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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
8
Graettinger Times lists subscription terms: annual rates and six month option, with advance payment required. Notice indicates mail handling and deadlines for advertisement copy, with free ads for public meetings.
A series of political announcements for Palo Alto County candidates. Listings include county superintendent and supervisor hopefuls from multiple districts, with references to Republican and Democratic primaries in June. Also notes a sheriff candidacy with candidate names and primary ties.
Brother Carpenter of the Es t hville Democrat is a candidate for state senator. He is an active Democrat, popular with the party, and while not aligned politically with him, he is regarded as well fitted for the office and likely to prove a good candidate. An exchange notes a postmaster general printing statement about insurance companies buying 4 625 000 stamped envelopes printed at government expense.
The silo is a highly beneficial invention for Iowa farmers enabling 30 to 50 percent more stock, enabling winter milk and summer production at 25 to 40 percent lower cost, and aiding beef cattle producers by reducing feed costs and maintaining better herd conditions through silage.
The Algona Courier quotes Brother Mayne describing a convention in Palo Alto County where E. A. Morling moved to appoint a committee to select a list of delegates for state and district conventions. The motion was presented amid discussion of the incoming delegation.
A letter lambastes a county convention as controlled by five self appointed bosses who delegated power to leaders at Emmetsburg. The piece denounces the process as democracy’s travesty and labels it political feudalism, citing Taft’s phrase about government by a representative portion of the people.
Miss Anna Johnson visits Knute Iverson home while Miss Anna Ennes of Pequot, Minn. stays with sister Mrs. H. H. Sandvick. Graettinger visitors include J. D. Wilkins and Tom Thorson. School begins in District No. 2 with Miss Anna Thorson as teacher. A telephone line to northwest Lost Island Township from Ruthven is planned for spring.
Mrs Paul Dahlke drove to Ringsted on business while Mr and Mrs G H Peterson did business in Estherville Saturday Miss Marguerite Bryan of Estherville spent Sunday at the J W Oakes home Herbert Bryan and family also mentioned in the notes
Local items report residents attending to business in Graettinger and Estherville, car purchases from Fink Brothers in Ringsted and Harry Wilson in Emmetsburg, a corpse arriving from Fargo, a discontinued midnight Estherville train, and notices of visits, illness, and extended travel plans. Obituary delayed, announcements to come next week.
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