Economic trends and policy disputes shadow 1930s business
The Graettinger Times reviews the Roosevelt Administration’s cautious stance toward industry, noting low inventories and high deficit spending but a general belief business should grow. It flags consumer demand, government plans, and administrative factions shaping economic sentiment, plus Japan’s war policy and its impact on U.S. exposure to a Pacific conflict. Senior measles threaten Swea City high school commencement.
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Johnson
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White House
Corcoran and
Cohen
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Japan
Germany
Italy
U. S
Nippon
Hachiro Arita
Hitler
Mussolini
Twenty Years Ago In April 1919 Times Minute News
Funeral of Chris J. Skow held with pallbearers listed. Notes include ship crew member sweater gift, Jensen Buick agency, home goods sale, deaths of Mrs. Henry Rathman and M. C. Larsen, local basketball game between businessmen and Graettinger school board, salaries and job moves, several births, surgeries, and community updates from Graettinger and surrounding towns with multiple named residents and firms.
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Chris J. Skow
Chris Henningsen
Chris Berdin
Dan Westergard
Hans Westergard
Jens Olson
James Clausen
George Wm. Done
West
College Pont
L. L
George Washington
Jensen Auto Co
Buick
John Peterson
Henry Rathman
Tuesay
Graettinger
Supt. Johnson
Charley Jensen
J. P. Jensen
O. R. Gardner
Carl Spies, Sr
A. J. Johnson
Dr. Reidy
Martin Myhre
Louis Petersen
Fred Spies
P. G. Johnson
John O. Jentson
Laverne
Lost Island
S. W. Burg
Frank Nash
Story City
M. T. Axelton
Cottage Grove Avenue
Frank Rathman
Anna McCarty
Emmetsburg
LeRoy Bartleman
Estherville
John Reidy
Ted Mitchell
Max Baumgartner
Vincent Kelly
Times
M. C. Larsen
John O. Jertson
Oscar Craven
Rich Aylward
Henry Schmidt
Jake Leduc
Bless Graettinger
J. J. Kelly
George Henderson
Frank Anderson
Mendrcks
John Bolstad
Swea City
The Times Bargains Readership Note
Fragmentary text from a classic paper notes bargains and life views. It mentions cooperation to forward progress and hints at social attitudes toward poverty and aging amid epidemics wars and cars. The wording reflects speculative editorial tone with nostalgic expressions.
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