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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
5
Si Nickum earned 121 a week picking chickens at Smith Produce Company last week. He worked six days averaging eight and a half hours daily, totaling 1850 chickens. His wife assists, and the couple has previously worked on a ranch near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Leonard Peterson went to a small house north of Swea City to fetch gasoline for his car. He lit a match to check the can and the room instantly ignited, threatening severe burns before the building burned to the ground. Ringsted Dispatch notes the incident.
Carl Gotech dropped in Tuesday to say goodbye and reveal he is leaving the year to spend time abroad. The piece notes he is a World War II veteran who saw action in France and mentions local towns Humboldt Corwith Towes. A later report describes a pistol point robbery in Ringsted with $126 taken and a separate craps game with $800 visible, illustrating local gambling activity.
Five years of famine have raised Vienna mortality and malnutrition to alarming levels. In 1915 the death rate was 1.3 per thousand, by 1918 it surged to 22.5 per thousand, a 47 percent rise. Many children suffer rickets and under nourishment. only 4,037 of 23,009 examined were in good health. American Relief Administration chairs aid to 800,000 destitute children, with a $33 million appeal supported by multiple U.S. groups and churches.
Dr Larry Plotz reports dire medical conditions among Jewish children in Poland for the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. He cites high infant mortality, undernourishment, and widespread contagious diseases like tuberculosis, smallpox, and measles. Overcrowding, malnutrition, and lack of vaccines worsen child suffering in Vilna and other regions.
The Christmas gift to the European relief effort can save a child's life and be earnestly collected. Send checks to the local committee of the joint organizations or directly to the European Relief Council at 2 Broadway, New York City.
Plain sewing and shoe repair ads mix with farm livestock for sale in Graettinger listings. Notices include lost items, a residence for sale near town, 20 acre tracts near Graettinger, and truck hauling services. Local buyers seek land to list, turkeys, cockerels, and poland china hogs.
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