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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
4
Short notices include a lost black A dog from Rev J A B Cunningham a listing for SASH two milch cows a springing cow and two fresh cows for sale a shoe shop move with cash terms punchy ads for produce plants fruit trees services and farm listings plus pasture rental and a dairy breed notice. The batch also mentions truck hauling services and a request for land to list with Lowia Lippold Graettinger Iowa and a 1918 Ford inquiry.
Royal Neighbors schedule in a local notice lists meetings on the first and third Tuesdays at Woodmen Hall with officials George and Briever named as Oracle and Recorder. Pure Bred Hogan Specialty contact lines appear, with garbled phone numbers and Graettinger ICWA noted.
Dunn County Wisconsin offers several farms for sale promising corn and grain yields per acre comparable to Iowa land but at less than half the price. For details contact Jim Clausen Ellantund Wisconsin Re.
Notice is given that O C Peterson has been appointed and qualified as Executor of the Estate of O J Peterson late of Palo Alto County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those with claims must file with the Clerk of the District Court duly verified for allowance. Attorneys Davidson Burt for the estate. Dated June 11 1921
Articles of Incorporation for Farmers & Merchants State Bank to be formed in Graettinger Palo Alto Iowa. Includes name place of business capital stock twenty five thousand dollars and initial provisional directors with officers listed. Excerpt details board structure meetings and authorized duration of twenty years under Iowa law.
Article XII sets indebtedness limit to capital stock with exemptions for business expenses and deposits. Article XIV allows amendments by two thirds stockholder vote. Article XV permits dissolution by three fourths stockholder vote. Notarization confirms the signatories Vincent Kelly and others on April 21 1921 in Emmet County Iowa.
Leo Burt of Wimmbago was severely burned when a live high tension line contact left two wounds in his abdomen and burned limbs while he was shutting off Granada’s power. He was conscious, carried by Morgan Spencer to Dr Gaugh, and rushed to Mankato hospital with his wife notified. Burt described a sudden flash of fire enveloping him during the disconnection.
Morgan Spencer’s son witnessed a grounding accident when Burt, while shutting a power switch with feet on a line, formed a circuit through his body. He endured 6,000 volts, survived the trip to Mankato, and is at Immanuel Hospital with doctors hopeful for recovery though blood poisoning remains a risk. Burt, a Winnebago resident recently married, receives supportive care as friends await his return.
Morrison alias Bert Allen was arrested in Estherville by state officer H. M. Stoner and brought to Fort Dodge for the May 21 murder of Carroll marshal Jim Conway. Zentz of Battle Creek identified Morrison as the killer who shot Conway after a forgery arrest attempt. A total reward of 5000 dollars, from state and Carroll citizens, was offered for Morrison’s arrest. he is about 35, over six feet, a “hard looker,” and remains silent.
Estherville reports reinforcements in keeping the city beautiful as two drunks work out fines on the streets this week. One man, picked up Saturday night, was jailed and began to “lick out the windows” before paying. The other, from Armstrong, had a peach of a jag. War on the streets is a good object for locals inclined to overindulge in arbolic acid and barbed wire collection.
A fragmentary quotation blames a loud critic for delays and disputes, with the speaker noting that the same man who shouts the loudest is late to respond. The incomplete text shows a heated, unresolved exchange without clear names or dates.
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