18 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
1
April Fools Day inspires tricks in Scotland England and France and reaches as far as Hindi culture. The piece notes aprils jokes, gowk hunting and jokers who aim to make others look ridiculous. It hints at origins in ancient Rome and France and suggests the day’s mischief is a long standing global custom.
An advertisement from United Shoe Machinery Company Boston claims shoe making using all its machines costs under five cents per pair, with royalties under 22 3 cents a pair and total return under 5 percent. It contrasts postage stamp costs and invites readers to contact the firm for details amid a London Chronicle note on disappearing pie shops and rising fried fish shops.
Testimonial from Clara Mueller at 1613 Dayton St Chicago says her pimples reddened itching and burned for over a month. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about three weeks she was completely cured. Sample offers and publication details noted for distribution.
A teacher asks a first grade class if the body has a fire burning always. A girl responds that on cold days you can see the smoke, illustrating a simple, sentimental moment from a National Monthly entry about misunderstandings and a missing wedding handkerchief.
News from Stockholm and beyond reports the Banque des Pays du Nord in Paris has moved to Avenue de Opera, raised capital to 6 million dollars, and posted a year’s net profit of 91 685.60 with no dividend. Other items note Berlin’s 1916 Olympic plan to drop double handed throws to favor single arm, and to remove standing jumps. Vilhelm Hellberg proposes court time savings in Sweden. Trans Atlantic Steamship and Lillea-Ofoten lines adopt wireless and Marconi systems. A Swedish trader prints wares on banknotes. Bank of Sweden frowns but notes note value remains. Easter egg supply in Stockholm required 50 carloads.
The Danish city council comprises 54 members with 13 women. Tuberculosis work has saved 6,000 lives in ten years. Herring along Samso coast runs thick. A Fall River waitress Miss Lena Roy and Huno von Holstein Rathbon of Denmark wed after a long courtship and royal decree.
A Swedish team displayed at the Paris congress with enthusiastic crowds. A new company buys five match factories and may raise 1 to 3 million dollars in capital. An excavation in Oster Malmo uncovered about a dozen skeletons with fetters and likely beheadings, suggesting wartime captives. Swedish gendarmes nearly joined Tehran police before orders were countermanded. Labour unrest spreads as Swedish unions call for foreign boycotts until dynamiters pardoned. King Oscar’s cautious aide in Mora ends with a mailed request to Stockholm and a four dollar coin, triggering an internal inquiry.
Twenty years ago Iceland exported 15 million pounds of dried and salted caffish, now about 56 million pounds. Per capita spirits consumption fell from seven quarts to two by 1912, with prohibition starting January 1, 1913. Coffee and sugar use per inhabitant dropped from earlier highs, and mortality improved from one death per 40 inhabitants to one per 62.
A Norwegian dispatch reports the Peruvia, a German steamer with 30 crew, lost with all hands after leaving Narvike Norway for Rotterdam. It also notes plans to scale copper mining near Namdalen with French investment, road-building teams, and high rents due to strict building laws in Trondhjem. A Kristiensen court case on temperance editor Mjelde resulted in imprisonment and hefty costs. The piece also surveys Norways growing import needs, sugar and coffee consumption, and Norway’s mercantile power, plus a drowning incident at Fredriks bal.
Enthusiastic Woodmen discussions precede election of sixty five delegates to attend the National Convention in Springfield TH. May 15 and 16. Des Moines insurgents rally near a thousand representatives as committees organize and reports are adopted. Town delegates predict a record turnout and strong results.
The Farmers State Bank of Fairbank Iowa failed to open Monday prompting a bank examiner to oversee its affairs. It had lent $50,000 to Karl Kiefer of Hazelton, whose bank had closed after an audit. The bank had $30,000 capital and $129,000 in deposits, with L Shoenst as president, P F Damge as vice president, and G F Monroe as cashier.
Adrain Scimmaker, a farmhand, died after being dragged under a disc harrow when adjusting the harness near his held 31 property. A night search found him dead after he failed to return. He had attempted to bind the leg wound but bled excessively.
Sadie S. Hedges, widow of Hast Fourteenth and Guthrie avenue, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. Assets listed at 60 dollars, liabilities total 21,840 dollars. Attorney claims poverty stems from dealings with the American-Canadian Land Company after she bought 595 acres in Texas at 28 dollars per acre, now said to be valueless.
Des Moines reports voters in Kaos south county will decide in the general election whether to form a new county by dividing the area under the McHose bill. If approved, the new county would be named for former governor William Larrabee after the measure passed both houses.
Keokuk will install a white way lighting system on Main Street. The city council has passed an ordinance obligating the city to care for the lights. The Keokuk Electric Co. will install steel poles. Property owners will bear the installation costs.
Judge Platt imposes ten years in the Anamosa reformatory on Dr. Anna Longshore after rejecting her motion for a new trial in the case involving Rebecca Shade's death by criminal operation. The verdict followed a recent conviction.
William Wade, brother of Judge Martin J. Wade and a Democratic national committee member from Iowa, plus state Senator Wade, died here Monday night. The loss touches Iowa political circles and local governance.
The guide outlines Jacob's journey from deceit to renewed obedience, noting his diplomacy with Esau, the meeting as a transformed man, and the three small lessons: God assists in important matters, plans succeed only when committed to God, and divine control alters both enemies and believers. The Golden Text from Ephesians urges kindness and forgiving others through Christ.
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