Temperate Town Residents Take Incident as Joke
Residents of the town treat a local incident as a joke, displaying calm restraint and good humor. No widespread panic or disruption reported as authorities observe the scene.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
4
July 6 7 Easy to Wed with Van Johnson Esther Williams
Matinee and evening showings feature Van Johnson and Esther Williams in Easy to Wed on July 6 and 7. The program also lists Fibber McGee and Molly as part of Matinee Every Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Johnson
Esther Williams
Matunee
Post office sack contains alligator in Algona scare
A mail clerk opened a parcel post sack in Algona and an alligator spilled out, triggering chaos at the post office. Several clerks reportedly sworn off drinking buttermilk. Separate Guthrie Center burglaries led to three youths’ capture, aged 14, 14, and 12. The Ringsted Co-Op elevator reported about 2 million dollars in annual business, up from prior years, with a noted 1947 gross near two million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth ¢ County
Ringsted Co-Op
Ringsted Dispatch
Dispatch
Revisions in Meat Cookery and Local News Sweep Iowa
The article notes a shift to low temperature cooking for all meats backed by 20 years of studies, claiming tender juicier results and less shrinkage. It then reports diverse local items: a truck rescue during floods near Anamosa, a burned leg from a hot water line near New Hampton, a Sioux Rapids editor being assaulted, a farm spring emerging in Rae Scott’s garage near Harlan, and other brief notes on editors and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Nordstrom
New Hampton
Beverly
Rae Scott
Harlan
Scoth
Tragic collision near Kathoan crossing shocks Wallingford
Eddie Peterson of Wallingford was driving toward Graettinger when his Ford struck the rock cut and rails at the Kathoan crossing. He braked as a train approached and died in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Peterson
Wallingford
Graettinger
Kathoan Crossing
Thompson and Thora sen Will represent Giaeltii ver and Lost Island
From the Times dated June 25 1927 the piece notes Thompson and Thora sen to represent Giaeltii ver and Lost Island at the national convention of Luther Leagues in Seattle Washington. It lists local marriages deaths and various community notices including farm sales and residents’ activities with multiple named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Thompson and
Thorasen
Giaeltiiver
Lost Island
Luther Leagues
Seattle
Washington
Vernon Decker
Ruby Jacobson
Chino
California
N. J. Anderson
C. A. Jensen
Ivanhoe
S. K. Sandvyig
R. S. Knutsen
Farmers Grain Co
Joseph Hassel
Tuesia
Joseph
Ben
Barney
Vincent
Veronica
Joseph Paul Hassel
Margaret George
Waterloo
Henry Larsen
Chicago
Edward Mitchell
Loyola Medical
Ben Nichtern
John Peguni
Amana
Win. Plom
Butterfield
White
Paullina
Ray Wikert
O. J. Truesdell
GC. M. Nolan
Rob
Ann
Florence
Goodell
Levi Olson
Helen Sullivan
John Galleger
Emmetabury
Elmer Iverson
Jesa Ellis
Susie McClelland
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Stooges
Guthrie Center
Calpr
The
Quaker Oats Co
State Bank
Graettinger, Lowa
Fred Morse
Franklin
Humeston
Wapsipinican
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Sioux Rapids
W. K. Farrel
Bulletin Press
Torreson Oil CO
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Ddie
Bloyd Archer
Uix
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Navy
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Jack Stauleup
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