Public Auction News Of Much Interest
Auction notices detail upcoming sales in Graettinger and area. Ole Johnson closes out February 24 with livestock and machinery. Hankey and others schedule sales in March. past week saw strong bidding at Graettinger and Don Fogde auctions with good prices and large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Johnson
Grodland
Hankey
Lawrence Sandall
Grachtinger
Thore
Don Fogde
Ole Johnison
High Leake
Johnson
Thrilling auto race in Graettinger Monday evening
Deputy Ray Hilton in a Ford raced against a Star car piloted by an opponent through Graettinger routes from the southeast to Emmet county line. Spectators hailed it as the most exciting real life event, a pure sporting contest with speed and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherife
Bilton
Thia
Graettinger
Eray “Hilton
Hightson
Ford
Emmet
Gan
Tha -Clay
Graettinger Market Report for February 13 1950
Market notes report grain prices with corn oats and hog prices. Corn and oats quoted with rough bids and sources reference Chicago top hog price listed at 11.86 dollars per hundredweight. Small town market section records livestock and feed prices for local traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Electric line upgrade shuts Graettinger area for Sunday
The Iowa Public Service Co crews will string a heavier copper line between Graettinger and Crippen corner delaying service all day Sunday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The project costs five to six thousand dollars and aims to improve reliability. Two large crews and five trucks will work from both ends, with completion planned in one day unless severe weather intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grachting
Iowa Public Service Co
Graettinger
Crippen Corner
Crippen
Worthington
Great Interest Shown In Soil Improvement Meetings
A county series of nine soil meetings drew 493 attendees including 426 adults and 67 agricultural students from local high schools. Farm Bureau and Extension Service expert Mr. Boatman urged lime, legume rotation, and selective fertilizer use to rebuild soil fertility. He highlighted 100 cooperative trial plots across the state and urged further soil education, with plans for more meetings in 1931 and a possible return visit by Boatman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Boatman
Soila
Extension Service
Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Town State College
Mulrato
Hla
Webster
Max
Graettinger Loses to West Bend in Tournament Opener
Graettinger High basketball fell 18 to 16 at West Bend after an 16 all regulation end. Overtime featured a Graettinger shot disallowed for traveling, with star Marvin Wikert fouled out, giving West Bend the edge as Mallard later won the cup by defeating West Bend in the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
West Bend
Mallard
Worst Bend
Cylinder
Curlew
Ruthven
Emmetsburg
Shippers To Hold Annual Meet February 22
Graettinger Co-Operative Live Stock Shipping association will hold its annual meeting at Woodman hall Graettinger on Saturday February 22 with a free noon lunch and an after lunch business session. State figures will discuss livestock matters and the secretary’s report shows strong gains with hog prices topping 10.10 per hundred pounds. Members urged to attend and bring a non member. Four Terrill High School teachers injured in a coast ing accident while riding a toboggan with three requiring town first aid. Terrill basketball team strong with wins over Graettinger Ruthven and Leake Park. one loss to Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman Hall
Association
Graettinger
W. L. O'Connor
Terrill High School
Hog price boost under Grasttinger Shipping manager
V. I. O'Connor, manager of the Grasttinger Shipping association, paid $10.10 per hundred pounds for hogs Saturday. This was an exceptionally good price and those who received it were delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. I. O'Connor
Grasttinger Shipping Association
Dairy Institute Day Planned in Graettinger at Hawkeye Theatre
Graettinger prepares for Dairy Institute Day on Tuesday February 18 at the Hawkeye Theatre with a noon free lunch and a program featuring practical dairy farming speakers. Entertainment includes the Graettinger high school band and free dairy related motion pictures. Special store bargains make this a community day inviting farmers and their wives to participate and read the full page ad from Partners Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Hawkeye Theatre
A. J. Johnson
Farmers Supply Co
Dairy Institute Day
Grachtinger High School
Dairy Institute
Partners Supply Co
Graettinger Wrestlers Top Ruthven. JBH Also Wins
Graettinger High School defeated Ruthven in a dual wrestling meet with several Graettinger winners including Donald Jones Kermit Reeves Ralph Robinson Trygve Larson and Kenneth Reeves. Bernard Dearing won the 175 pound exhibition. Graettinger Junior High beat Ruthven Junior High 30 to 6. Boecker mourns sister Mrs Wm Gouke of Breda die at 60, funeral attended by family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Ruthven
Bym
Ralph Thompson
Donald Jones
Kermit Reeves
Ralph Robinson
Trygve Larson
Kenneth Reeves
Bernard Dearning
Leo Hartman
Graettinger Junior High
Ruthven Junior High
Ruthven Graettinger Hanna
F Sullivan Smith
Moraine Olson
Grady Kelly
Sandvig
Moyers Horswell
Wiel
Smith
Moyers
Sullivan
Moraine
Grady
Tyee
Jonsen
Swift
Thoreson
Jones
Grachtinger
Win
Boecker
East of Town
Wm. Gouke
Breda
Town
My. Boecker
Myrtle
Ben Hassel
Harness Ad Promotes Large Stock and Prices
A Times advertising feature highlights Warnesa Baumgartner and Graetthigar harnesses. It notes a large stock on display in a basement showroom with one hundred sets of harnesses. The ad urges readers to turn to the section for descriptions and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warnesa Baumgartner
Harnays
Collura
Graetthigar
Lincoln program and sub county contest events soon
Friday February 14 features a Lincoln program at 2:89 p.m. with Junior class assembly. Sub-County declamatory contest held next Monday evening at Graettinger with five schools and fifteen contestants. Curlew hosts on February 19. Next home game vs Ceylon on February 19. local team notes strong play by Marvin Wikert amid refereeing strict calls. Daisy Jensen breaks arm coastng south of Graettingar. she recovers with friends’ sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Stevenson
Lincoln
Assembly
Clas
Iriday
Milford
H. 8
P.T. A
D. E. McCarty
Ceylon
Minesota
Graettinger
West Bend
Rodman
Cylinder
Kamimersburg
Gracttinger
Arnold Henningsen
Verna Grodland
Lillie Jacobsen
Curlew
Minnesota
Mallard
Marvin Wikert
Wikert
Swea City
Iowa
Ruthven
Disposed Of Hip Residence by LaRoy Bartleman
Last week LaRoy Bartleman disposed of his four room cottage to Mr. and Mrs. James Wolfe. The new owners will take possession the first of March. Mr. and Mrs. Bartleman have left the Ray Wikert residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaRoy Bartleman
James Wolfe
Mra. Bartleman
Ray, Wikert
Art Christianson Seriously Injured In Scuffling Incident
Art Christianson of Thompson suffered a dislocated vertebrae Monday night during a scuffle when his head struck the floor after he fell over a chair. Taken to Coleman hospital in serious condition, a Fort Dodge specialist later replaced the vertebrae and placed him in a cast. He remains paralyzed from the waist down. recovery is uncertain for days.Christianson, a young married man in the mercantile business, is related to Mrs Agnes Anderson Jensen and has many Graettinger friends hoping for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Christianson
Thompson
Town
Charlie Christianson
Irland Towneship
Coleman Hospital
Fort Dodge
Christianson
C. A. Jensen
Misa Agnes Anderson
Graettinger
Parade of West Here Saturday at Hawkeye Theatre
The Hawkeye Theatre presents Parade Of The West this Saturday evening as the headliner, with Calford On Horseback and Prodigal Pups also on the program. Do not miss the Saturday night show, followed a week later by Tonight At Twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calford
Hawkeye Theatre
Hawkeye
Fertilizer Display At Farmers Supply Company
At Farmers Supply Company's display on February 18, Armour Fertilizer Works Chicago representative J L Miquelon will present a commercial fertilizer exhibit. He will advise on soil needs and show high analysis fertilizers and raw material samples. Graettinger area dealers Armour franchise. County Agent V K Webster assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Supply Company
J. L. Miquelon
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Armour
Graettinger
Former Graettinger Lady Grace Stearns Winegarden Dies
Grace Stearns Winegarden of Pocahontas died recently. She was formerly Miss Grace Stearns of Graettinger and married to the Pocahontas County sheriff for many years. Her parents once lived on the farm now owned by Mr and Mrs Jorgen Andersen. E S George of Graettinger reported the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Winegarden
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Grace Stearns
Jorgen Andersen
E. S. George
Graettingen
Times
Spirit Lake Tournament Set For March 6 7 8
Spirit Lake hosts a three day basketball tournament starting March 6 with Class A teams including Graettinger Ruthven Ringsted Estherville Spirit Lake and Spencer. Teams compete across three days with strong matchups and regional rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Hell
Graettinger
Ruthven
Ringsted
Estherville
Syitt Lake
Spencer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Ritchart
Thos. Thoreson
A. O. Hankey
Osgood
Emmetsbaye
Terril High School
Leake Park
Victora
Junior High
Daisy
Jensen
Carl B. Jensen
Graettingar
Pelrod
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