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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
5
The piece compares marriage vows to owning a car, noting loyalty to a vehicle grows with its wear. It describes emotional attachment, reluctance to part with a worn car, and the tendency to embellish gasoline mileage to preserve pride and self-image.
A humorous sketch describes the mud turpin nicknamed cockeyed terra pin living near Hollywood. It feeds on custard pies and hides in slap sticks, with shells used as celluloid parody. The piece notes future growth and playful details of its anatomy using kitchen items.
A 1930 McClure Syndicate piece offers a warn and quirky remedy for bad dreams. It describes wearing a step thimble on the finger to banish nightmares. The item presents a playful superstition from an era fond of folk beliefs.
A fragmentary verse urges focus on game moments over personal wins or losses. It centers on sport as a call to act, with lines about cheering, blaming, and the single action of playing ball away from crowds. The text reads like a coach or poet’s ode to dedication.
A writer rejects the sight of a dominating wife while pitying her. Dominance is learned from early responsibility, not natural for married women. The piece argues weak husbands enable such behavior, with examples of women caring for relatives and seeking a masterful partner.
A fragment from Mottier's Cook Book echoes a moral line about striving beyond limits. The excerpt urges endurance, faith, and resilience, encouraging readers to lean on divine security regardless of faults.
A 1930 Western Nowaraner Valentine page offers family friendly recipes. Scalloped Apples With Peanut Brittle layers apples with lemon juice salt and candy then bakes an hour. Spanish Delight arranges lettuce tomatoes cucumber pepper eggs and French dressing. Challenge Lemon Pie combines lemon juice rind egg yolks sugar and whipped whites in a baked shell. Orange Cocktail a la Canada uses orange slices maple syrup or honey and chilled sherbet. Rhubarb Punch blends rhubarb juice orange lemon sugar and sparkling water served cold. Honey encouraged as a child friendly sweet.
William A. Radford offers free home building advice and explains how combining brick and lumber creates stable, appealing facades. A sample design features face brick walls to the second floor, veneer brick, a sun porch integrated with the house, and a Dutch colonial inspired floor plan with five rooms and a sun parlor. Landscaping such as shrubs, vines on brickwork, and flower boxes enhances the homey appearance.
A midwinter fire alarm scene underscores the danger of inflammable wood shingles and the need for fireproof roofs. Flying sparks can start distant fires, while modern fireproof roofing costs around 250 dollars more than perishable options. A permanent, fire resistant roof offers lasting protection for five or six room homes with a small investment.
Modern metal drain control fits any lavatory or bath with a tubber plug and chain. The metal stopper seals the drain body firmly, avoiding wear or derangement. Heads can be finished in nickel or chromium.
The guide notes floor color should anchor a room while allowing wall and ceiling tones to vary. Darker carpet shades ground a space, yet patterned or multi color options add life. A frieze weave or varied pile creates light play, and door or wall patterns can guide overall decor harmony.
Cracks in a new well laid door result from moisture changes in wood due to improper preliminary seasoning or storage, wet delivery, or moisture absorption from the air. Heating the building may help maintain a temperature to prevent excessive humidity as flooring is delivered and the house is occupied.
A happily married young man tells his wife of a birthday surprise. He plans to give her five dollars for each year they have been together, but she begs him to keep the check hidden from others. The playful moment centers on the couple and a personal gift.
Willie-Why-er-in his fast ivae, ma'ani.
A playful riddle poem about moods and ages. The speaker muses on being seventeen when sunny, seventy when sad, forty when sensible, and nothing when mad, blending numbers with emotion.
A playful exchange centers on Old Man Coyne and a roguish duke, with talk of misread intentions and a mock marriage plot. The banter imagines a duke shocked by elopement vows of love, underscoring lighthearted local rumor and community humor.
A fragment notes tension between city and country life over how maids and household staff should be treated. It contrasts casual treatment with calls for respect, reflecting class attitudes in a domestic setting.
A playful exchange contrasts an actor’s assumed booking with a chorus girl who reveals she is currently engaged at her dentist. The witty remark highlights the era’s humor about showbiz engagements and everyday duties. It captures social tone and dialogue style from the period.
Society note mentions Mrs Newset Oh and Joan with a marriage to the diguffeur. It comments on Mr Newset Oh's dubious reaction and hints at a hoped arrangement involving Clarence and the cook to improve the situation.
A fragmented dialogue depicts a passenger unable to pay and offers strange barter involving a raccoon coat. The scene shifts to a conductor advising to switch tracks near a station as a comic exchange unfolds. The excerpt preserves whimsical, nonsensical dialogue and rural speech.
A comic exchange pits a man against a dentist over tooth care pricing. The man asks for the loosened tooth service and the dentist quotes four dollars, prompting the humorous setup about what constitutes a fair charge.
A young maid on probation for a prior theft assures the mistress there is nothing to fear. The exchange centers on honesty as the new maid references her past crime and current probation status.
Stray Stories presents a fragment about unspoken love and mislaid words. A speaker laments the join between affection and action, noting an absence of the right postcard words to express true feeling.
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