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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
6
Dorothy is swept from Kansas by a cyclone to a magical land. She teams with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a river voyage to seek the Wizard of Oz for a way home and for brains, heart, and courage. They encounter the Wicked Witch's legacy and dangers on the quest.
Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion lose the Scarecrow after a river rescue by a Stork. The group wanders through a flower-filled landscape, Dorothy nearly sleeps among deadly poppies, and the Lion is captured by sleep. A yellow wildcat chases them until the Woodman kills it, and the mice pledge loyalty to him. Toto’s冲 chase adds comic danger.
They carried the sleeping girl to a spot by the river away from the poppy field and laid her on the grass waiting for a breeze to wake her. The scene suggests a deliberate act to shield her from the flowers’ poison as they wait for aid or a change in fortune.
An excerpt discusses Havelock Ellis and the Spanish temperament in Soul Spain. It recounts a Aragonese tale where a starving laborer halts a wagoner to beg, then returns most of the money and offers food, showing hospitality and charity amid distress. The piece also notes British naval supremacy dating to Alfred the Great and evolving recognitions by the Dutch and French.
Advice emphasizes quick burn treatment to prevent scarring. It recommends home remedies such as baking soda, mashed potato, lard, olive oil, molasses, and even milk, noting effectiveness depends on speedy application.
Dispatches report Esbjerg fleet escapes and little hope for missing fishermen. Danish scholars to handle Dr Cook north polar records with a consistory to appoint a committee led by Professor Stromgren. Princess Waldemar dies amid influenza as Sweden notes labor strikes and Arctic balloon legends alongside Norwegian wages and industry conditions.
The piece highlights a Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta land boom with James Bailey near Regina turning 640 acres into a $28 540 total earnings including crop and land value. Wheat and oats yields are detailed with per acre figures and the Grand Trunk Pacific expansion noted.
A light column questions why clever women write silly letters to men and suggests they collect the responses as a humorous pastime. The piece playfully examines courtship norms and the quirks of written flirtation.
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