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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
2
Fragmentary notice mentions a price of two dollars and a Thursday date but lacks readable names, places, or actions. The readable tokens suggest a 1921 event or sale with price details. other specifics remain unreadable.
The Esch Cummins bill is viewed as legitimate from a business angle but farmers oppose it. It promises six percent to railroads yet leaves farmers short by about one mile and a half of that return. A farmer with 160 acres estimates investments and costs to show why prices are so low. he urges a nationwide Farm Bureau to demand justice.
A masked burglar entered a prominent East Dubuque citizen’s home and searched for alcohol while muttering to the maid to stay quiet. No booze was found and nothing was molested, serving as a warning to others in the area to take precautions.
Land values rose $121 per acre in five years and $68 per acre from March 1919 to March 1920, per Town State College agricultural economics teamed with USDA data. Most higher priced sales outpaced earning capacity, with farmers driving deals, not real estate men. Over 66 percent of buyers and 56 percent of sellers were farmers, while rates on land capitalization average about 3 percent and loan interest climbs from 6 percent, squeezing the typical farmer’s credit margin.
Report notes Finnie and Duff as a bandit duo after buying shoe laces at a Union Street store. They held up the proprietor and stole 275 dollars. The item suggests a crime brief with local color and commentary on profiteers and public mood.
A jumbled Plate of social wits and stray observations lampoons fashion, politics, and morals. It muses on Cupid and hosiery, aging, shelter drives, puddings, Prohibition, economics, and road conditions with fragmented asides. Weathered jokes mix with practical notes on Iowa roads and drainage.
The Humboldt Republican reports Sherm Stover, 45, a resident of Havelock, was found dead beside the track after leaping from a moving train near Thor while en route with his wife from Town City, where he had been at a sanitarium, to his home in Havelock. It is unclear if he leaped or was struck after leaving NICE by the train. Police found the body near the track and will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The Carroll Herald reports Carlos R. Bruntlett, once of Spencer, who admitted robbing the Lanesboro bank months ago, has been located in Tia Juana Mexico. He fled after his father posted a $10,000 appearance bond. A letter to his wife revealed his location. an airplane from Salt Lake City carried him to Mexico. Officials are pursuing him.
Sparks from the 2 o clock Chicago and Milwaukee passenger train last Wednesday afternoon caused a fire that burned forty acres of land on the BFP Felt farm about a half mile northeast of town. Two stacks of timothy hay totaling about forty tons were destroyed, along with a stacker. Total loss estimated at about $400 according to Spencer Mewe Herald.
In Kousuth County Advance report, rats under a Renwick area building were killed using poison and car exhaust gas discharged through a rubber hose poked through the foundation. About fifty rats attempting escape were dispatched by boys with clubs.
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