Ashes Make Poor Gunpowder in Fire Insurance War
The piece outlines a broad fire prevention program led by the fire insurance industry. Engineers, funded by insurers, work with the War Department Navy Coast Guard and industrial sites to set standards and protect Army cantonments training centers hospitals depots and ships. A parallel effort serves the Navy and Coast Guard ports to safeguard piers and equipment. The article also notes a family homecoming at Graettinger and a vehicle accident involving Naomi Coons, with injuries to the mother. It closes by promoting Graettinger Times sale ads for January February and early March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
War Department
Navy
Coast Guard
Graettinger Times
Local News From Graettinger Area Amid Winter Skim
Community notes report Mrs. A W Ritzman ill with flu. Numerous residents and visitors listed including Glendon Thu, Martin Laughlin, Sheriff B F Montgomery, and families from Mallard and Thompson. Births, deaths, hospital stays, and local business updates from Farmers Grain Co and Graettinger Telephone Co.
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A. W. Ritzman
Glendon Thu
West Palo Alto
Martin Laughlin
Ruthven
Carl T. Peterson
Northwest Palol Alto
Graettinger
B. F. Montgomery
Emmetsburg
Willard Kerbs
Mallard
J. P. Wagner
C. A. Jensen
Aage Jensen
Thompson
Iowa
Sioux City
Julius F. Masted
Minneapolis
Tom Crosley
Dubuque
Arnold Doerning
Ole C. Olesen
H. C. Larson
Livermore
C. B. Larson
M. J. Tindall
Rochester Hospital
Pacific Isles
Gustaf Johson
Chicago Herald-American
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Sunkist
Texas
California
Oregon
VanCamp
Georgie Porgie
MISS
White Swan
Aunt Dinah
New Orleans
Baro
Gant
Peter Miller
Meteburg
Richard Miller
Maynard Johnson
Naomi
McCarty’s Grocery
Rcb
Beane
Gracttinger
Ben Doerning
Rushmore
Minn
John Krull
Heron Lake
Minnesota
Farmers Grain Co
Jorgen Andersen
Raymond Tindall
Tindall
T. L. Hampson
J. M. Robinson
J. R. Brown
M. L. Murphy
Matt Quinn
P. J. Duus
Alfred Nelson
Chris Knudsen
Hawkeye Theatre
Graettinger Telephone CO
Elmer Olson
Frank Elsenbast
Aow
Sullivan
P. G. Petersen
HH. E. Fink
Margaret Mahan
Betty McDonald
Marjorie Fink
Carol Fish
H. E. Fink
Italy
Pacific
U.S. Treasury Department
Parol
Po Ibs
Mother's
C.A. Jensen
Lowa
Doz
Mittchell’s Food Market
Celery, Pascal
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