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Graettinger Times in Graettinger, Iowa

25 May 1916

Page 11

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Graettinger Times

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Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1916

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11

Oil Station Opened at Wittemore by Standard Oil

Standard Oil completes an oil station at Wittemore as county supervisors test oiled highways. The town's high school graduates are Harold White and Eva Simpson. Farmers claim burnt corn boosts hog gain by two pounds daily. The Bradford hotel in Storm Lake will add $25,000 in improvements. A Marshalltown woman was fined $200 and jailed two months for bootlegging.

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Standard Oil Company Wittemore Washington County Whittemore Harold White Eva Simpson Iowa Bradford Storm Lake Marshalltown
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Iowa’s 174 consolidated districts and local projects

Iowa reports 174 consolidated school districts and various construction plans including a $35,000 hospital in Cherokee, an $100,000 school building vote in Vinton, and an $8,000 church annex in Algona. Other items note a $9 cost for a fine over a broken electrolier, a fatal dam incident near Hawarden, lawsuits and accidents involving William Starr and Henney, and several social notes from Emmetsburg and Estherville. The piece also lists national car counts and comments on lumberman H Leslie Wildey’s speaking tour.

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Iowa Cherokee Vinton Luverne M. E Algona Grant Nell Lancaster Henney Nell Hawarden Big Sioux Des Moines William Starr Pocahontas Emma G. Sperry Starr
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