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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1942
Page
4
A lightning strike on Gordon Tompkins farm near Ladera toppled about 200 corn hills in the middle of a field while nearby rows remained unharmed. At Osceola’s Victory Day event, 85 year old John Page won first prize in a hog calling contest. Mr. Pave claims a long record of top finishes in similar contests.
A Des Moines fish tale ends with a 15 pound catfish caught near Boone for the Guy Lamb family in Madrid. Vandalism in Boone breaks school gym windows costing 115 dollars. Waverly aims to sell the former Heiberg Brewery to a Chicago syndicate for a packing house. Odd plants shown by Fred Peterson of Manson and a Ripley Believe It Or Not radish idea. Long-tenured Joe Meredith ends 39 years with Bedford Creamery and Cudahy in Tacoma. Elderly 79-year-old A G Alltemier farms solo in Grundy Center. Bees swarm a Rock Rapids porch pillar hollowed by a woodpecker. Iowa Falls resident Mrs. Fowler promotes ride sharing via a sandwich shop blackboard.
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