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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
6
Thrift means handling money wisely and getting the most from every dollar earned. It is planning for future needs, using money as a tool to build character, and not reducing buying power. We pay 4 percent on Savings Deposits and offer safety deposit boxes.
Harry M. Daugherty, then attorney general to be, recounts a humorous Ohio case tale. A friend sought his help for a Supreme Court appeal he faced, but Daugherty said he was on the other side. The friend suggested a lawyer, and the chosen attorney won, leading Daugherty to quip that he picked the man who beat him.
Johnny and Bill clashed on a certain point leading to an arbitration to settle the disagreement. The exchange shows a personal dispute escalating to a formal decision.
Charles Ayers Whipple, active since 1919, works on Brumidi decorations in the Senate wing capital dome frieze. He aims to fill a 30‑year vacant space with a piece titled The Spirit of 717. He recalls painting a senator's black eye flesh color for two weeks, unseen by others.
The New York Evening Post notes a large crowd at Mexico City's bullring where pre-fight performances by singers and dancers culminated in a grand opera encore. The attendance exceeded 25,000, who then cheered Matador Rodolfo Gaona as he executed his famed passes of death against a raging bull.
Belfast welcomed Miss Kyle the first lady barrister in the British Isles after she won the Brook scholarship at the Irish bar. A Tyrone solicitor briefed her though he was unfamiliar with her, and she drew golden opinions in the High Court. The London Law Journal noted her attire as she wore wig and gown in court establishing a precedent.
The American Locomotive Company announced the completion of an order for seven giant locomotives destined for China. Each spans 84 feet 9 inches overall with a 420 ton weight and 3000 horsepower. Forty more units are for passenger light freight and other uses.
A congressman takes a taxi home amid rain. The driver charges four dollars for four miles, though the trip is only two and a half miles. The driver explains skidding extended the distance. The anecdote appears in Harper's Magazine.
A Birmingham Age Herald reader quote exchange questions the public’s gullibility about film budgets. The producer asserts the film cost a million dollars, while another insists the film was made in Germany and challenges converting marks to dollars.
A thrifty young man jokes about finding a partner to share courting costs fifty fifty. He laments gold diggers, while a witty woman from last winter’s evenings at her home counters that they already followed a fifty fifty routine in entertainment with her heating the parlor and him supplying the conversation.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt reports a defiant reply in a speeding case. The judge accuses the driver of speeding and reckless driving, while the prisoner admits to speeding and intoxication. He requests a $1000 fine, ten days in jail, and a one year driving suspension.
In a Garden dialogue, Eye warns that law is strong in the garden while Adam asserts his word rules. The Buffalo Express quotes the exchange as a test of control between gendered roles and authority amidst domestic tension.
The electric railways of the United States carry more than 14,000,000,000 passengers annually, ten times as many as are carried by the steam railways.
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