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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
13
A scrambled passage cites lines about a blind man dodging fate and a women joking about taxes for the unmarried, interwoven with references to religious beliefs in India and literary quotes. The text threads through musings on opportunity, time, and the delay between intention and action, ending with a note on religious cultivation and a remark about postponing today for tomorrow.
Manila hemp fiber lengths range from six to twelve feet with some reaching eighteen feet. The material is said to possess greater bite and versatility than any other men had known.
Fragmentary OCR text contains names and phrases that do not form a coherent report or event. The readable parts mention individuals and places but lack a complete story or verifiable facts to summarize into a standard news item.
A disjointed confession recalls the Julia Sturdevant's voyage from Reston to Japan. Pirates seized the ship off China, forced crew to work under threat, and set the vessel ablaze after a planned escape. The speaker frames cowardice and survival amid mutiny, fire, and capture.
John Burroughs quotes from Harper's Magazine on natural selection and bird life. The text discusses how feeble and malformed birds are weeded out from nest to nest, with life spans of small birds estimated at eight to ten years and most deaths showing violence.
The excerpt presents a Seneca reflection on anger as the greatest remedy for misfortune. It argues anger impairs judgment, urges restraint, and emphasizes evidence and witness testimony over quick, punitive sentences. The text highlights self-control and the dangers of acting from spurred passion rather than rational deliberation.
A Wales legend speaks of the expanding stone in St Gowin’s chapel cave, named by popular tradition for its supposed power to adapt to the entrant. The tale, cited by Me George By Rupe, recounts a persecuted Christian hiding within and using the stone to escape, claiming it granted the wish of entrants who did not turn around.
The passage notes that Henpecked Sparrows and Venle sparrows show aggression toward their mates during nest building. Female birds are louder and more active, peeking and toousing their mates as they retreat. Black birds and finches are portrayed as overbearing when their nests are under construction.
A concise Victorian note describes a young woman taking control when suitors lack pace. She leaves home with a discreet female companion and visits the preferred swain. If the man approves, his parents greet her as the future bride. if not, he gives her a handsome present.
The text notes the Greggs crafted a cuirass from Nnen or woolen fiber that repelled darts and spears. It claims one of the discoveries not rediscovered is the secret of 144 manufacture, implying unknown ancient techniques remain unrevealed.
A witty exchange features a smart question about four dollar shoes and a weary Bootsman replying two dollars a foot, delivered in a judge like cadence. The fragment captures a brief, humorous clash over price and value.
The dialogue centers on a quirky remark about cars being "pierced" and a playful reply from Jany and Aileen. Lehigh Burr is mentioned in the exchange, framing a humorous or ironic moment.
Fragmentary notes describe a contrast between extreme pleasures and their opposite, using garbled language about venom, cling ting, and vague sensations. The text lacks coherent details, names, dates, or concrete events to anchor a fuller summary.
A fragmentary report explains how laundry marks differ by country. British pieces show lettered marks on red thread, while in France stamps deface the item with the address and a geometric design. Germany uses numbered stamps or labels, and other regions employ distinct methods.
The bulldog rarely barks due to throat structure and fights with heavy breathing. It is courageous despite large opponents, seldom involved in street brawls, and very good natured. Modern bulldogs differ greatly from bullfighting ancestors with larger heads and heavier bodies.
A historical notion of the ancient Peruvians envisions the soul journey after death. The departed faces two rocks determining fate, left leading to oblivion and Nirvana-like repeats, right guiding to purgatorial fires where fluids flow and bones heat. The process spans about ten thousand years with repeated birth and rebirth.
The London Spectator notes that soap making matured about a century ago and became intertwined with armaments. It mentions glycerin from soap byproducts, used in nitroglycerin and high explosives, contrasting ancient soap with late industrial chemistry.
A dated fragment offers guidance on embracing life with faith and courage. It urges trust in God, resilience through grief, and living with dignity while facing sorrow, likening life to a wild horse that may soar or crash.
Pall Mall Gazette recounts Legend of Marko son of Vukashin denouncing usurpation by Trov h, fate foretold by fate and doom to serve the Larks. Urost blesses him granting no wisdom or prowess, and the earth endures his memory. For 400 years Servians keep hope alive of restoration.
The Athenian liturgy was a voluntary public tax where wealthy citizens funded state needs. It covered ordinary duties like providing gear for events and extraordinary tasks such as maintaining a warship, and though often evaded, it was seen as dishonorable to contribute only the minimum. Some citizens volunteered beyond legal obligation to gain favor or public esteem.
A man awakes to a chemist delivering cold water and a bottle charge. He braces for another call two hours later as a placid attendant repeats the routine. The man insists on the two pence owed, and Landon answers.
Experiments at Bell Rock and Skerryvore on the Scottish coast show that German breakers weigh about 2.5 tons per square foot, while Atlantic breakers reach around 3 tons per square foot. A heavy gale once hurled granite blocks off Plymouth breakwater up to 200 feet along its incline. a block weighing two tons was moved.
The text notes the Earth’s orbit length of 580 million miles taking 305 days 6 hours 8 minutes, yielding an average speed near 66 000 miles per hour. It explains the Earth’s wobble like a top and states a wobble period of about 20 000 years.
Imagination, not reason alone, sets humans apart from animals and governs happiness and misery. The text asserts happiness largely hinges on the ability to forget and suggests imagination is the key faculty shaping our experience.
Conversational excerpt notes hard times and a man who refused to raise kidney on government bonds. One speaker says nine found not to raise, the other asks why. The humor hinges on wordplay about bonds and exchange.
Quote from Louisville Courier Journal defines picayune as a term used by a man to express his indifference when he lacks concern. It contrasts careless language and stronger terms, offering a cultural glimpse into slang usage in the period.
A Baltimore American quip notes a fine cook is praised but not treated as family. The witty exchange suggests social etiquette and humor on domestic roles amid polite conversation.
Accenalon Island, Ascension, a British possession in the Atlantic, features 10 private properties with no rent tax or money use. Flocks and crops are public, fishermen hand catches to a guardroom for rationed issuance. Population about 450, eight by six miles, 50 miles north of St Helena, governed by a Royal Navy captain.
An traveler returned from a southern island warns of venomous snakes, naming a species with an umbrella shaped head. A native bitten on the thumb experienced progressive swelling and loss of sight and hearing before death followed.
United States Geological Survey notes a pond near Promontory Point Utah cut off from the Great Salt Lake by a railroad embankment. During high water the reservoir fills by percolation. in summer evaporation concentrates brine giving a deep pink color due to bacteria. The pink color fades in winter or when fresh water dilutes the pond.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat discusses Aztec warfare aimed at capturing prisoners for sacrifice. It notes ambush mastery and large captures, with young soldiers given wooden swords to avoid accidental frays. Destruction on temples is framed as religiously justified, not humane.
The piece argues the true test of a field glass is not the legible letters from across the street but practicality. It advises checking fit in a shirt pocket, steadiness in hand, and usability in motion before purchase.
Herbert Russell recalls his father W Clark Russell finishing the plot of The Death Ship, a Vanderdecken legend novel, while an amanuensis. The next day the elder showed a letter from dramatist WB Gilbert asking why a novel about the Flying Dutchman had not been written.
A long standing superstition claimed ancient lamps burned endlessly, with a lamp found in Rosicrucius tomb. Science disproved it, showing fire cannot burn in a chamber from which air has been exhausted, refuting the perpetual lamp myth.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe clear air at Arequipa and a telescope observation from an 8080 foot high observatory. A white disk-like object or feature is reported on Mount Charota at about eleven miles distance, seen through a thirteen inch telescope.
In a fragment from Brown ing a Magazine, Bob Buny laments fatigue from training a new cook while noting Ivo has his hands full with a new busbend. The garbled text shows stalled dialogue and unclear context.
In a terse exchange the couple’s fate is discussed with the proposal that the children spend six months with the servants of each parent. A separate maxim warns that a person may err, but only a fool persists in error.
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