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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
13
A fragmented OCR sample blends sly quips about education aging home life and advertising asks what is home without muffins while a missing husband and jokes about health labor and naval aims mingle in a late era column tone. It includes reflections on life, fashion, and public affairs with sharp witticisms.
Lutheran service with holy communion in English at Metho dist church next Sunday at 2 30. Sunday school 10, morning worship 11, Epworth League 7 16, evening worship 8. Baptism and reception of 47 members and 29 baptisms in morning service. Ladies Aid meets Tuesday at O. R. Gardner home. Bazaar profit reported. Passion week meetings ongoing with events Thursday pictures of Jesus and hymns, Friday sermon on redemption and communion. Pastor G J Mekkelson notes all evening services at 8 unless stated otherwise.
Local items list visiting friends and relatives in Emmetsburg and nearby towns. J A Spies, J d Mahan, Mrs Charles Spies, Bert Montgomery, T J Hes slat, Miss Pearl Noble, Mrs Charles Jones, Phillip Bough, L A Schumacher, M Bradley, Olive Noble and others are noted with travels, visits, and occupations including a Pearly branch manager, a Cornell student, a St Paul music teacher, and a Harvey Drug Company position. The report also mentions a radio era remark and a casual social tone.
The truck farmer who selects a soil with a sandy component reduces the danger to fronts compared with loam or clay soil, according to the United States weather survey. Proper drainage and weed-free land lessen damage from severe temperatures.
Iowa State College conducted a three year trial in its experimental gardens to identify the best annual flowering plants for Iowa. About a hundred varieties were tested, with horticulture specialist C Volz recommending several varieties suited to local conditions, including climbing, window box, and medium height annuals such as cup and saucer, wild cucumber, chrysanthemum, evening glory, scarlet runner bean, thunbergia, blue eyed Susan, amaranthus, alyssum, verbena, zinnia, cornflower, and several euphorbias and poinsettia relatives.
A fragment lists various flowering and ornamental species including princess feather, mourning bride, scarlet angel, African mati gold, Chinese wooflower, ainia, tall annuals from three to six feet, and plants such as cosmos, datura, horn of plenty, annual hollyhock, nucual sin ligwor, and cucumber-lenged aaninwer, with notes on placement and cultivation in Town.
George Johnson attended Ringsted Tuesday while J G Besokd tended cattle nearby. Visitors include Roscoe Athey and O S Hangonnes on Thursday. A tour of motor car purchases and a market sale the prior week is noted with several attendees at Graettinger and Estherville. Local residents and workers are listed with salaries and service payments totaling.
Pav Larkin expresses gratitude to the people of Gracttinger and vicinity for the splendid patronage during his years in business. He hopes the community will extend the same kindness to his successor and thanks them for their courtesy.
Graettinger town council paid several invoices including Times Printings Co for 1.46 dollars Quaker Oats Co for 6.65 dollars Farmer's Grain Co for 12.65 dollars and a notice from P J McCerty vent mayor's office.
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