This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
9
A Rockford Star opinion piece warns that up to 12,000 weekly papers and 800 dailies may not survive six months due to a severe paper shortage. The article notes 1,700 papers out of business in the past year, soaring costs, and distribution hurdles that hit small rural papers hardest.
Soaring costs in every line of production including paper ink type setting taxes postage and overhead have caused serious losses to publishers and over 300 newspapers in Pennsylvania have already discontinued publication with more to follow to the newspaper graveyard according to Carnegie Signal Item.
Mr and Mrs Seth Smith and son Homer attended the County Farmers Bureau picnic at Emmetsburg Thursday. John Roseland of St James Minn visiting H H Sandvik home. Mrs Sheffield visiting Higgins home. Miss Harper of Wisconsin teaching Center school. Mr Nyborg ill in Moe hospital Sioux Falls. Mrs John Helvig operated on at Fairview hospital Minneapolis. Friends wish her speedy recovery. Ladies Aid to meet Oct 8 at Community school house. Local visits include Mr and Mrs H H Sandvik entertaining families and others visiting Estherville area.
Mr and Mrs Walter Matsen entertained relatives for Sunday dinner including Mr and Mrs C W Weir and baby of Story City Mr and Mrs Milo Hausner of Retherville and Mr and Mrs Frank Shef.
Field and daughter Ethel with Miss Vene ta Sandvik and Miss Martha Elling, son of Ottosen, Iowa, Mr and Mrs Ole Peterson returned from Rochester Minnesota where Mrs Peterson consulted Mayo specialist for health. School begins in District No 2 with Miss Norma Thorson as teacher. Mrs Robert Rierson hosts Lost Island Ladies Aid Sept 16 at Community school house. Everyone welcome. Mr and Mrs Ed Ellingston of Keister Minn spent over Sunday at H H Sandvik home. Mr and Mrs C W Wier and baby returned to Story City after two weeks at Sheffield home. Miss Martha Ellingston Ottosen Town spent a week with Veneta Sandvik and Ethel Sheffield. Miss Hannah Sandvik and her mother return from St James Minnesota where they visited Roseland family.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.