Avocado and peach trees noted with local redraft
The Rolfson family reports an avocado tree already older and taller than a Barney Rolfson tree. The avocado is called an aihrator pear. The Barney Rolfsons peach tree bore last year but is barren this year, matching its alternate-year fruiting pattern. Lake Park Pee-Wee baseball experiments feature a T-Ball game tied ball. Public notices include a House of Representatives $84 million office building plan with 192 thousand per room and three rooms per member, contrasted with Union Carbide’s 52-story Park Avenue office. Local business shifts prompt welcome to new owners and thanks to departing ones. Caution urged on cornfield road intersections. Driver license exams schedule listed by town. Social Security representative schedule provided for Emmetsburg and Estherville offices.
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T. Milan Bragg
Lake Park
Town Taxpayers Association
House of Representatives
Steadfast Love in the Old Testament and Its Meaning
A discussion tracing the Hebrew term chesed translated as steadfast love appearing at least 215 times in the Old Testament. It contrasts translations mercy and kindness, notes the RSV rendering, and argues God’s enduring love is a unique biblical truth known to Hebrews long before Jesus. The piece also notes Lamentations’ mournful tone as part of the Bible’s broader message.
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God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Love in Lamentations Faith and Disciplining Hope
In the wake of Jerusalem's fall the poem affirms God's steadfast love, new every morning, surprising and pervasive even in ruin. It warns against trivializing love as license, noting divine correction as proof of true care and parental discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Graettinger Notes on Local Events and Commerce
Gilbert Myers leases land on Lost Island township while Everett Thorson and Marvin Wikert return from Milford to visit relatives. CCC member Rammy Hassel plans to box on Labor Day. A dance at Louie Lammers barn hosts Otto Larson orchestra on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Frettem head to Chicago for the Century of Progress. Gypsy caravans visit Graettinger amid busy grain trades at Farmers Grain Co. and Quaker Oats Co. Corn shellers in full swing. coin trading at 70 cents, yesterday 5 cents. Edmund Carmody and Grace McCarty oversee a 60 percent bank dividend news. H A Elsenbast notes bank activity.
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Gilbert Myers
Lost Island Township
M. O. Grodland
Everett Thorson
Marvin Wikert
Milford
CCC
Ben F. Reeves
Times
Rammey Hassel
Grachtinger
Louie Lammers
Graattinger
Otto Larson
Palmer Frettem
Chicago
Century of Progress
Graettinger
Farmers Grain Co
Quaker Oats Co
Edmund F. Carmody
First National Bank
Grace McCarty
Graettinger Times
H. A. Elsenbast
Graettinger State Bank
Deposits Boost Graettinger State Bank After Cash Release
Alvin Johnson assisted at the bank as nearly $33,000 in cash was released in Graettinger increasing deposits at Graettinger State Bank and stimulating local business activity in the community.
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Alvin Johnson
Graettinger
Tragic Accident Kills Aurelia Boy Roger Peterson
Eleven year old Roger Peterson of Aurelia was killed when a wagon loaded with oats ran over him. He was helping unload oats from a combine into the wagon during a field maneuver, and it is unclear if he fell or jumped as the wagon turned.
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Roger Peterson
Aurelia
Combine
The Carolinians: a Loyalist tale in the Carolinas
New fiction details the Civil War era loyalties in Benton's Crossing as the Quantrell family shelter a wounded rebel. Orne Savage challenges Loyalist Alwyn Quantrell while Brant and Sabrina are drawn into a dangerous revolutionary divide. Jean Harris is introduced as a new member of the circle.
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Jane Barry
Carolinas
Quantrells
Benton
Orne Savage
Orne
Alwyn Quantrell
Young Brant
Sabrina
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NWA Press Association
the Graettinger Times
BP. T. Cody
Graatfinger, Ia
National Editorial
Adhain
Palo Alto
Emmet
Fenton and Terris
Avas
Times Office
Byron Rolfson
Rolfsons
Florida
California
Bert
Union Carbide
New York
Park Avenue
Estherville
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Social Security
Emmetsburg Court House
City Hall
Albert Susi
Cabinet
J. H. Riley
Farmers Bank
Iowa
C. R. Kitchen
C. A. Shiley
Arnold Park
K. L. Johnson
Gardston Hotel
Eatherville
J. Emmett Martin
I Funeral Service
Olene Jacobson, D.V.M
Ted Knudtson
Glass Graettinger
Alan Hersh
Roy Nissen
Albert J
Cork
Eves Municipal
Irs
James F. Ha
Ltd
Behon
Braettinger
Thomas Thomsen
Leo Hughes
John DeVries
Jens Kirkegaard
H. Bargman
Walter High Arthur Cadym
HL. McConnell , A. P. Bichlefa Dent
EL Smith
Robert Dawson
A. N. Kruse
Optometrist
Weat Main St
Emmetsburg, Iowa
G. H. Frye
A. H. Hobson
Community Church Directory
First Lutheran and
Lost Island Lutheran Rev. C. T. Fjolstal
Grace Baptist Church
Wallingford Lusheran
Norbert Jolivetts
Terry I. Anderson
Emmet CO
BANK
Gerald
Immanel Lutheran
Benjamin Coltvet
Graetting
Donarue Tire
Chamber OF Commerce
Dum Iversen
oLun
Legion Auxiliary
Mire, Henry Jensen
Casper
Nelson Palo Alte County Abstract
Emmeteburg
THE
Spea
Love
Isaiah
Graettinger Lumber Co
Gerald Stueve
Mgr
Jean Harris
Emmet Harris
the Times
City
Robert Simonsen
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