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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
4
President Wilson lauds farm aid measures including the Farm Loan Act and marketing, storage and rural education programs. He underscores cooperative extension, warehouse and grading reforms, and Federal Reserve safeguards to bolster agriculture, rural life, and banking stability nationwide.
Eighteen months before the birth of the Progressive Party Woodrow Wilson then Governor of New Jersey defined a Progressive in an address to the Kansas Society of New York on January 20 1911. He said radical means going too far conservative not far enough and a progressive recognizes new facts and adjusts policies accordingly. Under Democratic influences since 1910 ninety percent of the reform program of the Progressive Party has become law. Invisible government now seeks to return but will have no place in Washington while Wilson is in the White House.
News from the Mexican border reports improving conditions in Mexico. Confidence in Carranza is rising, money value strengthens, and business activity picks up while law is increasingly observed. American observers relay optimistic assessments from San Antonio and border towns.
District court sits this week with Judge Lee presiding. Ross Melius John Meeks Edward Hurley and John Winn of Ruthven plead guilty to furnishing exhilarating refreshments to Bill Harding’s friends and admirers. fines 50 100 100 and 50 plus costs. Mrs Frances Travers sues for 500 damages over a defective sidewalk incident in front of Henry Agnew’s home on February 18. Amelia Dobinson to be divorced from Edward Dobinson. Berkler vs Frost and Harriet Taylor suit over a Ruthven turntable injury verdict. Grand jury in session with no indictments yet. Local news notes on football game Mason City high vs Emmetsburg ending tied 7-7. Regional travel report on auto trip by Elmer Duhn. Whittemore Champion notes Graettinger Tile Works and Tile market. Milk price increase to nine cents with twelve quarts per dollar. Elmer Wells to demo Delco Electric Lighting System at Motor Inn. Infant paralysis may be stamped out in Iowa after Nov 1 per Dr Sumner. Robberies in southwestern Minnesota reported. Mallard school bond vote set for October 30. Emmetsburg postmaster delivering free service from January 1. Frank Ebert funeral arrangements. Sioux City murder plot involving Lyons in Minnesota and Des Moines fire marshal fraud cases. Fragments of local notices and sale ads follow.
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