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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
13
A collected jumble of opinions and notes highlights newspaper life, farm safety, thrift humor, and current affairs. Items include praise for the newspaper man, advice on preventing spontaneous hay fires, and short quips on war, Europe, patriotism, and local interest stories.
A 1923 verse laments camping hardships and dislikes sand in bacon and ants in sugar. It contrasts darkness and rain with a dream of vacations while rejecting camping this year.
Iowa State College extension service reports many evergreen trees dying with no visible disease or insect attack. Excessive winter evaporation weakened trees as roots could not take up water, with alternating freezing and thawing. Stop watering and cultivation mid summer to allow tissue drying before frost. A heavy mulch around roots protects trunks and moderates soil temps.
Lutheran services in Lost Island at 10 80 and Graettinger at 3 p m in Norwegian with offerings for the Jewish mission. Sunday school and Bible class 9 30 a m, Luther League program 8 p m in Graettinger. Rev 3 0 Sande pastor. All welcome. Danish Lutheran notice adds confirmation class and English services 10 30 a m and 8 p m with Sunday school 9 45 a m and Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Nels Jensen home.
Mr and Mrs W E Hayden of Ruthven spent the week at the Art Richardson home. Mr and Mrs Louie Graettinger and family arrived from Forest City on Saturday and visited relatives nearby. Dont miss dances at Hands Park through August featuring a top eight piece orchestra in the U S Adv.
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