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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
1
Peter Donlan died at his home in the city at 8 20 this morning after a period of easing illness. No funeral arrangements are yet set though Sunday is likely. A full obituary will appear in next week's Times.
The Reporter argues for free city mail delivery in Jém mersburg citing March post office receipts over ten thousand dollars. It notes past attempts failed when a single year's high receipts did not meet the threshold, while multi year totals did. The piece calls the post office a powerful autonomous department.
Ackley merchants buy a set of Wednesday tickets from Mr Frantz, the moving picture proprietor. Farmers and their families trading in town on Wednesdays receive tickets for the show, boosting sales at the cash registers. However, townspeople also want tickets to the show.
Judge Coyle imposed the maximum indeterminate life sentence on J G Springsteen after finding him guilty as the jury did. Springsteen, 48, expressed a hope the judge would aid his release if innocence were later proved, and was sent by Sheriff Bradfield to Madison penitentiary to begin serving the term.
A Boston multi millionaire backs an electric railroad plan from Des Moines toward Spirit Lake via Ft. Dodge and Livermore. The scheme seeks 25 percent local bonuses and would connect Minneapolis St Louis and Rock Island lines. Public meetings in Fort Dodge Humboldt and Algona area towns push to boost the project and improve service including jet planes and telephone ties.
A lengthy reflection argues for better support of country schools and teachers. It contrasts city and rural systems, questions funding, attendance fluctuations, and parental responsibility, and urges teaching honesty, kindness, and civic virtue to prepare children for modern life. It cites religion, history, and social obligation to call for action.
Hiram T. Allen died after a long illness with kidney trouble. He died at home in Emmetsburg on April 6 and was buried in Emmetsburg Cemetery after a funeral at his home. Born May 1841 in Mansfield Ohio, he served in the Civil War and later settled in Vernon township with Mary Nesbitt Allen. Survived by a son John, he was known as a hospitable, steady neighbor with a quiet, noble character and a long history of devoted farm life.
Beloved spouse and partner of nearly fifty years passes away leaving a grieving wife and son. Friends extend heartfelt sympathy as life changes irreversibly, and the community joins in mourning the loss of a devoted partner whose absence is deeply felt.
Five years ago a middle aged man came to Mason City seeking work on the Whalen farm with no belongings. Today W Willson Creech heads Spring Motor Company in Chicago and holds a $12,000,000 South Dakota charter. He has invented the Creech spring motor generating three horses with no fuel through a hand crank. The device can run two hours per crank and will be made in sizes with gearing up to 355 to 2. International Harvester Co reportedly offered him a million for the patent, with no city given exclusive manufacture. Mason City offered first chance to adopt the invention as Creech plans broad distribution.
The piece claims a catalogue house earned seven million dollars last year and criticizes buyers and patrons as complicit in a system resembling a White Slave trade. It urges readers to investigate and exposes sweatshop practices as a societal blight.
Report notes C S George H J Johnson and others tried a meeting in Emmetsburg, aiming to coordinate a three man effort. Details remain fragmentary but show plans forming among local figures.
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