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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
7
The Senate approved a sweeping tax bill returning to the House for possible amendments. It would raise about 3.584 billion dollars, surpassing the House plan by 367 million. The measure targets higher income levels with new direct taxation and lowers exemptions to 1500 for married filers and 760 for singles, signaling a broad revenue surge to fund wartime costs.
A card thanks neighbors for kindness during illness and death of a wife and mother. It also seeks a magazine subscription representative for Graettinger area and mentions growing costs. A long public tax bill discussion follows, outlining new surtaxes, nuisance taxes, and arms spending projections. Town council bills and two road notices from Palo Alto County are listed with various names and amounts.
Regulation limits on installment buying ease concern about a ban on credit. Buyers face 18 month max terms with 15 to 20 percent down depending on item, no limit on some home materials up to 1000, and officials expect stricter rules later to curb inflation and save essentials. Knoxville firemen found smoke but no blaze at Hersbergen jewelry. Bucharest businessman Lew Carroll and wife travel to Hampton after Nazis arrive. Carroll lost his telecom job.
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes appears, urging practical wisdom, social virtue, and humor. The text touches on marriage timing, education, aging, fear and self-control, with snippets about a municipal water bonds vote, Labor Day events, and local notes from 1921 to 1927 including births, accidents, and community gossip.
Grace Lack and sons confront a collapsing silo with ensilage at risk of spoiling if removed. Jim Sullivan of Sibley climbs a tree to escape bees in a hollow, getting 12 stings after an hour atop the tree. Firefighters obtain over 45,600 gallons from Gun Club Lake to stock a city reservoir for fire conventions. Bud Green of Ames leaps to avoid a truck wreck as a gravel hauler hits a train, losing the radiator but saving the engine. Ivan White, a Glennaail student, is aided by friends to obtain an artificial limb after a year without his right leg. Britt resident Jacob Swanson marks his 80th birthday by visiting the Iowa State Fair for the first time.
Social items from a local paper noting the Catholic Ladies' Aid bazaar scheduled for Sunday October 6 at the church dining room with later details to follow. Other notes mention bridge club entertainments, high scores, refreshments, and upcoming meetings along with a bingo party and a wedding shower for the Thompsons.
A community record lists Graettinger and nearby youths serving in U S military branches including Army Navy Air Corps Marines Coast Guard and Field Artillery Band. The compiled roster invites corrections and notes the Times copies will be preserved for decades.
Mr and Mrs C Jackson drove to Sturm Lake to escort their daughter Delore nce to Buena Vista College for the careing year. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Starkey attended the funeral of Mrs Phillip Johns in Graettinger. A B Larson and Hargid Carlson hosted dinner near Motherville. Hert Rolfson led a NR G 4 2 group to Spencer fair for dishwashing demonstration. Carl Satern attended a funeral in Emmetsburg. Lewis Larson and family visited Livermore for confirmation exercises of their niece Mother Larson. Kenneth Starkey helped with silo work. Ingval Laurson and daughters visited Bancroft. Notes mention Twelve Mile Lake teachers and a stray owl incident with Kallin. A 1888 Ackley land sale deed reappears. local plant clocks and dam repairs reported in Waukon park with crayfish nuisance.
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