WANTED and FOR SALE items in local paper ad mix
An old classified blurb lists a WANTED pickup baling Case winrow baler with slicer bale feature and contact details. It also catalogs FOR SALE day bed bedstead kitchen stove porcelain good condition burner breaders dictionary encyclopedia sets, porchtable garden plow four wheel trailer plus yard tools. Include card of thanks and family notices for bereavement and hospital appreciation from Mrs J M Robinson and Quinn/Nolan families.
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Gall
Thanks to Ladies Aid for Saturday ice cream social
The writer thanks the Ladies’ Aid Society for their cooperation and work in Saturday’s ice cream social, praising its success and thanking the public for generous patronage. The note highlights ongoing efforts by the Hosack group and the week’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sotitty
Spencer Fair Plans Highlight Carnival and Attractions
Spencer fair organizers in Iowa outline a large midway with rides from miniature cars Ferris wheels to Monkey Village highlighting a kid friendly Monday lineup. City officials expect a major animal and fish display from the Iowa Conservation Commission and a free morning circus show. The grounds will open Monday morning September 14 with reduced midway prices and a big band performance by Karl King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Lang
Jay
St Week
St. Louis
Peaseer Aie
Spencer
Karl King
Iowa
Ward Wags
Iowa Conservation Commission
Klay Co. Fair
Fair Board
Peterson
Hawkeye Presents The Pinto Kid and Billy the Kid At The Theatre
The Hawkeye Theatre opens with Charles Starrett in The Pinto Kid on Friday and Saturday August 8 and 9 with Louise Currie and The Sons of the Pioneers. Robert Taylor stars in Billy the Kid with Technicolor backgrounds and a loyal conflict between bandit and ranchers. Also note replicas for Rage in Heaven and a short feature on Jimmy the cornet prodigy in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Starrett
Hawkeye Theatre
Louise Currie
Bob Nolan
Sons of the Pioneers
Jack Rockwell
Paul Sutton
Hank Bell
Lambert Hillyer
Irei Myron
Robert Taylor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pioneer West
England
Hollywood
London
Paris
Robert Montgomery
Ingrid Bergman
Tomes
Band Citizenship and Youth Reform Lessons
A piece argues band participation fosters good citizenship and reduces trouble among youth. It cites travel, contests, and festivals as sustaining activity, notes ex-band members gain deeper musical understanding, and shares a cautionary true story about a boy named Jimmie whose temperament and lack of interests led toward shoplifting before turning toward music.
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Jin
Jimmie
Michael Quinn Killed In Auto Crash Sunday
Michael Quinn dies in a car crash near Graettinger. He leaves two brothers James and Matthew and two sisters Mrs Nolan and Miss Mary Quinn, all residents southwest of Graettinger. Funeral held at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev Father Hurley officiating. He was 57, never married, lifelong Graettinger farmer, devout Catholic, highly regarded in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinn
Tucaalay
Michael
Gruettinger
Immaculate Conception Church
Father 2. K. Hurley
Father Hurley
Grachtinger
Ggehr Suss
Wilfred McCarty
Jerry Leonard
Phillip O’connor
I. W. Doyle
John Carney
Arnold Sevold
James
Matthew
Mary
Snake falls on Elkader fair grounds custodian
John Hammes, custodian of the Elkader fair grounds, was surprised when a snake fell on his back and began winding around him. He killed the reptile with a pitchfork, ending any thoughts of snake charming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammes
Elkader Fair Grounds
Hammes
Snowy Clarion scenes and odd tire bullet mystery
Montezuma resident Tom LeVake wonders where the bullet in his tire came from, noting it penetrated the tread but not the tube. Clarion residents witnessed strange white deposits dumped on the street mistaken as snow. Clarksville locals Mr and Mrs Fidon Williams and Mr and Mrs Robert Hunerberg first on a hanging scene, with Mrs Williams nearly losing control of her car. The victim remains with the sheriff as a mascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy LeVake
Montezuma
Fidon Williams
Robert Hunerberg
Clarksville
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Hawkeye Theater
Graettinger
Retail Te Tench Leek
Robert Iar Nag
Howard Chaney
Gene Fowler
David Miller
Mining Adar
R. Montgomery
Graettinger Dairy
Aml Farm Loans
Fred Lippold
A.W. Richardsom
SAI H. A. Eisentast
H. P
Frank Vasey
George
Potter Hereford Bulls
Frank Smith
Peter Duus
Graeettinger
Joe Gabrielson
Electric Park
Hampshire
Heyman Herke
Wallingford
D. M. Bates
Winrow
Baling
Harold Christensen
A. FP. Thompson
J. M. Robinson
Mary Quinn
Matt Quinn
C. M. Nolan
Spencer Fair
Clay County
Norena Grandia
Leighton
Clear Lake
Norena
J. M. Resh
Justice of the Peace
Ceyettimmer
J. P. McManus
M. D
Kore
T, Naae
C. A. Shiley Dennis
Olene Jacobson
B. FE
Dpappen Veterinarian Telephone No
Rhettinger
Jimmy
Soln
California
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Painter
For
D-X
C.L. Torreson Oil Co
F. R. Heidecker
Karl Nielsen
Michael Quinn
Farmers Grain CO
Jorgen Andersen
Graettinger, Iowa
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger, Low
Clarion
Owa
Bintler
Own
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Armers Creamery C Graettinger
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