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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
27
John Blake argues that many men resemble a locomotive running without knowledge of steam power, brakes, or construction. Proper training and self care would reduce hospital visits, as each person should learn to monitor, operate, and know when to call a doctor, a role likened to the chief engineer of human health.
An essay by F A Walker argues that imagination fuels all productive labor from art to architecture. It contrasts vision with mere instruction, noting great works like pyramids and songs arise from imaginative planning. The piece cites the saying where there is no vision the people perish and urges free, directed imagination to lead to lasting achievement.
Day by day we live and work in the present hour shaping who we are and what we become. We cannot wait for tomorrow but must plant today to grow a better future, building hope, character, and fate through steady effort.
A fragmented recipe page describes California pound cake steps, including creaming butter and sugar, beating eggs, and folding in flour and canned fruit. It also sketches rhubarb frappe, seedless raisin infusion, and a bran bread mix, with instructions to bake slowly and test texture.
A humorous piece from McClure Syndicate describes a frowsy haired, unpunctual suitor who adores admiration and wears distinctive bow collars. The piece notes his life centered on music and a club called The Rapture, joking that the bride should be a good carpenter to stand firm. It argues that solos are safer than duets and praises a rare good accompanist.
A farmer on Route 2 Mackinny recounts losing twenty pounds due to stomach trouble and credits Tanlac with restoring his strength and appetite. His wife also reports improved health, and the ad promotes Tanlac as a widely sold remedy. Also notes a humorous quip about a boy named Josh as a budding politician.
An old advertisement warns readers to seek Bayer Tablets of Aspirin only and avoid counterfeit pills, noting Bayer’s century of safety for common ailments. It touts unbroken packages with directions and lists prices for 12, 24, and 100 tablets while mentioning the trade mark and Bayer Manufacture.
A fragmented recipe describes mixing lard sugar and anise with yeast then adding bran and raisins forming dough two loaves ironed and baked in a warm oven for an hour. It also outlines a rhubarb pie filling with potatoes butter sugar and a meringue topping baked separately and served cold.
A fragment from 1920 era newspaper material references a budding socialist and a dispute over a large apple. The dialogue includes a child calling another greedy and a retort about taking the apple. It hints at moral contrasts in domestic scenes and social commentary.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims strict purity, vegetable herbs, and a sworn statement with every bottle. Readers are invited to mail ten cents for a sample and mention the paper.
For over forty years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. The ointment is applied locally to reduce inflammation, while the internal medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists, Wd Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The fragment hints at a verse or song line about idleness, a baby asleep in an apartment, and timing of becoming aware of completion. It reads as a quirky, partial lyric-like note with unclear context and no identifiable events or entities.
State Bank Commissioner R. Leach announces Carl Foster of Guthrie Center as deputy bank commissioner. Fred Witte of the Iowa Highway Commission says roads in the state cost Iowa about 16.3 million dollars yearly in gasoline. Ad club to erect death signs at spots of fatal auto crashes to urge safer driving. Robbery at Grand Auto Salvage in Des Moines yields 300 dollars. Des Moines club honors Lafayette Young Jr at his 75th birthday luncheon.
Mrs C Enson of 808 N Lincoln Amarillo Texas extols the Vegetable Compound as a splendid medicine for women. She claims it relieves backache painful times irregularity fatigue and nervousness and cites letters from readers to support its effectiveness. The ad urges housewives not to accept illness that hinders daily life and duties.
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