Christmas Tree Health and Safety Advice
The Iowa health and safety guidance urges cautious holiday trimming with safe electric lights and fresh trees. It emphasizes inspecting lighting sets, using UL labeled products, proper watering, and prompt disposal after Christmas to prevent fires, plus tips on meals, dental care, and overall well being for families. The state safety boss warns Christmas travel carries extra risk with possible bad weather and alcohol-impaired driving. officers will be on duty for the holiday weekend.
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Good Housekeeping
Iowa State Department of Heath
Iowa
State Safety Department
Jtell
Alfred Kaht
Kahl
S. N. Jespersen
Iong Highway Patrol
One Year Ago In Graettinger Timetable News
Times column recalls local happenings from December 23, 1948. Notable items include Donald Rezac's sudden death at 14, residents traveling or enlisting, school vacation notes, a high school band concert, and several accidents. White Christmas anticipated with three inches of snow and icy conditions.
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Donald Rezac
John Rezac
Albert
Clara Sues
New Mexico
George Marine
Army de Forces
Jacob Brekke
Lieben
Ilinois
Joe Besch
East of Graettinger
Graettinger
Harvey Eldredge
Holy Family Hospital
Lawrence Brennan
Triple A
Shiley
Cadillac
Joe Green
Alfred Maurstad
Armstrong
Frank Koch
Weat Bend
Graetting
Times de
Ed Anderson
Los Angeles
George An
Ruth Frick
Wayne Hautéen
Olaf i
Emmetsburg Man Injured In Crash
Bert Ryan of Emmetsburg sustained serious injuries when his 1949 Plymouth collided with a Buick driven by Pat Pettit at 15th and Lake streets. Pettit’s car carried six passengers including a newlywed couple, Jack Laughlin’s sister Mary Ann Laughlin Marilyn Mehan and Pat Pettit. Ryan’s car overturned pinning him briefly. he suffered a fractured breast bone concussion and cuts.
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Emmetsburg
Bert Ryan
Pat Pettit
Pat
A. A. Pettit
15Th
Lake Streets
Pettit
Merle Gates
Jack Laughlin
Mary Ann Laughlin
Marilyn Mehan
Young Pettit
Ryan
Thanks for the Kindness From Friends and Relatives
James Jacobsen and J M Robinson express gratitude for cards letters flowers and calls while ill in St. Marys hospital and after returning home. They extend sincere thanks to relatives and friends for the thoughtful gestures received during their hospital stay.
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James Jacobsen
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. M. Robinson
Auto crash near Curlew weddings tied to Brodigan event
Six youths returning from a wedding luncheon at Brodigan residence collided after stopping at Hugh Mehan home. One man Ryan was briefly unconscious, later revived and hospitalized then rested at home. Front seat occupants were Pettit Laughlin and a Miss aon. others in rear.
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Hugh Mehan
Ryan
Suzzanne Brodigan
Young Gates of Curlew
St. Thomas Chapel
Nial Brodigan
Mehan
Brodigan
Marilyn
Pettit, Laughlin
Miss Aon
Mincemeat Rolls For Tea Or Dessert
Mincemeat shines beyond pies in rolls and desserts. Reba Stages notes use in tea time treats with biscuit dough rolled thin for tea rolls and thicker for dessert rolls, pinwheel cuts baked, with hard sauce topping. Mincemeat flavors cookies and pies, and can top ice cream or stuff baked apples. Orange City store Vande Steeg marks 70th anniversary, founded 1879 by the same family.
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Reba
Orange City
Vande Steeg
NELS NELSON MEMBER OF THREE MILLION CLUB
The Rural Electrification Administration reports that during the week of November 28 to December 4 the 9,000,000th REA financed line connection will occur somewhere in the United States. The exact recipient is unknown, but it will be among the 10,000 members connected that week, with a mythical Three Million Club announced.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Statistical Department
REA
United States
Farm cooperative marks member milestone near Graettinger
Mr. Nels Nelson, who farms north of Graettinger, joined the REA Cooperative on December 8, becoming the 2,993rd member connected since the cooperative began providing electricity to farmers in 1927. The first member received service on March 18, 1988, highlighting eleven and a half years of REA progress. George M. Stockdale Manager.
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Nels Nelson
Graettinger
REA
Nelson
George M. Stockdale
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the Graettinger Times
John 4. Sullivan
Palo Alto
Emmet
Fenton and Terris
Jevek
Smail
South Dakota
Isi', Iy
Adolph Sples
Legion Hall
Enquire Times Office
Electrolux Cleaners
Howard Nitz
Estherville
Ford
Eldon Buck
Albert Suss
Pittsburg
Thompson
Ruthven
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist
Gardston Hotel
Estherville Telephone
A. J. Skow, Graettinger
Casper
CAP
Mr. Farmer
Wallingford
Ringsted
Ree
Ci Ura
Aste
Three Million Club
State OF
Palo Alto County
Peter F. Petersen
Annette Ewing
Bart & Prichard
Jensen
Gary Jensen Grarttinger
Nger, Jowa
J.J. Show Insurance Agency
Robert Simonsen
City Meat Market
Hansen
Ilena Henrich
Grein Electric
NORGE
Fairbanks Morse
Systems Shop Open
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Irreson Oil
T ‘Walingford
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