20 Feb 1925
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
1
Mary, a naughty child kept from lighting a fire, hears her toys talk and plot to run away with Marie’s carriage and a rocking horse. They urge her to reform, while her mother believes it all a dream and restores order as Mary wakes.
A fragment shows a girl named Mary promising, to her mother, that she will be good and return for all toys left scattered in the playroom. The scene captures a child’s vow and a mother guiding discipline.
He Irving King surveys sailor folklore linking dog howls to storms and Odin’s hunt. The piece traces Norse roots, Odin’s pursuit imagery, and the belief that a barking dog’s nose portends gales. It notes these myths as surviving relics of Scandinavian myth and seafaring lore.
Laura Little confronts repairs at her tenement and lassitudes in city life. Her misadventures with a stubborn landlord, a temperamental maid, and a hectic household end with Laura alone, clinging to the chip on her shoulder.
Lucy, derived from Latin Lux meaning light, appears in Rome and later Europe. The name Lucy Lucia Luce Lucinda vary by language, with patrons in Sicily Normandy England France Russia and Spain. Diamonds are her talisman, said to grant fearlessness and invulnerability, worn on the left hand for victory. Saturday is Lucy’s lucky day. An expert notes emeralds scent when powdered, while diamonds emit a disagreeable odor.
A reflective piece on leaving college life and facing the practical world. Imagination and ambition push youth toward leadership roles, while perseverance and real-world effort shape success. The article contrasts new faces with seasoned experience and urges diligent striving from infancy to old age.
The piece traces the surname Kruger Cruger Crnger to German origin meaning cross bearer with occupation theories. It mentions John Crnger and four children Maria Anne Markoe and Bunker, noting older forms Bonquer or Bon coeur as French derivations meaning good heart.
The young lady across the way comments that the government is hard up and questions why the postal deficit isn’t used to cover other expenses instead of allowing it to pile up year after year. She voices frustration with fiscal management.
The text notes that blood takes about fifteen seconds to pass through the body. It estimates that in 24 hours the blood would pass through the body approximately five thousand times.
A reflective verse recalling childhood and the village world left behind. The speaker urges remembering the boyish view, seeing elders as smaller and guidance in familiar places like home, church, and farm, with the boy’s eyes now seen as wiser.
A fragmentary 1925 note describes cucumber and grapefruit preparations with cress and olive oil, plus a chicken tamales method using cornmeal paste and wrapped husks. It also details hot ham sandwiches with butter, milk, egg, and paprika, plus onion and French dressing fillings.
The passage centers on Lysander Jahn Appleton and Daysey Mayme Appleton. Daysey, in a crisis after a lover abandons her, contemplates Nemesis or resignation while Lysander, ever practical, lights the fire and boils the kettle. Daysey writes a poem on True Friendship, arguing the Rock of Ages trembles beside it.
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