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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
4
The M W A lodge holds meetings on the second and last Monday of each month. Officers E 8 George Clek and F C Wiegmann are noted as corisul.
A local shop offers a specialized machine for sharpening lawn mowers. They promise prompt service and invite customers to call Bengon and Conway for details.
Glenwood townsman Peterson Towner recounts a five week disappearance after being taken at night by three strangers and returning in Denver. His wife Mrs Bates also left town recently with unclear fate, fueling local gossip about possible foul play and linking no known connection between the two cases.
July smoke and flames caused 298 fires with losses of 10 000 or more each and eight million dollar plus incidents. The US and Canada total fire waste for seven months hit 227 235 850, up from 198 282 050 the previous year.
A new rye buckwheat strain tested at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station yielded up to 46 bushels of seed per acre on ordinary land. Discovered in West Virginia mountains and flourishing in Pennsylvania soils, it offers high fertilizing value, rapid soil texture improvement, and good winter hardiness for poor or hastily prepared land and orchard use.
Home economics specialists at Town State College advise beating cakes or hot breads to prevent heaviness. Unworked mixtures fail to develop texture, settling into a fizzle, while proper beating creates finer texture and air tunnels that help the dough rise and stay light.
The Graettinger and Ruthven I O O F lodges held their annual picnic at Electric Park last Thursday with ideal weather and big attendance. Rev. Tille brown gave an instructive talk, Ruthven won the ball game 9 to 6, and Emery Henderson won the horseshoes with Junker second. Foot races and a well attended evening dance capped the day.
Lost Island News reports F S Sheffield staying in Estherville helping his daughter at the creamery while many neighbors and friends visit Graettinger. The group includes Karl Holte, Hermansen of Ruthven, Fred Grange and family, Alma and Anna Lande, Veneta Sandvig, H H Sandvik, Martha Ellingson, Hannah Roseland and brothers, Sylvia Thorson, Alma Tweet, Walter Matson and children, all seen around Graettinger and Estherville during Labor Day week.
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports from multi year calf growth trials showing winter dropped heifers gaining faster in weight to first freshening by 1,268 percent versus 1,870 percent for summer calves. Winter calves grew taller at the withers by 72 percent against 71 for summer. Summer calves led in hip width and depth of heart girth by 1 and 7 percent respectively, with winter costing $109.89 to rear compared to $102.48 for summer calves. Average winter calf weight was 1010 pounds versus 941 pounds for summer calves.
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