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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
3
From the Office of the Assistant Postmaster General the piece notes new rules to accelerate holiday mail and gift exchanges. It highlights December’s rising mail volume and the goal of smoother exchanges, cards, and parcels during the season.
This fragment outlines postal campaigns urging careful handwriting and ink use, full addresses, and return cards in the upper left corner. It covers wrapping, postage, parcel labeling, and avoiding greeting cards that complicate handling to streamline holiday mail processing.
Carl N. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, warns that farmers or dealers who withhold eggs or store them poorly spoil quality. Such eggs drop in price, hurting the market and consumers. He says grading and prompt marketing would reward high quality eggs and shield buyers from inferior stock.
Classifieds for sale include cane and corn fodder mixed, corn fodder, and flour from Farmers Grain Co. Trade offers mention a Flemish Thoroughbred Shire stallion owned by F J Cuuligan in Emmetaburg Iowa and a two spotted Poland boar advertised by Clarence with mane noted as two and a half.
Town of Graettinger adopts ordinance thirty eight restricting vehicle speeds to fifteen miles per hour in the business district and twenty five miles per hour in the residence area. The measure includes signs, penalties up to twenty five dollars or five days in jail and takes effect after publication.
A fragmentary local notice contains shoe repair ad copy praising prompt repairs and good care. It includes a card of thanks from Mrs. John W. Wilson and family for support during illness and death, and other brief thanks messages from residents. Also faint references to a Stutz car contest and a private sale of purebred Spotted Poland boars with pricing and delivery terms from R. R. Lair of Terril Iowa.
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