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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
9
Four room house on crookd street in Knoxville Tennessee offered for sale. Advertisement targets good colored neighbors and describes the property in concise terms.
A Cedar Falls Record item recalls a lost tire rim tail lamp and number found by Miss Clara M. Sut ter. A humorous slice questions Gov Edwards and Ford jokes, citing Irvin Cobb’s column about a Detroit man’s joy ride with two Chinese washers ending in a crash and a nut and two washers remaining.
A Russian Jewish aspiring Canadian citizen and parliamentary candidate recited three naturalization questions. He claimed to be a practical farmer who can plow, reap, milk cows, or shoe a horse. A child in the crowd asked if he could lay an egg, prompting laughter.
Bige a splendid high grade Belgian stallion weighing 1,800 pounds will stand at Graettinger for April Saturdays and May June Wednesdays and Saturdays. Balance of time at the farm with terms 15 dollars to insure live healthy cost 12 dollars service fee. Care not responsible for accidents.
A row of humorous clippings opens with quips about work and profiteers, misers, and stock losses. It riffs on an editor’s luck, a cradle name joke, a strained marriage, a rich editor’s rise, and a Red Cross nurse collecting baby names.
A poem laments a man trapped by bills and debt. He fears medical, shop, and living costs erode wages, leaving him unable to save. The butcher, dry goods merchant, and nurse form a chorus of creditors tracking every penny. He toils, remains a slave to expense, and clings to a car as a futile symbol of progress.
Ames invites every state farmer to join a corn contest and receive full details. Iowa State College figures show 89 cents per bushel cost to grow corn at an average yield of 40 bushels per acre plus hauling to market. Costs include land 12 dollars seed 50 cents manure 3 dollars labor seven point six 0 horse 9.60 equipment 2.40 storage 60 cents.
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