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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1922
Page
20
A pair of candidate notices urge Palo Alto County voters to support E G Saunders on an independent ticket and a Republican nominee for state representative. Saunders stresses 35 years in the county and broad, nonpartisan representation. The other notice invites voters to elect the Republican nominee, promising study of county needs and personal canvassing across the county.
A set of 1910s style political notices from Palo Alto county candidates. Democratic hopeful T I announces running for county supervisor in Fourth district. Republican J Martin and T J McAffrey also seek county treasurer in northern Palo Alto with pledges of diligent service and asking for voter support.
Martin Thompson requests Democratic support for the November election for clerk of court in Palo Alto County. The message notes candidacy and asks voters to back him.
YOR County Recorder announces candidacy for county recorder on the democratic ticket. Your vote and support will be appreciated. Miss Ethel G Ruston October 12 1910.
To voters of Palo Alto County who won the primary nomination I appeal for support in the November 7 election. I pledge faithful attention to duty if honored with the position. Ruby Leonard.
A Palo Alto county resident running on the Democratic ticket for county sheriff pledges careful duty, good service, and voter support. The candidate, F. B. Sheffield, asks for votes on election day.
NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL. State of Iowa Palo Alto County. Notice is hereby given that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of J D Birkland, deceased, was produced opened and read. Hearing on proof is set for Monday October 30 1922. Witness my official signature and seal this October 2 1922. XM. M. Thompson Clerk District Court By L W Probst Deputy.
Local items from Emmetsburg and nearby towns cover visits by residents, business calls, family news, and community events. The wrap includes car crashes near Gr aettinger, rail depot fires, and crop prospects with sugar beets and melons, plus socials, auctions, and a few travels across Iowa.
O H Raleigh lists purebred cockerels on October 19 2 with details on Salm Brat White Rock and Barred Rock varieties offered for sale by the breeder in this notice.
A letter from a local boot shop owner urges advertisers to boost business, mocking the idea of success without advertising and joking about bootleggers. The writer, a boat repairer, admonishes business men to advertise or face stagnation, closing with a playful signature.
The report notes Civil peaches at 1.25 per bushel with few buyers, but pear and plum trees heavy with fruit. Cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry yields peak. grapes abundant. Wild fruit, nuts like walnuts, hickory, and hazel ripen, plus large wheat, corn, oats and potato crops. Despite plenty, waste persists while global hunger remains.
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