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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1924
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate issues surrounding Graett postoffice and second class mail matter with unclear rates and dates. The readable elements mention taxes or rates totaling about $208 and several garbled phrases.
A newspaper editorial defends free expression on public questions and notes the Times kept news columns impartial during the Palo Alto county bond issue campaign. It cites signed communications, reader respect, and the editor’s honest conviction supporting paving plans and auto license fund debates.
The Graettinger community debates funding a gravel road network via auto license money rather than bonds. Proposals promise gravel on No 17 linking trading territory, Jack Creek bridge area, and connections to High Lake, with potential countywide benefit and minimal tax impact. The public election on May 12 1924 will decide whether to issue bonds up to 10000 for schoolhouse improvement and related amenities.
The Boone Chamber of Commerce issues a resolution opposing bus services within railroad territory. It argues buses would harm gravelled roads funded by non bus company sources and urges that bus operators contribute fairly to road maintenance.
A historical ledger lists various farm machines with prices including 10 ft McCormick Deering tises, Hoosier endygate acaders, grass seed attachments, horse belts, and numerous plows from Grand Detour Emerson to Deare. It also notes corn planters from J Deere and International, spreaders, separators from Wilmore and Delaval, with prices ranging from five dollars to sixty dollars and more, including used separators offered low.
A chaotic mix of bold statements spans women’s mobilization boosting national marksmanship, doubts about Rembrandt authenticity, a statistician predicting population limits by 2923, astronomers finding a new universe, and fashion prophecies declaring a slim ideal for this year.
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