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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
13
A collage of editorials from small town papers mocks spring trends in garden writing, laments high wartime prices and barber costs, and notes local misgivings on water use. It also covers Mil ford church plans, bankruptcies, and bond votes for Lake township schools, plus a note on a Graettinger basketball team’s regional play and a Lovable travel tale of a Livermore man awaiting his France-bound bride.
Forty five sacks held about 800 Sears Roebuck catalogs received last Saturday by the Estherville post office. The catalogs are sent from Chicago. The item notes a local clerical transfer and minor regional news items from nearby towns.
A dispute over prewar light rates involves the Northern Iowa Gag and Electric Co and the Rolfe Light and Power Co. Judge Reed voided the prewar rates and the case heads to the U S Court of Appeals. Ruthven and Graettinger sued to prevent rate hikes, while Estherville Mayor Anderson orders enforcement on speeding with several summonses issued. Practical fruit tree pruning guidance for central leader apple trees in Iowa follows.
Bige will stand the season of 1920. During April on Saturdays at Graettinger, on Wednesdays and Saturdays in May and June at Graettinger, and the balance at the owner’s farm. Terms were 15 dollars to insure live healthy cost, 12 dollars service fee. Care will be taken but not responsible for accidents. Bige is a splendid high grade Belgian stallion weighing 1800 pounds in working order.
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