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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1931
Page
3
The Graettinger Times cites insurance statistics from four million drivers showing higher accident rates among under twenty. It argues licensing tests vary by state and favors laws banning under eighteen licenses without a stringent road test and the presence of a licensed adult in early driving.
The Ringsted Dispatch predicts sweeping political change next year as voters tire of high taxes and nepotism. Voters will back honest, conservative candidates who promise tax relief and an end to economic ills, criticizing past salary actions and pay grabs.
A Humbollt Independent clipping recounts a bogus tale of a truck driver seeing a plane land with liquor. the real incident concerns Tom Quinn visiting Bancroft from Omaha for pheasant hunting, arranging a landing field with his mother to appear at a set hour with a white canvas.
A romantic Western from Fox starring George O’Brien as Lassiter with Marguerite Churchill. Beery leads the villainous group racing to seize Marguerite’s cattle. Lassiter pursues to a hidden valley, rescues Churchill, and defies Beery’s faction in an exciting climax. Directed by Hamilton McWadden.
Wolfe's Cafe George Frick Jensen Henderson Furniture Osher Dent Thompsen's Grocery Charley Jensen Baumgartner's Farmer's Supply Graettingey Times Firat's National Bank Dr Dappen support the affordable price initiative.
L T Quirk of Odebolt attended an Emmet County Chamber of Commerce gathering to discuss funding for next season and the status of a proposed underground crossing at the south end of 6th Street. Severn urged action calling on the highway commission to honor bond promises, while officials consider the programme for the coming year. The chamber plans a committee to press the highway commission.
Coal discovered near the county gravel pit with samples tested at homes over the weekend. Reported to burn cleanly with little clinker and good heat. A large piece weighing over a hundred pounds was taken to Fincmersburg for display.
A garbled collage of jokes and anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century paper. It features mis-translations, a Graettinger man’s rabbit tale, a college pudding joke, quips about teachers and exams, a New Yorker miner exchange, life saver spectacles, and a racial-era courtroom anecdote revealing crude parson and judge dialogue. The items form a varied, humor-first local collage with scattered names, places, and dated slang.
James Mahoney formerly of Curlew died in Waukee Iowa from pneumonia on Sunday. He lived in Sanborn where burial is planned. He spent years as a passenger brakeman on the Milwaukee railroad and later worked in banking after moving from Curlew to Sanborn.
A Minmetburg Democrat editorial rails at using printed matter for political influence. It condemns home printing offices for elections and accuses local officials and machines of seeking power while neglecting the rest of the term. Neighboring exchanges in the county praise copy and distribute materials.
One of the largest grasshoppers in years was found in a Spencer area corn field on the Chas Kohn farm Tuesday. The insect measured about three inches body length with a six inch wingspan, dull maroon with silver-spotted wings.
The First Lutheran Mission society will meet at Mrs. Mandsager home on December 1 with a cordial invitation to attend. Also the M. TM. Ladies Aid plans a bazaar on December 5 offering lunch and supper and many useful articles for sale. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Spies and Miss Elisabeth hosted the Evening Card club gathering.
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