She kept her distance from the printed word of english, but she lavished attention on her lodge newspaper which came once a month, written in the quaint nineteenth century czech she and her generation had brought to america before the turn of the century. like a wedding cake saved from the feast, this language, over the years, had become a fossil, still recognized but no longer something to be put in the mouth. in the excerpt above, what is explicitly stated? - the author thought the newspaper was fossil. - grandmother lavished attention on her granddaughter.- the author has been to czechoslovakia.- the newspaper was written in 1800's style czech.