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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
5
Classified notices list land for sale and land to rent, hauling services, baby chick orders, eggs for hatching, livestock pasture and milk sales, a used Ford car, geese eggs, pianos for exchange or sale, and local organizational meeting notices including Pythian Sisters and Royal Neighbors schedule in Graettinger Iowa with multiple names and contact details.
The school announces guest speaker history professor Mr. Gilbert Giddings of State University of Town as year commencement orator. Students raise over $200 for athletics. senior play Nothing But The Truth set for May 18. other notes cover class activities, the tennis court, and spring events plus local social news from South Walnut and Graettinger areas.
Miss Mathilda Lippert teaches in Montogomery and a basket social is planned at Kohlstadt school house next Friday evening. Cecil Jacobson returned from Mobridge South Dakota visiting relatives. Nora Johnson and others from here were relieved of jury duty Friday morning. RB Hopp and Roy Hood visited Jackson Minnesota and bought a mule jack for 4750. Skattebo brothers lost a valuable heifer Sunday when it fell into a tile alley. Rea Ladd looked after land interests at Wallingford last week. Brinkman brothers hosted a Sunday evening party with an excellent lunch. Ethel Cameron traveled to Des Moines to visit a dear friend. Theodore Schacherer went to Emmetsburg to sell hogs with Mr. Fain offering 140 head at high price. A daughter of Mrs Winnie Boone Osher came from Wallingford to stay with grandparents Levi and Mrs. Ladd for a few weeks. Life is at tending school here as Byron and Elmer Anderson go to Cedar Rapids and Byron returns to spend a couple months. The town council held governing meetings in the last few days.
A skilled tinsmith offers broad tin work and repair services from his workshop in the Ed Duhn Machina shop. With years of experience, he invites a trial to prove his craft and reliability.
The town debate over pipe sizing for the hill west water mains continues as the school board and town council fail to agree on construction. The mayor aims to ensure fire protection with adequately large pipes while local gossip notes wrestling talent George Richards may pursue the sport professionally after his Lake Park bout. Archia Kleth’s bachelor party ends with a lively dance and a late night, capped by a generous lunch from the hostesses and Scotty’s cooking stove showcase.
Timely spray plan outlined for apple orchards with lime sulfur arsenate mixtures. Details first second and third applications, timing around pink buds and petal drop, and required barrel pump setup with long hose to ensure thorough coverage. Mentions cautions on equipment, labor, and Farm Bureau as info source.
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