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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
3
Rainy sunshine lift mood among farmers as corn belt producers gain a rare boost after years of drought in Iowa. Meanwhile St Paul rental trends surge as wedding outfits fetch fortunes. debates heat up over future governor choices as cold weather looms before nomination conventions.
Municipal ownership at Spirit Lake has proved a failure and the water works system and electric lighting plant will be turned over to private concerns. A special election is scheduled for August 19 to grant a franchise to the party that will assume operation for twenty-five years.
Secretary Wilson questions faithfulness in the department of agriculture citing Moore and Salmon as key figures while noting graft in Washington. The piece contrasts a needed rein on graft with a reign of graft as it mentions the Russian peace envoy, Vit-teh, and the Portsmouth bluff.
Waterloo Iowa hosts the Waterlan Chautauqua July 1 to 9 with Bible Institute from slots 2 to Atgurland. The W A Training School runs August 1 to 29. The Rock Island System offers reduced rates. Prominent speakers include Mrs W. Bryan Rev LaFolette Sam Jones Bishop McNowell 8. D. Gorgon Frank Dixor and others. For full program write Loveland Supt Waterloo or Joe Tarmer Cedar Rapids Iowa.
An OCR fragment lists travel routes via Minneapolis and 8th Street to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed. It mentions call on agents or address A TB Gutte P& TA Minneapolis Minn.
REPWORE considers summer lodging and reads Under the Turquoise Sky in Colorado to show a healthy economical vacation. Mailed on request by John Sebastine, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, 736 La Salle Station, Chicago.
The Springville New Era cites Norway’s payday saloons closing and banks open late as a model, while the Mason City school board installs a physician to oversee student health and hygiene, detect diseases, and supervise school hygiene. A noted political pairing yields renewed family happiness, and society notes describe large fish and a hired girl’s extraordinary earnings as local gossip.
Homeseekers' to the Northwest offering round trip tickets to JaWo Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest. Tickets priced one fare plus two dollars, valid twenty one days with stop overs allowed. For details contact A. B. Cutts G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis Minnesota.
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