Graettinger High School Picnic Tops Strong Season
A June 1925 report from Graettinger recounts the annual high school picnic at Electric Park. The main event was a ball game where St. Mary’s of Emmetsburg fell 22 to 4 to the local team amid strong pitching and sharp fielding. The article also highlights the O. 5S society’s three act comedy Mary’s Millions at Hawkeye Theatre, praise for the cast, and notes on upcoming diamond games and recent league results.
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Electric Park
St. Mary’s
Emmetsburg
St. Mary's
Graettinger
St.Mary's
Armstrong
Ringstead
West Bend
M. E. Church
Hawkeye Theatre
Helen Love
Mary Manners
Willard Rucker
Helen George
Ezra Stoneham
Jack Henderson
Mary
Orville Smith
Leslie Shaver
Jimmie Baines
Pearl Jensen
Betty Barlow
Rocky Hollow
Erwin Miller
Victor de Selles
Marjorie
Noble
Lola de Selles
J. L. Fidler
Abija Boggs
Rockey Hollow
Opal Johnson
Eudora Smith
Stoneham’s
Amanda Mudge
Ethel Urry
Burkhead
J. P. Jensen
The
Diamond
Bulkhead Battlers
Battlers
Giants
Jensen
Doughboys
Frick
Bill” Raepe
Raepe
the Times
Prick
Church Notes Methodist and Lutheran Services Schedule
Methodist Church notes show Sunday school at 10:00 morning worship with the sermon Gods unfolding Piologue at 11:00 Epworth League meeting, 7:16 evening worship and sermon The Souls Cry for a living God at 8:00. Children’s Day program planned for mid June. Norwegian Lutheran English services at 10:80 next Sunday. Noted by Student Jy C Moptad.
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Methodist Church
Epworth
Jy. C. Moptad
Weather Day By Day June 6 Through June 11
The entry notes warm to hot weather with strong winds and occasional rain from June 6 to 11. A rabies scare is reported in Graecttinger after a bite incident, with advice to vaccinate pets and kill stray animals to reduce risk. Senior Class members hosted by Mrs. Carl Spies held a banquet with food and performances by Duhigg, Barbara Thoreson, and toasts by Lambe and Prof. White.
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Graecttinger
Vance Horswell
Carl Spies
Miss Duhigg
Barbara Thoreson
Miss Lambe
Prof. White
Emmet Lambe
Safety last down in the creek to save Jerry Bass
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century paper notes a narrow bridge mishap and a saving incident involving Finnie and Duff. It references theft as rare in Teeland, comments on Estherville, and lists local notices about deaths, marriages, and a car exhibit. A mix of humor, obituaries, and social notes appears, with brief items about John Bean, Dave Sankey, Henry Holmes, and Robert Mantell.
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Jerry Bass
Special Clean Up Prices On Cultivators During Rains
The article notes fine rains benefiting crops and shows cut prices on farm implements. It lists 2 row cultivators including two John Deeres and two McCormick Deering, plus a bailer, Emerson unit, a used John Deere, and a Tower surface plow. It also lists single row cultivators with two John Deere units, two Rock Island items, one McCormick Deering, a Tower surface plow, and a hammock seat Deere.
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John Deeres
McCormick-Deering
Emerson
John Deere
Rock Island
McCormick-Deeringe
Deere
Farmers Supply Company court ruling posted
A public official in Spain is sentenced to a 308 year prison term. A British scientist claims a method to measure blush heat and plans to test it on a subject. Widespread youth marriage in the United States is noted, with concerns about premature marital ages and expectations for male support.
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Spain
Weike Aere
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Chas. T. Schubert
Primrose
Farmers Supply Company
Iowa
Europe
Diamond Ball
Diamond Ball League
Theillng ‘Ascenalon
Png
Garden Bat Mighty
Finnie & Duff
Teeland
Lizzie
Estherville
Heaven
John Bean
Squaw Hollow
Dave Sankey
John Doyle
See & Sawbuck
Henry Holmes
Federe Ae Ic Ate
Robert Mantell
Bacon
RCO Hoe
Ford
Axelton
W. B. Quinlan
Ony, Fiche
Myra Mush
James Canlahan
Simeon Galman
Jesus
Bee the Ake
Chambers
Wells
Roo IE Ae
Jonah
Jok
Paris
America
the Farmers Supply Co
United States
Charley Jensen
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