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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
3
The item lists subscription terms, post office notice, and a lengthy, dated collage of editorial opinions and local anecdotes. It includes commentary on politics, social mores, a Minnesota horse betting incident, local personalities such as D Dixon, and Iowa agricultural statistics with national comparisons.
A quartet of new car owners in Graettinger christen their vehicles with presidential names. A Page owner dubs his car George Washington, a Buick owner proclaims William Taft, an Overland owner names Woodrow Wilson, and a Ford owner christens Theodore Roosevelt after a cheerfully bungled bottle breakage.
Iowa farm crops for 1914 are valued at more than one billion dollars. Dairy products poultry and eggs are expected to add about one hundred million, per a state department statement. The report notes crop output and livestock totals, highlighting the state's agricultural strength and economic outlook.
The Wallace Farmer muses on why sugar is not in the Bible while tracing its ancient use from honey in Greece and Rome to sugar cane in India and its spread through Egypt, Venice, and the West Indies. It notes price spikes, beet sugar development during Napoleonic wars, and wartime shortages as beet and cane supplies falter.
A lower court ruling was overturned by the Court of Appeals in Washington D C last week on Sunday baseball national capital case. The decision reverses prior holdings and clarifies the legal status of Sunday baseball activities in the district. The ruling impacts local teams and scheduling amid ongoing public debate.
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