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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
3
A 1928 column reflects on prohibition’s mixed results, citing smugglers, old and young drinkers, and social changes. It touches on politics, the American Legion, and local figures while contrasting belief in the law with observed behavior and warning of hazards from home made liquor.
Compiled data from nationwide business leaders shows signs of recovery this year as feed costs stay high and unemployment edges up. The piece notes tariff law influence on farmers and consumer prices, with voters watching how policy shapes wallets and markets.
The Town Corn and Small Grain Growers association published a seed directory listing 188 seed lots for corn oats barley rye wheat soybeans clover timothy Sudan grass sorghum and buckwheat. Eighty men offer seed corn for sale and sixty five supply seed oats for sale.
A large liquor selling operation was unearthed in the Pete Nelson cottage just north of the Crescent Inn on West Okoboji in Dickinson County, northern Iowa. authorities located what was described as the county’s largest illicit drinking establishment.
Church notes list Sunday School at 10 00 Morning Worship at 11 00 with The Pearl Of Great Price Junloy League at 4 00 Epworth League at 6 45 Evening service with Gossip at 7 80 Bible Study at Ward Noble home 8 00 lesson from I John Tadies Add society hosted by Mrs Calvin Gammon and Mrs Alfred Cameron All invited Rev J Makkelson pastor
Remember and come to the Young Peoples meeting at the H C Hexa home Friday evening. Confirmation class meets at the Walnut church Saturday at 2:80. Regular English services next Sunday at 10:36 a.m. and 8 p.m. Rev H P K Hansen pastor. Sunday School 9:80 p.m. Luther League 8 p.m. in Grosttinger. Rev 8 O Sando pastor.
Workmen found Fr. Nelson of Spencer's West Okoboji cottage strongly padlocked and secured. The padlocks suggest those operating illegal alcohol shipments altered handling to hide their wares, indicating a protective measure to evade exposure. Authorities investigate who secured the property and why.
Officers uncovered a makeshift brewery setup with twelve cases of large Aleo Pyimo bottles 92 percent alcohol, five gallon jasmine cans, and fourteen dozen empty bottle sacks. The scene included a six hole stove, filling faucet gear, coal stock, and piles of emptied bottles concealed under brush as operators moved on.
Fragments indicate shipments have been moving from a location to Dr Conway in Moolgomers Town. The recent notes imply ongoing illicit transfers with a traceable pattern dating back to last October near Spirit Lake Bencan.
At Emmetsburg Armory the lineup includes Terry Butt of Muscatine facing Toughy Connolly of Des Moines while Speedy Molloy Gilmore meets Hovny Jones of Des Moines. Also Des Moines fighter Gerald Reed Gracttinger battles Har Fold Higgins from Emmetsburg with Buddy Fordyce and Lewis Wigging from Emmetsburg in decisive bouts.
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