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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
3
Graettinger Times notes John J Sullivan as publisher and lists mail circulation details. The notice indicates post office registration and second class mailing status for Graettinger Iowa.
May 1 report from Hillview describes a gown owned by Miss Mary Booth of Pearl, Illinois, containing over a thousand dollars in mixed mutilated U S currency sewn inside. The gown and a sack held hundreds more in bills, totaling possibly over two thousand dollars. Hoskins states the amount may be higher, with the elderly relative once employed as a governess in St. Louis.
The narrative notes Miss Booth was well paid yet insisted she had no money. Mr. Hoskins recalls a Pearl bank robbery years ago when Liberty bonds she held vanished, after which she refused to deposit her funds.
Popular radio stars join a new series aired twice weekly on more than thirty mid western stations. The program features new and old songs, folk tunes, stage melodies, and operetta selections with special orchestral arrangements. Guests include a noted soprano with a bright voice and a strong male quartet. the Skelgas Utility Division of Skelly Oil sponsors broadcasts on stations such as WCCO WHO KMOX KFAB WKY WOWO and more.
A woman who tore up currency and hid the pieces in her clothing claims amnesia with no recollection of the mutilation. An old gown and money rack were found, the bills shown at a bank, and a treasury examination is awaited. Also noted is a baby’s illness and a lighthearted remark about dirigibles handling spring thaws.
April school notes cover Rodman events including baseball trips to Des Moines for Drake Relays, orchestra ensemble plans with grades from Mallard Ayrshire West Bend and Ruthven, a freshman Wiener Roast at High Lake, and glee club trips to Emmetsburg. Activities also note swings installation, a Graettinger Rodman baseball game 6 to 2, Boy Scouts camping at High Lake, and a May 2 quartet performance in Ayrshire.
Omaha based memorials maker J F Bloom & Company offers fine monuments designed by artists and built by craftsmen since 1879. Prices start at 25 dollars with options by write or phone.
The nation will offer rewards to those who fail February examinations and to those aiming to raise grades. Rural seventh graders will also attend Friday afternoon, writing only three papers in geography physiology and music.
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