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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
7
A warning circulated to protect ambitious communities from swindlers in a stock selling scheme. A fakir visited Grinnell proposing a large shoe factory with jobs and luxuries to arouse local enthusiasm. Telegrams questioned his financial standing, leading to his swift departure.
Hon George Van Houten delivered the address at Red Oak Monday. Decoration Day services were held at the Methodist church. Elmer Shaw and wife of St Joseph Missouri were Decoration Day visitors here. Latham Red Raspberry described as hardy large and best. Two sample bushes mailed 25 cents or ten for a dollar. Regular price three fifty a dozen. Our catalogue is free. Gardner Nursery Company Box 315 Osage Iowa.
The reader complains that a fake adventure article in the Clarinda Herald resembled a moving picture promo and felt misled. The note decries the practice of bandwagon style tricks and calls for more honest reporting.
Frequent showers and warmer weather are needed as of Saturday morning May 28. Stoves and furnaces are in use today and without them it would be uncomfortably chilly. Written for the benefit of Independent readers at a distance. Local people know all about it.
A fence corner philosopher recalls a farmer who rejected cooperation yet used roads schools churches and unions. He buys union made goods, employs union workers, and sells crops through buyers who pay union dues. His wife trades butter and eggs at a town with fixed union prices and brings home union labeled chewing tobacco.
A funeral service notes involvement of the Garment Manufacturers Association and the retail Clothiers' Association with the minister from the Ministerial Association. The casket was crafted by union labor and burial arranged through neighborly cooperation, per J. F. Walker, secretary of the Ohio Wool Growers' Cooperative Association.
The column recalls a grim May with 21 cloudy days 9 rainy spells and 4 misty showers. It records a 46 degree low on the 10th and an 87 degree high on the 28th with brisk north and northwest winds.
In response to a letter, Rev E L Carter explains he did not receive timely notice to deliver a Memorial sermon. He was pulpit supply and had already accepted two Memorial addresses, including May 30 at Auburn Illinois, when asked to speak in Gravity. Edward J Orr notes Carter’s prior assignment and regrets the missed Gravity address.
A terse note reports spray materials at the Drug Store. No further details on brands quantities or responsible parties are provided. The fragment suggests restocking or a sale impulse but lacks concrete facts.
Radio stations across the system move to new wavelengths starting at 3 a m yesterday under temporary FCC permits in Washington. Permits run to July 31 to test the arrangement after being issued as of now. Stations like KSO KFNF KMA KOIL WOW WHO WOIL and WSUI adjust their frequencies and split time to new metering.
Prof Barr and wife were in Carbon yesterday for a family visit and expect to return here on Saturday.
The text notes a nationwide pattern of fake check writers active in summer, taking advantage of people on the move. It describes this as a common, seasonal fraud tactic and suggests staying alert to avoid falling prey.
Mr and Mrs Fred Wilson and Mr and Mrs Frank Clatterbaugh with children from Beaver Crossing Nebraska visited relatives and friends here over Decoration Day.
Mrs J P Taylor travelled to Clarinda on Friday for unspecified visit or business, with no further details available in the fragment.
Two Mountiin Ash trees 2 to 3 ft bearing red berries relished by birds and 6 Japanese Ber berry 2 yx. old offered for lawn or foundation planting postpaid for a dollar. Order directly from Gardner Nursery Company Box 315 Osage Iowa. Catalog is free.
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