11 Jun 1920
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
1
A reader describes a grotesque display at a Christmas bazaar featuring animals and insects. A man buys a terrifying beetle for half a dollar telling the clerk he will place it on his table during a party to scare others when drinks are served.
A school scene shows Jane newly started, pressed by a teacher's question about outliers. In a tense moment she mutters a bribe offering animal crackers if not asked further, signaling a tense power dynamic and a playful yet pointed challenge to authority.
Geologist Herschel C. Parker, who first climbed Mount McKinley in 1912, asserts the North American peak has sunk about 500 feet from its original 20,400 foot altitude amid recent earthquakes. The claim links ongoing geological change to the loftiest mountain in North America.
An old advertisement touts Bayer aspirin tablets as genuine and safe, noting a proven safety record for over twenty years and urging acceptance of unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for relief of headache toothache neuralgia rheumatism and other pains. It mentions doctors prescribing Bayer and lists small ten cent and larger druggist packages.
The triumphal arch of Titus in Rome was built around the time of D. death to celebrate his victory over the Jews. It features relief sculptures showing a sacrificial procession and Titus crowned by Victory in a quadriga. The arch, damaged and altered by 1882, was partly rebuilt with medieval additions removed. The Colosseum, completed in 80 A.D. and seating 50,000, originally Flavian, later named for Nero’s statue, is now largely ruins.
A fragment cites Ruskin on unique human gifts, noting every person has a peculiar strength that can benefit the race when used well. It then pivots to a woman’s willingness to concede male superiority in mastering a railway time table, a brisk, curt aside on competence in practical tasks.
News events from Chicago Washington and Philadelphia cover party seating rules at conventions a labor platform item from the AFL headed by Samuel Gompers a presidential candidate name from Pennsylvania a taft engagement a university professor and other varied items including a crime reward and naval remarks. The roundup includes racial policy debate at the GOP convention figures from Missouri and Illinois and stock market era notes.
Reporting from Dublin details the nationalist win in Tyrone and a broader Sinn Fein sweep across southern Ireland, set against European postwar treaties with Hungary and Poland. The article also covers U S political moves, defense and labor matters, and proposed constitutional changes on woman suffrage.
Early returns show Cummins leading Brookhart in the senate race with 39,322 to 30,972 votes as 805 precincts report. Kendall leads the Republican gubernatorial field with Moore and Harner second and third as precincts trickle in. labor support noted, and county results from Cerro Gordo and Mason City indicate shifting momentum toward Brookhart and Kendall.
New York representatives of a large cellar manufacturing company announced wholesale price cuts to help retailers sell collars nationwide at 25 cents each, though some retailers were still retailing them at 85 cents.
Mrs Eva Gamnett of Garnett Kansas describes severe postnatal nervous breakdown after birth of her eldest child. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after using five bottles and notes subsequent pregnancies and continued well being. She recommends the medicine to others.
A Baltimore Sun letter argues that George Alfred Townsend proved beyond doubt that few colonial houses claimed to use English bricks actually did. He notes isolated cargoes were possible but not representative, underscoring the rarity of English brick in colonial construction.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims many women suffer undiagnosed kidney issues causing back pain headaches nervousness and tiredness. It offers sample bottles for ten cents and urges writing to Dr Kilmer Co for the free test.
A cache of valuable historic artifacts from Babylon excavations has been secured. Dated to about three and a half centuries before the Christian era, several pieces bear distinct finger marks formed over 2,000 years ago.
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