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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
30
A country correspondent’s message prompts a city bank to test an intoxicated claimant named John Smith. Two clerks move him to a private room as the cashier asks about identification. The answer comes back: Identification complete, pay the money. A courtyong tale contrasts trust and misfortune with a Judge quip about losses in Wall Street.
Conversation reveals Fred I proposed to Miss Dingley. she refused. Interjections insist she remains a woman, and jokes about baseball and manners follow.
A simple device to regulate gate passage for hogs moving between pastures and cows kept in one area. The hanger uses a strap bent around posts, with pegs for support and holes to adjust length or height. In the north it can be raised above winter snows.
Directions for building a fodder truck using two 2 by 8s sixteen feet long two old mower wheels 2 by 6 and 1 by 6 boards five 2 by 6s for cragg sticks and 1 by 6 for wheel guards. Steps include notching over wheel hubs bolting standards and attaching double-trees with a 12 inch top board to form a drag fodder carrier. Local Missouri Ruralist note by Fred Burter Rich Hill MO.
Practical garden notes advise on early onions plantings and seed saving. Readers are told to set top onions in autumn for renewed stock, select sweet corn by ear and stalk yield, braid husks for drying, save Hubbard squash seeds, and use tools like wheel hoe to manage lumps and weeds.
Fragmented OCR text references farming intelligence and culture, urging practical steps for modern agriculture. It emphasizes readiness and willingness to engage, though the wording is garbled and incomplete, missing clear events, entities, or dates.
Instructions describe building a concrete culvert with 3 feet trench, 6 feet wide, 18 inch walls, arch core, and formwork details. Mix ratio two parts sand four parts coarse gravel or crushed stone one part Portland cement. Pack and cure, then backfill, with pumpkins as cattle feed note appended.
Agricultural tips emphasize clean seed wheat and seed, plowing depth, and enriched seed bed as keys to higher yields. Proper weed control, burning smut, and protecting potatoes with Bordeaux spray are recommended, while machinery care reduces waste and drought tolerance improves with deep ground planting.
A business man narrowly avoids a fatal extortion as a hooded visitor threatens with dynamite. The man challenges the thief, who then reveals he is a married man and backs away, admitting the danger of his plan before leaving.
A rustic harvest feast at Farmer Hodge’s farm centers on Giles who declines the seat of honor, choosing to sit opposite the hostess. The piece weaves humor with old fashioned hospitality as the crowd gathers for a seasonal celebration.
A diner skit shows dishes crossed out on the bill of fare as a waiter explains the new manager, formerly an editor, influences the menu. The piece relies on quick banter to reveal character and workplace humor.
A reflective line suggests inward unease mirrors broader guilt, noting that personal illness or malaise may reflect a collective sense of sin. The sentiment hinges on feeling unwell as evidence of a universal fault.
Proverbial urging to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's illnesses. Letters claim dramatic personal cures, including a tumor in one case, and praise the product as a godsend with ongoing health improvements. Mrs Barber and Mrs George May attest strong benefits and urge others to seek Pinkham's guidance.
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