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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
8
John J Sullivan notes the old blacksmith trade in Graettinger 1924. He recalls 40 cents a foot for shoeing, a 100 pound keg of horseshoes for 3.20, and 90 to 120 shoes per keg. Now shoes cost a dollar a foot, a keg costs 9.50, and ships range 26 to 32 shoes per keg. Few young men learn the craft. remaining blacksmiths earn 42 a week.
A.P. dispatch reports Brent Glasscock alias P Reese leader of a twin city mail train bandit gang arrested in Battle Creek Michigan. He and his wife were linked to a June train robbery in Roadout NL that netted about 2 million dollars. Glasscock wore a mail coat, carried cash and diamonds, and was identified by a Milne garage crew. Mrs. Glasscock is held as a witness.
Reports indicate minor repairs at the Milne garage and that the couple, traveling by car and staying in tourist camps since the Roudout robbery, have been traced to multiple cities, ending in Battle Creek. Glasscock faces trial in Chicago with eight others on November 5 for alleged train robbery linked to the Newton incident.
Finnie and Duff report a dialogue where Will admits losing control of his car, explaining he could not keep up the installments. The exchange highlights financial distress as a factor in the incident.
A county editor near death boasts of the paper’s large circulation. The doctor proclaims circulation is gone, prompting the editor to retort that the doctor is lying and that the paper still leads the county.
A Detroit man develops a novel speedometer that flashes a green light at forty miles per hour and a red light at forty five, with a loud gong at fifty five accompanied by the phonograph playing Nearer My God to Thee.
Algona and Emmetsburg visits are listed with details of callers and guests including A J Johnson P H Donlon J A Suss and W J Bowden. Local events include free motion pictures at Hawk Eye theatre a dance with Tombstone Smith at Woodman hall a basket social at Joyce schoolhouse and a Catholic Ladies Aid meeting. Also reported are a thunderstorm with hail a dairy creamery meeting in Mason City and corn price observations at Osceola and Shellsburg plus a Seattle trip by Carl Barkuloo and family and local business notes as well as a barber shop reoccupation in Lake Park.
Last Thursday night Roscoe Yager driving about a mile west of town, a startled horse leapt onto the car hood, damaging the body. The animal, blinded by headlights, failed to judge distance. Terris Eleven Beats Jackson 8–0 in football. Maas kicks field goal in third quarter.
Henry Altman driving his roadster Sunday shortly before noon left the road, mounted the sidewalk in front of the Fenton Mercantile Company, and crashed into a plate glass window. The glass damage is reported as substantial by the Fenton Reporter.
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