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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
3
A two year old boy died after a sister and a four-year-old girl received wrong medicine. The incident, tied to a family tethered to a horse, prompted medical care, but the boy did not survive. Police and local doctors investigated as family and neighbors mourned the loss.
O H Raleigh argues that reconstruction must be addressed promptly to avoid panic and low morale. He defends timely politics, notes Russia’s chaos as a warning, and discusses demobilization, reabsorption of soldiers, and the cosmopolitan future for returning veterans. He comments on wage scales and rural labor, concluding with a personal note on prices.
The Graettinger Iowa Board of Health met October 2 1918 to discuss lifting the closing order issued three weeks earlier. Mayor D W Cameron and council members L T Peterson J F Noble Tom Allen Louis Christiansen and L L Lindsey attended. A motion to lift the order at 12 pm Sunday November 3 was approved if no new cases arise. if new cases appear the Mayor may extend quarantine. An Estherville visitor and several local residents were noted with brief personal updates following the meeting.
Art Bergam returns from Stowx Falls. Mrs Lottie Hendricks visits Dr Estherville. Five Palo Alto county youths head next Monday to the mechanical department of the war service. James Washington of Ruthven dies in U S service. Mrs Henry Clementon plans an auction sale after her husband’s death. Flu epidemic and influenza cases affect plans for sales and events. Local moves include Mr and Mrs Stanley relocating to Round Lake Minnesota with Rock Island duties. Pneumonia takes toll in the armed forces and Navy. nurses begin training in Creston and Muscatine connections noted.
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