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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1927
Page
3
A Des Moines paper last week advertised a program featuring Bringing Grandma Home in Four Parts. The piece hints at political satire as a Des Moines woman may have mingled with legislators.
In Estherville last week a loud disturbance occurred at a residence in the town's residence section. Police were dispatched to the scene and identified the situation as the actions of a furniture store collector collecting overdue payments. A series of unrelated notes mentions attire requirements on Brazil street and in North American cities, a libel suit involving the Algona Advance editor, deputies alleged to have raided a church in Kossuth county, and a Chicago banquet reported by the Chicago Tribune.
A long reminiscence of Graettinger from the era shows a Reed Artists photograph of townsfolk near the hotel with E A Baumgartner and Henry Bumb on a buggy. Names such as P J Paulsen George Coolidge Fred Spies and others are listed, with notes on their later lives and deaths. The piece previews next week’s installment and recalls railway anxieties and local commerce.
Classified notice from Milestone Rubber Co in East Liverpool Ohio seeking a man with a car to sell Auto Tires and Tubes. Exclusive territory and monthly salary. Also an ad for shoe rebuilding by Shoe Service Shop owner W I Stevens promising comfort durability and cost savings compared with buying multiple cheap shoes.
We thank neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sincere sympathy after the loss we bear. We also appreciate the floral gifts from the community, sent by C. C. Rucker and Children and the brothers of Mrs. Rucker.
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