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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
4
In Hackensack New Jersey Herman zur Lage leaves a 500000 estate to be probated. The will specifies spring planting of four dozen pansies on each grave, removal by May 24, and middle planting with ailanthus trees bordered by red and white foliage palms. Corner trees with red and white foliage, and yearly metal wreaths before Thanksgiving are required.
Excerpt from the Saturday Evening Post reflects on common complaints in daily life before contrasting with European suffering. It notes low pay, high rent, poor housing, and failing crops, and ends with a resolve to keep morale despite troubles.
Mrs. Mary Capella and her husband Anthony Capella, newly married days earlier, jumped from a second story window at 1003 Annin Street during a fire. Firemen rescued six others in the burning home. He suffered bruises and possible internal injuries, while she faced life threatening danger.
A jocular dialogue compares luck charms, noting a chicken foot carries more fortune than a rabbit foot when the animal part is attached. Ebenezer jokes that the chicken foot has greater luck than the rabbit foot in their rustic exchange.
The Blucher’s captain, commander, torpedo lieutenant, and another officer narrowly escaped sinking when a shell jammed the conning tower door as the ship tilted. They prepared to die but a second shell tore off the top, creating a chance to flee thanks to their foe.
A modern six story building on the East Side houses the Educational Alliance, celebrating its twenty fifth year. The center offers domestic science and art, civil service and immigrant classes, trade training, physical education, and English. Activities include concerts and lectures in English and Yiddish, with city branches, two vacation houses, a boys camp and a seaside cottage for girls.
An old theater page features a dialogue with Mrs Benham-John debating primaries while entertainers and guests exchange sharp quips. The scene shifts through witty lines about youth, money, and a belligerent goat, ending with a Judge’s remark on childishness.
A humorous exchange between a husband and wife references a baby cutting a tooth and a mock claim of a hen laying fourteen eggs in six days. The dialogue highlights playful exaggeration and domestic wit typical of light comic pages.
In war days the general at the front earns another medal while Major confirms his success.
A dialogue shows Bill abandoning marriage plans for a phonograph while Jill notes the turn, and Lemuel asks if the office seeks the man. The paw replies the office acts only when there is no salary attached.
Quote records a debate over how a lunch wagon operates indicating meals may be served from a cart rather than a traditional wagon. The exchange suggests uncertainty about exact method but leans toward cart service.
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