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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
9
A damaged OCR fragment notes a January 12 election on granting a new telephone franchise. A display ad lists the property to be considered, and mentions a complete list of property. The text references a posse and household goods context, but details are unclear.
Graettinger High School plans a Friday basketball game against Terril with the undefeated team seeking another win. The second team meets Terril’s second unit. Christmas vacation runs December 16 to January 2, longer than last year. Multiple Christmas programs are scheduled across grades, with exchanges and a tree. The PT A met December 13, featuring a lunch and a dish fund boost. The girls glee club held a meeting and candy sale to fund new music. A Dolliver game ended 28 to 15 as Graettinger outplayed the visitors. Slides on Yellowstone and glacial geology were shown to juniors and seniors, with hope for more such sessions.
Local items report callers and visitors to Emmetsburg and nearby towns including Rev John Kelly Miss Lena McClelland and Miss Ruth Barrus from Minneapolis on sick lists or staying with relatives The County nurse made home calls while several residents attended revival meetings at the schoolhouse Weather and local improvements are noted along with elevator progress and residents visiting Mason City Curlew and Curlew ties abound with named families and guests listed throughout the week
At the meeting J R Kenney of Spencer stayed overnight due to car trouble. Jack Connors sustained a painful nose injury while cutting a rail. Mrs Harley Johnson of Hatton and her sister Miss Lillian Wiener visited, while the Wiener, Moffitt and Cecil Head families recovered from a recent auto accident. A 20th wedding anniversary was celebrated at the Godfrey Abby home with relatives from Curlew and Ringsted attending and an old fashioned dance and lunch.
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