12 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
1
A collage of humorous exchanges about gifts and eccentric household routines. Jokes touch on Christmas presents Arizona Pete shares and the odd turns of everyday efficiency. The vignette mentions roommates and odd habits across seasons.
A California contractor develops a gantry crane with a hopper to unload sand and gravel from open-top rail cars. Trucks drive into a track-side pit while a movable crane dumps material through a bin into the waiting track. A gasoline hoist powers the slip scraper to fill the bin inside the car.
A description notes the bin is emptied as an empty truck enters the pit. The timing ensures another empty truck arrives with a loading waiting, creating a rapid cycle of emptying and loading in the prompt sequence.
A 1910 view showed plain and surface treated macadam as the main country road paving. Modern figures from 1916 to 1920 reveal a shift to bituminous macadam 3.1 percent bituminous concrete 6.3 percent cement concrete 19.3 percent and brick 4.1 percent with plain and surface treated paving down to 2.9 percent.
Cows need feed shelter and pasture planned before arrival. It pays farmers to prepare dairy cow plans even if work stretches over years. Prosperous dairying will be worth long term labor and planning.
Senator Sorghum jokingly dodges a reconciliatory offer from a political rival, fearing renewed threats to his power. An unrelated ad touts Zole’s Carboli salve promising fast healing with no scars, priced 20¢ and 69¢ at druggists or 30¢ by mail from Rockford Illinois.
The text outlines London divisions with the city covering 673 acres and the county 17 square miles. It notes 27 boroughs for municipal purposes beside the cities of London and Westminster, city affairs managed by the city corporation, while the rest of London is governed by the county council formed in 1888. Grenier London returns 62 members to the house of commons.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for a baby with red rough itching skin. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap, application of Cuticura Ointment, occasional use of Cuticura Talcum, and positions them as an indispensable toilet trio.
A humorous column notes Noah as the first famous bone head for missing the “Golden Chance” to smash mosquitoes with a fly swatter. It cites Bert Walker of the Topeka Capital and jokes about pay as you go travel to the races.
Fashion notes describe nighties displayed in a window drawing a Woman’s eye to playful cats embroidered across the top. The cats are winkingly clever, giving the garments a provocative touch that prompts speculation about the designer’s intent and appeal to flappers.
An amused neighbor questioned Robbie about his father’s planned remarriage. Robbie replied with a sharp and playful line, saying it is just a wild bluff and a man of his age ought to know better.
The article recounts Mrs Giles challenging a doctor who declares her husband convalescent after illness and cancer, with her demanding medicine and action. It also describes a King Edward era Egypt Noahs Ark race featuring an ostrich turkey pelican monkey pig dog and cat in a comic spectacle.
During the first half of 1922 the birth rate in France’s ten largest cities fell by about ten percent from the same period in 1921. The figures indicate 24,283 births per 1,000 residents in arts, highlighting a decline in pattern across the urban centers.
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