Oats Seeding Talks With Longtime Local Halver Clemitsen
Halver Clemitsen, longtime area resident, discusses this year’s oats seeding. He has kept oat records for about 40 years and has completed seeding in March only seven times. He notes oats rarely freeze out, though flax and barley have. Early oats often yield lower than later seeding, with seeding commencing last weekend and activity continuing into Monday.
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Halver Clemitsen
Halver
Halvor
Farmers forgo oat crop amid drawdown and local notes
Community notes report farmers delaying oat planting this year while Mrs. Hassel renews a two year Times subscription from Ottawa. Auctions at a tennis court ice rink drew large crowd, reflecting local interest. Weekend lake trips show lower water levels with fish freeze-outs at Tuttle and Ingham lakes. Swan Lake on the west side dried to silt, though some water remains.
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Joseph Hassel
WN. Paul St
Ottawa
Ree Garda
Grachtinger
the Times
Hassel
Times
Tuttle
Ingham Lake
Sbut
Swan Lake
Superior
Ducks killed by passing car near Fries farm
On the east side of the road in Savan, a motorist struck and killed a duck from Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fries's flock. Mrs. Fries laments the loss and wishes the driver had stopped to report the incident so some meat might have been salvaged.
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Tom Fries
Mrrs. Fries
Pi mel Pi mel Nible Material
A religious reading note referencing I Samuel 8 11 and a devotional reading I Samuel 12 18 24. The text appears to cite biblical chapters and verses for study or contemplation.
Executrix Appointment Notice in Estate Proceeding
Executrix of said Estate appointed with KENNEDY and CLARK, Attorneys for said Estate. Dated March 17, 1959.
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State OF Iowa
Talo Alto County
Benjamin Ernest Cappen
Pato Alto County
ATL
Mabel Minerva Dappen
Kennedy & Clark
Drivers License Exams Schedule by City
Drivers license exams scheduled by day and location. Mondays Estherville and Orange City. Tuesdays Emmetaburg. Wednesdays Spencer. Thursdays Rock Rapids. Fridays Spirit Lake. Saturdays Safardare at Sibley mornings.
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Estherville
Orange City
Emmetaburg
Spencer
Rock Rapides
Spirit Lake
Safardare
Sibley
Officer Material: Saul and the path to leadership
A 1959 study of what makes an officer material. The lesson centers on Saul as a leader in potential, noting height courage intelligence and decisiveness as essential traits. It contrasts bold action with quiet patriotism and stresses leadership beyond local or tribal interests for national unity.
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NAVY
New Graettinger Officials Take Oath as Snow Falls
His Honor Mayor George FE and three new councilmen Henry DeLawyer Charles Harrington and Thomas Allen were sworn in at the council meeting Monday night. Lloyd Halverson left for Ledyard Iowa to manage a creamery there. First real snow of 1933 34 winter and a four inch to six inch fall Thursday night. Pearl Noble 33 of Emmetsburg fatally injured near Ames en route to Des Moines when her car skidded on the ice and hit a coal truck. Earl Carney and Lawrence Johnson joined CCC. Lewis Iverson prominent Graettinger citizen died Sunday evening after two weeks with pneumonia.
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Henry DeLawyer
Charles Harrington
Thomas Allen
Lloyd Halverson
Graettinger Creamery
Ledyard
Iowa
Inter
Earl Carney
Mrr
Pp. F. Carney
Graettinger
Lawrence Johnson
Otto. Johnson
CCC
Roosevelt
Foreat Army
Miss Pearl Noble
L F. Nobile
Emmetsburg
W. H. Noble
O. R. Gardner
Ames
Des Moines
Lewis Iverson
Mr. Iverson
Fall injures man while enlisting aunt at New Hampton
Frank Swehla of New Hampton is recovering from an arm injury sustained during an incident while enlisting his aunt. She began to fall and he slipped while attempting to catch her, causing the injury.
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Frank Swehla
New Hampton
Social Security aid sessions schedule announced
The social security representative will visit Emmetsburg courthouse on the first and third Wednesdays each month from 10:00 to 3:00 and at Estherville city hall on the second and fourth Wednesdays from 8:30 to 12:00.
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Social Security
Emmetsburg Court House
City Hall
Estherville
Down Library Lane in Heartwood by Anne Miller Downes
Sammy Crocker grows up on Matlin Mountain under changing family life with Pap and his stepmother. His loyalty to Admsel and Pap shines as love for Lin and Dorothy complicates his path. He marries Lin after a fire, faces war in France, and endures happiness and tragedy with Lin and their child. Dorothy’s loyalty flickers but returns to support Sammy and Lin.
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Isralites
Hia
Israel
Saul
Gilead
George Washington
Anne Miller Downes
Sammy Crocker
Matlin ‘Mountain
Pap Crocker
Trumbull
Jim
Pap
Sammy
Admsel
Urik
Dorothy
Lin
Hye
France
John White
Sate
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OWA Press
the Graettinger Times
Graet- Unger, Ia
Mal Matter
Palo Alto
Enuet Counties
Fenton and Terris
Albert Suss
Cabinet
Thes
Savan
Pimel
Legal Publication
Graettingee
Emmet
Farm Home M
Gerald Steuve
C. R. Kitchen
North
Estheevij
C. A. Shiley
Brore
Bouse
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist Vision Specialist
Gardaton Hotel
Batherson
J. Emmett Martin
Graettiinger
Olene Jacobson, D.V.M
Ted Knudtson
Truckens Freight Receipt Books
DIREC
Poltes — Albert
City Cief Fire
Munic Truste
James F
Graettinger Thomas Thomson Lea Hughes
John DeVries
Kirkegaardemen
Fillbert Stuers
Wayne Lammers Rapels Heidecker Pea
Wayne Potter
Elvin Nissen
F. Shaver
Pres. Hansen
Lars Petereen
Tin Thompee
Alma Burnes
Richard Miller
Ales Voch Welvin Sampson Charles Barlow
J. L. Coffey
HM. Bargman
Walter High
Arthur Cody IL McConnell A. P. Bricklets At
D. E. Smith
Fiest Lutheran and
Lost Island Lutheran
ST. Paul's Lutheran and
South Walnut Lutheran
Rev. H. Irving Petersen
Grace Baptist Church
Robert Daw
Pawson
Arries
Sm Wortne
A. N. Kruse
Optometrist
West Main
G. H. Frye
Gerrettinger
A. H. Hobson
Terry S. Anderson
Emmet CO
Graettinger Times
Wallingford Lutheran
Norbert Jolivetts
Immanel Lutheran
Benjamin Coltyet
Community Club
John Wolfe
Carper
CAP
Nelson Palo Alto County Abstract Co
Jabesh
Tarael
Graettinger Implement Co
ED Herke
Elam Cits Sais P
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