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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1923
Page
3
The Graettinger Times publishes publisher Gedlivan at Graettinger Iowa with subscription rates shown. Rates include $2.00 for one year and $1.00 for six months, with three months at a reduced price. Issue dated Thursday November 15 1923.
Postmaster ired Pfaender reports a Washington notice that parcels up to 22 pounds sent to Germany are free of the tax on the last 11 pounds. Six months ago the limit rose to 22 pounds but Germany taxed half the weight. The tax abolition, dated August 24, will aid Germans in need.
The Radio Corporation of America will serialize William Johnston's new mystery The Waddington Cipher on WJZ. Doubleday, Page & Company publishes the book. The plan envisions daily installments transmitted by radio, expanding enjoyment of literature alongside music, public speaking, and current events.
Washington reports that farms feed urban life beyond food. A US Department of Agriculture study shows 7,700,000 children under ten on farms versus 6,700,000 in cities with similar populations, highlighting farm populations as a major source for city industry.
Dr. Gilpin notes rural families bear the costs of raising and educating children while producing the nation’s food. After age ten city and country gaps narrow until twenty, when urban workers outnumber rural producers. Federal official points to a long standing shift from farms to cities and a dependence of city people on farmers for both sustenance and industrial employment.
More than a billion dollars in state and municipal bonds were sold in the past year with seven months ending July 31 at 644 million, signaling strong demand for tax exempt issues. Municipalities finance projects easily, squeezing open market funds and raising taxes. distortion could prompt calls to amend laws. Article notes sugar prices linked to moonshine production and suggests farm bureau outreach via extension service.
Extension service leaders push farm ice storage as a cost effective practice. J B Davidson notes ice can be harvested from clean ponds at about $1.50 per ton, with 0.57 cubic feet per pound, and 45 cubic feet per ton. Store 50 percent more ice than needed, insulate with sawdust 12 to 18 inches, and request blueprints from Agricultural Extension Service, Iowa State College, Ames.
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