Vacation Time In The Rockies And Redwoods
Mr and Mrs D E McCarty of Graettinger and their daughter Nan accompanied by Vivian Sullivan left Graettinger for a northwest trip. The fourth installment describes Yellowstone with notes on its size altitude and features including Old Faithful and other geysers. The reporter reflects on the vast park and its wonders as the party continues their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. McCarty
Grasttinger
Nan
New York City
Vivian Sullivan
Graettinger Times
Graettinger
Northwest
Far West
Great Southwest
Yellowstone
National Park
John Colter
Times
Park
Great Divide
Pacific
Fire Hole
Back For The School Year At Graettinger High
Coach and Mrs. Brown return for the upcoming school year and will stay at the L. L. Paulsen residence. Mr Brown plans to coach baseball and six man football, an innovation for Graettinger high. He was ill over the summer and hospitalized for several weeks but is now well and hearty.
Green tomato with bright plume found in garden
A tomato described as ordinary in size appeared at the Times office toward week’s end. It featured a bright plume atop the upper side and was reportedly picked from John Drew's garden by Jimmy Landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Landing
Times Office
Tony
John Drew
Market Report From IGRAETSINGER August 24 1939
IGRAETSINGER MARKET REPORT details corn oats eggs and butter prices for Thursday August 24 1939. Includes quotes for heavy hens 4-6 pounds at 9 cents per pound, leghorn hens and springs varying by weight, and straight run egg prices among other farm commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igraetsinger
Picnic and Water Carnival at Electric Park Ruthven
The Ol Settlers Picnic is paired with a water carnival at Electric Park Ruthven on August 27 and 28. The two day event features motor boat races with state champion drivers balloon ascensions and $1000 in prizes plus free attractions for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol Settlers
Electric Park
Ruthven
Cream Patrons Battle Labor Day in Dairy Drills
Labor Day events feature teams from Graettinger and Lost Island creameries in a kitten ball game piloted by Bad Craven. Creamery operators Selmar Nelson and Orval Bonstead sit out, while a large crowd is expected on the sidelines. The 10 am start avoids conflicts with Legion baseball and an Emmetsburg Mallard league game. Norman Thoreson, ill after surgery, and family visit his parents in Hiawatha Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Lost Island Creameries
Alther
Lost Island
Bad Craven
Selmar Nalson
Orval Bonstead
Norman Thoreson
Hiawatha
Kansas
O. L.thoreson
Norman
Doernings Take Auto Trip To Arrowhead With Family
Arnold Doerning and son Clarence with Ben Doerning of Mallard recently enjoyed a week long sightseeing trip. They left August 12 visiting Minneapolis and St Paul, Duluth, Superior, and the north shore. Highlights included Thompson Park waterfall, Split Rock Lighthouse, and the Iron ore harbor at Two Harbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doernings
Arrowhead
Myra
Arnold Doerning
Clarence
Mallard
Ben Doerning
Sige
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Equator
North Pole
Duluth
Superior
Thompson Park
North Shore
Tino Harbor
Arrow Point
Great Lakes
Lake
Split Rock
Minnesota Point
Sitora
Graettinger Secures Patent For Insulator Clamp
Local inventor Al Graettinger received a patent for a simple insulator clamp used to fasten insulators to steel fence posts. A St Paul wholesale house ordered 10,000 units with a 6,000 unit tentative order from another firm. Manufactured in Graettinger Machine shop, the device uses a screw to clinch to post flanges amid rising demand for electrified fences. Arnold Richardson also patented an insulator puller for pulling insulators from woolen posts, with growing demand reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Graettinger
Graettinger
St. Paul
Times
Arnold Richardson
Ofenat
Spies Family Visits End As Germans Depart Graettinger
Saturday saw Otto and Otto Spies return to Germany after three weeks with brothers Fred and Carl Spies in Graettinger. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Spies and Mrs. George Frick escorted them to New York, where they sailed Tuesday. George Prick Jr. will also return with the Graettinger party from West Point, after a month with Mr. and Mrs. Appleton. The Spica Brothers from Germany enjoyed reuniting with Fred and Carl, the first such gathering in many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Spies
Fred
Carl Spies
Germany
Kurt Spies
George Frick
New York City
George Prick, Jr
Appleton
West Point
Graettinger
Spica Brothers
Carl
Fleming Improves After Eye Injury at Iowa Hospital
Francis Fleming, a patient at Iowa University hospital, underwent treatment for an injured eye. A steel particle was removed, and specialists are confident the optic sight will be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Fleming
Iowa University Hospital
Legion Convention Attended by Local Members in Sioux City
Mr and Mrs Karl Nielsen Mrs Ahrens and Misa Clara Sura of thin city and Mr and Mrs Ted Sugs Mr and Mrs Selmar Nelson and Frans Swanson and son Donald of Lost Island attended the American Legion convention held in Sioux City Tuesday. Local delegates report a large crowd and a splendid convention conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Karl Nielsen
Ahrens
Misa Clara Sura
Thin City
Ted Sugs
Selmar Nelson
Frans Swanson
Donald
Lost Island
American Legion
Sioux City
Brekkes Visit Black Hills and Montana Tour
Mr and Mrs Jacob Brekke of Groattinger and Mrs Hana Mutaen of Laks Crystal Minnesota returned from a three week trip to the Black Hills Bad Lands Montana and Minnesota They visited Deadwood Rapid City Billings Miles City Shelby Glacier Park Ash Fort Peck and Wilmar They enjoyed a parade in Deadwood visited relatives at Shelly and Shelby and spent time with the Matsen family in Billings Minnesota as well as the Peter Tolbersons in Wilmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Brekke
Groattinger
Brekke
Hana Mutaen
Laks Crystal
Minnesota
Black Hills
Polnta
Montana
Deadwood
Rapid City
South Dakota
Brekkensaya
Billings
Matsen
Miles City
Shelby
Glacier Park
Graettinger
Shelly
Germany Not So Hot Says Refugee Kurt Schaeffer
Kurt Schaeffer, German refugee, told Estherville Rotary that Germany is overburdened by war material and the Hitler regime uses fear to control the people. He warned of an imminent crisis, praised democracy, and described concentration camps as brutal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Schaeffer
Estherville
Estherville Daily News
Schaeffer
Germany
State to judge 1989 Iowa buttermaker contest
Total Operators from several towns enter the state fair butter competition in Des Moines. Ninety four top buttermakers vie for 700 in prizes plus medals and diplomas. Scoring emphasizes flavor body color salt and package with diplomas for scores 92 or higher and medals for top titles. The fair opens August 23 featuring large dairy cattle classes and a butter sculpture exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oral A. Bonstead
Ibig
Des Moines
Utter
Ralph Weir Crowned Champion Melon Grower
Ralph Weir holds the champion status for raising watermelons in the region. He brought in a melon weighing pounds 1'7 ounces, noted as perfectly formed. The item notes his crop benefited from a spring seed, with work continuing on local Legion Hall construction in Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Weir
Times
Ralph
Evangelistic Meetings At Lost Island Lutheran Church
Evangelistic meetings led by Joseph L. Stump of Minneapolis will run August 29 through September 3, with evening sessions at eight o'clock. Stump, once an unconverted man, is noted for his conversion story and affiliation with the Inter-Synodical Lutheran Evangelical Committee. Rev. M. Manilsager invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Island
Down
N.Y
Joseph Stump
Rev
M. Manilsager
Summer School In Progress At Catholic Church
Summer school is in progress at the Catholic church this week and will be held again next week. Slater from St. Ellen's academy Emmetsburg has charge of the classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Church
Slater
St. Ellen's Academy
Emmetsburg
Graettinger Prepares for Big Labor Day Celebration
Graettinger plans a full Labor Day program with a band concert, dances at Watson and Logion halls, a free afternoon and evening act, a complete program of races and street sports, and a feature ball game between Emmetsburg and Mallard. Speakers and boxing program principals to be announced. Concessions rides and refreshment stands are booked. details to be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Watson and Logion
Emmetsburg
Mallard
Jolene Foster Captivates Legion Band Crowd at Sioux City
Miss Jolene Foster of Estherville wowed Legion gathering crowds in Sioux City this week. A granddaughter of W. C. Foster of Graettinger she displayed dance, music, acrobatics and drum major skills with the Estherville drum and bugle corps drawing cheers from onlookers including governors from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota at the reviewing stand. She also performed at the Martin hotel amid widespread acclaim from locals and visitors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Jolene Foster
Estherville
Legion
Sioux City
Jolene
W. C. Foster
Graettinger
Jshe
Esstherville
Frank Ahrens
Times Office
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Martin Hotel
Hawkeye Theater Grreattinger Weekend Film Lineup
Hawkeye Theater presents a busy schedule Friday and Saturday August 25 26 with The Return of the Cisco Kid starring Warner Baxter Lynn Bari and Cesar Romero Sunday and Monday August 27 28 A Wonderful World starring Claudette Colbert James Stewart and Gibbie. Tell No Tales with Mal Douglas and Louise Platt plus The Girl From Mexico Lupe Velez Leon Errol see Friday and Saturday September 1 2 Susannah of the Mounties Shirley Temple Randolph Scott and Margaret Lockwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cisco Kid
Warner Baxter
Lynn Barl
Cesar Romero
Claudette Colbert
James Stewart
Guy Kibcbee
Mal Douglas
Louise Platt
Mexico
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
Susannah OF the Mountlies
Shirley Temple
Randolph Scott
Margaret Lockwood
Karl Nielsen Attacked by Sioux City Hold-Up Men
Karl Nielsen and Selmar Nelson, Gruettinger residents, faced a street robbery near the West hotel after leaving a Legion meeting. A blunt instrument struck Nielsen, knocking him to his knees, while Nelson fought back. Nielsen lost a ten dollar bill. Nelson sustained a sprained swollen thumb. The robbers fled, having observed Nielsen pocket a ten dollar note earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Nielsen
Selmar Nelson
Gruettinger
Legion
Sioux City
West Hotel
Mr. Nielsen
Nelsen
Nielsen
Mr. Nelsen
Five Girls Return From 2000 Mile West Trip
Misses Marie and Alys Thore son of Lost Island Margie Hanifan of Emmetsburg Eleanor Krummer of Pocahontas and Margia Byrne of Fort Dodge recently concluded a 2000 mile journey to the west. They met at Pocahontas last Sunday for a picnic at the Krummer home with the girls parents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Alys Thoreson
Lost Island
Margie Hanifan
Emmetsburg
Eleanor Krummer
Pocahontas
Margia Byrne
Fort Dodge
Krummer
Luke and Grodland Visit Minnesota Scenic Route
Mr and Mrs Alvin Luke and Mr and Mrs M C Grodland recently returned from a northern Minnesota trip visiting relatives. They toured Kettle River Hinckley Carleton Jay Cooke Fond du Lac Superior Duluth Hibbing Deer River Pequot Brainerd and Long Prairie noting land sales changes open pit iron mining and lower tourist prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Luke
M. C. Grodland
Minnesota
Kettle River
Archie Kieth
Kieth
Grodland
Hinckley
Carleton
Minnesota, Where Mr. Luke
Jay Cooke State Park
Fondulac
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Superior
Duluth
Winger Tower
Virginia
Chrisholm
Hibbing
Fron Range
Deer River
Pequot
L. &. Christenaen
Wim, Gidle
Mrs. Luke
Brainerd
JJ Hennessey
Bowersville
Mr. Luke
Long Praire
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Rockies
Redwoods
Brekkes
Tella
Fatherville Rotary Club
Legion Hall
Graettingar
J. W. Kautaen
Queen of the Legion Meeting
Hawkeye Theater
Luke and
Grod
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