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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
7
Rolla Bits Grow Popular in Federal Currency Push
Washington reports over 800 tons of one dollar bills to be circulated this year, up from 600 tons in 1900, as the Treasury and Bureau of Efficiency push the popularization of small denominations. The bureau cites necessity and habit, noting Americans carry more ones in pockets for autos, movies, and everyday purchases, increasing wear on small bills. Institutions say excessive small change also shapes currency circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Efficiency
Treasury
Totte
Bureau
T Hey
Banka
New York
California
West
China
Emmet Lambe
J. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Newton
Town
Graettinger
Olaf Thoreson
Wallingford
Caroline Myhre
Estherville
Martin
E. A. Baumgartner
Hession
Progressive Five Hundred
Fred Simonsen
Matilda
Latimer
Iowa
MM Grover Yubers
Nin Yabergy
John Williamson
Nettie Peterson
Peter F. Peterson
Oppml
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington D. G
Jacksonville
Miss Peterson
Denver
Colorado
Sheriff Learns of Pay Raise Missed for Thirty Years
Edmonton sheriff Peter Gunn discovers a salary raise dated January 6, 1806 from Ewen Macdonald of the Hudson’s Bay Company. The letter, written at Lesser Slave Lake, notes Gunn’s nerves and a “magnificent” increment in English pounds, long overdue and never realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Gunn
Edmorton
Dla Emptoyer
North Country
Ewen Maclonald
Pence River
Ludson's Bay Company
Gunn
Lesser Slave Lake
Macdonald
Tong
Grave of Lincoln’s Mother Guarded From Autos
The Nancy Hanks burial plot in Spencer county Indiana was marked as off limits to motor vehicles after reports the grave site had become a parking spot for joy riders. Indiana's Department of Conservation said protection is needed to preserve the burial plot and the surrounding twenty acre park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Burhil
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Spencer County
Ret Lleber
State Separment OF Conservation
Nevea Hat
Department of Consernation
Tidluna Lugive Inture
Siamese Twin Kittens Born To Maltese Cat
Four kittens born to Maltese cat owned by Joseph Sugerman exhibit unusual conjoined features along forelegs and hind portions. Two twins fused at sides of forelegs, other two joined at lower torso. all four separate within hours of birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mawi
Main
Joseph Sugerman
Uty
Spider Bite Fatal in Bridgeton
A twelve year old boy from Bridgeton died after a spider bite near his left eye. Doctors operated but the youth, Leroy Letts, did not survive the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
Cha
Mood Jofson
Hiya
Hungarian Barber Inherits 100 Million From Debousy Tale
Budapest reports an American inheritance story claiming John Saontpetery, a Hungarian barber, is the sole survivor of a panic marked fortune from Major Debousy tied to the 1848 revolutions. The tale notes a long exile, later death, and a vast but fading public interest in the legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viens
Budapest
John Saontpetery
United States
Major Debousy
de Can Atte
Kosanth
Karin
Kossuth
Turkey
Atatrla
Deborsy
Church and Community Notes From Local Roundup
Church notes record Orthodox Rev. Thomp son of Emmetsburg leading American language services at 2 38 p m on Sunday December 13 with all welcome Danish Lutheran and Methodist items list English services at 10 80 with Bible study and Sunday school, evening worship, choir practice, confirmation class, and Christmas pageant plans. The column presents civic quips and local society remarks including a wedding ending line and brief jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Thompson
Emmetsburg
Danish Lutheran Church
Eoening
Dem
Jens Rasmussen
Axel M. Anderson
Pointed Paragraphs and Parodies in a Cracked Era
A garbled column of satirical observations touches on radio, politics, and culture with puns and misprints. It lampoons public figures, wartime sentiment, and musical trends while riffing on editors, economies, and everyday quirks in a fragmented, humorous voice.
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