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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
3
A vintage ad-style note urges readers to build lawn furniture at home using full size and child patterns. It promises simple steps, no special tools, stock materials, and family involvement. Patterns No. 32 No. 39 No. 182 are offered with prices, from East-Bird Pattern Company.
A youngster brings a tute brown mouse found in their flat to school. His mother objects noting white mice at school, and the child retorts with a quip about race prejudice. The exchange highlights a playful yet pointed nod to bias.
Jerry Anderson uses disciplined training to stop a suspected killer hiding at the cottage off Helm road. After a tense standoff, he forces the assailant to call in police, then aids their arrival, earning praise from officers as the gun proves unloaded and the culprit is taken into custody.
Esther is portrayed as a brave and good queen who risks all for her people. Mordecai urges her to act and she navigates a dangerous palace politics to thwart Haman. The lesson urges faith and sacrifice for a crisis, with Esther as a timeless example for readers today.
A religious reflection warns that racial hatred is at its peak and urges divine intervention. The speaker hopes for a mighty mercy stroke to avert societal collapse, urging prayer and awareness amid calls from multiple denominations.
A reflection on atomic energy as a dangerous force in the hands of morally unprepared men, balanced by the idea that divine discipline could curb even such a diabolic power. The piece weighs human folly against a transcendent restraint guiding creation.
A three year old girl Louise enters the living room with a stuffed imagination asking to breathe through her mouth to clear a stopped nose. Her mother worries about her breathing while Louise cheerfully explains her method. Nearby, a quirky dialogue about fishing, sheriffs, and sharks appears in a humorous village vignette style.
John Barrymore, cornered by a fiery matron, declines a Saturday dinner, saying he has a previous engagement which he will make as soon as possible. The incident shows his tactful refusal in a tense moment.
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