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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
8
In Graettinger Iowa the Mayoral style editorial urges universal enlistment and bond purchase to support the United States war effort. It explains bond amounts by property, farm status, and occupation, notes banks will lend and handle purchases, and warns most families cannot afford bonds. It emphasizes government safety and tax liens on assets.
A long plea urges Americans to buy Liberty Bonds to support wartime needs. The piece highlights Uncle Sam’s need for billions, the duty of citizens, and claims bonds are safer than indemnity options while noting banks and printers promote sales locally amid national sacrifice. It references Iowa towns, small monthly payments, and the moral case for collective funding.
Notice is given that the old Lost Island creamery building will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction Monday June 18 at 10 a m. Each part of the building will be sold separately. Terms sums of 10 dollars cash over 10 six months from date of sale at legal rate. M O Grodland auctioneer J O Jertson clerk by order of Board of Directors A C Christensen secretary.
A Pocahontas Democrat piece from an Atlantic report notes the world war and czarist retirements leave few suitable brides, so Iowa offers abundant princesses of diverse backgrounds with wealth and willingness to work. It promises flexible dowries and readiness to bargain for a match.
Sunday at Lake Park and Friday at Harris mark social visits while residents travel to Estherville Ames and Grundy Center. Industrial notes include a Metz touring car sale to L P C Larsen and a 30 day forecast of electric lights. Public notices mention Flag Day preparations and a marriage in Whittemore.
Wildey’s Cash Store touts Crescent wrenches with the factory guarantee of replacement or refund for any unsatisfactory Cresent tool. The ad praises Fisk Red Top tires with a 500 mile extra guarantee, urges readers to buy engine oil from Pennsylvania crude, and promotes hand separator oil, fly swatters, wire screening, and 1917 model oil stoves as modern options.
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