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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
3
The author argues that retirees can travel affordably by living on the road in campgrounds rather than motels. They describe a family approach, sometimes including pets, and suggest a shift from traditional vacations to budget, extended exploratory trips on the road.
An old drugstore ad touts Itch-Me-Not promising rapid relief for external itching. The product targets burning sensations within minutes and is marketed as a fast healing remedy available at Jenson's Drug and a nearby tiny drug store.
A travelogue describes living room maps marking routes as a couple tests a three week trial of motel life. They embrace the outdoor movement and assemble roof tents, portable beds, and flexible setups for wagon travel, noting preferences, debates, and the improvisational joys of nomadic camping.
DELS' Checkerboard News promotes Purina four square feeding for hogs cattle and poultry breeding. It notes a sire related to international grand champions and reports local farmers adopting Purina to improve calves hay and corn yields with fertilizer and pest control services offered.
A travelogue on a frugal camping vacation describes gear bought for a Pilot and companions including a top investment in a portable shower and useful gadgets. Camp life brings hospitality, improvised meals, and social harmony as campers share resources and stories in pine forests and lakeside settings. The writer notes fatigue and joy, finding camp-outs far gentler on the wallet, with total trip expenses about one third of a typical journey.
David Hill of Portland Oregon and Henry Hill of Sutherland Iowa reconnected at a family reunion in Iowa after 44 years apart. The visit highlighted a return to the old family home during the gathering.
Curly Cues notes a Cattlemen’s tour to Gunnison Colorado with two of three wanting to go and about 20 more needed. Bus trip would depart September 1 and return September 5, cost around 30 dollars, seats allocated by order. 4 H club reports livestock projects improving with cattle breeding and swine entries, and members preparing fairs and sales.
Nearly 120 delegates to the Pda Alva county convention supported a resolution to raise the state sales tax from two to three percent with an additional percent for immediate property tax relief. County chairman H D Gill said districts will elect a chairman vice chairman and assistant treasurer ahead of state and district conventions. Delegates named include H D Gill Mrs Lloyd Seayren and Mrs Cacl.
A long roster of individuals is presented with alternates named after a community event or notice. The list includes Wigdahl Mildred Klingaman and a wide set of surnames such as Hoffmann Finiekson Jen sen Underwood Bertdand Seasten Bauck Peterson Prochaska Johnson Henkeling Smith Peterson Cottington with alternates like Stillman Ausland Bayck Cods Robin son Perth Weltzin Price Matthiesen Rouse and others.
Rev Peter Graf of St Donatus caught a 50 pound carp during a trip with Perr Lubbers and Dick Kiple of Farmersburg. The trio combined to reel in three fish totaling seventy pounds, marking a notable day on the river.
In Eldrew Neihaus acreage at Dyersville a pigeon house yields three newborn squabs and three kittens from the same roost. The mother pigeon and the mother cat cooperate in caring for their young, with both parents appearing to get along well. Call the Times at 154 for printing needs.
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