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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
7
A brief public interest item from Graettinger and vicinity invites residents and visitors to consider local happenings. The notice encourages weekly visits to homes and contemplation of community insights, with a cordial, inviting tone.
Local markets report a string of visitors and residents from Emmetsburg Estherville Wallingford Ruthven and Chicago plus farm notes and social events. Notables include C J Berdin Menzes Dan O Neil Rose Bergum Mrs Wildey and many others with dances plays and a large silo project. Nearby towns and relatives are mentioned along with travel to storms lake Cedar Rapids and Chicago.
The M. K. Ladies' Aid calls for 500 receipts across main culinary sections by next Thursday. Submit to committee members C. S. George, Lloyd Crim, Wm. Mueller, T. D. Collins, P. J. Paulsen, or J. H. Gammon. Also notes church sermons and local travel news.
Miss Lena Duhn and Christina Peterson attended Esther. Dr. Osher arrived from Estherville Monday. Rev F C Cuthbert will lead the Methodist pulpit next year. Rev Howlett and wife locate at Germania. Methodist Ladies Aid to meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs J H Gammon, change to Thursdays. Mrs Sam Briggs met visitor Mrs Scott from Emmetsburg Wednesday. Mr Tenneson added to the list last week. Mr and Mrs Jensen live on the Ole Knutson farm west of town.
Dr Coarns of the Heidelburg Institute demonstrates experimental evidence of radioactivity in various human organs. Using organic matter exposed through a wire grating onto a photographic plate wrapped in black paper, faint radiographs appear after twenty four hours. The brain substance shows the strongest action.
A California woman aged 103 baked a birthday cake, but frail eyesight raised worry. Observers note she may have used rheumatic medicine as flavoring extract, prompting calls for careful handling of age related risks.
A cynical aphorism notes that wives seem angelic to husbands after marriage yet husbands regret losing their wings. The line, attributed to Exchange, casts marriage as illusion and consequence, hinting at unspoken disappointments and altered perceptions within domestic life.
George Clinton Paine of Newark New Jersey calls himself the oldest book agent in the world and recently marked his hundredth birthday. He claims his robust health stems from drinking buttermilk regularly, a habit he credits for his longevity.
Louis Dodge of the St. Louis Times plans a brief visit to New York. He has traveled widely in the Midwest but fears how to act in the millions of New York. A New York editor joked that hiding money would not help in New York.
A brief excerpt notes lawn tennis as a three century old game, citing the London Chronicle's 1691 record of Queen Elizabeth entertained at Elvetham. It describes servants forming a square court and playing five to five with a bound ball, “to the great liking of her highness.”
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