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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1934
Page
5
Ten year old Times item notes John W. Davis securing the presidential nomination on his 103rd ballot amid scattered local updates. It lists births, deaths, farm prices, a broken thigh from a scaffold incident, school receipts, and community visits across Iowa and surrounding towns.
Farmers Supply Co offers numerous used items including Farmall 2 row corn picker 2 row Sattley Cultivator 2 bottom tractor gang plows 3 manure spreaders 4 cream separators 1 Rumley thresher 1 Deere grain elevator 1 hay rake 1 hammer mill 1 litter carrier and other farming implements in stock at Geattinger Tow, Georgia.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Sinton Simonsen on July 6 a son was born to Rev and Mrs Hansen of South Walnut on July b Mrs J d O'Brien of Chicago and Joe Sullivan of Waterloo are visiting at the T Sullivan home Watch next weeks Times for the price of 1924 corn
A veteran editor argues country weeklies reach entire households through family reading, contrasting with city dailies where only a portion of subscribers read ads and captions. The note includes a misformatted clipping about Jack Williamson, a CCC member from Marshalltown, who drowned after a boat overturning near Pine Lake on Monday night while riding with friends.
Four years after United Air Lines first employed women as regular crew, the airline now counts about 100 stewardesses and hostesses. All United stewardesses are registered nurses chosen for public aptitude, with an average age of twenty four and height under five feet six inches.
Town council approves a series of bills for June expenses including marshal Tom Hampson 70 dollars, night watch John Paulsen 45 dollars, street lighting 44.03 dollars, power 20.11 dollars, street work 13.45 dollars, painting 13 dollars, street work 18 dollars, prisoner care 11.40 dollars, town hall insurance 48.40 dollars, intakes work 2.10 dollars, mayor’s locket 16.58 dollars, telephone rental 6 dollars, quarantine aid 4 dollars, signed EPJ McCarty town clerk.
Clay County officers cracked down on slot machines, curbing gambling and keeping nickels from operators. A test device showed 1000 plays yielded $250 paid out but $0.06 returned to players, highlighting the financial edge for operators and the crackdown’s effect.
The text notes irregular past tense forms of verbs like eat and ate in English usage. It contrasts American and British speech, citing pronunciations such as ate, ube, eat, and variations like ot or nyme. The discussion references the Literary Digest style and regional tendencies in verb forms.
Mrs Johnnie Johnson attended a social event Friday. Mr and Mrs D V Uaimer visited Wutherville on Wednesday. Minnie Olson and daughter Trene from Wallingford stayed with the John Iverson family Wednesday and Thursday. John Iverson and son Norman were visitors Tuesday. A birthday party at Thomas Cunningham's Sunday featured games and horseshoe contests with refreshments.
Cecil Stoddard of Luverne faced a grand jury hearing on arson of a building. Bond set at $2000 was furnished. Also noted are upcoming sales tax help in Emmetsburg and a fatal head on crash near Algona between John Gatt and Raymond Balgeman. Details mention insurance, branch openings, bakery closure, life guards at Estherville pool, and local notices.
In Algona Iowa Mrs Joao Wusworth celebrated her seventy sixth birthday with a swim in the Atlantic Ocean and said she enjoyed every drop. She has spent most of her life in Algona and has lived in the same dwelling for sixty seven years, a personal record. A Whittemore excavation for a new city water tower uncovered relics from the old dump including hundreds of whiskey bottles and an old shavings mug inscribed A I Levi who once ran the Whittemore drug store.
Slaven family gathers for a reunion as Donald Slaven visits his parents Mr and Mrs Slaven. Don's brother Gene works for Ara Starch Co in Chicago and sister Morene(e) trains as a nurse in Mercy Hospital Wort Dotye. The event marks their first togetherness in some time.
Ralph Anderson takes over Dispatch management succeeding his father A I Anderson as publisher. The two have a long working history since Ralph began as printer’s devil at age 12. Ralph, an Iowa State graduate in economics, will serve as managing editor with his father as publisher.
State and federal inspectors charged Lee with removing government sealed corn from storage to feed stock. He pled guilty with a suspended balance on payment of 25 dollars plus costs. fines totaled 100 dollars and costs or 20 days in jail. The charge related to warehoused loan security and a corn hog administration violation as reported by Story City Herald. Notice of Walnut township school board meeting set for July 23 1984 at 8 PM at Graebinger State Bank with taxpayers to vote on expenditures. Hi. A. ELSSNEAST, District Secretary.
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