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Newspaper

Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1931

Page

7

Local News Items From Mmmetsburg and Craetlinger

Mayor Fred Spies attended a banquet in Mmmetsburg Monday. Li Hoobler of Mmmetsburg, known in Craetlinger, injured a finger unloading a cow at home earlier this week. Alma Lande in Los Angeles writes of hiring the Times to be sent to her address. Alma returned to California in late October.

Fred Spies Mmmetsbure N.S. Bartleman Himrmetabuyte Li Hoobler Mmmetsburg Craetlinger Cou Alma Lande Hoover SL Los Angeles Times

Specials Offer Broad Bee Mash At Estherville Prices

Specials advertise a broad discount on Bee mash with a cull line of Golden Sun feeds offered at Estherville prices. The ad lists 100 lb sacks and various feeds and fertilizers, mentioning an all steel wagon as a Christmas gift option.

Golden Sun Estherville All Steel Sonster

Bert Anderson Cash Buyer of Poultry, Cream and Eggs

Bert Anderson is noted as a cash buyer dealing in poultry cream and eggs according to the provided historical newspaper snippet. The item highlights his role in purchasing these commodities for market or trade purposes within the era's trade context.

Local notes and weather amid scattered reports

Amets burg caller Rev Father Kelly and Motherville callers Mrs C A Densen and Mrs Jd J Sullivan noted. Redweard Walter death on Western mail train. Spectators paid 40000 by witnesses at football game. Republican National Convention to begin in Cage Lane within a year. During last year 600000 gallons of alcohol confiscated by U S offenses. Much corn remains to be picked as ideal weather aids work. Howard Buchanan left for California last week via Des Moines and Phoenix toward Los Angeles. Rev Lea Mellway of Ruthven injured when a machine collided with a Spencer truck west of Timmersburg. Aunty Aali s fort referenced. battery for Lehetstmasaha planned. Denison Cambte Store exchange notes and North-struck misreads.

Father Kelly Ametsburg C. A. Densen Jd. J. Sullivan Motherville Redweard Walter Western Mail U. S Howard Buchanan California Des Moines Phoenix Los Angelas Lea Mellway Ruthven Timmersburg Aali Hurg Denison aNorth

Sunshine coal at $6.00 per ton in local ads

The notice mentions Genuine Sunshine coal at $6 per ton by Royal Lumber Co and repeated ads for coal prices and a sale. It includes references to J M Robinson visiting a business, events at Ames and Emmetsburg, fire in Ruthven, a train accident near Mandan North Dakota, and various social visits. Several small items about local people, auctions, a new baby, a court sentence, and a rain event in Graettinger are noted.

Sunshine Coal Royal Lumber Co J. M. Robinson Sante Glaus Hsthorsilevikt Ignit Evelyn Swift Dallas Center Royil Lumber Co Loretta Swift Ver Ja Grodland Ames Palo Alto County Rev. M. McNerney Emmetsbure Mather Kelly Ruthven Roy Wanna Osher James Howe Estherville Mandan North Dakota Charley Jackson Wallingford Doe Amdahl Otto Spies Car Spies GC. J. Anderson Royal Thumber Co Coronado Philco Jordan

Amdahl Meat Market Shifts to Cash Basis

Beginning January 1st the Amdahl Meat Market will operate strictly on a cash basis. The change follows an inability to extend further credit. Wholesale bills and heating expenses must be paid promptly as patronage continues to be appreciated. J G Amdahl, proprietor.

Bills Passed by Town Council December 7 1931

Town council approves numerous payments including street work by Martin Aylward at 23.25, Parrott & Sons supplies 3.74, Royal Lumber Co. 27.10, Ed McGuire tank work 246.87, and November street and power costs from Iowa utilities. Also notes wage items, meals for transients, and cross-town expenditures. A longstanding editorial on farmer and small-town businessman relations follows, urging unity and shared interests to sustain rural life and national civilization.

Martin Aylward Matt Parrott & Sons Stownelert Grrettinger Royal Lumber Co Jacob Brekke Henry Westergard b.Gh Iawaublic Service Co Jawa Public Service Co S. L. Olson Wisconsin Lumber Co Iowa Municipal Supply Co Ed McGuire Wilbur Price

Mary Ann and Lonsdale in Love and Music in London

Mary Ann a penniless orphan works as a servant in Mrs Leadbetter's London boarding house. Lodger John Lonsdale, a gifted composer, cannot pay for a piano he ordered. Mary Ann helps, they grow close, and he accepts 200 pounds to popularize a song, taking her to a Devon cottage. She offers him money and her hand, he declines, writes an opera about them, and years later they meet again at its premiere with Mary Ann greeting him.

Mary Ann Janet Gaynor Lonsdale Devonshire America

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