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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
9
An early ad promotes a Lunch Wagon ready to serve hot lunches at auction sales with prices and terms via telephone. The piece also gives practical wool and silk care instructions, including sponging, mild soap for wrinkles, ammonia for shine, ironing guidance, nap brushing, steaming, and warnings against high heat.
Agricultural experts from Town State College and Iowa State College advise preparing rhubarb now for winter production. Dig plants with soil, allow freezing, then store in a warm, dark, moist setup. Use two to three year old plants preferred. discard exhausted clumps after 3 4 weeks. Poultry feeding tips emphasize a two to one mix of shelled corn to oats with mash.
The guide describes feeding hogs with grain and mash, allowing two thirds of the daily ration at night and one third in the morning. A wet mash may be prepared by mixing dry mash with sour milk or buttermilk in equal parts by weight. Total intake should not exceed two pounds of grain for every one pound of mash.
A reflective verse contrasts life’s meaning across roles from preacher joker lawyer and doctor to soldier, teacher and student. It ponders how life changes with vocation and attitude, asking readers to define life for themselves. The poem invites personal interpretation of purpose and duty.
A playful old verse lists quantities of affection and wit to bake a lasting union. It combines flour of love good looks and sweet temper with youth, self-forgetfulness and dry humor, then blends in laughter and common sense, baked forever in a furnished house.
George Washington Jones, a Black man, attempts to enlist as a soldier. The recruiting officer's questions elicit Jones's name, age, and married status, with Jones noting a scar on his head from a mule kick. The dialogue reflects wartime recruiting vernacular and the era's informal inquiry style.
In a tense hearing the judge asks where the automobile struck the witness. Rastus replies with a wry line saying if he had carried a license number it would have busted to a thousand pieces, underscoring a defiant moment in court.
Iowa City leaders report business groups across the state endorsed the one million dollar effort to build a memorial union at the State University. Fred W. Sargent said bodies such as the Greater Des Moines Committee the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the Ottumwa Commercial Club formally approved urging participation. The union aims to honor war heroes and provide a social, mental, and spiritual center to develop future state leaders.
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