington week’s market quotes cover dairy butter cheese and live stock prices. Notes include Chicago and midwest figures for pork beef veal lambs and calves, plus fruits vegetables hay grain and regional price ranges with multiple commodities and ports cited.
In New York and Boston, Dr Lloyd B R Felton of Harvard Medical School’s preventive medicine department announced a pneumonia treatment expected to cut deaths by about 25 percent. The finding received backing from Dr Milton J. Rorenau and Dr Willan H Park and was tested successfully in 60 cases in Boston and 80 in the local city.
Sixteen Spanish planes were reported to be hit in the Bent Criaglel district, center of Tiflan rebels and Abdel Nrim’s hideout. The war ministry said Moroccan troops suffered heavy losses as aviators swept low, firing a raking spray of machine gun fire. The attack also dropped more than 400 large hazardous devices on the povo la enimp.
Three murderers were electrocuted at the western state penitentiary in Kentucky in the first legal electrocution in the state. Frank Thomas, George Welch, and Charlie Miller were executed, with Miller described as the oldest inmate ever put to death in the state. The case involved the slayer of Lee Arte gust, a benefactor and friend near Louisville.
Senate approved another amendment to the revenue bill by a 48 to 83 vote. The change targets a corporate levy taxing undistributed profits, reflecting partisan lines in Washington.
Jordan River to be harnessed for the creation of electric power and light. Work will start this year, according to an announcement by the Palestine Development Council.
North and Northwest regions report widespread snow Monday with temperatures near freezing in the Twin Cities and North and South Dakota. Week’s weather brings icy conditions and unseasonably cold air across Minnesota and neighboring states.
An old advertisement extols Cutleura Soap for quick drying and skin care. It claims Cutleura Ointment removes surplus ointment with tissue and urges use of Soap Ointment and Tateum for all toilet needs. The tone mimics a period commercial urging daily personal care.
An exchange from London Tie Bits featuring a light banter about age between a mother and a son named Bobby. The dialogue includes a remark about being “old foal” and a playful assertion that the speaker cannot be much over forty, reflecting a casual early 20th century newspaper tone.
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