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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
Subscription rates listed for Graettinger Iowa with one year in advance at 1.00 and six months at 0.76. Post office entry confirms second class mail. Free advertising for public meetings. ads run until sold unless contracted. copy due by Tuesday to ensure publication.
In its twenty years ago column the Emmetsburg Democrat notes tickets from Emmetsburg were selling for 3 dollars and those from Chicago to Denver for 7 dollars.
A lighthearted note urges subscribers to submit news items weekly to enrich the local paper. It playfully asserts that dancing and ice cream affect girls and jokes that banging the gate causes rheumatism, encouraging imagination over strict facts.
A man on a sleeper car sings My Wife's Gone to the Country, Hooray Hooray while his wife is away, provoking a second passenger to sing I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now. A fight ensues and the porter calls to control the disturbance. The piece then notes traveling humbugs selling cheap dry goods and urges buying from honest home merchants. It recalls Rev Newton Mettler of Algona who faced unbecoming conduct charges, resigned, moved, and was later dismissed from ministry in Nebraska after a published letter prompted state church action.
Springfield grand jury exposes scheme by officers of fifteen to twenty fraternal insurance societies to levy fake death assessments and pocket funds. Some officers continued business under company names after charters were revoked. Estimated fraud approaches a million dollars from policy holders.
A young man was discharged after a game incident left him shot in the buttock. The bullet wound was not serious at first but developed tetanus by Sunday, leading to his death Sunday night. The community mourns the tragedy and extends sympathy to the family.
Three young men from Rushmore Minnesota took an auto at Worthington for a late night joy ride. They pushed the car three blocks, started it, and soon crashed into a ditch, damaging the vehicle. The owner declined prosecution after repairs costing $250 were paid by the boys’ parents.
Regular meeting notes Bailey Cameron and six council members present. Baumgartner moves dispense with three readings for ordinance No 28 with reelection of taxes and water works limits set at 792 feet from mains. Tax levies proposed include general fund 10 mills, road 6 mills, gas 5 mills, water works 6 mills, cemetery 0.5 mills. Mandatory labor clause for able bodied males 21 to 45 years set with fines and adjournment to June 8. Bills presented totaling several dollars. motion to approve all bills carried.
South side of Main Street authorized collection of all outstanding gravel and collect dow taxes or dispose of as dogs which owners refuse to pay tases on. Look after grave haulers and ensure each party hauling gravel weighs at least one load per day. Motion carried. Motioned by Simonsen seconded by Folderson to dominate its contract for gravel pit with the Rails and Coutance Curried. On motion, council adjourned. G. A. Vannoy, Clerk.
Henry Coursen of Boonton New Jersey endorses Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills for rheumatic pains headaches side and back pains saying they give perfect satisfaction. The ad notes pain can arise from nerves in any head or body part and promises a money back guarantee if the first package fails.
No. 53903 No. 40460 owned by the Osgood Horse Co. will be at the Swift Livery barn on Fridays and Saturdays during 1910. Terms: to insure a living colt 15.00 due when colt stands and sucks. to insure wary in foal 12.50 due January 1st. Frank Smith, groom.
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