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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
3
A 1926 assemblage of humorous snippets and aphorisms covers travel claims about a car, observations on fairness, marriage, fashion, and daily life. It notes frost on pumpkins, workplace attire, summer ease, and a wild eggs quarrel in Glasgow, with a wife valuing a stolen husband at 100000 dollars.
Denial Thought For The Week warns that young people who take care of their teeth before they ache prevent disease. In San Francisco, barbers hike haircuts from 50 to 65 cents, a move likely to anger women.
A quirky collection of witticisms and social notes touching aging, work, travel, gender, and finance. It includes short opinions on prosperity and right conduct, plus local items about J. B. Lambe, Mrs J H Gammon, and T. J. Hession’s move to St. Louis. Also cites a January bank statement misread, and light commentary on beauty trends, rats, and weather forecasts.
The Graettinger town council lists payments including Quaker Oats 31.10 for coal Comrai Ta Power Light 49.62 with 47.62 allowed, Community Service Station gas 10.18, Standard Oil gas 10.18, James Jensen street work 1.00, P. J. McCarty rent for council room 15.00, John Paulsen salary January 1926 8.00, JA Fleming salary January 1926 75.00, Fidelity & Casualty Co insurance 28.69, with J B Lambe clerk referenced.
Sunday services in Graettinger at 2 30 pm officiated by Rev Thompson of Emmetsburg. Danish Lutheran Church lists 10:30 am English service with Bible class and Sunday school, plus 8 pm Friday choir practice. Confirmation class Saturday at 10 am led by Rev Axel M Andersen. Methodist notes cover morning worship at 11, Epworth League at 6 46, evening sermon at 7 30 with Bible study at Noble home Thursday 7 30. Young Peoples study at parsonage Friday 7 30 led by Olive Noble. Ching's Real Revolution text.
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