Local pit catfish and seasonal weather notes
Reports on a 23 pound catfish from the Grachtinger pit north of town spark talk of large fish and planted stock dating to the late 1930s or early 1940s. Also notes longest day of year on June 21 and seasonal shift, plus oka walleye fishing near Lake Kahotogama and umpire Stan Young’s strong season in southern Minnesota baseball.
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C. V. Carter
Grachtinger
C. V
Stan Young
Wallingford
Southern Minnesota Baseball League
Mankato
Minn
Mason City
Iowa
Stan
Golf fans savor finals and open questions linger
Readers recall the National Open Golf Championship finals and playoffs from last weekend while noting the absence of cigarette brand details seen on TV endorsements. Iowa officials stress boat safety, mandatory inspections, and tag attachments for seaworthiness on state lakes, with boats to be removed by December 1 each year.
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Towa
Conservation Commission
Iowa
Park Conservation Officers
Commission
International Uniform Sunday School Lessons by Foreman
Devotional outline by Dr Kenneth J Foreman features background scripture Genesis 39 and 1 Devolution Reading Psalm 105 1 6 18 22 providing thematic lessons for Sunday schooling.
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Kenneth J. Forema
Providence and the Joseph story in scripture
A reflection on God’s steadfast love and the providence guiding human lives. The piece contrasts Old and New Testament views, notes that sin cannot be erased, and that evil and good may coexist until a final separation. It cites Joseph’s life and concludes with hope in ultimate divine justice and a lasting Last Chapter.
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God
Dr. Foreman
Joseph
Egypt
Potiphar
Miller address cites holiday movement to raise prices
Glenn Miller spoke in Graettinger about a holiday movement designed to withhold livestock poultry poultry products grains and dairy from the market for a period long enough to secure a better price for producers.
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Glenn Miller
Graettinger
New Non Fiction at Down Library Lane
City Hall schedule lists Wednesdays 3 to 5 and Saturdays 2 to 5 for readings and a display of ITS A BIG COUNTRY by Ben Lucien Burman. The travelogue covers canals marshes Everglades and Ozarks with Seminole rituals pirates and cowboys, praised by a Library District speaker. Story Hour featured Faith Gabrielsen with twenty youngsters. next Saturday Cynthia Vasey will read.
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Ben Lucien Burman
America
Grand Canal
Louisiana
la Fitte
Everglades
Cape Hatteras
Ozarks
Missouri
Texas
Lirary District
Emmetsburg
Faith Gabrielsen
Karen DeVries
Cynthia Vasey
Old Auto for Webster City Centennial Sealed in Style
Jim Kolbeck owns a Minburn light electric car from about 1918 designed for Webster City centennial events. It uses thirteen 6-volt batteries and can reach 36 miles per hour.
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Jim Kolbeck
Webster Citas
Minburn
Decorah Man Meets Long-Lost Sister After 50 Years
William Dickman of Decorah reunited with his sister Mrs. George Purner of New Jersey during a Iowa reunion. They had last seen each other in 1907 after their mother’s death split the family.
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William Dickman
Decorah
George Purner
New Jersey
Iowa
Drivers License Exams Schedule By City
Drivers license written and road exams will be offered on specific weekdays in Estherville Orange City Emmetsburg Spencer Rock Rapids Spirit Lake and Sibley hours vary with mornings only on Saturdays in Sibley Students should plan ahead and bring required identification and fees to the testing sites.
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Estherville
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
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Iowa Press Association
the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Graettinger, Ia
Armen
Association
Palo Alto
Emmet
Fenton and Terris
Wee Sears
Lake Kahotogama
Arnold
Roy Henningsen
Jens
Paul Irkegaard
Albert Suss
Cabinet
F. D. Cottington
Ayrshire
Times Office
Gerald Steuve
C. R. Kitchen
North 6Th St
C. A. Shiley
House
Grabettinger
K. L. Johnson
Gardaton Hotel
J. Emmett
Martin
Olene Jacobson, D.V.M
M. In
Ted Knudtson
Merle Jones
Eeeee
Bud Craven
Alan Hersleff
Vv Police
Albert Jen
Thomas Thomsen
Leo Hughes
John DeVries
Jens Kirkegaard
Jiesen
T Water Denta
Clayton Duhin
Robert Murray
Bud Hamilton
Wayne Potter
Municipal Light Plant
Melvin Nissen
G. ¥. Shaver
Mike Weinholzer
Lars Petersen
Martin Thompson Lloyd W. Richard Miller
Niva
Alice Yooh
Melvin Sampson
Jay Duhigg
J. Kt. Hyde
W. H. Bargman
A Walter High
Wee Arthur Cody
W. H. McConnell
A. RP. Richiefs
J. E. Smith
Community Church Directory
First Lutheran and
Lost Island Lutheran
Directory OF Graettinger Organizations
Community Club
del Baker
Woman's Club
Legion
Ed Mark
Grady
Robert Dawson
Graettinger Times
W. M. Rode
A. H. Hobson
Optometrist
B. E. Dappen
G. H. Frye
Terry I. Anderson
Emmet CO
Reinders Bros
MITOR
Boa
Cap
Ble
Norman Thoreson
Hiawatha
Kansas
O. L. Thoreson
Last, Island
Henry Field Station
Quentin Jensen
Chris Jensen
School of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota
Carl Spies Jr
Carl Spies
Law Department
Town University
C. A. Jensen
Catherine Foster
W. C. Foster
Graaettinger
Richard C. Simis
Richard Simis
Pheenix
Arizona
Lloyd Appleton
Bucksport
Maine
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Los Angeles
Hawkeye Theatre
E. A. Baumgartner
A. J. Johnson
Fred Spies
George Frick
Charley Jensen
B. R. Graettinger
BE. S. George
City Hall
Story Hour
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