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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
5
Fragmented OCR records a legal financial notice listing banks, sums and capital stock, with signatures of notary public B. Kent and directors. It references total capital, assets, and liabilities in a formal exhibit, dated February 11, 19th century style, lacking coherent context.
Commercial traveler Owen Campbell killed himself at Blakcsburg after a separation from his wife. Rockford saw Dan Welahans die instantly at a sawmill when he was pulled into a circular saw. Cipriano Castro denied involvement in an assassination plot against Juan Vicente Gomez. In Madison the Wisconsin legislature’s seventeenth joint ballot for U S senator produced no choice with Stanbenson holding 67 votes.
A dated notice promotes an amateur corn growing contest for youths under 18, organized by the Agricultural Department with the Farm Crop Department at Iowa State College Ames. It offers ten or more samples of Pave Urad Silver Kin corn with planting and recordkeeping instructions, and urges boys and girls to involve their fathers and obtain cooperation.
The Iowa Supreme Court last week ruled that liquor peddlers are barred from soliciting orders through the state, a decision hailed by supporters as a strong enforcement of existing law. This ruling clarifies that out-of-state actors cannot directly solicit liquor orders within Iowa.
A brief item outlines guidance from agricultural officials on preserving and storing farm produce, with emphasis on methods to reduce spoilage and maintain quality. Details mention department considerations and possible cost impacts for farmers.
In Bakersfield California on February 26 a widow Mrs M W Bookman and her four children died in a fire that destroyed their Union avenue home. Officials believe the fire was set to cover murder. A Bluffton woman Mrs McCormick McGee died from injuries after a fall at her home. She was eighty years old and widowed.
In a running fight between detectives and Italians here one of the thieves was killed and another seriously wounded. Two other men alleged to be implicated were captured. Also notes freight car reductions and a commentary on waitstaff at restaurants.
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