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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
4
A fragment from a period piece lists Rosamoth with names including Gay Kenmore's Wife and Pretty Geraldine among others. The text hints at character titles and affectionate nicknames, presenting a partial, lyric-style roster without a clear narrative.
In a sweeping account of family trials, Grace Willard forgives Willard Clendenon after deep sorrow from a child’s death and Grace’s own suffering. The piece traces Lulu Conway’s heartbreak, Bruce’s return, and a reunion marked by a child’s embrace and renewed vows amid ornate social circles.
GHAPTHA XXIV describes a woman's vigil by a moonlit crib as she recalls a quarrel from May 1870 over a baby’s cradle. The scene blends suspense and pain with memory, noting years passing and the ache of a shared past.
A period piece notes sudden deaths from apoplexy during speeches and political campaigns. It cites Secretary Windom and Henry George as examples, arguing brain strain and high excitement as triggers. Clergy and other professionals are mentioned, with a view that active brains age vessels and raise stroke risk. The piece cites New York Herald and Chicago American as source commentary.
The New Orleans Picayune argues that hostile actions by workers or employers against a rival employer harm both sides. It stresses that labor and capital share mutual interests and that damaging the employer hurts workers through wage impacts, urging reconciliation after convulsions and losses.
A 19th century editorial warns that drownings rise with summer as lakeside resorts see more deaths from vanity and inexperience. It urges life jackets, prudent boating, and parental vigilance, arguing rash boating and jokes afloat cause most capsizings and fatalities.
A London Chronicle excerpt argues white bread harms teeth due to low salts and poor flour mills. It touts brown or whole meal bread as preferable, claiming better mills yield better bread and healthier teeth, with a quip about Sir Thomas Landor Bruton on American dentists.
A Kansas City Star excerpt argues that college education should broaden a man, awaken him to world problems, and widen his horizons. It insists education enhances business by cultivating citizens who understand ideas beyond mere bookkeeping and selling. It notes successful businessmen send their sons to college to gain broader development.
Harper's Weekly reports United States spent about 226 million on elementary ed in 1900 01 while Europe spent roughly 249 million. US enrollment around 16 million vs Europe 46 million. per pupil cost about 22 dollars. It compares city expenditures from New York to Washington with various sums.
A New York Lines note discusses whether crowned heads should publicly praise a new accession when it comes after assassination. It contrasts the idea of divine will with the will of a legislature controlled by assassins, citing the Czar of Russia as the last to defend regicide yet offering cautious congratulations to Serbia’s monarch.
Stephen Bonsal analyzes the Venezuelan president Castro in a North American Review piece. He outlines how Castro leveraged power and controlled the judiciary, detailing a 1901 incident where the Caracas Supreme Court was dissolved after a prison inspection, with judges removed and the bar deterred from action.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note discusses perique tobacco, noting true perique is cultivated and processed, while many imitations flood the market. It cites a drummer’s claim that a single house uses 200,000 pounds yearly in mixed blends, far beyond genuine crop. experts say variations in finished products are slight, though genuine perique remains unexposed to foreign additives.
A Washington Post description of a Sunday Polish wedding in a city colony, noting secrecy before the bridal dress, a visiting ritual, and a unique custom where guests dance with the bride and drop silver coins into a china bowl to win a farewell dance and kiss. The piece highlights possible appeal to fashionable circles and mentions substantial wedding gifts sometimes totaling hundreds of dollars.
A study of average heights finds women born in summer and autumn are taller than those born in spring or winter, with August births tallest. For men, those meeting a girl in autumn or winter are shorter on average than spring and summer births, while those born in November are shortest and July tallest.
A brief mock dialogue contrasts English density and humor. Johnny jokes about a country denser than the English, while Baltimore is quoted as implying English humor may be overrated.
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