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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1920

Page

7

Emmetsburg Notes and Local Gossip Highlight Busy Week

The Milford Mail reports on a Milestone week with business callers from Estherville and Wallingford, local weddings and visits, and a note on compound interest showing large bank sums. It mentions visitors Fred Spies and Patrick Carmody, Miss Selma Johnson, Miss Myrtle Carnahan, Miss Gladys Vedder, and James McCullough among Graettinger and Emmetsburg residents, plus a Hawkeye circuit racing plan and local cattle sale attendance.

Graettinger Fred Spies Estherville Patrick Carmody Emmetsburg Selma Johnson Wallingford Knut Johnson Joh. J. Sullivan Lottie Hendricks Myrtle Carnahan

History of Non-Partisan League and labor laws debated

The article discusses the Non Partisan League’s impact on labor rules, noting workmen compensation exemptions for farm laborers and eight hour day limits for women in towns over 500. It critiques league tactics to control media and public opinion, including boycotts against independent papers and propaganda efforts.

League The Emergid Boycotas Ies Pi North Dakota

Townley league controls county official papers

The passage describes how the Townley political league manipulated state law to seize publication control. It details the shift of official paper designation to a Townley printing commission, the elimination of competing papers from legal notices, and the political backlash as farmers and legislators protested. It notes prior fairness in publication, the referendum outcome, and the fear of press freedom loss.

Toague Townley Bunch Istate Townley Townley Controlled Printing Commission Bismark

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