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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
10
The Esch-Cummine bill is defended as legitimate, guaranteeing 6 percent to railroads, but farmers oppose it as unfair. An owner of 160 acres with $50,000 invested could see only about $8,000 in capital returns, while costs and depreciation push profits down. Farmers urge Farm Bureau to gain nationwide power to demand justice amid low grain prices.
A masked burglar entered the East Dubuque home of a prominent citizen while the maid was present and pointed a gun, ordering silence. The intruder searched for liquor but found nothing and caused no other damage. Residents are warned to secure any bite remedy supplies and stay vigilant.
Agricultural data from Iowa State College and the US Department of Agriculture shows land values up 121 dollars per acre over five years. From March 1919 to March 1920 values increased 63 dollars per acre, with farmers driving most deals and credit margins squeezing average farmers.
A bandit duo held up a Union Street shop after buying shoe laces, forcing the proprietor to surrender $276. The tainted humor and social musings follow, noting depictions of profiteers and Russia’s latest claims while mixing quips about marriage and progress.
A collection of humorous asides and social observations on fashion, morals, and public life. It notes Los Angeles housing appeals, shifts in style, horseplay about alcohol and blue laws, farm life contrasts, highway work and road drainage, and cautions on road maintenance for winter travel. The piece mixes wry commentary with practical notes on culverts and drainage for better roads.
The Humboldt Republican reports that forty five year old Shorm Stover, of Havelock, on a trip from Iowa City to home, leaped from a train near Thor. He was found dead beside the tracks after being struck by the locomotive. It remains unclear whether he leaped first or was struck later.
Lanesboro bank robber Carles R. Bruntlett, once in Spencer, admitted the crime months ago and vanished after a $10,000 appearance bond. He reportedly fled to Tin Juanes, Baja California, near San Diego, living easefully while officials pursue him. A letter to his wife confirms his location. A Salt Lake City air charter carried him to Mexico. Algona Knights of Columbus donated $200 to Hoover’s starving children fund. local council urges farmers to donate.
Sparks from the 2 o'clock Chicago and Milwaukee passenger train last Wednesday afternoon caused a fire that burned about forty acres on the B. F. Felt farm, northeast of town, plus two stacks of timothy hay totaling around forty tons and a stacker. The loss at current hay prices is estimated near $400, reported by Spencer News-Herald.
Rats under the Chas Yeomin ranch near Renwick were killed with poison gas released through a rubber hose inserted through the foundation. About fifty rats were dispatched by boys with clubs as they attempted to flee, per Kossuth County Advance.
The father of C. R. Bruntlett, wanted for robbing the Lanesboro bank, refuses to pay the $10,000 bond after presenting his son in court during the preliminaries. Bruntlett is said to be in Tin Japans Lower California. Cedar Rapids Republican notes missing funds at American Savings bank Carroll with $15,000 unaccounted for, traced to cashier Skips J. C. Arts, later vanished. The mother and brothers reportedly aided the money.
fragmented OCR note hints at a peculiar case where a labeled person cannot read, suggesting the family was more careless than the child in question.
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