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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
7
Frederika residents cast 115 ayes in a band issue vote, a turnout described as unusual for the town. Nearby reports note incidents from Iowa towns, including a window damage in Clarinda and local happenings of education, farming, and local crafts.
A reader explains wallpaper dust lines and advises using small brass-headed tacks in the lower corners of picture frames to create air space. The tip aims to improve wall appearance by preventing dust from settling behind framed items.
Frederick C. Lincoln reviews a Bureau of Biological Survey bulletin on bird migration summarizing early naturalists theories. He notes the hibernation idea for swallows, the transmutation concept attributed to Aristotle, and historic observations of cranes geese swans doves and other birds migrating to warmer regions, ending with a fanciful moon voyage tale.
The article outlines conflicting views on the eagle with Alaska paying a $1 bounty on destroyed eagles believed to prey on salmon. It notes Michigan and other states protect the eagle, Pennsylvania creates an eagle sanctuary, and others treat it as a pest or unprotected. The piece questions the bird’s national economic status and reflects broad state disagreements.
A 1910s medical note urges early treatment for tics or habits formed in childhood with irritation and nervous factors. It cites Dr. Fishbein advocating diet rest and behavior changes, sometimes eye covering or ignoring the habit. Separate items note airline hostess salaries from the U S Education Office and a brewed beverage in Aix en Provence.
Nature Magazine notes a South American fur bearer called Myocastor copyu that resembles a beaver and a rat. The animal, native to Paraguay and surrounding regions, yields 300 000 to 500 000 skins yearly. It is hunted despite past bans by a 19th century Argentine dictator.
W P M Kennedy traces Canada’s adoption of the term dominion during the 1867 confederation drafts. The seventh bill dated February 9 1867 named the union as one dominion under the name of Canada. Macdonald pushed for a legislative union, while Lord Stanley opposed the title to avoid angering the United States.
Marco Polo’s tale of China inspired exploration centuries before Columbus. He traveled overland via Armenia, Palestine, and Persia to China, spending 16 years there before writing a travel book. His storytelling sparked imagination about the Far East and helped seed the idea of reaching the Indies by sea.
The article discusses the irregular southern boundary of Arizona tied to the 1853 Gadaden Purchase from Mexico. It explains how the 30 degrees 20 minutes parallel could not run west to the Gulf of California without severing Mexico from Lower California, affecting the international boundary dispute.
At Corydon last week a Douglas bomber with engine trouble made a soft field landing without injuries to the crew. In a separate note Marian Cagley of Chickasaw hurt his hand with a hammer last week, his hand swelled and he then contracted the mumps.
Q B Benson reports a fox den near his home containing 14 mice 12 cottontails a wild rabbit a meadowlark several Hungarian partridge 4 jackrabbits and many mice. Walter Tibben aided in the noise making mishap sustaining eye injuries requiring hospital stitches. Miss Ethel Smith resigns after 47 years teaching in Waukon schools.
Lucile Vosperau, a former Denison resident, has been assigned to a U.S. Naval hospital in the Samoan Islands where she will serve as a nurse. Meanwhile at Anamosa High School a safety course drew 20 students who all passed their driver’s license exams with an ABCs learning focus.
A collage of local vignettes and odd incidents: a West Union man lands a large catfish near a leader. a Manchester clerk tells a former groom no refund on a marriage license. Illnois Central wreck recovered near Orchard. Glen Law confronts shelled corn on a hill. Grantland family plans a year on the road from Spencer. a ball injures Wanda Rostlail in Lenox. George Kirchner's German gun tale. Mrs Kempendorf’s 87th birthday and first airplane ride. Dows telephones limited after a franchise mixup. Walter Laabsa builds a wagon train contraption for farm trips.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous payments and amounts tied to Watrous Co. Montgomery County Bank and local businesses. Names include W.T. Meyer, Henry Westfall, J. M. Resh, Graettinger Block & Tile, Skelly Oil Co, East End Foundry, Graettinger Telephone Co, Brady Transfer Co, and Martin Aylward with varied sums up to several thousand dollars, suggesting a municipal expense ledger or claim list.
William J. Skahill aged 68 died at his home in Danbury on the eve of his son Ben Skahill's first mass at St Patrick's Church. Ben had been ordained the previous Saturday.
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