This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
6
One of Sleyville's oldest residents, Charles Deeklaver, celebrated his 96th birthday recently. Local community members joined in honoring the milestone of the longtime resident.
A gunman attempted a holdup at the Burt Hotel in Alona injuring slugged Gerald Fish a television year old youth and grandson of the owners. The wounded youth is identified as the grandson of hotel proprietors.
The Palo Alto County Farm Bureau Livestock Committee and cooperating merchants extend their Pork Lift across the county with emphasis on pork value in menus. They urged producers to raise lean meat hogs, improve pork quality, and push better promotion while seeking higher premiums to incentivize premium pork production.
Price lists and order blanks for reforestation and wildlife planting are now available from the Soil Conservation Service. Technician Clem Vandell cautions landowners to order early as supplies run short, and notes late orders are often returned. Details can be secured at the Marmetsburg Soil Conservation Office.
Graettinger’s Graettinger Pirates won both ends of a twin bill at Swea City. The regulars defeated Swea City 74 to 53, while the reserves rolled to a 50 to 24 victory. Paul Bonstead led with 34 points, Dave Sandvig added 16, and reserve scoring featured Bob Reeves 12, Jim Christensen 11, Tom Grein 9, and Gary Masters 8.
One hundred thirty five Palo Alto County Farm Bureau members met at Emmetsburg’s Methodist Church on Tuesday evening January 10 1956 for the Membership Kick Off. Assistant organization director Mr Date Nelson urged support for Farm Bureau Soil Fertility Bank Plan with cross compliance in the 1956 agriculture law. Northwestern Iowa regional supervisor Mr Lea Whregoner praised the group’s prior success before the kick off. The group donated to Pigs for Polio Campaign, as magician Dick Peterson entertained with Hubert Campner presiding. Swiss steak supper followed hosted by Methodist Ladies.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.