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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
5
A collage of excerpts from Fort Dodge Messenger and regional papers notes varied topics from tariffs and farming to health, politics, a film theater scare, and a damaged Willys Six in Estherville with several local mentions and a sense of ongoing national concerns.
A badly wrecked car requires several hundred dollars to restore to its former condition. Authorities cannot determine the motive behind the act of vandalism described as devilish. The Springfield Republican notes expert projections of a potential air war before mobilization once Europe is within reach, urging Senate action on the Versailles treaty to avert future conflict.
Ed Smith of Winterset, a Madison county publisher, markets his weekly issue as a merger of news and advertising. He says ads offer merchants’ bargains and merchandising ideas that save subscribers money, sometimes valued as much as the paper’s news. He even calls his paper a weekly merchandise catalog and market guide.
A long column lists items for sale and notices of loss or found items. It includes lost rings brooches money and dogs, found auto number 61445 and gloves, plus sales of red Cross yarn heifers coal heaters and various stock. Names cited include Mrs Ole Rud Mrs Henningsen A Bergum T Sullivan Henry Schmit Kent Bros Lewis Lippold R C Lowman John Donlon D G Rucker and others in Graettinger area with calls to Times office or local banks for inquiries.
A compact inventory style item lists eggs oats corn roosters ducks geese hens springs hides indicating a rural market or farm stock assortment. The fragment suggests agricultural commodities and animal products as a catalog entry without narrative context.
The Graettinger Times urges Iowa farmers to use woodlots for fuel and soil protection. It notes eastern and southern farms have abundant hardwoods needing selective removal, especially dead or defective trees, to raise fuel supply and improve future growth, while avoiding erosion by cutting on slopes in horizontal strips over multiple years.
Data from 400 farms in Tama Grundy Blackhawk and Warren counties show last year average labor income about 1650 with 1918 peak over 8700 and 1917 around 3200. Living provided by the farm valued at 800 per family. Study by Iowa State College and U S Department of Agriculture covers multiple counties and years to assess land earning power.
Dailies note farm owners flock to towns leaving crops to renters at eight to twenty dollars per acre. A Thiel boy from northeast Grachtinger suffered a foot fracture in a runaway, echoing his father's earlier injury. Boone Democrat plans tri weekly edition under Tom J. White, aiming for better service in Boone. Des Moines rail officials report a peak exodus of Iowans to California and western resorts as winter cold snaps loom, with sunny weather seekers already daily on westbound trains.
Mrs. C.3. Truesdell of Ringsted was a guest at the home of her son Will Truesdell and family of this place last week.
The Gracttinger Co-Operative Live Stock Shipping association sent two loads of heavy hogs on Saturday. Farmers earned a net $12.20 per head after deductions, $1.20 above local market. Chicago bids ranged from $12.60 to $13.16, with no shrinkage noted. Manager D E B McCarty received high praise for handling affairs. Alonzo S. Black and Annis Bell Kithcart are new Creston, Iowa newlyweds.
This morning John Nolan and Helen Ford united in marriage at Assumption church with Very Rev P F Farrelly officiating. Bride attended by cousin Agnes Ford, groom by brother James Nolan. After a wedding dinner at Nevada township home of the bride’s parents, they plan a short trip and then establish a home in a neat cottage on the south side.
Estherville Council No. 2021 Knights of Columbus was instituted last Sunday with full ceremonies. Many visitors from surrounding towns attended, and participants hailed the day as one of the greatest in the church history.
Exercises began at nine with a march to the Catholic church for a sermon by Rev Father Miller. More than 150 in line. After, three degrees of the Knights of Columbus were conferred at Odd Fellows hall. Fifty two initiated. Banquet for 375 served in the Auto Supply garage building, with a strong program.
The group’s charter members are described as clean, aggressive gentlemen who will steadily increase orders. They include top local businessmen, and there is confidence the organization will be a splendid success.
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