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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
10
The excerpt riffs on misprints and social mores at Iowa State College, noting sand mantle cures, charity masking neighbor errors, and gendered spending. It quips about faulty type casting and editors misreporting a 111-pound birth, while citing 1920s marriage and home data.
The workshop located in the Ed Duhn Machine Shop offers tin work and repairs. Prepared to do all kinds of tin work and repairing with years of experience.
Waterloo city council proposes raising the poll tax to five dollars per year from two sixty. Wallingford reports blacksmith shop change hands and Miss Thiina Olson leaving for Iowa City to study for nursing. Miss Stella Larson and Oscar Nelson attended the Grand cinema. James Nelson plans to return from Grand Meadows Minnesota later this year. Road between Wallingford and Estherville loosens after rains. Norris Kasa Post 667 to host basket social and vaudeville at M W A Hall September 21, with baskets and music. Duck hunting season opens with many hunters at the lakes. Mr and Mrs P S Anderson and daughter Pend plan move to Estherville, Chester to manage the farm. Miss Luella Gilbert leaves Jewell for Lutheran college but disappointed. to Estherville high night then home soon. Gilbert plans Colorado trip for summer. letter notes Denver and business matters. Despite setbacks, the American farmer remains eager to stay on the farm.
Prepared to serve tasty lunches at farm sales with satisfaction guaranteed and strict, final service. Prices reasonable and a history of serving at several sales last winter. Call or phone 2177.
The text notes severe income reductions for urban laborers while farmers gain as corn harvesting begins earlier and husking could pay two to five cents per bushel. Des Moines River levels rise after recent rains, affecting conditions. Plusieurs youths from the area attend Estherville High School including Edna Larson Nora Nelson Reuben Strid Bertha Nelson Tenniz Strid and others.
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