08 Apr 1954
Page 1
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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1954
Page
1
Graettinger residents urge organized effort to form a team or program for older midget graduates to keep local baseball alive. Park board members named include Wm Herke Geo Frick Jack Wolfe Lara Thomsen and Howard Hanson to discuss ideas.
A rumor level notice says Adolph Spica promotes selling an oversized mallet carved on a log. Interested parties may inquire about price and delivery, preferably over coffee in a downtown cafe around 10 am or 3 pm. The item is described as resembling a gavel or mallet with walnut features.
Gerald Reinert, 16, of Cherokee county, spent eight hours pinned under his overturned automobile from midnight to dawn at Bellevue. In other notes, two cousins Robert and Donald Yeager pursue taxidermy as a hobby, starting with a stuffed pigeon and now featuring a badger, snow owl, foxes, woodchucks, raccoons, and many birds.
Directory lists Graettinger town and county officials including mayor Thomas Thomson and councilmen Bud Craven John DeVries Alan Heraleff Jens Kirkegaard Virgil Olesen. police, fire chief, auditor, sheriff, clerk, treasurer, attorney, coroner, and district supervisors. It also names church leaders from Immaculate Conception Methodist St. Pauls Lutheran and South Walnut Trinity churches and pastors Father E S Maynard Rev Hodgkin and Rev Gundersen.
A sermon-like meditation links Judas betrayal to daily sin, noting all disciples fled Jesus and Peter repented while Judas did not. It questions why Christ died for all yet Judas remained unforgiven, urging self examination of faith and betrayal.
FROM THE FILES OF THE TIMES reports Danish Ladies Aid gathering at the home of Mrs E P Duin on Wednesday with Mrs Chris Torstefsson assisting. Also notes a social for Mr and Mrs Ralph Masters who have moved to the Franklin residence and a Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid plans for April 10. Joe McCarty died at Rochester hospital yesterday with word reaching Graettinger at four p.m.
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.