A Word for Prohibition and Local Commentary
The piece relays a reprinted column from Story City Herald discussing prohibition in Chicago. Father Joseph McNamee praises Mayor Dever’s policies, noting shifts in charity, labor earnings, and district dynamics, while criticizing politicians and immigrant voters. It also includes a technical explanation by an expert on coal waste and furnace heat efficiency, detailing gas byproducts and heat loss from burning coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City Herald
Joseph McNamee
St. David's Church
Chicago
Dever
Save the Cabbage From the Fall Worms Warned
Plant pathologist C L Fitch urges immediate worm control for Towa cabbages using a flour to paris green dusting mix. He advises holes punched in a baking powder can to distribute the powder and warns against wash water or lime methods. Also notes council bills paid on August 4 1924 in Graettinger town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Fitch
Towa
Paris
Fitch
Clean Grain Bins Warns On Weevil Damage
Entomologist Dr C J Drake from Town State College urges farmers to clean grain bins and remove old grain to prevent weevil infestation. Even a small amount of old grain can sustain beetles and contaminate new harvests. inspect, treat, and seal bins if reusing grain, using carbon bisulphide at one pound per hundred bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Drake
Town State College
Jury List and Notices from Emmetsburg 1924
The article lists trial jurors for the September term in multiple towns including West Bend Mallard Ruthven Graettinger Emmetsburg and Curlew with numerous names. It notes jurors are to appear at the Court House in Emmetsburg Iowa on September 9 1924 at 9 a.m. and includes a short editorial quip about licensing music teachers and saxophones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Loomis
Ayrshire
W. B. Stevens
West Bend
Robert J. Wamser
Mallard
W. E. White
W. W. Stone
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M. F. Henley
A. J. Krieg Co
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John Degnan
Ayrshire S. Paulson
Ruthven
Amelia Lauf
Rodman C. Vorster
J. P. Clare
Peter Jensen
Graettinger
Ray Whitmer
Emmetsburg
Albert Eisele
Rodman Glen Brown
Herman Clauson
Curlew
D. S. Umbrell
J. P. Carney
A. A. Anderson
Curlew Clara Neugaard
Ruthven Arthur Wilcox
Eeeees Curlew
John Mowitt
Lizzie Thatcher
Albert Leslie
Mallard Knute Sorensen
Nora Willis
Ena S54
George Thomas
Cylinder
George Varco
George Pugsley
Cylinder A. H. Thompson
Iowa
Rastus Jackson and the life policy offer from a local agent
A humorous exchange shows Rastus Jackson refusing a life policy, claiming he is not safe at home. The dialogue shifts to a girl’s response about a grocery clerk, followed by satirical musings on thrift, love, and wealth. It notes per capita wealth figures for the national average and Iowa and ends with a remark on combinations and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus Jackson
Darkey
Rastus
Iowa
Radio era and farm notices in a compact column
A fragmented page blends social quips on liberal ideas and entertainment with for sale notices for a cultivator and potatoes, a farm rental near a creamery, and an appointment notice. It notes an administrator for the estate of John Nelson in Palo Alto County with instructions to creditors to file claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Palo Alto County
Wotich
John Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Government
Suprvision
Federal Reserve System
Onal Bank
the Graettinger Times
John J. Sullivan
Graettinger, In
Hawkeye Theatre
Graettingerstown
John Paulsen
J. A. Fleming
Otto Appel
Community Service Station Co
John Pegum
Northern Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Los Angeles
William Jay
Mr. Farmer
Grady Produce Co
Mua
I A
Iy Coffe
Minnie
Silvertown
Goodrich
Silvertown Cord
Axelton Motor Co
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Merchant's State Bank
Graebttinger
Kirst National Bank
Farmers Grain Co
Adv
Cereamery
George, Grueviinger
Jorgen Anderson
C. A. Selene
Stevens
W. I. Stevens
Charley Jensen
Graettinger, Lowan
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