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LeGrand shipments note second class matter and advertising rates will be made known on application. Ads remain in until ordered out unless otherwise arranged.
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
4
LeGrand shipments note second class matter and advertising rates will be made known on application. Ads remain in until ordered out unless otherwise arranged.
Harold Perisho has been sick since last Friday with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Swengon visited Sunday at the Geo Murphy home in Grinnell. Master Lindley Woogen was out of school with mumps. Tver Swedt went to Charles City for business Friday morning. The South County Line hackman is driving four horses this week. Evgenia Alden, who has been working in Marshalltown for several weeks, returned home Saturday. Ole Bryngelson and Carney Meltvedt went to Paullina Saturday to attend the funeral of Aunt Anna Olson.
In London a fifty nine year old man raced a horse in a six day endurance test, running ten hours daily. The man covered 345 miles while the horse reached 337 before breaking down. The account notes that a better horse might exist, but a well trained man near sixty challenges the idea of human limits.
A hero dog recounts saving nine lives today while a second dog asks how. The first dog describes rescuing a kitten from drowning, highlighting a day of brave deeds and canine courage.
East LeGrand reports from special correspondent Harry Larson noting Thos. Miles home woodworking, local visits by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Larson and the Miles family, and Marshalltown callers including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shelton. For sale ad lists seed potatoes. Also mentions dental work for Mrs. T. I. Thompson and Sunday visits by A. C. Rawlinson and family, Julia Thornes helping at home, and Kuudt and Cornelius Thompson with T. I. Thompson.
For over four decades Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. The ointment provides fast relief by local application and the internal tonic works through the bloodstream to reduce nasal and mucous membrane inflammation. Sold by all druggists from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
G W Harvey advertises wall paper rolls with every fourth roll sold for one cent, options from stock or sample books, no freight, no advance payment, and same day service when possible. Free samples evenings by appointment in LeGrand, phone number 3 on 10.
An American cowboy named John Swain in Paris, dressed in rodeo attire, asked a police officer for blank cartridges. Unable to communicate in French, Swain used money and a revolver with sign language. To prove his request, he fired a blank toward the officer, causing panic before a station interpreter clarified the matter and the police were satisfied.
The comedian used 500 cannibals in a film scene aboard an ocean liner chartered for the production. He grouped them into five classes, and when class B was to jump, one Jane California cannibal stayed. The mime quip, Do you know what class B means, drew a feisty reply about who would dive and who would stay.
A 12 pound Canada goose was shot near Lafayette, N C by a duck hunter. The bird carried an aluminum tag with a Biblical text and the address of Jac Miner whose sanctuary for feathered creatures is at Kingsville Ontario.
An electric safety razor that makes 60 strokes a minute and shaves in 31 seconds has been perfected by manufacturers of electric devices. It is described as painless and simple enough for a child to operate. Electric slippers have also been perfected.
The dialogue shows Mrs De Mille inviting Mrs De Jones to tea and social calls. Mrs De Jones answers she is tired but plans to visit her husband at home after finishing calls. The exchange hints at social obligations in a domestic setting.
A Copper and Brass Research association survey reports annual copper consumption surpassing four million pounds in the photo-engraving and electrotyping industries. The finding highlights industry demand and potential supply considerations for copper resources.
Morris Gordin, a former University of Chicago student and World War I draft soldier, spoke in New York to an anti Bolshevist audience about his three years in Russia. He argued that the country has no real say in government and little freedom in commerce or society, describing a system of dictatorial control and growing ruin. Audience members reportedly applauded his claim that Russia is sliding toward a republic of the United States of Russia.
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