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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
3
A damaged OCR notice lists subscription rates with errors showing one year six months and three months figures, but the text is largely unreadable. The fragment references a postal matter and class mail designation, making exact figures and dates unclear. The readable elements point to subscription pricing rather than a news event.
A. N. Anderson was drugged and robbed of 54 dollars by gypsies in a large Hudson car while returning from western Iowa to Des Moines. He woke after about six hours in a corn field, his car stripped and refitted. Reports note other drivers faced similar treatment as police in several states hunt the Ringsted Dispatch gang.
Sunday School at 10:00 worship with sermons and special music at 11:00 and 8:00. Epworth League at 7:15. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs A H Shaver Thursday afternoon. Bible study Thursday evening on Revelation. Fourth quarterly conference next Tuesday at 8:00 with year reports and business. Rev C J Mekkelson pastor. Lutheran notices list Gradlinger service at 10:30 in Norwegian and no Lost Island service due to Young Peoples Luther League convention in Wallingford starting Friday. Attendees can go to Graettinger services at 9:30 Sunday. Luther League evening canceled for convention. Pastor Sane to attend seminary summer school August 27 to September 2.
The confirmation class meets at 3 30 a m at the church. Ladies Aid advertises the yearly bazaar. Sunday services at Duns schoolhouse 10 80, church 2 and 8 p m all in English. You are welcome by Rev H P Ek Hansen Pastor.
Advertising isn't like singing but is simple and worth effort. Newspaper space reaches readers who keep the paper. Circulars and fence ads fail. A divorce court tale notes a husband sleeping on improvised bedding after his wife earned money selling roomers.
A caution against ill shaped footwear causing crippled feet in children and urging parents to prevent lifelong foot deformities by choosing proper shoes for boys and girls.
Buster Brown Shoes claims to keep growing feet in perfect shape with no broken arches or weak ankles. It advertises many styles in the latest leathers built on Brown Shaping Lasts, priced from 2.25 to 4.50 dollars.
A string of playful, aphoristic lines touches on diplomacy, oil, lemonade boycotts, traffic nerves, and social observations. The remarks mix wit and critique as a standalone mosaic of witty fragments without a central news event or clear figures.
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