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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
13
Third Assistant Postmaster General explains new rules to speed December mail flow as Christmas season increases greeting cards and gift shipments. Officials urge careful addressing, correct postage, and prompt processing to handle holiday surge. Local readers are advised to follow guidance to ensure timely delivery.
Postmasters are urged to promote the benevolent spirit of Christmas mail by ensuring on time delivery and seeking cooperation from mailers. Instructions cover postage prepayment, clear addresses, return cards, proper packing, size and weight limits, inscriptions, do not seal parcels, and avoidance of small cards.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carl N Kennedy warns that farmers and produce dealers who delay or misstore eggs lose money and push stale eggs into the market. He says non refrigerated, poorly stored eggs deteriorate and are sold at reduced prices, offsetting any market rise. Kennedy urges labeling eggs as fresh to protect consumers from stales sold as extras.
Auction notices and trade offers for feed and livestock across Iowa towns. Listings include Thoroughbred Shire horse for sale, two spotted Poland China pigs, and various feed types. messages mention cattle, emmetaburg Iowa and local handlers. Descriptions are fragmented but indicate sales or trade options for animals and fodder.
A Graettinger area page lists for sale pure bred Spotted Poland China boars with prices and pedigrees, plus multiple farm ad items. It includes feed and grain promotions, a Dictionary offer, an Uncle Sam bulletin excerpt, shoe service notes, and a council expense ledger dated 1927.
Town of Gruettinger Iowa enacts ordinance number thirty eight establishing business and residence districts with speed limits fifteen and twenty five miles per hour respectively. Violations carry fines up to 25 dollars or five days in jail. Ordinance takes effect after passage. Find some way to make over our moral natures and,we will be without vices.
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