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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
2
Golda A Fossett, secretary of the National Swineslow, celebrates its eleventh anniversary at Pearly, TH, September 13 to 18, and shoulders most of the responsibility for making the blue ribbon event of American hogdom a success. Hog events nationwide grow as the show draws attention from breeders and buyers alike.
A bizarre society tale from London recounts the Froth-Blowers, led by Sir Alfred Fripp, the king’s surgeon. Members pledge to drink and froth-blow as a “noble and healthy pastime,” wearing cuff links and passes, with ranks from Blower to Grand Typhoon. The group claims thousands of members and funds to aid charitable causes, while detailing humorous initiations and duties.
The former stage favorite known as Dame Madge Kendal was honored as Dame of the British Empire. Born in England she became a leading actress in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and earned praise in Shakespeare and English drama. She toured the United States with W. E Kendal during the eighties and is celebrated for a long career, philanthropy, and popular stage roles.
New York's Hudson River mouth thrives with diverse merchant activity from docks to subways and rail corridors. Cargo moves along deep channels while massive ships and freight traffic mark the river as a center of global trade and urban life.
A Kentucky man, Pogo Ratl, sixty eight, of Boyd County near Trimble Creek, awaits a grave built decades ago on a knoll behind his house. He describes his planned burial garb and head cover, awaiting the undertaker to place his body in the tomb.
In western South Dakota a handful of buffalo herds remain near the Missouri River west Wahka amid declines since Beatty Whips herd once led the largest ranch and hunt in American preserves. Philips, an Indian trader, started a private herd and cared for the captive species until declines. Now fewer than 2000 remain. parks, reserves, and circuses still purchase animals from the ranch, with hunters recalling famed buffalo hunts and stampedes.
Lonlon-Hittle food experts describe a quirky history of ancient salads. The treasure of onion, garlic and various herbs appears in early recipes and salads attributed to Cleopatra. References mention pharaoh-era ovens, prime ingredients, and unlikely flavor pairings.
A Washington rancher named Arthur Kingray displays a creature described as a cat with wings at Ware pate. The animal weighs about twenty pounds and bears four rows of thick flesh on its back with extended wings. The modified wings span roughly a foot, and the cat appears to have control of them, using the limbs to aid leaps and speed while typically keeping the wings folded against its body.
A Canadian Indian described by trapper H. Y. Murphy in Pavillean district carried a vanity case and a powder box on a trail. Murphy recalls meeting an Indigenous man wearing a gantry box where a helper once hung. The account notes the Indian opened a powder pan and extracted a vial from a bug for examination.
Fragmented text discusses Alaska traders looking toward Asia via the Bering Strait region, noting potential for greater trade and exploration. Mentions Alaska and nearby peoples, with hints of crossing to Beringsen and Berberta and the goal of entering regional markets.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate US film export figures with large linen values and dates amid garbled terms. Limited readable items show numbers and mentions of June, but key entities and context are unclear.
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