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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
6
Auctioneers Grodland and Reeves report a splendid Graettinger market day sale on Saturday. It was perhaps the most successful sale of the kind in six to seven years and likely the last sale of the season.
Supervisor Emil Huiskamp has been ill with the flu developing into severe nose bleeds. His physician ordered rest at home as Palo Alto friends wish for a swift recovery. Martin Myhre and daughter Mrs Howard Horswell returned from Towner North Dakota after visiting Mr Myhre's daughter Mrs Merle Kidder who remains in failing health.
An electrical storm Tuesday night killed three of John Kliegs best horses at the Graettinger area farm southeast of town. Klieg had just sold several horses at an auction that day.
Graettinger residents and visitors are noted in a long list of social calls and travel. Attendees include H A Elsenbast Esther Bacaer Frank Elsen Wm Hossack and many others visiting Mason City Estherville Wallingford and Fort Dodge. County meetings Federated clubs and district teacher conventions are mentioned. A baby is born to Harry and wife, and Bob Olson returns from basketball tours with Olson's Terrible Swedes amid heavy snow affecting transportation.
Mrs Wm Blom is very low at University Hospital in Iowa City. Greattinger friends regret to learn this news and all hope for a change for the better in her condition.
Heavy rain and hail struck Tuesday evening just before nine o'clock causing damage to buildings at two farm sites on Highway 17 near the Crippen corner. Wind accompanied the weather event, with witnesses reporting shattered roofs and broken windows. No injuries are listed.
John Papadakas one of the Candy Kitchen owners in Emmetsburg dropped dead from heart trouble at age 44.
Mr and Mrs E J Mitchell and Mr and Mrs Peter Petersen appear in good spirits after a pleasant winter in California. They report the sunny climate and enjoyable stay as healthful and restorative.
Mrs. A. J. Johnson arrived home this week after spending the winter months in Los Angeles, California, concluding a stay in the south west.
A Cameron hatchery advertises chicks available by preference and timing. It lists custom hatching at two dollars per hundred eggs and eggs set on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Silent Sioux Oil brooders are also for sale with phone contact 150.
Concrete Products offers a full line including concrete silos building blocks drain tile and well tile. Inquiries invited contact Graettinger Block and Tile in Graettinger Iowa by phone or visit.
The Times office in Hsting apologizes for an error in listing the children of O. B. Grodland in last week’s obituary. Surviving children are Milford Q Graettinger, Henry Rockford, Kinois Mrs Irene Espe set Estherville, Mrs Ella Larsen Spencer, and Walter DeKalb Illinois.
Mr and Mrs J J Sullivan were brief guests this forenoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Martin Laughlin Estherville Mrs Laughlin has been confined to her bed since March last year suffering from a misplaced vertebrae from a fall She is slowly improving and hopes to be about again in a few months This news brings cheer to Graettinger friends
A brief news item notes a new hospital project drawing public attention. Residents, officials, and a regional health network discuss proposed location, funding, and potential impact on services. Details remain limited in the fragment.
The Reporter notes a $22,000 remodel and elevator upgrade at Mersburg’s hospital. Editor George Flood cites the expenditure and the new electric elevator as signs the building will serve longer. Local visitors praised the remodeled, modernized facility and its future service.
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