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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
1
A Graettinger community slice recalls Elisabeth Spies visiting Germany and praising scenery and hospitality. It also credits Coach Stiles and four baseball teams for a busy spell, noting 56 games with 41 victories, and references a Times record from 25 years ago about 351 cars on a Saturday night.
A 1916 visit noted a 117 car tally in a Saturday night tally. A count of 326 cars on the ten central blocks last Saturday night shows Graettinger still crowds the streets for weekend shopping.
A pure white baby blue jay with pink eyes appeared at the home of Guy Hornaday near Indianola, drawing local curiosity about this rare sighting and its young caretaker.
Larry Jaycox of Lake Park sustained second degree burns to his right hand and Louie Carstensen received first degree burns on the left side of his face neck and left eye when the pilot light on a chicken scalding kettle went out causing a flash explosion.
Emmetsburg courthouse hosts sessions from 10 to 2 on Wednesdays August 9 and 23 and September 6 and 20. Estherville City Hall hosts sessions from 10 30 to 2 on Tuesdays August 1 15 and 29 and September 12 and 26.
Drivers license exams are offered on Mondays in Estherville and Orange City, Tuesdays in Emmetsburg, Wednesdays in Spencer, Thursdays in Hock Rapids, Fridays in Spirit Lake, and Saturdays in Sibley, with sessions held in the mornings only.
Dorcas, unseen alive, is remembered for sewing for the poor and charitable acts. Neighbors recall her practical skills, widow support, and steadfast faith. Her death prompts Peter's prayer, a miracle, and no funeral, leaving a lesson on what defines a person beyond status or creed.
On Thursday August 6 1936 improvements near John Rathman corner to Wallingford completed shoulders on No 17. No rain in weeks harming corn with forecast of the poorest crop in this section ever. Iowa corn may be worst since 1894 per radio. Marshal Hampson logged 351 parked cars after 9 pm Saturday night. 1916 counted 117. Miss Vivian Kelly English teacher resigns for health and Honolulu plan. Raymond Nelson leaves Farmers Creamery to study dairying at Ames College. Town budget estimates tax 14.26 per 1000. Threshing near completion and expected to set regional record.
Alfred Lansing's Shackleton's Valiant Voyage highlights the Endurance disaster, where 28 men face ice floes and a nine month trek with three boats, dogs, and scarce supplies. The narrative follows perilous drifting, storms, and a final crossing to an uncharted island survival.
George Kummerfeld and El mer Schueder uncovered a 13 inch bone in an O'Brien county gravel pit. A Cherokee curator suggested the specimen could be from a mammoth or mastodon from the Ice Age, dating around 15,000 years ago.
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