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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
2
A warning goes out to protect communities from swindle schemes tied to stock selling. A fakir visited Grinnell proposing a large shoe factory to employ hundreds with lavish perks. Local residents raised questions about his finances, branding him a fakir, and he departed before responses arrived.
Hon George Van Houten delivered the address at Red Oak on Monday. Decoration Day services were held at the Methodist church in that city.
Elmer Shaw and wife of St Joseph Missouri visited here for Decoration Day. They toured local sites and participated in ceremonies, joining residents in paying respects to local deceased.
Latham Red Raspberry is touted as the hardiest largest and best variety. Two sample bushes mailed for 25 cents or ten for one dollar. Regular price five dollars per dozen. Catalogue offered free by The Gardner Nursery Company Box 315 Osage Iowa.
The writer laments an apparent sensational article that turned out to be a fake moving picture promo, likening it to a misleading patent medicine ad and accusing the paper of unfair deception that cheats readers and harms trust.
Frequent showers and warmer weather are needed as this is written on Saturday morning May 28. The stoves and furnaces are being used today and without them it would be uncomfortably chilly. This is written for the benefit of the many Independent readers at a distance. Local people know all about it.
A fence corner philosopher recalls a farmer who rejects cooperation yet relies on neighbors and unions for roads, schools, church, clothing, and trade. The farmer’s life intersects with union-made goods, cooperative markets, and industry labeled products reflecting shared civic and economic networks.
The excerpt notes unions and associations in funeral context with the Garment Maker's Association and Garment Manufacturers Association selling to the Clothiers' Association. It mentions a minister who preached a funeral sermon belonged to the Ministerial Association and a casket made by union labor. Burial arranged through neighbors with J. F. Waller as secretary of the Ohio Wood Growers' Cooperative Association.
The column notes a harsh May with 21 cloudy days 9 rainy or misty days and 4 misty rains. The 10th was 46 above zero and the 23rd reached 87, with persistent north and north west winds. The author recalls May 45 years earlier as even worse.
In reply to a claim in the last issue the editor explains that Rev. E L Carter did not receive the invitation to deliver the Memorial sermon in time. As a pulpit supply minister he had already accepted two other Memorial addresses and could not speak in Gravity on Memorial Day. Edward J Orr records the situation.
A brief notice indicates customers can obtain all spray materials at the Drug Store. The item list and store location are specified for immediate purchase.
The Federal Communications Commission in Washington assigned new wavelengths to Iowa and nearby stations effective yesterday. Temporary operation permits run until July 31 to test the revised plan. stations include KSO at 277.1 meters, KFNP and KMA at 270.1, KOIL at 277.6, WOW at 508.2, WHO at 584.4, and state schools WOI and WSUI at 265.3 meters.
Professor Barr and his wife drove to Carbon yesterday to visit relatives. They expect to return here Saturday.
The notice warns readers to beware bogus check writers who prey on travelers during the summer and move around, as reports nationwide show this favorite scam tactic.
Mr and Mrs Fred Wilson and Mr and Mrs Frank Clatterbaugh with children of Beaver Crossing Nebraska visited relatives and friends here over Decoration Day.
Mrs J P Taylor traveled to Clarinda on Friday with plans for the weekend. No additional details were provided.
Two Mountiin Ash trees 2 to 8 ft bearing red berries relished by birds and six Japanese Ber berry 2 yr old for planting on lawn or foundation, all postpaid for a dollar if ordered directly from this local Gardner Nursery Company Box 315 Osage Iowa free catalog included.
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