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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
5
Edwin A A Seligman analyzes war funding, arguing against pure tax or loan reliance. He estimates 1.8 billion in taxes, warns against extreme rates, and proposes a mixed plan with targeted excises and excess profits taxes to balance loans and taxes while preserving economic vitality and social investment.
A detective recounts pursuing a cashier convicted of defalcation whose wife aided a jail escape via a rope and a daring train transfer. He reveals how he spared her, learned her innocence, and was later discharged. years later the husband was exonerated and the tale emerged in newspapers.
The artist recalls seeking a suitable model for a painting titled Peace. He finds a girl at a window opposite his studio and uses her as an unconscious subject, later discovering the work’s shift in meaning as war looms. After considering payment, he plans to send a check to the model but witnesses her quarrel with another girl, altering his view of the piece. He donates the intended payment to a fund for mutilated soldiers.
Herman's greatest play The Call of the Woods will be presented at the Big Tent Theatre in Graettinger on Saturday June 16. The romantic Canadian woods tale has drawn record crowds on tour and offers very low admission prices. The Cairns Bros guarantee your money's worth or your money back.
Want ads list a house for sale in the east part of the city with inquiries directed at F. E. Schurmann or Dr. Lindsey. Also a reward for the address of Miss Cora E. Dill, former local teacher, needed to settle an estate with Otto M. Shipley as administrator. Additional requests include work such as cultivating and a capable boy for light duties.
Indebted parties are urged to call and settle accounts promptly. Also advertised are an engine for sale, setting hens, wool prices, and church hours. Local notes report Des Moines visit, registration day, a fire, dam danger, political comments, flag price hikes, ring worm concerns, and a pigs request.
Miss Gunda Egertson and Missa Gusta Skattebo returned from Ames Tuesday evening. Mrs L E Crim went to Lake Park to attend a relative’s funeral. Several residents visited relatives in Estherville Sheldon and Minneapolis while others registered in town. Camp meeting rumors and travel notes pepper the local items as residents move about in Iowa communities.
Enlistments reach over 15,000 volunteers statewide with more joining at a rate of 800 daily. Volunteers include 11,000 juniors and 4,000 seniors aged 12 to 19 and adults, across all counties, led by Hamilton 800, Floyd 490, Marshall 460. Gardening accounts for 8,200, with 6,000 in farm labor, 6,000 in canning, 6,500 in thrift and health, 4,000 for pork, 5,800 for poultry, and remaining volunteers for seed work and pest control. Volunteers range from 12-year-olds to veterans of 80, receiving the blue badge of honor.
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