Nephew of Joe Grady Dies in Tulsa Auto Crash
Glynn Stell of Tulsa Oklahoma was killed in an auto accident Saturday and died three hours after the crash. He was 19, just graduated Tulsa High School, survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Matt Steil and an older brother Grady Steil. Grandmother and relatives mourn in Graettinger and other areas. Funeral was held Tuesday in Tulsa.
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Glynn Stell
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Glynn
Matt Steil
Grady Steil
Graettinger Defeats Wallingford in Sunday Baseball
Graettinger defeated Wallingford in a Sunday afternoon baseball game at Grodland Park in this city. Carl Elsenbast pitched for Graettinger with Victor Henningsen catching. A sizable crowd attended, and Spirit Lake will visit for next Sunday’s game.
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Graettinger
Wallingford
Grodland
Carl Elsenbast
Victor Henningsen
Spirit Lake
George Sideswipes on Brekke Hill Auto Route
George experienced a minor auto accident on the Times Highway near Brekke hill last week when a wheel dropped on his Ford work car. He slowed the vehicle and it tipped into the ditch without damage or injury. A new residence under construction will be ready around September first with five rooms and a bath. Albert Luna is contractor. John Kleer is Arnolds Park Ice Man, with J W Kizer having bought the drug and ice business and continuing a summer farm operation.
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George
Brekke Hill
Times
Ford Work Cay
Mr. George
Vnto
John Nelson
Albert Luna
John Kleer
Arnolds Park
J. W. Kizer
Graettinger
Andrew Duyus Joins Progressive Dairymen List
Andrew Duyus has joined the list of progressive dairymen using DeLaval milkers. He alleges a machine saves time and effort, claiming efficiency gains for his dairy operation.
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Andrew Duyus
Grow ‘Ng
Andrew ‘Duus
Ising
DeLaval Milkers
Dathne Saver
Market Report Thsday July 26 1029 At Granttinger
Grain and poultry prices noted with corm vases oats leghorn hens and heavy roosters in a brief marketplace update. The garbled text lists hens, roosters, and leghorns with reference to a passway and BTC appears as stray terms.
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Granttinger
Corm
Leghorn
Local Auto Sales and Community Notices in Palo Alto Area
The Jensen Auto Co. reports sales of a Chevrolet coach to And Grodland and two Chevrolet sedans to C. J. Sanders and Louie Montgomery. Clemmensen & Masters note Durant coaches sold to Rev. Mremont Paul and Alfred McCombs, plus a Durant sedan to a prosperous North Dakota farmer. Mr and Mrs Martin Myhre and family travel from Chicago to visit relatives in Towner North Dakota. Graettinger residents plan to reach Fargo the first night. Palo Alto Directory published by Wm H Steiner lists 4 hundred pages of names and ads. Grodland sets threshing record July 24, averaging 30 bushels per acre and testing 27. Farmers Grain Co. receives first 1929 oats.
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Dura
Jensen Auto Co
and. Grodland
C. J. Sanders
Louie Montgomery
Clemmensen
North Dakota
Martin Myhre
Serene
Dorothy
Arthur Myhre
Chicago
Towner
Palo Alto
Wm. H. J. Steiner
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Monday Warmth Records a Hot Harvest Day
The report notes an extremely warm Monday with a scorcher in the fields and clouds obscuring the sun. By 9 30 in the evening, readings reached 100 degrees as farms and harvest crews endured a trying day.
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Mercury
Dan Murphy Dies at 60 in Emmetsburg Neighborhood
Dan Murphy of the Emmetsburg area collapsed Thursday noon while shocking grain. He had been in frail health for some time. Survived by his wife and two children, ages 20 and 18. Also notes upcoming film showings for Saturday night including Come And Get It starring Bob Stesle and a Toots and Casper short. A Chevrolet car owned by Mrs. Howard Mason was wrecked this morning when it struck guard rails south of Graettinger. the car was transported to Graettinger with considerable damage.
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Dan Murphy
Emmetsburg
Bob Stesle
Manon
Graettinger
Howard Mason
Christensen's Sale Ends Saturday at July Clearance
The Christensen Variety store advertises a July clearance sale ending Saturday night this week. The display ad in this week's Times lists many special prices and urges readers to read and remember the sale's last day.
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Christensen
Keep Porch Lights On Campaign Shines Over Winnipeg
Winnipeg city sponsors yearly Keep Porch Lights On ad campaign to showcase the night scene. The article notes low electric costs and city brightness. Howard Urry from Chicago visits with parents, employed by Western Electric Co. in Chicago. Heat record reached 101 after 100 the shade, easing today. Oscar Craven remains in hospital listed as recovering at home.
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Winnipeg
Ringsted Youth Killed by Lightning While Mowing
Ringsted, July 22 A 22 year old man named Win Madsen was killed when a bolt struck him on the head while he operated a mower near his father Hans Madsen's Ringsted home between ten and eleven o'clock Tuesday morning. The bolt passed through his body, death was instantaneous, the horses and mower escaped damage. The storm was severe and neighbors heard one sharp peal of thunder. This account is from the Estherville News via Ringsted Dispatch. Nearby farmers reported the mower bar partly raised and the machine out of gear, suggesting the victim planned to stop mowing as the storm approached.
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Madsen
Hans Madsen
Ringsted
Young Madsen
Estherville News
Andersen
Ringsted Dispatch
Selmer Nelson Wins Second in Fenton Butter Contest
Selmer Nelson, buttermaker at Fal low creamery, won second place with a score of 94.75 in the educational butter scoring contest at Fenton held July 18. O. J. Kloeck of Whittemore won first with 95.0, Henry Hansen of Grayttingar creamery scored 93.? and Wm. Helgason of Wallingford garnered 91. The meeting drew a large audience and was a success. The Times congratulates Nelson on the honor amid keen competition.
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Fenton
Selmer Nelson
Fallow Creamery
Mr. Nelson
O. J. Kloeck
Whittemore
Nelson
Henry ‘Hansen
Grayttingar Creamery
Wallingford
the Times
Improvements at Farmers Elevator Near Completion
New steel lifts will be installed in the Farmers Elevator within two weeks. Grates will cover the floor to aid grain dumping from large trucks. The project costs nearly $1,000 and will place the elevator in first class condition for threshing season. Two Ringsted farmers injured in separate incidents, Tomp Wiley sustaining a severe scalp wound and concussion after a fall from the hayloft, and J. P. Rasmussen injured when a binder platform spring struck his arm. A silver tea for the Junior Camp Five Girl group is set for next Tuesday at 2 PM on the Nanamaker lawn north of the P. J. McCarty residence.
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Ringsted
Tomp Wiley
J. P. Rasmussen
Times
R. W. Nanamaker
P. J. McCarty
Record Month for High Cream Checks in June
June set a production high for butter fat in the Gracttinger creamery region with 49 087 pounds produced in June and 19 016 76 dollars paid for butter fat. U L Lambe secretary reports the June checks totaled over 100 dollars, with many more under 100 dollars. Lost Island creamery figures for June are not available.
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Grachtingar
U. L. Lambe
Grachtinger Creamery
Times
Gracttinger Creamery
Lost _Island
Lost Island Creamery
Reynolds & O'Connor Es
Electricity valued by satisfaction and price in homes
Mr Worthington of the Iowa Public Service Company argues electricity offers superior convenience and transformative benefits in modern households. He notes the difficulty of finding substitutes for electric appliances and highlights the low operating costs relative to the benefits, praising electric washers, vacuum cleaners, and ranges.
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Worthington
Iowa Public Service Company
Heat wave ends as cloud brings hail storm near Graettinger
A large cloud from the north broke the heat wave Tuesday forenoon, altering the atmosphere and signaling a hail storm not far from Graettinger. Monday night was among the warmest on record with temperatures not dipping below 77 degrees. The Tuesday dawn was hot and sultry.
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Graettinger
Rain Revives Heat Warmer Weather Returns Across Region
A splendid rain Tuesday cooled a heat wave with a forenoon shower and a lighter afternoon rain. From Wallingford to Estherville the rainfall was heavier than in this area. Tuesday night water stood on gravel, but by Wednesday forenoon no hail was reported and the weather turned warm and sultry again.
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Wallingford
Estherville
Times Office
Colonial Furnace Salesmen Are High Fliers
Pilot Dave Walker of the Waco No. 10 flew two furnace salesmen to Blairgowrie to pitch a Green Colonial furnace at M. C. Smith’s home in Osgood. J. A. Jensen of Graettinger and A. J. Schnepf of Des Moines announced another sale in Graettinger territory, the first by airplane here. The heat was extreme as the splash of aviation commerce marked a bold new sales approach.
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Blairgowrie
Dave Walker
Waco No. 10
M. C. Smith
Osgood
Mr. Smith
J. A. Jensen
Jensen Hardware
Graettmeyer
A. J. Schnepf
Joe Goeders Beats Nelson To Retain Middleweight Title Claim
In a ten round bout last Thursday Joe Goeders defeated Emmetsburg's Nelson to reclaim the middleweight claim. Nelson avoided open exchanges, leaning on clinches through nine rounds, but Goeders surged in the final round with a heavy finish to win on points and appear the stronger finisher.
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Nelson
Waterloo
Joe Goeders
Towa
Goeders
Fats
Elson
Joe
Nelson Emmetsburg
Did Not Cross the Canadian Border Report
Larsen and Clemensen and Blom returned Saturday from a motor trip to North Dakota. Larsen holds large real estate interests there, Clemensen owns several threshing rigs. They report poor crops. wheat yields will be light and barley extremely light. They had no business matters in Canada and did not cross the border.
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GC. Larsen
John Clemmensert
Wm Blom
North Dakota
Mr. Larsen
Mx. Clemmensen
Larsen
Graettinger
Canada
Socials Held This Week At Church And A J Johnson Lawn
Members of the Catholic Ladies Aid society held a social on the church lawn Wednesday afternoon and evening. The day was ideal and the ladies were liberally patronized. The M E ladies are holding a similar social on the A J Johnson lawn this afternoon and evening. With another warm day expected, the event should attract ample patrons.
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Catholic Lanes -Aid Society
Church Lawn
M. E
A. J. Johnson
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Tulsa High School
Cherokee
Flandreau
Nettle Thoreson
South Dakota
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Ed Urry
East of Town
Howard
Western S Electric Co
Oscar Craven
List Oxcar Craven
H. Club
Jack Creek Township
J. Tindall
Roll Gall
P. L. Quorum
Kathryn Bosoki
Farm Bureau
A.V. Bormann
Wm. Boecher Teaaee
F. Elsenbast Beeeen
P. J. Daus
F. W. Christiansen Srddderae
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Holger Peterse
Blairsburg
Holger Petersen
Cedar Falls
Ole Petersen
James
L. T. Petersen
Jackson
Minnesota
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Walter Petersen
Rockwell City
George Susy
Silvis, Winds
Art Bergum
Jorgen Petersen
Cedar Fatla
M. P. Junker
Glidden
Jowan
Hermansen
Ruthven
Od Fellows
Rehekaly
Odd Fellows
L. Jo Rogers
Noble Grand
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Wilbure Holroyd
H. M. Sigler
Fred Rubink
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Anna Rogers
Charlotte Rubink
Etta Sigler
Della Holroyd
P. N
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Ina Horke
Jillia Wikert
Charles de Witt
West Bend
Emma Balke
Veree Vere Ree
Viggo Jacobson
Wis
C. Peterson
Wae
B. Graettinger
A. GC. Jacobson
Mra
Dinnan Deead
Levi. Olson
Ceeneieee Deedees Lolel H. Strangland Sossiverree
Colonial Furnace
Waco
Prospect
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