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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
5
A feature on Gordon's hatmaking showcases superior style and quality. The piece highlights meticulous materials, skilled craftsmanship, and the brand's impact on headwear fashion. Key names include Gordon and associated artisans, with emphasis on traditional techniques.
Mr Kehoe of Fort Dodge visited town last Thursday for business. Young people attended the Riverside church young peoples league Sunday evening. Mrs C O Ressell and Mrs O Q Ressell spent Sunday at the Jake Jensen home and to meet the new baby. The Jensen couple welcomed a baby girl weighing 8 pounds. Various residents visited kin in Graettinger Estherville and Crim households. Enlistment talks for the U S Navy are underway among local boys. A surprise party honored Clair Post at the J A Nelson home after his bank tenure.
Over the past year or more a worker has re signed his position and will join Walker Motor Co in Estherville. Miss Alva Birkland spent Sunday at her Graettinger home. Town ladies surprised Mrs. J O Kas on Saturday afternoon for her birthday.
Neighbors of Mrs. A C Jensen helped celebrate her birthday Friday. Mrs. Lewis Larson and Mrs. Glenn Young visited Mrs. Conrad Ressell Thursday. Mr. Murray and Pauline O Neil, and families of C B Larson and Lewis Larson plus Glenn Young were at Youngs Sunday. Manda Christensen helped with papering and returned home Sunday. Martin Refsell visited O O Refsell in Wallingford Sunday. Teachers in the area attended a meeting in Estherville Saturday. Bessie Tow worked for Jake Jensen west of Walling. Manda Eggeland assisted with work at Lewis Rustad home. Jake Herrem shelled corn Friday and Saturday. Roy Young was in Estherville Saturday.
A harsh tirade denounces a so called food grabber exploiting the war era food market. It urges Congress to seize control of the food and fuel supply and to enact drastic conservation measures to prevent price manipulation and famine while calling on people to plant more and increase production.
The speaker calls for government supervision of all coal mines and a rigid censorship on gasoline and motor fuels. They urge conservation and waste reduction, and equate traitors with slackers and food grabbers, suggesting they can be shot or hung, unlike the others regarded as the flag’s greatest enemies.
The author argues advertising lowers prices by expanding competition and raises living standards by expanding access to goods. He notes advertisements enable knowledge of products, justify costs for machines, and stimulate desire for better homes. He cites personal experience with a skeptic who distrusts advertising yet relies on advertised items, and concludes advertising is a powerful positive economic force.
A humorous meditation on interest as a bank profit and its effects on society. The text explains that a loan creates a note with an 8 percent rate, requiring the borrower and his wife to sign, illustrating the chilling realism of banking practices.
The speaker critiques banks lending to merchants near bankruptcy, noting collateral shortfalls and character bets yield lower rates for some. He urges bankers to prefer customers with solid backers and timely notes, arguing steady interest should come from profits rather than losses.
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