Advertising Rates and Little Boy Blue Reflection
Advertising rates per line and per inch for local ads with annual contracts are listed, followed by a reflective passage on the poem Little Boy Blue by Gene Field. A district Sunday School Convention in Graettinger is detailed with schedule, and Iowa silo statistics note one in ten farms with a silo, plus numbers for last year’s construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Field
Walnut
Lost Island Townships
Ie M.T
Graettinger
Cuthbert Song
Snio
C. H. Giddings
Walter Hutton
Iowa
Agriculture Engineers
Iowa State College
Local Eatery Offers All You Can Eat Meals
Advertises all you can eat meals for 25 cents and offers board and room for 450 with 5 weekly. Promotes a fancy and staple groceries store with soft drinks ice cream candy tobaccos and cigars. Also sells home baked goods.
Prancis Seeks Primary Support for Senate Re‑Election
A candidate named Prancis requests Republican primary support for re election to the senate from a district. He cites backing simplified court procedure economy in State business and a dry town as key issues and asks voters for their backing. The letter is signed L E Prancis with a phonetic vintage tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Prancis
Satin Out Classed The Devil Sinks To Resignation
A fragment tells of Satin and the Devil by a lake of fire with sulphur kegs. The Devil bows his head in shame and resigns from his throne, saying others outclass him and that Hell cannot compare to the Rhine land as he proclaims himself a has-been.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myuny
Wildey s Cash Store Offers Strawberries and Odd Ads
A scrambled shopper letter from Wildey s Cash Store mixes garden fruit sales with various product pitches and local concerns. It touts strawberries two boxes for a price, highlights a car radiator leak question, promotes Radio-No-Leak and other hardware items, notes a boy s strong wagon, and laments road repairs and taxes while advertising cookies crackers and screen wire. The writer also questions state spending and Official Register contents, urging local readers to visit the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NicWay Street
Lown
Sven
Dolar
Tennan
Iowa
Mudville College
Duttur
OWA
Fragmentary Voice Salutes War Figures and Old Sagas
A fragmented monologue references Kaiser William and King George, muttered threats, imps of Tell, and a comic image of a devil spitting steam at a lithic bumblebee. The speaker hints at leaving a loved one and notes a desire to hunt down a young John BD amidst chaotic war talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser William
Csur
King George
J. P. Morgan
Lyimstone
Younge Johin
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
Jno
P. Kirby
B. A. Gronstal
Vincent Kelly
al Larson
C. A. Trego
Peter Geil
Peoples Meat Market
Telephone NO 118
Harvey Petersen
Kenyon
Larson Realty & Insurance Co
Graettinger Times
John F. Sullivan
Paat
Graettinger, Ja
Chas. Giddings
A. H. Shaver
Bernice Tipp
Ote Hs
Frank Moore
Selo
Gladys Brettle
Gee
Coolidge
Farmers’ Restaurant
Grachtinger
Farmers Savings Bank
Wallingford
Geo. Eckhart
Mallard
Palo Alto County
Houser
A. T. Horton
Mer
Emmetsburg
L, E
Prancis
Wildey
H. Leslie Wildey
Graettinger Nursery
Coupilesye Steek
Shoul
Gall
B. G. George
Prop
Sey Tawa
Craet
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