16 Dec 1948
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
1
Slim Hartman and his wife endured a five hour swamp duck hunt before calling it quits. He jokes about the woman novelist lecture she once dragged him to, and they agree to stay home. The pair now share quiet evenings with beer and chess, enjoying each other’s company.
The Iowa State Department of Health warns fatigue harms thinking and work accuracy and urges adequate sleep meals and rest. It notes fatigue can signal disease and should prompt medical attention. also mentions a Civil Service examination for executive positions in the Veterans Administration across the Branch No. 8 area including Iowa and neighboring states.
Local Graettinger Iowa grocer Robert Simonsen promotes CITY MEAT offering fresh and cured meats ham bacon and groceries. Dairy bread fruits and vegetables highlighted with weekly Sunday dinner suggestions and low prices.
The article urges U S savings bonds as a stable, long term savings method. It notes payroll savings plans, bank accounts, and employer programs as ways to invest. Over 16 years the bond would yield about four dollars per dollar saved.
In Remsen, garage workers Jack Thiel towed Alfred Keffeler’s truck from mud with a wrecker, the vehicle became mired. Keffeler pulled with his own truck, both got stuck, then Thiel reattached and both machines reached dry ground. Also featured, WWI veteran George Howard, former 15-trades worker, now hospital patron, crafts leather hill folds daily. Artes hunters Jack and Glen Roberson return with two Canadian jack rabbits and two moose, dressed out to 1649 pounds, after four days north of Port Arthur.
Uncle Sam urges parents to buy Savings Bonds each payday. The campaign uses baseball imagery to explain investing in Savings Bonds as a reliable four-base hit for a child’s future, noting even Babe Ruth didn’t hit a home run every at bat.
A former Iowan Dr. L N McNay of Garden Grove moved to Camden New Jersey and forgot where he parked. After two hours of searching with police he could not recall his new address. His wife called for help and officers guided him home. Police found the car where left. In Maquoketa an 8 year old A L Shocker taught in Fairfield No 2 rural school over 50 years ago. now his granddaughter Donna Suthers teaches there.
The piece urges readers to enroll in payroll savings or bond programs to grow money. It explains that for every 3 dollars saved now, 4 dollars will be available in a year. suggests buying U S Savings Bonds weekly. notes ten years to wait but highlights smart Americans who invested a decade ago.
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