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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
7
In Plainview, Nebraska a local road hogs opinion piece decries drivers who dominate the highway with little courtesy. It mocks motorists in autos and horse cars, warns of dangers, and calls for better roads and shared road use etiquette.
A North Side boy struggles to reach a wind up toy car ensnared by a tall fence. An elderly woman kneels, stretches, and retrieves the shining machine. The grateful child exclaims it will not escape again as she keeps the toy.
Local updates describe visits, land interests, and employment changes in LeGrand Iowa and surrounding areas. People such as J. D. Nicholson and J. C. Stackhouse move for work, while Mrs. Seane Wasner and Miss Mary Braak visit relatives. A shingling bee, cholera-like illness reports, and Chautauqua attendance are noted among residents.
A young theatrical manager recalls a first season filled with unusual demands from star performers. He sought a head of John the Baptist for a Salome act, daily flowers for a spring dance, a wriggling snake for Cleopatra, and a reliable dagger for a grand climax, finding few tasks routine. The tale highlights the unpredictable variety of managing ambitious performers.
A drug clerk recalls removing a severe ink stain from a fruity white poodle. Soap and water failed and acid cleaners risked hair and skin damage. A youth specialized in ink stains tried several diluted preparations, with stains yielding slowly and a possible shaving required.
A New York survey tallies 98 theaters costing 16 million, 32 churches under 3 million, 181 office buildings at 85 million, stores and lofts 61 million, 21 hotels 60 million, totaling 4 149 new structures for 390 million and 57.6 million in repairs. Plans announced for 1910 and 2941 seek another 176 million in outlays.
In a fragmentary column, readers hear voices about a new maid and language barriers, reflecting on social tensions and miscommunication. The piece blends cryptic phrases and local color from the Plain Dealer era, hinting at immigrant experiences and urban life.
Editor LeGrand Reporter records notices from J. M. Parken J. J. Wilson and D. L. Carvey announcing their candidacy for the Republican nomination for district judge in the Seventeenth judicial district subject to the approaching district convention.
The text explains sleep as a staged loss of faculties starting with attention and judgment, followed by memory and imagination. It notes the senses fade first with eyes closing, then hearing, then heartbeat and breathing slow, body temperature drops, and sleep progressively deepens until awakening is impossible.
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