Rockne Dies In Plane Crash Killing Coach and Eight Others
News of Knute Rockne the Notre Dame football coach and seven other passengers among ten killed when a high powered mail plane crashed near Ottonwood Falls Kansas after weathered engines failed. The loss shocks the nation as Rockne’s fame and immigrant story are recalled. Merle Grodland named athletic coach and assistant superintendent at Curlew High School. a promising young educator. Also notes SD elm planting program by Chicago and Northwestern. film Body and Soul shown in Phoenix. Fort Dodge bans dancing in restaurants.
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United States
Knute Rockne
Ottonwood Falls
Kansans
Rockne
Norway
Merle Grodland
Curlew
M. 0. Grodland
Curlew ‘High School
Merle
Graettinger High School
Cedar Falls
Curlew School
Lutheran Mission Society Set Meeting for April Seventh
The First Lutheran Mission society will meet with Mrs Myron Fogde next Tuesday April 7 inviting all to attend. A social gathering at Graettinger area honors Mr and Mrs Oscar Suss on their twentieth wedding anniversary with a cordial reception and well wishes for more celebrations. Nearby neighbors and friends joined Mr and Mrs Baste Jacobson at their home for an informal social gathering and farewell party for Mr and Mrs J A Jensen who depart soon for Norway. attendees enjoyed refreshments and warm goodbyes.
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Lutheran Mission ‘Society
Lutheran Mission Society
Myron Fogde
Oscar Suss
Graettinger
Suas
Cial
Senge Jacobson
Baste Jacobson
Oortheast
Graattinger
Jacobson
dJacobgon
Norway
J. A. Jensen
J. A. Jonson
Jonaen
Graettinger Market Report Thoraday April 2 101
Market words show mixed grain prices and poultry listings. Corn oats and oats appear with odd spellings, while hens roosters ducks geese and other fowl are listed with unclear values.
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Graettinger
Thoraday
Dana College Choir Sets Out on Seventh Annual Spring Tour
Dana College A Cappella choir leaves Blair Nebraska on April 6 for a fifteen hundred mile tour presenting concerts in Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota and Nebraska. Fifty singers travel in two busses owned by the choir and plan to apply net proceeds from the tour to buy a new pipe organ.
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Dana A Cappella
Blair
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Easter Plant Sale At Osher Department Store
The Young People s Sunday School class will hold a flower sale at the Osher Department store on Saturday April 4 featuring Easter lilies ay erarias tulips hyacinths and other bedding plants plus cut flowers for sale.
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Osher Department Ntore
Business Places Open Wednesdays in Gracttinger Town
Beginning April 8 business places of Gracttinger will stay open evenings until 9 pm to serve country residents. Customers spending $1 or more receive a 10c theatre ticket for Hawkeye admissions, with varying ticket colors granting entry for choir, high school, or adult guests. Several local families relocate within Gracttinger as storefronts and residences swap tenants and rooming spaces.
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Grachtinger
Gruettinger
Hawkeye
Easter Week Brings Local Shoppers Ad Highlights
Local firms advertise special Easter items with goods to wear and eat this Sunday. Gruettinger territory shops urge savings by watching prices, while A P Thompson adds a meat counter and updates amid remodeling. Carpenters and painters work on a modern display case as Thompson enjoys brisk business.
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Gruettinger
Grachtinger
A. P. Thompson
Mont
Mr. Thompson
Market Day Sale Postponed to April 4
Snowstorm Friday forces postponement of the market day sale from Just Saturday. Saturday morning weather looks poor and the auctioneers decide to cancel the sale. A display ad in this week's Times lists auction particulars.
S U S Probers Get Lesson In High Finance
DES MOINES March 28 Darly on Friday evening Governor Turper urged Iowans to press representatives to back measures from the November platform. The Register printed the full speech. Two school bills passed the House, including instituting teachers institutes on Friday and Saturday and allowing voters to arrange notices for annual school elections if directors fail to post them. The joint committee investigated Archic Furlane and O’Hagan coal Co, showing McFarlane profits of 21000 in 1990. Local social notes and sports updates conclude with snow moisture welcomed and Dr H NONLON.
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Des Moines
Darly
Turper
Iowa
Register
State University
Archic-Furluane Fuel Co
O'Hagan Coal Co
Drake Field House
Quinn of
Bancroft
Highway 18
Frank Seneff
Britt
House
Senate
H. Nonlon
Jensen chosen manager for Osher Department store move
Mr. Jensen, newly assigned manager, relocates with Mrs. Jensen and family from Graettinge s to Terril Mi Tuesday to lead the Osher Department store, formerly run by A TH Henningeen with a resident manager. The couple arrives amid best wishes from Grastlingar friends.
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J. A. Denaen
Graettingges
Terril
Jensen
Lou Wannamaker
Isstherville
Osher
A. TH. Henningeen
Gradlinger
A Fine Display Window at Jenson Hardware Store
The north display window in the Jenson Hardware store features fancy colors and artistic style as a paint display for the Benson cleanup. Decorated by Barnett Phoreson, the window has drawn many compliments for his decorating skill. Stop to inspect the display.
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Jenson Hardwary
Benson
Barnett ‘Phoreson
Snow Storm Delays Rail Traffic and Covers Ground
A Friday night snow storm left a fair fall of fresh powder across town with several inches on the ground. Other areas reported eight to fourteen inches, blocking highways and railroads. The northbound passenger train arrived about four hours late Saturday morning, and the snow melted rapidly early the following week.
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Thia
Anc
Pha
Local Debate Weighs War Years Versus Present Conditions
The annual high school debate at the PB TA meeting weighed whether living conditions have improved since World War I. Affirmative speakers led by C. W. Stevenson and T. A. Dunmire argued progress with higher life expectancy and more inventions. the negative led by Rev. Fremont Haul contended overproduction and social declines. The judges favored the negative side as the more compelling argument.
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C. W. Stevenson
T. A. Dunmire
O. R
Graettinger
Shane
Jose
Farm Bureau to Sponsor Corn Yield Contest
March 21 plans outline a county wide corn yield contest to test high yielding strains from Palo Alto county farmers. Two rows per strain and one hundred hills per entry will be grown in a neutral field at John Rife farm, Webster silty clay loam, with harvest and moisture testing this fall. Entries limited. names to Farm Bureau office. five pounds of seed required.
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Siaina Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Faremera
John Rife
Freedom Township
Farm Bureau
Easter Day Trap Shoot at Graettinger Gun Club
Several hundred sportsmen are expected to visit Graettinger on Easter Sunday for the ham and bacon trap shoot at the Graettinger Gun Club grounds. Delegations from surrounding towns travel to attend. shells, coffee, buns and candy will be sold on site.
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Graettinger
Grattinger Business Closure Thanks Patrons
Mr and Mrs R I Hoxle express gratitude to Graettinger friends and patrons for two years of business. They note accounts left with J M Resh for convenient payment and regret relocating. They thank the community for kindness and patronage during their tenure.
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Graettinger
J. M. Resh
Graattinger
Talkies Bring Sound Pictures to Hawkeye Theatre
The Hawkeye Theatre presents talkie screenings on Saturday and Sunday April 4 and 6 featuring Body and Soul with Charles Farrell and Tarzan the Tiger. The first sound performance drew a large audience and left manager Johnson and installer Mead pleased with the equipment and turnout.
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Hawkeye Theatre
Charles Farrell
Tarzan, the
Tiger
Wis
Hawkeye ‘Theatre
Scotland Yard
Johnson
The
Hawkeye
My. Mead
Monthay
Hawkeya Theatre
Grodland Store Opens Friday In Neighborhood Ad
Grodland announces the opening of The Little Store on Friday April 3. The display ad in Time promotes groceries lunches soft drinks candies cigars tobaccos ice cream and more as the shop aims for a strong season.
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Grodland
Clubs Gave High Grade Before Death of Reel Program
A high grade assessment by clubs preceded the death, with a strong emphasis on the reel program’s quality and impact within the organization. The report notes the overall performance and the notable preparations prior to the fatal event.
Obituaries and Deaths in Local Notices
Mrs Christoffer mother of Mrs Andrew Henningsen dies at daughter’s home aged about 80. Evelyn Thomson dies at state hospital and burial in Graettinger planned with funeral Friday at 1 pm. J P Conway learns of cousin E P Conway of Manley City heart failure. funeral in Manley with Catholic cemetery interment at Emmetsburg. Conway aged 67 survived by wife and one son and four brothers. Elder Conway once butter maker near Osgood. Local readers mourn family losses.
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Christofferson
Andrew Henningsen
Evelyn
Evelyn Thomson
State Hospital
Graettinger
J. P. Conway
E. P. Conway
Manley
Emmetaburg
Mgr. Conway
Conway Place
Osgood
John Conway
Emmetsburg
Conway
Hoxies Purchase Cafe and Move to Sac City
Mr and Mrs R L C Hoxie and child ren leave Graettinger for Sac City where they will establish their new home. Mr Hoxie has bought a well located cafe in Sac City, a town of about 8000. They formerly managed the Fisher Hotel and Cafe here and built a strong local patronage. The Times wishes them success and happiness in their new venture.
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Sac City
R. LC. Hoxie
Hoxie
Graettinger
Fisher Hotel
Times
Graettinger Wins Big at Armstrong Music Contest
Last week’s Times noted the Armstrong music contest with Graettinger, Armstrong, Terris, and Fenton. Graettinger performers excelled with a first in Girls Sextette held by Loretta Swift, first soprano Loretta Swift, second alto Marian George. Girls Glee Club second, Boys Glee Club second. Pearl Noble directs music in schools. Josten of Astherville oversees band and glee. Times congratulates Graettinger High School on its strong showing.
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Armstrong
Graettinger
Terris
Fenton
Loretta Swift
Marian George
Easter Dance by Melody Masters at Woodman Hall
The Melody Masters of Graattinget will provide music for a big Easter dance at Woodman hall in this city on Monday April 6. The band is a popular entertainer with vocal numbers and has upcoming dances listed in this section, including the St Patrick's night event here.
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Graattinget
Woodman Hall
Ilanca
Graettinger High School Baseball Set For Friday At Tervis
Graettinger High School baseball plans a Friday game at Tervis this week after a weathered postponement. The Ruthven team is expected to visit Tuesday April with free admission noted for the game, weather permitting.
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Graettinger High School
Tervis
Ruthsven
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Fred W. Sargent
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Fort ‘Dodge
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Alfred Hansen
J. P. Christiansen
Methodist Church
Raepe
Mra. Westfall
Mra. Merriman
City Hall
Wm. Blom
Norris
Schurmann
Mra
P. HA. Donlon
Capitol HI
Saya High Finance
High Schunt
Talkies
Mrs. Christofferson
Evelyn Thoreson
Manly
Emmerae Burg
Melody Masters
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