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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
3
Terms of subscription are listed: one year not in advance at $1.60, six months at $0.80, one year in advance at $1.00. The notice indicates post office mailing in Graettinger Iowa as second class mail matter and offers free advertising for meetings open to the public. Copy for advertisements must be in by Tuesday to ensure publication.
Three Republicans from Emmetsburg announce bids in the June primary for Palo Alto County offices. Dwiour G McCantr and A J Burt seek the County Attorney nomination, pledging lawful enforcement and personal rights. A third candidate declares candidacy for county recorder, subject to the Republican primary.
Harry Exnicn announces his candidacy for the office of Treasurer of Palo Alto County subject to Republican Primaries in June 1910. He lists West Bend Iowa and Ayrshire as locations connected to the announcement and declares aim to seek the county treasurer post through the primary.
Announcements from Emmetsburg and Graettinger reveal candidates for county supervisor in Palo Alto County Fourth District and urging support in the June 1910 Republican primaries. Multiple residents announce bids for representatives and board seats, noting residency since the 1870s and commitment to fiscal carefulness and public service while local town decisions discuss a postal savings bank bill and new fire protection outfit.
Farmers in the vicinity stock up in a show of civic effort to build up the town. T. B. Hotchkiss praises Senator Cummins for championing people against corporations and acting promptly in Senate matters. The Taft administration faces sweeping government spending, with projections of a billion dollar session and appropriations surpassing the prior regular session by about 20 million.
FP D White notes April crop worries echo 1890 drought and bumper prospects. Railroads strained by grain haulage. storage rooms and rooftops filled as grinding and tariff barriers raise costs. Sioux Rapids appears as a focal point in tariff and refinery critique.
A political appeal urges Emmet County Republicans to back Mayne for representative and Woods for continued leadership, arguing the district stands with Cummins Dolliver Woods and progressive Republicans. It notes insurgent wins in the railroad bill fight and urges voters to approve the congressional path in the June 7 primary.
The town notes a planned freight rate increase of about 80 percent this month, criticizing the lack of railroad commission oversight. Local growth continues with new houses and church renovations. A E Baumgartner builds a six to eight room modern home, the M E church expands its basement, and Royal Lumber Co advances a large cement line house project amid summer construction plans.
Sunborn Pioneer reports Melvin Simmons a prosperous farmer near Marcus bought an automobile and on a Sunday pleasure ride with his daughter at the wheel the car turned turtle. The wreck killed his two year old daughter instantly and the cost of the car will be hard to compute.
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