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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
16
Royal Neighbors lodge meets on the second Tuesday each month with Elsie Paulsen acting as the recorder in Oracle Emma Bhaver. M W A Lodge holds meetings on the second and last Monday monthly with George Clair and F C Wiegmann as consul.
A local shop promotes a special machine for sharpening lawn mowers and offers prompt service under the names Earl Benson and Conway.
Peterson merchant Glenwood Towner tells how he vanished for five weeks after three strangers forced him into a car only to reappear in Denver. He claims he recovered consciousness there and returned home by auto. His wife Mrs Bates also left town then. her whereabouts remain unclear. Rival gossip swirls over foul play and her involvement is uncertain.
Fire losses in July across the United States and Canada total 96,067,750 according to the Journal of Commerce. June losses were 24,102,860 and July last year 38,355,750. Eight fires exceeded one million dollars in damage, with 298 fires of 10,000 or more. The seven month total reached 227,236,350 versus 198,282,060 last year.
A new strain of rye buckwheat, found wild in West Virginia and grown in Pennsylvania, yielded up to 4% bushels per acre on ordinary land. Tested at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, it proves a high fertilizing value, improves soil texture rapidly, suits poor soils, is good for orchard use, and endures winter.
Home economics experts at Iowa State College say beating cakes or hot breads prevents heaviness. When not worked, texture is coarse and dough settles, making a fizzle. Proper beating forms air tunnels allowing the dough to rise and become light, with smaller volumes achieving the same yeast action.
The I O F of Gractlinger and Ruthven staged the mal piente at Electric Park on Thursday with ideal weather and a big attendance. Ruthven won the ball game 6 to 0. Events included foot races, a horse shoe contest won by Emery Henderson and Matt Junker, and a well attended evening dance.
The Town Agricultural Experiment Station reports winter dropped dairy calves grow faster than summer ones. Winter calves gain 1,883 percent in weight to first freshening versus 1,870 percent for summer calves, with height and body depth differences and higher rearing costs noted.
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