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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
5
Editor Nichols of Vindicator and Republican argues against joining the Ku Klux Klan in Estherville Iowa urging sane reasoning, law and constitutional rights. He condemns hooded extremism, warns of class and religious hatred, and calls for reflection by good people before harm occurs. Rev LaGrone disputed the piece.
A quirky column notes baboons' alleged affinity for jazz yet sees salvation in restraint. It suggests education shapes what students contribute and mentions flappers sharing vanity items with male companions, touching on era worries about the "diabolical ray" and social modernization.
A note recalls a man who flashed sunlight with a mirror and laments lexicography taught by parents. An auto accident near Crippen corner leaves Larney Aisterson with a skinned knee after his Ford rolled in a ditch. windshield damaged and the car later driven away. Also notes a battery of grain yields and gravel road work on the Timor Highway from Bramerstare to Rock Island crossing with gravel haulers operating around the clock.
The Thomson boys east of town report eighteen acres yielding 76 bushels and an average of 68 bushels on their crop. J M Resh has secured the local agency for Farmstead Mineral Co. hog mineral, Menno SD, with prices and details advertised. The small grain crop yields well at pre war prices, Beefsteak variety described.
The Vindicator and Republican is blamed for not swallowing Ku Klux Klan propaganda whole and a couple has stopped their paper. The piece notes this isn’t first time the paper has been chastized by readers who believe newspapers serve specific groups rather than the broader community.
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