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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
4
A fragmentary clipping mentions Graettinger Iowa mail matter, advertising rates, and reader notices. It references local humor about Serb and Russian names, a danger scene with a torn hand, and quotes from Ringsted Dispatch and Grundy Republican on temperance and Governor Clarke. It also notes support for enforcement of laws and tax policy debates.
The life of the late Captain Ingham of Algona is recounted from items reprinted in the Register and Leader reflecting his role in Iowa frontier settlement, banking, and the Spirit Lake massacre era. The account covers his move to Algona, his banking ventures, and his leadership of border guards during the 1862 Sioux outbreak.
President Wilson plans to nominate Attorney General James C. Reynolds to the Supreme Court to fill the late Justice Lurton's seat, with the announcement expected before the October term. Rumors say Lindley M. Garrison would become attorney general, while Franklin K. Lane may seek a different post and Joseph P. Tumulty influences the cabinet choices. The move underscores the attorney generalship as a path to the high court.
A ruling by assistant attorney general C A Robbins clarifies that children under 15 may operate automobiles only when their parents or guardians own the car and ride with them. The ruling resolves a legal conflict by stating under 15s cannot drive for personal use unless accompanied by a guardian.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a simple cheap discovery to end fly nuisance. Scatter borax over refuse and garbage around buildings and barns and flies will pass away. The method is touted as effective and worth trying to reduce the fly problem.
Maury Diggs, not content with wrecking the happiness of his old home at 816 Fourteenth, proceeds with selling off the furniture. Neighbors report continued unrest as last items disappear from the property.
Milford mayor A Wood was arrested at Spirit Lake on three counts for operating cars without proper license numbers. Judge C W Price fined him one dollar plus costs, calling the violations slight and not intentional, as two cars had new owners and the mayor expected to sell them. The case highlights how automobile license rules can be hard to follow even for public officials.
A man repairing a defective telephone transmitter removed carbon from a cup, mistaken it for gunpowder, and attempted to refill it from a stock can. When the hook was raised, battery current ignited the powder and blew powder into neighbors on the party line. The incident occurred in Roblin. The piece notes a Canadian school consolidation began operation in January 1912, comprising 115 sections of land.
M. S. Jones was badly injured when dragged between a wagon tongue and mower blades in a Boone field. His wife and child witnessed the accident and aided by restraining the horses while neighbors were summoned. Jones remained pinned by the blades until help arrived.
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