Graettinger Picnic and Local Baseball Triumphs 1925
The Graettinger High School baseball team defeated St. Marys 22 to 4 at Electric Park during a class picnic day. Highlights praise the strong pitching, few errors, and last games for Elsenbast Petersen Bondhus Spies Thompson. Also featured was a three act comedy Marys Millions at Hawkeye Theatre and a Diamond Ball update with Burkhead Battlers defeating the Giants 22 to 20 after a late rally.
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Electric Park
St. Mary’s of
Emmetsburg
St. Mary’s
Graettinger
St. Mary's
Armstrong
Ringstead
West Bend
Elsenbast
Petersen
Bondhus
Spies
Thompson
S.C. S
M. E. Church
Hawkeye Theatre
Helen Love
Mary Manners
Willard Rucker
Helen George
Ezra Stoneham
Jack Henderson
Mary
Orville South
Leslie Shaver
Jimmie Baines
Pearl Jensen
Betty Barlow
Rocky Hollow
Erwin Miller
Victor de Selles
Marjorie Noble
Lola de Selles
Burkhead
J. P. Jensen
Diamond
Bulkhead Battlers
Rattlers
Giants
Jensen
Burkhead Battlers
Battlers
The Specials Beat Doughboys In Monday Ball Game
The Specials defeated Frick's diamond ball artists 18 to 12 over Raepe's team. Several Raepe players were out of town, new recruits played, including the Times editor at second base. Supt. White of the losing side praised pall players in Graettinger and reflected on future meetings.
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Doughboys
Frick
Bill” Raepe
Raeve
the Times
Graettinger
Prick
Church Notes Methodist Church Notes Sunday Morning Worship Sermon
Sunday school at 10:00. Morning worship sermon titled Gods unfolding. Epworth League meeting in evening with worship and sermon The Souls live in living Go a l? Children’s Day program requested. Church notes Norwegia.
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Methodist Church
Epworth ‘League
Goa
Weather Day by Day June 5 to June 11
The period features a sequence of warm to hot days with strong winds. June 5 to 7 show oppressive heat and high wind with a brief storm June 7. June 8 brings cool pleasant weather. June 10 starts with a cold morning, cloudy with morning rain and a light evening shower. June 11 remains cloudy and cool.
Rabies scare in Grachtinger prompts vaccination drive
A mad cat bite on Vance Horswell sparks hydrophobia fears. Officials urge vaccinating valuable pets and killing stray animals to reduce danger to people. In other news, Senior Class entertained at Mrs. Carl Spies home with a vocal solo, piano piece, and toasts by Miss Lambe, Prof. White, and Emmet Lambe.
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Grachtinger
Vance Horswell
Carl Spies
Miss Duhigg
Barbara Thoreson
Miss Lambe
Prof. White
Emmet Lambe
Familiar Fragments From A Small-Town Paper
A collection of humorous and local notices from Estherville era pages. Items include quirks of daily life, brief death notice, odd quotes, marriages famed in the “marriage mill,” and sharp social jabs at residents like John Bean and Lee & Sawmuck, with references to public figures and local shops.
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Myra Mush
James Canaries
Special Clean Up Prices On Cultivators
The ad lists clean up prices on cultivators and accessories including Single Row Cultivators Two John Deere Two Rock Island One McCormick Deering One Tower Surface plow One Kamoek seat Deere used. A public official in Spain faces a prison term of 808 years. A British scientist claims heat blush could be registered then tested on a subject. War era marriage stats show two thirds of a million Americans under sixteen when married.
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John Deeres
McCormick-Deering
Emerson
John Deere
Rock Island
Deere
Spain
United States
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Chas. T. Schubert
Primrose
Creo Ne
Sar
Farmers Supply Company
Iowa
Graettinger, In
Weer
Europe
Diamond Ball
Diamond Ball League
Piers Reerecereao
Afheran
Norwegia
Finnie & Duff
Jerry Bass
Iceland
Lizzie
Estherville
Heaven
Ratherville
John Bean
Squaw Hollow
Times
Simeon Culman
Jesus
Chambers
Wells
Smything
Jonah
Tay Up
Vox
Paris
America
Dave Sankey
John Doyle
Lee & Sawbuck
Folnichick Folk
Henry Holmes
Robert Mantell
Bacon
Axelton
W. B
Quinlan
the Farmers Supply Co
Charley Jensen
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