This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1961
Page
8
An experiment shows geese weed fields and reduce weeds in orchards and strawberry beds, valued at fifty dollars per acre. The clucking birds are edible later, while some local notes touch Tombstone heritage, quirky humor, and a Fort Dodge Messenger highway safety feature.
A note on backside cards warns drive carefully for safety, joking that you may hit an Episcopalian. The line reflects period humor and local religious references, indicating a satirical or comic caption found in the page’s miscellany.
An article discusses a four year vocational agriculture program balancing crops live stock and farm management with integrated high school courses. It notes beef cattle study links math English science civics geography and mentions upcoming Iowa State Fair appearances by Don Reeves Gary Park and Ed Tindall plus a new Graettinger Farm Management Association offering monthly meetings and farm visits.
Margaret Pratt outlines 4-H record due dates and leadership roles. A separate legal notice announces a September 12 1961 special election to grant Graettinger Telephone Company rights to occupy streets for a 25 year period under Ordinance No. 46.
June Brown of Iowa State University extension notes fabric. She explains sun exposed curtains may need more washing. The piece discusses bread freshness, the squeeze test, and that freezing bread in moisture proof wrappers preserves freshness for weeks in a home freezer.
A proposed contract between the Town of Graettinger and Graettinger Telephone Co is conditioned on majority electors approving and on written acceptance by the company filed with the Town Clerk. Dated August 14 1961 at the Town Hall polling place open 8 am to 8 pm. Witness: Mayor Earl F Lehigh and Town Clerk B D Lammars Attest.
A Saturday Sunday film adaptation of a classic slave rebellion novel features Rhonda Fleming and Lang Jeffries. The Revolt of the Slaves plays at the Graettinger Theatre with Fleming as the destiny linked beauty and Jeffries as the slave.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.