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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
6
Puzzle No 23 solution teased in a fragmentary classified ad page. Hints at Chicago hogs and a top placement, with scattered letters and partial words. OCR yields unreadable lines and stray characters across the snippet.
Trip by M. D. Grodland and family to Minneapolis last week for the Norse-American centennial. They left Gracttinger on Sunday June 8th via Renville, Minn. and visited the Fred Jackson family. They found the centennial difficult to describe yet immensely enjoyed and instructive for the children. They then fished at Green Lake in Spicer, staying with Pete Tolberson and family, noting cold rain hindered fishing but they caught some fish and sent greetings to old friends.
A traveler notes heavy rainfall and widespread flooding in southern Minnesota, mentioning a brief visit with Jack Bolstad in New London and observing extensive water in fields. The message contrasts conditions with the traveler’s own experience of rain.
Wolves killed two sheep for Welsh and Sons in Jack Creek on Tuesday. A farmer found a den in his field and killed wolves earlier. One farmer lost fifty pigs this spring. cause uncertain. Rain spoiled High Lake ball game between Graettinger and Estherville. score not final when called. A heavy rainstorm Thursday night brought three inches, with lightning and a tornado nearby. hail damage reported southeast of Graettinger.
The third annual I O O S joint convention for districts 21 and 74 and the fifteenth annual Rebekah convention for districts 21 and 74 met in Graettinger on Wednesday June 19. Morning registration reached 100 delegates at the IOOF hall and 184 at the Rebekah hall amid a largely overcast sky. A joint parade on Main Street led by the Dickens band preceded a full afternoon of program, exemplification of degree work praised by all, and an open evening program at the Hawkeye theatre featuring Mr. Stubbs of Mason City, local orphan home performers, and addresses from W E G Saunders of Emmetsburg and Supt. Avery of Spencer. Music was supplied by the Dickens band.
A Norse-American centennial in Minneapolis attracted many names from Royal Everly Spencer Ruthven Emmetsburg Cylinder Ayrshire and other lodges. Notable attendees include M. O. Grodland Merle Verna Mr and Mrs Martin Myhre Arthur Serene Arlene T O Thompson and children A L Herrem Ole Bondhus Lars Egesos O B Anderson Louis Iverson Carl Holte T J Brekke Fairbault Chris Jensen Axelton Alexander Arlten Andy Axelton Mrs H L Hauge Bertha Louis Berg and daughter Rev Hansen of Wallingford and others visiting Norway during the centennial year.
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame was presented at Hawkeye theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings to hundreds of movie fans. Set in France around the discovery of America, it centers on a deformed man living in Notre Dame and the love story between a noble captain and a young woman. The cast was praised as exceptionally capable and the story as educational.
After ample rain the ad advertises deep discounts on cultivators to beat the weeds. It lists bargains including 2 row and single row cultivators from John Deere, McCormick-Deering, Rock Island, and Emerson, plus a bale/bailer and a tower surface plow. It urges readers to request quotes to see they cannot afford to keep using old gear.
A feature at Hawkeye draws large crowds with two nights per attraction. The show offered vivid cathedral and French fortress scenes as King’s refuge, praised as a splendid spectacle. Tickets priced at 15 and 85 cents, every evening packed to capacity.
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