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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1976
Page
2
A page of classifieds lists items for sale including Midland 23 channel CB radio with accessories, wild Canadian geese, Hampshire boars, a 1974 Ramcharger SE, a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker, a 1970 Torino GT, and Graettinger business property. It also includes help wanted openings, a mobile home space rental, store notices, and thanks messages for Booster Bucks, anniversaries, hospital appreciation, and a diabetes walk-a-thon fundraiser.
Congressman Berkley Bedell boosts re election with Spirit Lake Salute to Berk Bedell dinner featuring Senator Humphrey crossing Minnesota line for the event in Bedell's home. A pre dinner cocktail party precedes the 6 30 p m main program with few tickets remaining and reservations urged.
A reader shares a local tale of a welfare recipient who borrows a ham, sells it to a grocer for 27, uses 20 of the proceeds to buy 80 dollars in food stamps, buys groceries worth 51, then repurchases the ham with 29 dollars in food stamps, netting seven dollars cash and 51 dollars in groceries, while the grocer and farmer gain nothing net. An aside notes ice cream serving tips involving quick transfer between freezer and refrigerator.
Joe Gabrielson notes continued fair weather with strong southeast winds and dry, cracking soil. Gardens struggle as watering evaporates quickly, though mulches and wild fruits offer some resilience. observers predict mixed trends from cooling to warming, with rain still hoped for.
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