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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
1
Mrs Andrew Nelson recalls farm prices from a 1933 market export she read. She remembers oats eggs butter and roosters with cents per pound figures and notes steak at 14 cents per pound. She remarks some difference now and signs off with greetings to friends.
Graettinger residents report five overnight car intrusion incidents with missing keys, moved vehicles, and cigarette odor, beer cans found in a garage. Marshals Stueve and Jonsen seek clues to halt the activity as officials urge community help. Wayne Potter supplies park PA system with new amplifier and speakers.
Robert Pulls of Iowa Falls escaped serious injury when a speed boat split his canoe roadside. He jumped seconds before impact and was uninjured.
The notice lists license testing locations and days in Estherville Emmetsburg Spencer Rockwell Spirit Lake Sibley and Emmetsburg social security service hours. Tests occur Mondays through Saturdays with mornings only in Sibley and monthly social security appointments on Wednesdays at Emmetsburg courthouse and Estherville city hall.
An essay reviews Ecclesiastes as a book rejecting immortality and faith, portraying the author as a cynic who finds Life to be vanity and emptiness. It notes occasional flashes of religion, debated authorship, and questions about revelation, faith, and the meaning of toil and love.
Local notices report August 1934 events including Labor Day speeches by Dan Turner and J J Meyers in Graettinger Iowa. Also noted are an ordained Danish Lutheran minister Arthur Simonsen and life details of Jens Peter Christensen, plus a large stock auction by Erickson Hardware and a $52,488.59 dividend payout from the First National Bank of Graettinger.
A book about Cal Farley and his Boys Ranch in Texas explores its origins, growth, and mission to provide a home and future for boys rejected by society. It narrates Farley’s life, Maverick Club start in Amarillo, 1939 founding on 120 acres, and the ranch’s scale today with hundreds of boys and many buildings. J Edgar Hoover calls the Ranch a monument to positive action, while the work is framed as a blueprint for crime prevention. New members Arthur Jones and Connie Sandvig are noted.
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