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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
3
Advertising rates listed include 15 cents per inch for display ads with a contact term unclear, and 1 cent per word for readers. Card of Thanks priced at 50 cents.
A collage of opinions on ads, weather, politics, and social double standards from Iowa papers. References to Harding, Kuehnle, Cosson, Alten, and a mass human toll in war contrast with local quips about editors, marriages, and the reliability of West Bend and Mason City reporting.
Mayor Sheldon, personal friend of Billy Sunday, recounts long life ties and acts of charity attributed to Sunday. Stories span Sunday youth in Ames, aiding a farmer, and donations that funded church salaries and mortgages.
The brief notes a large turnout for Bryan Day last Thursday, with the crowd filling the big tent despite earlier rain. Bryan spoke about war and preparedness for an hour and a half, using the European crisis as context while delivering his usual fluent address. A separate item notes Mrs. Frank Stiles dying suddenly from apoplexy during a hospital luncheon in Cherokee.
A fragment notes Frank Stiles a rural mail carrier and the narrator’s sister in law recounts a touching incident. The only son Philip worked in the treasury department at Washington. The woman, about 45, acted as chairman and told of a boy in poor circumstances who begged to give 2.50 to the hospital fund.
A farewell reception will be held next Tuesday evening Sept 28 at the Hawkeye to honor Mr and Mrs C S George. Citizens invite all to express appreciation for the couple's contributions to Graettinger as they prepare to move to their new home in Grinnell.
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