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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
5
A fragment hints at Debris forming a new union while reflecting on old unions and rural Iowa roads priced at 3.0 per mile. A nighttime Iowa presidential visit is mentioned, with mixed, odd details about lives saved by a mitten and a self congratulating flirt.
In New Jersey a wedding gathering led to smallpox exposure for guests who kissed the bride, a cautionary outcome amid a rare happy note. Northwestern Iowa a man who kissed a neighbor’s wife faced a $20,000 damages verdict, reflecting costly consequences of personal acts. A May 1 revenue department ruling requires canceling revenue stamps caution notices and factory numbers on emptied cigar boxes before they leave possession with penalties from 10 to 500 dollars for violations.
Whittemore Champion notes state population drop over five years with few locales showing gains. The piece argues government wages and wartime service pensions affect living standards and questions migration toward northern and western regions. It cites Greatinger’s 0.85 increase and urges President Roosevelt to take note of these demographic trends.
Three Mason churches collected almost $260 last Sunday, drawn from parishioners who could gather that amount for religion. The comment notes that if people can raise such funds, while contemplating bans on liquor and tobacco, talking of scarce money seems idle.
The Marengo Republican comments that if Andrew Carnegie returned surplus to his employees in the iron industries he represents, fewer millions would be in libraries and colleges. It questions whether the wage earners are truly the real donors after all.
Knights Templar and friends will ride trains from the Rocky and Sierra Nevada ranges to the Pacific coast for the San Francisco terminal Conclave from September 5 to 8. The Rock Island System offers a detailed trip outline, available by mail upon request to Mr. Ins, farmer, Division Passenger Agent, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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