16 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
1
The Cat and the Canary a mystery play to be staged Saturday August 1 featuring a fortune heir reading and disinheritance plot at a spooky manor. Annabelle West is central as the will unfolds amid threats and a tense detective frame.
IGRAETTINGER MARKET REPORT notes Chicago hops quotes and related commodity prices for August 11 1928. It lists quoted values and bidders for hops and feed stock with several unreadable lines.
Graelinger's annual kitten ball tournament will be held on the Lseat grounds Sunday August 26 with teams from Primetsburg Estherville Dolliver Covell and nearby towns. Semi pro clubs Spencer Cherokee and Graettinger will compete in a Labor Day celebration featuring a small charge for speeches and a baseball game at Graettinger Park northern of Graettinger.
A Sunday wedding announced in the Gilneetl Register joins Miss Frances George, daughter of Lor of Méaniles, to Mr Mohan Harvey Krak of Owleya. The ceremony at the Methodist Episcopal church featured Rev. George Blagy officiating, with the bride attended by Miss Pueile and Mer Codi, and Gates of Ottyiu as best man.
Town plans Labor Day Bowery dances with Graettinger Blues Orchestra at the Lehr hall on Tabor Way and Saturday nights led by the local committee. The celebration includes a display of progress, a furniture sale, and 4-H activities as residents prepare a community pageant and festive turnout.
An eccentric Western program features a punchy melodrama about a fearless girl and the "Rake of Scotland" while a Sunday School gathering is announced for next Sunday with speakers from Swen City and Spencer. Attendees are urged to bring a picnic dinner for cafeteria-style service and enjoy singing and music.
A Labor Day Bowery event is announced in Taberville papers with chairman O. M. Tost enrud and committee member Alee Hak Chiro. The Groettinger Labor Day Bowery promises a mammoth affair with 1600 feet of fibur apes. A found suitcase was returned to its owner in minutes, underscoring the paper’s adage it pays to advertise.
Nelson and Thompson purchase the Standard Oil service station and lots on West End Robb Avenue at the state road intersection. Built by HOP. Dubn and run by him, the station will be linked to a truck type business. The new owners are capable, hustling young men.
A public vice event will be held at Electric Park in Ruthven Friday evening by the Catholic Ladies Aid Society. An admission charge of 60 cents will be asked for the evening. Lunch will be served cafeteria style by Aid Society members. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Breakenridge gives up recount bid in Kosauth county race Patterson wins by 81 votes after about 16,000 votes cast in the district.
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