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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
3
The O'Hanlon Land Co lists ten thousand acres for sale within ten miles of town. Prices range from 15 to 30 per acre. Calculations show interest and land values based on local market figures of 16 000 dollars total and a 60 percent rate for Booth Darora land.
A fragment describes Pierre water selling for 200 per galley nationwide, noting artesian wells and a $2,000,000 state house. It mentions five graded schools, a $50,000 court house, a $150,000 federal building, and vast acres nearby expected to yield a 50 percent return on investment.
A long, fragmented report outlines proposed consent thresholds for saloon operations in towns of 2500 to 5000 inhabitants, county and city requirements, and bonds. It cites the Anti Saloon League claims that most county saloons fail to meet conditions, plus potential consumer recovery rights for liquor purchases in Graettinger over five years.
A Detroit Free Press note reflects on a man who died poor yet left a large family of daughters who all graduated. The remark highlights his unseen legacy through education and sacrifice.
Davenport Iowa January 26 Judge A P Barker of Clinton holds that a city mission is not a church or school under the Iowa saloon law. The judge explains the 300 foot rule does not treat missions as exempt. A mission moving into saloon areas to aid the drunken cannot be treated as a church or school even if it builds a home or runs a kindergarten.
Des Moines reports that Edward R. Mason, longtime clerk of the United States circuit court, was pressed to relinquish his post. Circuits judges demanded resignation on January 1, and Mason was summoned to St. Louis January 8 for a hearing on findings by examiners J. D. Harrie and B. F. Cash. They uncovered a long missing balance totaling about 15 000 dollars.
New York police arraigned Bessie Roberts alias Katty Dowdall of Chicago and Annie Williams alias Chicago Margie after banker Warner M. Van Norden was robbed of 28000. Van Norden helped two women with a dropped pocketbook. their gratitude masked a theft as he reached home. The suspects are held in 30000 bail for further examination.
New York prison population rises sharply with immigrants, says V Collins state prisons superintendent in a legislative report. He urges the federal government to bear the cost of housing alien inmates until their sentences end and deportation prevents return. Census shows 1091 aliens among 4800 inmates at Bing Auburn Clinton. no naturalized citizens among condemned inmates. 117 executions since 1889.
At Sioux City Iowa a night watchman Thomas Mohan 58 shot Jack Sears following a feud tied to a dog fight involving a dog owned by Mohan. Sears died instantly or near instantly. Mohan jailed with no immediate plea.
Fragmentary OCR text shows partial phrases likely about an elevator and a pane incident. lacks clear names, places, or events to form a coherent news item with identifiable entities.
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