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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1923

Page

3

Change in 10WA Auto Laws

Fortieth general assembly changes enacted by Secretary Walter Tamsay affect auto owners and licensing. Key provisions: partial refunds of license fees after theft fire or post-sale abroad, with proof to county treasurer. license fees adjust with car price reductions using supplementary classifications. department may set fees for undistributed makes. new rules for stolen embezzled or abandoned vehicles require officers to locate owners, with a 40 day claim period and auction if unclaimed.

Fortieth General Assembly Walter Tamsay Secretary of State

Law Revisions and Penalties Set in Motion

A revised statute increases penalties for operating a car while intoxicated to a $2,000 fine or one year in prison or both. It also introduces a six month claim period for owner attribution of funds and moves bus and freight truck tax administration from the secretary of state to the railway commission. The changes take effect July 4.

Eral Fund Haa ix Secretary of State Board of Railway Commissioners

The Village Weekly Welcome to Rustic News and Life

A nostalgic verse celebrates a village weekly as a window to wide horizons and local tales. It evokes marriage bells, funerals, crime, shop sales, and scenes from hall and street, merging weather, love, loss, and daily life into a monthly gauge of snow and rain.

Dad in the Home Silent Partner Verse

A nostalgic verse celebrates fathers, noting his steadiness, hard work, and financial burden from cooking, buying, and repairs. It paints dad as central yet imperfect, his sober presence evoking a song like Home Sweet Home and urging never to go back on him.

Dad Theman

Shoes And Wantasket Beach Races At Beaux Town Convention

Paul Larkin writes from Beau Town about attending a shoe repairs convention in May. He notes disruptive foot races at Wantasket beach, jokes about gravel thrown by runners, and remarks on changing respect for authority. He muses on hiring a new shop helper, a young woman, to manage work and sales, while recalling Mary and a cigarette smoke incident. He ends with a June lesson and mentions City Shoes.

Paul Larkin Beau Town Wantasket Beach Mary Jim Mroglers Deacon Smith

Reporter Buys Overland On Note After Bargain

Times reporter in Graettinger drives a new Overland bought on credit from Jensen Auto Company. Cal­vin Gammon calls it a bargain as the reporter explains paying with a note. The piece also notes poor spring roads between Graettinger and Emmetsburg hindered travel to the county seat.

Sinnif & Puff Times the Times Graettinger i Calvin Gammon Gammon Jensen Auto Company Graettinger Emmetsburg Emmetshuis Gyraettinger M. Thompson Mor Thompson

Quaint Advertisement From a Denver Price List

The Leichhardt Fruit Company's 30 Years Ago ad contrasts old and modern life with humor. It recalls cheap butter and eggs, milk per quart, free lunches, long workdays, and few modern vices, then contrasts with today’s automobile travel, cinema, smoking, golf, and nightlife, ending with a playful jab at contemporary habits.

Leichhardt Fruit Company of Denver

Votes and a young beauty in Ames summer school drive subscription plea

A fragment describes 1200 students in Ames summer school at State College. A humorous tale follows of a young woman soliciting votes for a subscription scheme at $1, aiming to fund college or university studies. Local business reaction is noted as cautious, and the episode ends with law intervention.

Ames Lows State College Cimuree J Thanefutl

Late Legumes Hard To Raise In Corn Cropping

The Darm Crops Department at Town State College warns farmers that late seeding of red clover sweet clover and alfalfa in corn only succeeds about two years in five, depending on abundant rainfall. In good late-season conditions legumes go between corn rows after the last cultivation. The Pharaohs search term suggests a link to past digging with consent of history lovers.

Town State College

Rose slug infestations threaten spring bushes

Ames horticulture extension men warn that green rose slugs thrive on rose leaves this spring, hiding by day on leaf undersides and feeding at night. The creatures strip upper leaf surfaces, leaving lower portions intact. If signs appear, apply approved liquid or powder insecticide to the leaf surface to kill the slugs as they emerge.

Towa State College Ames

Thistles Fight Planned Biweekly With Salt and Sheep

A farm crops department at Town State College endorses cutting thistles every two weeks as a successful weed control method. Farmers should apply a handful of salt around each plant and, if possible, use sheep to gnaw the roots. The sheep gain strength by destroying the roots of the thistles.

Farm Crops Department Town State College

Dig Up Remains of Ancient Hittites Clash With Health Decline

Archaeologists, after frail health, plan to excavate Hittite remains. The article roams through misquoted phrases about health, society, and strange musings on usefulness versus uselessness, with scattered oddities and unrelated anecdotes.

Danish film on weddings sparks talk of ring traditions

The piece surveys European professional women shifting away from wearing wedding rings as a symbol. It notes growing acceptance of changing norms and questions whether the practice remains meaningful for modern careers in Europe.

Sayy Sara Europe Lepuble

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