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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
16
A reader poll style listing asks 20 trivia prompts across history science geography and people. Answers include Stonewall Jackson as Thomas, Aguinaldo captured by General Frederick Funston, and other names like Hofmann, Burnett, Sargent, and Rinehart, with references to rivers, libraries, and notable events.
Mrs Sophia Bird marked her one hundred fourth birthday with cheer and resolve to reach another. A steady stream of well-wishers greeted her as she rose at 9 30 each morning and retired at 9, smiling through the day.
August Winkler faced a series of setbacks as he moved from Wisconsin toward Kansas to rebuild his fortune. His wife died during the journey, he began a new business, and a Mississippi flood wiped him out. He arrived in Rossville with $165 cash, deposited it in the Rossville bank, which failed the next day.
A historical snippet cites Judge Reeve noting many misdemeanors stem from lack of willpower. He remarked that circumstances govern most cases and the way to resist temptation is to avoid it. The anecdote recalls a veteran card player who jokes he cannot enter a game for a month.
John Halkett president of the building trades council commented in New York on the Italy Yugoslavia Albania dispute. He said they talk a lot but nothing will happen, noting windy people never come to blows and that some of the pep is mere avarice.
An old sale blurb promotes Bromo Quinine tablets as a preventive for colds grip or influenza. The box bears B W Grove signature. The fragment mentions mayflies emerging as winged insects one evening and ending their careers by the next morning.
The article traces Victor Hugo from a happy childhood through early loves and literary ambition. It notes his mother’s death, a strained father relationship, and his refusal to abandon writing for wealth. Poverty lessons influenced his later work, culminating in his 1822 marriage. Kansas City Times discusses his path to fame.
An American visitor to London reveres Francia Thompson and journeys to the Briddaw Arms at Kilburn, the inn once favored by the author of the Hound of Heaven. The landlord recalls no such association and dismisses the idea as detrimental to the house.
A garbled passage reflects on piety seen in remembering hymns, warns against judging by outward appearance, notes travel speed, and contrasts the poor's hunger with the rich's digestion, attributed to La Fontaine and an unidentified source.
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