13 Nov 1925
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1925
Page
1
A motivational message urges youth to seize opportunities for work and national service. It speaks of shops, factories, and professions opening to welcome capable individuals, with imagery of welcoming hills and bright futures. The call emphasizes responsibility, perseverance, and packing the heart with love and ambition to reach a coveted goal.
The piece recounts Francis Scott Key born 1780, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. It describes the Baltimore prisoner release episode aboard the frigate Surprise, Key’s relief at dawn, and his later death in Baltimore in 1843. Monuments mark his birthplace in Frederick County. It notes February sometimes lacks a full moon, with two such cases in 1915 and 1961.
A nostalgic verse reflects on seasons of hardship and hope. It envisions clouds passing, spring returning, and enduring optimism as time ages us yet keeps us twenty at heart. The lines mention windy shifts, snow, and the need to wait, smile, and pray.
Last name Riggs is noted as a common form of Bridge while Briggs is a dialect variant. Henry Briggs, a Shakespeare contemporary, figures prominently. Other Briggs notables include George N. Briggs, ex governor of Massachusetts, and Charles Augustus Briggs, an American theologian. The piece catalogues Ferris Mason and Oavt origins, with explanations tied to French nicknames, Matthew derivations, and Catherine saints day naming.
A compact, reflective note quotes Stokley Fisher urging laughter over sorrow as life moves on The lines celebrate humor amid hardship and acknowledge teardrops while keeping a hopeful tone.
The article presents simple wholesome family dishes, detailing how to pan cook a chicken with butter and broth, then make a creamy pan gravy. It also provides a raisin pie recipe with lemon juice, brown sugar, walnuts, and a butter-thickened filling baked in pastry. A closing quip notes sauerkraut-averse members.
A fragment remarks on a young woman across the way mentioning the New York Stock Exchange. She questions why anyone would pay high prices for a seat for the season, reflecting a casual market chatter tone.
Washington reports on Lake Garda noting regular tides over a foot high due to underground gas bubbles. The National Geographic bulletin describes Garda as changeable with temperate breezes, storms, and sea-like qualities. It highlights its length, width, and alpine surroundings, wine and citrus industry, towns like Salo and Riva, and historic sites. Seiches in frost lakes like Lake Geneva are mentioned with atmospheric pressure triggers.
Highlands, New Jersey reports active lobster bootleggers outside the three mile limit. They buy shorts under four and a eighth inches, smuggling surplus ashore to resorts and cities. Fishermen work two boats, ten to twelve hours daily, using pots of laths and copper wire. Prices run around ten dollars daily with occasional seven pound or larger lobsters and shedder shells among the catch.
In Adams Memorial Presbyterian Church Joseph L Bennett aged 53 and Eva Brasseur aged 49 wed after more than twenty years of courtship. Rev Harold Rambo officiated as Bennett spoke of his bride, while the ceremony featured his failed attempt to see the ring and his bride holding her finger to receive it. The narrative notes their blindness and a curious line about a dynamite mine.
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