Oscar Suss Elected Palo Alto County Farm Bureau President
Oscar Suss of Lost Island township was elected president of the Palo Alto county Farm Bureau for 1934 at the annual meeting on December 19 at the court house. Other officers for the coming year include Bernard Schroeder as vice president Henry Currans treasurer and Edward B White secretary. Township directors were chosen from Independence G V Giffin Vernon Sam Torkelson Walnut Carl Peterson Lost Island John Simonson Highland L J Wigdahl Emmetsburg M W Brennan Freedom Matt Conway Fairfield Herman Norlana Nevada IT D Johnson Silver Lake B H B Swanson Booth D E Cottington Rush Lake George Steinborn Ellington I d Reinders West Bend George Jacobs.
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Oscar Suss
Lost Island Township
Palo Alto County Farm Bureau
Court House
Suss
Bernard Schroeder
Emmetsburg
Henry Currans
Highland Township
Edward B. White
Rush _ Luke township
Independence
G. V
Giffin Vernon
Sam Torkelson
Walnut
Carl Peterson
Lost Island
John Simonson
Highland
L. J. Wigdahl
Emmetsbrurg
M. W. Brennan Freedom
Matt Conway
George Steinborn Ellington
I. d. Reinders
West Bend
George Jacobs
C. J. Miller
Freedom Township
County Home Project
BE. A. McMillin
M. W. Brennan
A. J. Williams
W.' R. Schroeder
County 4-H Girls Club
Highway Worker Severely Injured Clearing Snow Near Armstrong
Vestal J. Thackerey of Gilmore Minnesota was struck by an automobile at 4 pm yesterday near Gerled while his snow plow blocked a lane. He suffered compound fractures to both legs and severe injuries to a hand with probable internal damage. he was taken to Coleman hospital then Estherville after emergency treatment in Armstrong. The crash occurred in blinding snow as Thackerey warned approaching traffic.
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Vestal J. Thackerey
Gilmore, Minn
Coleman Hospital
Gerled
Thackerey
Kelley
Armstrong
Thack Érey
G. H. West
Estherville
Weat
Latherville
Duck Soup At Iowa Theatre Starts Sunday
The Marx Brothers Duck Soup will play at the Iowa Theatre Emmetsburg on Sunday Monday and Tuesday December 81 January 1 and January 2. This feature attraction tops the season listings for the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Theatre
Emmetsburg
Graetvyinger Market Report December 28, 1933
Market notes show grain and poultry prices with missing values for corn oats and eggs. Terms list No 2 and No 1 grains, various eggs and eggs in trade, heavy hens and springs by weight, leghorn hens, old roosters, and Iowa State Brand Butter at 20 cents.
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Graetvyinger
Leghorn Springs
Mrs. Bert Masters Stricken With Stroke
Mrs. Bert Masters suffered a stroke Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. She is unconscious and in very serious condition. Friends of the family hope for an early improvement and her restoration to health and strength.
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Bert Masters
Hold Em Jail at Hawkeye New Year's Day
Hawkeye Theatre presents Hold Em Jail on New Year’s Day with Wheeler and Woolsey. Matinee at 2 30 and evening show at 7 30. Also on schedule are Another Language with Montgomery and Hayes Saturday night and Sundown Rider next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ifrick
Hawkeye Theatre
Wheeler
Woolsey
Robert Montgomery
Helen Hayes
Wheeler “& “Woolsey
Tao
Chimney Fire at Luke Farm North of Grachtinger
Fire company rushed to the Albert Luke farm home north east of Grachtinger to extinguish a very large chimney fire described as one of the worst the local firemen had seen. No major damage to the Lake home aside from scorched pine. Dale Noble is collector for the Iowa Public Service Co in Grachtinger and arrangements were made to pay electric light and power bills at Frick Drug Store.
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Luke
Albert Luke
Grachtinger
Frick Drug Store
Dale Noble
Iowa Public Service Co
Graettlgus Jame Public Service
First Lutheran Ladies Aid Plans Self Denial Meeting
Social items record the First Lutheran Ladies Aid society scheduling a Self Denial meeting at Mrs Rasmussen's home on Wednesday January 3 1934. Invitations extended to all members and associates for an orderly, cordial gathering. A separate item notes a Surprise Christmas Party at the Nunamaker residence for Ell wool Nunamaker with games refreshments and a cheerful evening. Santa Claus made an appearance and distributed gifts among the young guests at the Jensen home during a Christmas party hosted by Valois Ann Jensen with a six thirty start and festive fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Wm. Rasmussen
Nunamaker
Ellwool Nunamaker
Valois Ann Jensen
C. A. Jensen
Santa Claus
Jensen
First Snow On Christmas Day Grips Iowa
Winter weather brought ten below start and five inches of snow Christmas morning. A double dose Tuesday lowered to twenty below zero before moderating to near zero. Two Iowans died from the cold and an auto crash claimed a life.
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Iowa
Hanson and Sundahl are wed in Estherville ceremony
Clarence W Hanson and Laura L Sundahl were married in Estherville on Sunday December 22. The couple, both from Ruthven, plan to live on a Ruthven area farm. Laura is well known in Graettinger where her family lived before moving to Ruthven, and friends extend hearty good wishes for happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Hanson
Martin Hanson
Ruthven
Laura L. Sundahl
Lawrence Sundahl
Estherville
Graettinger
Outdoor Christmas Trees Brighten Graettinger Town
Outdoor Christmas trees in Graettinger have been admired by hundreds over the past ten days. J A Spies, D C Barringer, Nels Nelson, and Max Baumgartner placed trees in front of their homes, decorated and lighted for the holidays, enhancing the town’s festive appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
J. A. Spies
D. C. Barringer
Nels Nelson
Max Baumgartner
Kermit Reeves Named Assistant at Quaker Oats Graettinger
Kermit Reeves is appointed the new assistant manager at the Quaker Oats Co in Graettinger he succeeds S Reynolds transferred to a Quaker Oats elevator in Sioux County Reeves will aid manager Mr Swift and is said to be well connected in the territory The Times sends best wishes for his success in the new role.
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Kermit Reeves
Quaker Oats Co
Graettinger
S. R. Reynolds
Quaker Oats
Sioux County
Kermit
Mr. Swift
the Times
Tragedy in Scranton as train strikes Jacobson family
At Scranton Iowa a Christmas night collision with a Northwestern train killed John GC Jacobson 60 and his wife. Their son John, a University of Town student, was fatally injured. The Jacobsons were returning from a Charter Oak family reunion.
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Scranton
John GC. Jacobson
Northwestern Pissenger
Iowa
John
University of Town
Jacobsons
Charter Oak
Many Annual Meetings Early In January
The season for annual meetings begins in January in Graettinger and nearby. Shareholders of Farmers Co operative Creamery Co Gyachtinger meet Jan 3 at Hawkeye Theatre with lunch at noon and business at 1 pm. Other meetings follow January 6 8 and 9 at Hawkeye Theatre and creamery.
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Palo Alto
Grachtinger
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Co
Gyachtinger
Hawkeye Theatre
Farmers Grain Co
Graettinger
Graettinger Telephone Co
Lost Island Creamery Co
Allon
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Insurance Company
White Bank
Emmetsburg
Pictures of Alaska At Lutheran Church Jan. 3
Missionary Cahle, the first Lutheran missionary to Shismaref Alaska, will present pictures at the first Lutheran church in Graettinger on Wednesday January 3 at 8 p m Views of many Alaska regions will be shown The event is free with a voluntary offering endorsed by Waldorf College officials and church leadership.
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Alaska
Graettinger
Cahle
Shismaref
Waldorf, College
Rev. M. Manisager
Emmet
Emmet County
Direct Hog Buying Discussed at Emmetsburg Meeting
A county meeting at the Emmetsburg Court House last Tuesday debated direct hog buying amid Iowa legislative moves to regulate the practice. Resolutions urged Representative P. H. Ponson from Palo Alto to support the regulatory bill.
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Court House
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Emmeteburg
P. H. Ponson
Palo Alto
Tolsupbort
Payment of electric light and power duties announced
Noble is collector for the Graettlgus Jame Public Service company. The notice addresses payment of electric light and power charges due. Details are incomplete in the fragment but indicate an official collection action by the utility.
Saturday Busy Day At Graettinger Stores
Graettinger businesses report Saturday as the busiest day in years with ideal weather drawing hundreds of shoppers for holiday and weekly purchases. Local merchants thank town and country customers for loyalty and patronage amid cold winter days, noting butter remains inexpensive and plentiful.
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Graettinger
Grachtinger
Young Married Man Takes Own Life At West Bend
Eli Schneider of West Bend 29, married with an eighteen month old child, died by self inflicted gunshot in a lane near his father's Garfield township farm on a Saturday afternoon. His body was found by his father after 3 pm. Coroner and Sheriff ruled death by own action with no motive evident. He is survived by wife, child, and father.
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Eli Schneider
West Bend
Garfield Township
Schneider
Louis Schneider
Kossuth
Dahlhauser
Emmetsburg
Santa Claus Visits Graettlinger Delights Local Children
Last Saturday Santa Claus visited Graettlinger and nearby areas, bringing 500 sacks of candy for the boys and girls. The supply quickly ran out, prompting a quick restock with candy bars for children who did not receive a sack. Santa vows a larger supply next year.
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Santa
Graettinger
Santa Claus
Graettlinger
Card Party At Woodman Hall Cancelled
The card party scheduled for the Woodman Hall on Thursday evening December 28 has been cancelled. It was to be sponsored by the Catholic Ladies Aid society. Greece's liquor shipment quota to the United States rose from 25000 to 126000 gallons in a pact to take 3000 tons of American rice.
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Woodman Hall
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
Greece
United States
Graettinger Boys Triumph Over Ayrshire in Double Header
Graettinger high school boys won 42 to 12 at Ayrshire, while the Graettinger girls fell 40 to 15. The boys leveraged a fast pace as Ayrshire struggled on a slippery gym floor treated with oil. Next up Graettinger hosts Rodman Friday night January 6 for a double header.
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Ayrshire
Graettinger
Redsman
Graettinger High School
Graettinger Girls
Palo Alto
Miss Kelly
Ayrshire Boys
Rodman
Items Of Interest In Graettinger One Year Ago
The Times itemizes past week notes: Mrs John Anderson 87 died at Ruthven on December 28. A bushel of corn fetches less than a bushel of oats. Sioux City flu epidemic is serious. Graettinger high beat Mallard 89 to 20. Graettinger girls lost 83 to 15. Mrs Leonard, sister of Mrs C E Norris, died in an Arrowhead Alberta explosion. Mrs Henry Westergard ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Soren Duhn mourn a newborn. Chris Henningsen ill with flu for a week.
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John Anderson
Ruthven
Sioux City
Graettinger High
Mallard
Graettinger Girls
The
Times
Leonard
C. EL Norris
Arrowhead
Alberta
Henry Westergard
Soren Duhn
Chris Henningsen
A H Cameron Taken To Hospital After Illness
A H Cameron was taken to Estherville hospital for treatment after an attack of pneumonia. Doctors planned to tap a lung if needed and take an x ray before any operation. Friends express regret. Cameron underwent an operation to clear a lung and rested easily as his condition improved.
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A. H. Cameron
Estherville Hospital
Cameron
New Year’s Ball at Woodman Hall in Graettinger
A New Year’s Eve ball will be held Monday at the Woodman Hall in Graettinger. Music by Ral Mowe Gangsters will feature both new and old time tunes. Admission is 60 cents. An invitation is extended to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Woodman ‘Hall
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Farm Bureau
Ammetsburg
Batherville
John Golla
Omar Natterstad
Wallingford
Eatherville
Natterstad
Golla
Government Park
Fort “Dodge
Des’ Moines
Waterloo
Government’ Aalt
Hawkeye
Wheeler & Woolsey
Minnesota
Mercury
Weather Man
Clarence Hanson
Laura Sundahl
West Bend Journal
Lutheran Church
Gillpatrick—Phillips
M.’ Phillips
Lars Phillips
Iberville
My. Russel M. Gillpatrick
Marion Gillpatrick
Emmetaburg
C. A. Daily
Col. Daily
Henry Gruger
Osgood
S. Ball
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