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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
3
Graettinger Times records John J. Sullivan as publisher and lists the paper as second class mail matter. The entry notes publication at Graettinger Iowa with a July 28 1927 date and post office filing.
Aimed at the press bias, the piece notes big city papers mock small country weeklies over boxing coverage. It argues most dailies see Des Moines Register as among a few truthful voices and claims Sharkey was outmatched by Dempsey, with foul talk used as a smoke screen.
Fragmentary text mentions getting somewhere and not speaking, with emphasis on following steps and arriving. No clear names, dates, places, or events.
A long promised letter from C M Axelton describes Phoenix as a growing city of about 50 000 people with summer temperatures over 100 and occasional 114. He notes a climate drawing people, irrigation farming year round, and a mix of labor by Mexicans Indians and Negroes with low wages. He compares desert ranches and small acreages, discusses housing development, new blocks, and cites 147 houses and 34 apartment buildings since January. He asks readers to update the address to receive the Times.
Pasadena July 10 1927 Mrs Gammon describes a Fourth of July picnic in a Los Angeles park hosted by Marjorie Johnson. The group included Mr. and Mrs F G Sahgacts Marjorie Reuben Reeves Reeves Genev a Keator Ivan Lyla Moraine Mildred Delbert and others with an aim to share photos later and hear who attended.
Tom recounts visits by family and friends including Mary Thompson, Thyra Thoreson, and relatives of Vangie Reeves. He describes a Sunday visit, reflections on Pasadena, and a Lake Elsinore trip with home-lake comparisons to Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake, noting healing waters and mineral salts on display. He shares warm impressions and surviving heat.
A recipe describes making a pudding from stale bread sliced with butter and jelly placed in layers in a baking dish. A custard of eggs milk sugar and a pinch of salt is poured over, baked covered then uncovered until brown, and served warm or cold with cream.
Earl Jones buys a fine Chevrolet coach. MacKulp visits from Swede City to see Mrs. James Lansing and family. Plans to travel to Canada during harvest. Larney Anderson and Evelyn Anderson of Ayrshire visit Ventura and Spies home. Dick North and sons of Milwaukee stay with Montgomery family. North and Montgomery sisters. G. J. Drake and daughter motored to Fort Dodge for a visit. Mrs. Drake and daughter to stay longer. Mrs. J. J. Brown to Rochester for serious surgery. friends wish her recovery. Earl Ericson and Earnest Knutson return from Back Hill trip via northern North Dakota. Mrs. Zoie Munson arrives from New Hampton for granddaughter Hazel Munson’s death. Mrs. S. E. Sandvig to Pocahontas to visit son M. S. Sandvig and family. Postmaster Raleigh and family visit Mankato. brother joins them.
Jerry, Eugene and Miss Leona Leonard were in Estherville Saturday. Mr and Mrs R B Knutsen of Fallow left for a ten day stay in the Black Hills. They hope to glimpse President Coolidge. Dr and Mrs Meggers and daughter Ann left for Minneapolis after visiting Mrs Meggers' parents Mr and Mrs I J Mitchell. The Mitchell granddaughter had been there several weeks. Charles Jones of Emmetsburg visited his brother Karl's family. Elmer Olson now drives a new Chevrolet. The Spies, with Mrs Spies’ mother Mrs Flavan and Nan McCarty, drove to Rochester to see Ann Catherine in hospital. They expect she will return home with them. Miss McCarty will visit her mother Mrs D R McCarty in the hospital.
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