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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
2
A Graettinger Times column recalls World War I silk shirt prices rising to 25 dollars and up, arguing against high prices and predicting a buyer strike as the nation shifts from boom to low mood. It includes TOM STORHOW recounting a 1,000 mile covered wagon trek with family in 1880s Iowa and a 19th century Des Moines area move.
A traveler recalls driving horses north to trade for cattle in Des Moines region, returning 100 miles with the herd by autumn. He mentions first sighting Kaamet county, July to October wagon travel, then buying Bemmet county land a year later and breaking prairie near Des Moines. A Grundy county farm near Whitten with 160 acres sells at 250 per acre, Floyd Lyon buying adjoining property as fashion chatter interrupts.
Social items list a family reunion attended by Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald and children in Webster City on August 4. Other notes mention a birthday anniversary for Mrs. Melvin Marley, a dessert luncheon and bridge club at Mrs. J. J. Sullivan’s home, and a dinner party at Evelyn Masters’s home honoring Bobby Masters on his fifth birthday.
Entertained Embroidery Club members at Lake Okoboji with social time lunch and boat rides aboard the Hossack launch. Mrs Win Hossack and Mrs J A Spies hosted at their Graettinger area cottage on Tuesday afternoon.
Immaculate Conception Church lists confessions and Mass times, First Lutheran and Our Savior's Lath churches note cancellations or themes, Methodist Church invites attendance with a program on August 18, Finance Committee meeting set for August 20, St Pauls Lutheran outlines worship and Sunday School, and Graettinger issues weed and debris removal deadline August 22 with town enforcement and cost implications.
The Town Church holds services at 10 00 a m and South Walnut Church at 10 30 a m Weekly Ladies Aid meetings are set for Wednesday and Thursday with hostesses named including Mrs Harold Jorgensen and Mrs Clarion Paulsen The St Pauls welcome note and Wallingford Lutherans led by Rev C B Gunderson list service times Sunday School Bible classes and confirmation schedules Choir rehearsals and the Immanuel Lutheran Adult League event are announced with dates in August
City market offers a steady supply of fresh fruits and vegetables alongside meats. Shoppers find daily staples and seasonal produce arranged for easy selection at the counter.
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