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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
4
The Graettinger Times lists subscription terms by year or six months in advance with a rate of 1.60 and 0.80 respectively. It notes post office entry in Graettinger Iowa as second class mail matter and provides advertising and classified rate details for readers.
A jumble of editorial snippets critiques about German policy and wartime prices. It notes a Muscatine woman’s illness, mocks talk of German toy factories, questions liquor bans for citizens, and cites editorials from the Times-Republican and Des Moines papers on public virtue, city life, and congressional attendance.
Citizens urged to cut weeds soon before enforcement. Authorities say weed laws long in force, with no immediate rush required, but compliance advised to avoid penalties and legal action.
A critique decries the German Kaiser’s praise of the crown prince as blasphemous and dangerous to equate divine aid with conduct in war. The piece condemns imperial use of God to justify slaughter and urges leaders to stop dragging religion into brutal politics. It also laments U.S. foreign trade folly and the costly courting of European nobility.
Notice of Special Election in Graettinger Iowa Palo Alto County on Sept 4 1914. Voters will decide whether to erect a city hall and jail at a cost not exceeding 1000 dollars. Polls open eight in the morning and close six in the evening. Mayor Wm Penn and Clerk E M Thompson attest.
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