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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1924
Page
10
In a November 6 1924 issue the Graettinger Times reflects on election results and national stance. It praises Republican gains from local to presidential levels and endorses support for the winner. The piece blends humor and pointed observations about speed limits crime and aging infrastructure while predicting Christmas and noting a gold from mercury claim with skepticism.
A collage of wry observations on wages, fashion, travel, romance, and public life. Notes touch on debt, taxes, radios, Mars, divorce norms, and the era’s cultural quirks with playful satire and clipped punchlines. Prominent references include Europe, China, Russia, Japan, and American tourists, all rendered in a period voice.
On next Saturday evening Wallace Reid stars in Across the Continent at Hawkeye Theatre with fine comics. The Thursday November 6 performance ends Thursday night shows for now, and future pictures will play only on Saturday evenings. Remember Across the Continent Saturday night.
Church notes announce English language services at Lost Island Sunday 10 30 a m and Graettinger 2 30 p m with communion. Sunday school Bible class 9 30 a m, Luther League devotion program 8 p m. Rev S O Sande pastor morning worship 11 00 with sermon A Bit of Interesting History and special music. Evening sermon Jesus Home Town 7 30. Bible study Thursday 7 30 Amos chapters 1 6. Women’s Home Missionary Society Friday 3 00 with ladies invited. Ladies Aid hosts Mrs Barnhart and Mrs Wikert Thursday November idth. County SB Convention at Graettinger Methodist church November blir? picnic lunch noon afternoon session 1 00 evening 7 30. Invited to Christian education meetings and events.
States move to end the notion of a nation of sixth graders. Kansas and Wyoming add the requirement that children remain in school until finishing the eighth grade or reaching sixteen. The changes let older students work only with a permit after completing eight grades. Under sixteen without eight grades completed, parents face penalties. Wyoming elevates truancy enforcement with higher salaries for county superintendents. A whimsical note adds a line about national flowers, the watermelon, amid the notices.
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