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Newspaper

Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1956

Page

8

Ronald Peterson Wins Top Honors at Fairmont Fair

Ronald Peterson, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Francis Peterson Sherburn Minn and grandson of P J Peterson Graettinger won top honors in last week's 4 H beet judging at the Martin county fair in Fairmont The winner will compete at the Minnesota State fair and the junior Livestock Exposition in St Paul He showed the championship Angus beef heifer

Ronald Peterson Francis Peterson Sherburn Minn P. J. Peterson Graettinger Martin County Fairmont Ronald St. Paul

Midgets Defeat Pocahontas 11-1 in non league clash

The Graettinger Midgets toppled Pocahontas 11-1 in a non league game at Evergreen Park last Friday night. Graettinger scored in all innings except the third as Dave Sandvigz homered in the first with Darrell Steniker aboard to spark their early lead.

Graettinger Pocahontas Evergreen Park Dave Sandvigz Darrell Steniker Chesty Tody Murray Dave Sandyly Jim Alger Errara

City Meat Market Graettinger Iowa ad copy

A Graettinger Iowa grocery ad promotes City Meat Market offering a large stock of fresh and cured meats ham and bacon at low prices. The market also stocks cream milk bread fruits vegetables and groceries with proprietor Robert Simonsen inviting patronage and listing telephone 71.

Robert Simonsen

Keep This Ad Offering Arthritis Medicine Free Info

An advertisement claims over twenty thousand arthritic and rheumatic sufferers have used a home taken medicine since market release. It invites free information by sending name and address to P. OG, Box 826, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

P. OG Hot Springs Arkansas

Catfish angling rises in Iowa streams after rains

Reports from sports writers and conservation officers indicate catfishing is picking up across Iowa. Early season fishing focused on lakes with poor stream conditions improving as statewide rains refreshed many streams. In July breeding reduces activity, but improved flows and new baits like cheese and blood entice catches in central Iowa.

Iowa

Boy attacked by hogs hospitalized in Missouri

Terry Joseph Watson, a two year old from Illinois, suffered injuries after hogs attacked him at his parents home near Granger Missouri. He remains hospitalized in Bloomfield.

Illinois Bloomfield Granger Terry Joseph Watson

Batting Averages For Midget Team Revealed

Midget coach Pip Kirkegaard announces season batting averages led by Dave Sandvig with .535 from 43 at bats and 8 home runs. Cheaty Masters stands second with .453 from 53 at bats as the squad posts a .318 team average and 170 runs in 16 games.

Pip Kirkegaard Dave Sandvig Sandvig Cheaty Masters Roy Henningsen Ave. D. Landvng C. Masters Murray Sloniker Bonstead Kt SL Alger Bartels Rick Egeland Witt AIT Gjerde L. Baedke Craven Tindall

Farm Bureau Women Plan Des Moines Tour Stop

Fifteen Farm Bureau County Women met August 6 in the Extension office with ten townships represented. The group slated a county reading project tour and selected Des Moines as the destination, beginning with the Farm Bureau building visit and a noon luncheon at Younkers tearoom featuring a style show.

Booth and Rush Lake Townships Farm Bureau Emmetsburg Farm Bureau County Women's Executive Committee Des Moines Younkers Tearoom

Scene of a deadly wreck underpass collapse

Police rush to a gruesome crash scene where two teens lie dead in the front and a third boy is mortally injured. As ambulances approach, officers attempt to free victims from twisted metal while a warning flare lights the highway.

Tny Liv

Fractured Reflection After Tragic Death

A quiet scene unfolds as an older man remarks the deceased boy resembles his own, noting there is no hurry and asking to turn off the flash, acknowledging the haunting similarity as the bite marks reveal a sobering tragedy.

Graettinger Farmers Enter Livestock for Iowa State Fair

Des Moines event runs August 24 to September 2 with more than 100000 in prizes. Local entries include Jim Lein with 12 Yorkshire Swine and Spies & Lein with 18 Holstein cattle.

Graettinger Towa Des Moaines Jim Lein Spies & Lein

Two 17th Century Bibles Found in Sioux Center

In Sioux Center within one week two old Bibles were discovered. The first, owned by John Vander Berg, bears a 1661 printing date. A second Bible, found at John Van Oosbtee’s home, was printed in the Netherlands in 1690.

Sioux Center John Vander Berg Ie Sioux Center Nuws John van

Longtime Osceola Mnotype Operator Retires or Retired

Joan Glenn, a 50 year veteran at the Osceola Sentigel, started as a hand compositor in 1904. He spent two years in other shops in Dakota and California but otherwise remained with the paper for his entire career.

Osceola Joan Glenn Sentigel Dakota California

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