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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
16
In closing remarks Geo. E. Patterson explains advertising benefits the consumer by lowering prices and guiding better home life while sharpening taste and openness to new products. For the advertiser it boosts demand, grows sales, lowers costs, propels profits, and elevates merchants into a proactive, competitive class.
Lewis Lippold of Graettinger Iowa invites landowners to list property with him R F D 2 seeking buyers. Public notice seeks available parcels and a local real estate listing arrangement for prompt sale.
Secretary of Commerce Redfild urges farmers to convert even small water supplies into fish farms. He says people can raise fish as easily as chickens, boosting food production and lowering prices.
The American Booksellers Association reports a strong market for serious books amid wartime, with almost no demand for light frivolous fiction as readers seek substantial works.
Secretary McAdoo appoints a Women’s Liberty Loan Committee to interest women and women’s organizations in the Liberty Loan effort.
Cutworms are unusually numerous this year and best controlled with the paper collar method around the stem of susceptible plants such as tomatoes and cabbage. Lift shingles daily to kill worms under them, dig around plants to remove worms, and use a poison bran mixture moistened with sweetened water and Paris green. Scatter after sundown to avoid drying out. Also dip bundles of weed or clover in Paris green solution and place them nearby to attract and kill worms. Keep chickens away from the bran.
F D Steen of West Liberty notes widespread pasture grass shortages across the state and warns farmers to cut cattle losses by using sudan and cane. Experts advise planting sudan at 10 to 15 pounds per acre for grazing or hay and cane at 60 to 75 pounds per acre, with grazing possible in six weeks.
Guidance on crop spacing and canning while listing local events. Tips include sowing 6 pounds of sudan per acre, inspecting stock daily, and late cabbage and cauliflower transplants. Community notices mention Miss Alice Hausner visiting Estherville friends, teaching at Ottosen parochial school, and Lost Island Ladies Aid gathering June 2. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Sam Sandvig on June 4.
Mrs. Chris Berdin attended a Friday event at the Hauge home. The Cairns Bros. and their company showcase the Famous Megaphone Quartette with imitation by rivals, renewing interest in the original Cairns show. A big tent theater event is set for Graettinger on Saturday June 16.
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