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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
14
Complainants claim patients at the hospital for the insane in Independence suffer neglect and abuse. A published account cites a nonviolent patient left unwashed, fed poorly, and restrained with crude care, with staff rude to families seeking aid and no effective investigation by officials.
In a plea echoed by the Parkersburg Eclipse, citizens demand Governor Dan Turner order a thorough inquiry into the mistreatment of inmates at the Independence hospital. The editorial urges removal of any attendant whose brutality makes the facility feared, insisting on no whitewash and accountability.
Ringsted native Jimmy Peterson, last year's Ringsted High School graduate now in the U S Navy, writes of a Hawaii voyage. He describes Maui and Hawaii Island, lava formations, Kilauea, island life, travel costs, and daily swims with sharks and barracudas, noting limited Honolulu liberty due to a white woman attack case and Massie affair. He mentions an upcoming R O T C cruise to Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Honolulu aboard the Tennessee and Oklahoma.
The line asserts there is no immunity from consequences of sin, presenting punishment as a sure fate for all. It attributes a maxim to Hosea Baljou, framing moral cause and effect as an iron law. The wording reads like a aphoristic note on ethical accountability.
J P McManus MD practicing as physician and surgeon with office over Furniture Store in Graettinger Iowa. L G Hill MD specializes in medical and surgical diseases of the eye ear nose and throat with glasses fitted from office over Twetten's Furniture Store in Estherville Iowa.
A sheriff sale is advertised after a foreclosure decree in favor of Equitable Life Assurance Society against Austin C Chatfield and Nelle C Chatfield. The real estate, Southwest quarter of Section 85 Township 66 North Range 84 West, is offered for cash May 20 1982 at Emmetsburg Court House from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM to satisfy a debt of 15657.61 with costs and interest.
W T Branagan of Emmetsburg announces for U S House from the Eighth Iowa district and seeks Democratic primary support. Theodore C Johnson of Cylinder seeks Republican nomination for state representative from Palo Alto County in June primaries. asks for support.
CHAS G STEDMAN announces seeking the Republican nomination for sheriff of Palo Alto County with the primary set for June 6 1932 and the outcome to be decided by voters.
J J Martin announces candidacy for Palo Alto County treasurer in the Republican June primaries. Casper Nelson seeks treasurer on June 6. Arthur W Smith aims for county attorney nomination, pending Republican voters in June primaries.
E F Nefstead seeks the Republican nomination for County Attorney in June primaries. He asks for support from voters and party members.
A fragment quotes Goethe urging belief and self reliance, contrasting with public doubts. The excerpt emphasizes keeping personal doubts private while offering a share of faith in a broader sense. The brief note appears as a literary aside within a larger discourse.
A dense ad list from Graettinger Iowa promotes Billiards and Bowling, City Barber Shop, Graettinger Bakery, City Meat Market, and Livestock Shipping Association. It markets real estate, insurance, and collections services, farm products, grain, coal, flour, feed, and a homegrown Farmers Grain Co. with emphasis on prompt service, courtesy, and local ownership. It urges residents to try want ads for results.
The Quaker Oats Co thanks patrons and invites continued support. It advertises two flour grades Quaker's and Mother's, a full line of seeds and salt, Kentucky coal brands Blue Diamond and Curlew, and Orient Egg and Hard Coal at low prices. J. H. Swift, manager. office phone 72, house 2 on 123.
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