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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
8
A Thursday evening party at Miss Blanche Hester’s home honored Miss Ruby Petéraon on her sixteenth birthday. Mrs. Alphonse Hassel returned to Ottawa after spending a couple of days away, with friends present and all enjoying the cordial gathering.
A hearing is set before the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors to establish a gravel surfacing district. The petition covers a road from the southwest corner of Sec 19 to the southeast corner of Sec 17, Township 97, Range 83, including described real estate. The hearing is at 1:30 p.m. December 15, 1926, in Emmetsburg Court House. W. J. Krieger, County Auditor, by R. J. Martin, Deputy.
Lorne Wolfe reports a strong corn harvest with 3 700 bushels from 60 acres and 16 milk cows plus 100 young hogs on the farm, expecting good profits this year. Miss Vera Christopher’s funeral drew visits from Newton Iowa's Leon Nefstead of Maytag, a firm now producing 1 200 machines daily with expanded workforce. German Lutheran and Danish language services are listed for upcoming Sundays at local churches with notes on Sunday Schools and church events led by Rev. Otis L Lang and Rev. Axel M Andersen.
Our winter sale of millinery continues with hats on tables at $1.00 $2.00 and $2.96, previously $5.96. Remaining stock discounted by one third on second floor of the Simonsen Paulsen brick building.
Lutheran Church notes list Bible study and prayer next Thursday at Ole Wicks. Confirmation services are scheduled for Sunday December 19 with preparatory meetings on December 14 and 16 for the children and teachers. Junior choir practices and league events are noted with references to local congregants and scripture passages.
A church note cites a Methodist sermon asserting the body’s elements are mere material value while the soul holds true worth. It lists services including Sunday school on 19:00, worship at 11 and 7:20, Bible study Friday at G G Coolidge home, and a Wallingford Sunday school at 2. The report mentions Christmas program parts and encourages attendance for next Sunday. Rev. Irs C. McNulty leads public worship at 5:00.
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