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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
12
Graettinger and surrounding towns report a busy week with civic events and social notes. March political activity includes a county Republican convention in Emmet County on March 12 and local residents handling business in Gradttinger.
The First Lutheran area Mission Society will meet Tuesday March 1 at the home of Mrs J I Lewis in the afternoon. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Friends of the Golf & Country club were entertained at a bridge party hosted by Dr Q C Darahson and J T Lewison Thursday evening with refreshments served around eleven. Young folks enjoyed a bob sleigh party Tuesday evening with participants including Doris ONeill Milkr ed Jacobson Edna Bisard Leona Swanson Elizabeth Doyle George Larson Helmer Jasperson Jens Rasmussen Martin Helgeson and Elden Swanson. A birthday party for Peter Petersen was held Monday evening at his home with relatives and friends in attendance and refreshments served. A tre-nuptial shower honored Lee Robinson and Inma Largon at the J M Robinson home in Vernon township with gifts for the couple and refreshments. Mr and Mrs J R Skow celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Sunday with relatives and friends paying respects at their home. Neighbors and friends held a farewell party for the Elsenbast family Friday evening as they move east of Gradttinger in early March. refreshments were served.
A seventeen year old woman, Ruth McAllister, wife of McAllister, died in Emmetsburg Thursday from convulsions caused by auraemic poisoning. Born July 24, 9d, she married December 18, 1980.
A Hardin county cow testing association notes one 388 pound cow can match income over feed costs of ten 178 pound cows. In trials, a 26 cow herd averaged 222 pounds butterfat yearly with $612 income over feed costs, while a 10 cow herd averaged higher per cow butterfat and earned $189 more despite fewer cattle. The piece urges dairymen to select for quality, see county agent, and emphasizes the need to cut leaks to stay profitable as butterfat prices stay low. Also obituary notes Mrs. Frank Freeman of Bawnetsville dies. family details and sympathy offered. Snow thaw and road conditions discussed.
Indiana reader from San Pierre reports mild cold with two to three brief snaps and ten above zero, while Northwest Iowa faces heavy snow. A San Pierre note praises a double wedding quilt feature in the Times and mentions ongoing quilt projects for family. Donald O’Brien, 30, dies of pneumonia after the flu, married last October, with sympathy extended to relatives. Local auctioneers note farm machinery fetching high prices amid current markets.
Contagious abortion and udder troubles will be the focus of cattle disease schools in Palo Alto county on March 1 and 2, led by Dr. K W Strourder. County Agent W K Webster notes rising losses from the disease and that various farms request guidance. The program includes other diseases, with meetings at West Bend Legion Hall, Cylinder Public School, Ruthven Legion Hall, and Mallard Town Hall with 1:30 pm and 8:00 pm slots.
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