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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1932
Page
10
Graettinger high school selects Edith Gardner Vivian Norris Serene Myhre Lawrence Jenset and Joe Gray to represent the school at a teachers institute in Fort Dodge, directed by Professor Noble Cain. Music instructor Mr Goder will accompany.
Lois Anderson returns to first grade after a long absence. A division of first grade begins Beacon First Router and completes the primer. Four new students join second and third grade rooms, totaling 84 pupils. New arrivals include Ralph Payton, Martyn Payton, Weldin Hanson, Marian Christiansen. Two new students enter fifth grade, Floyd and Fern Christina dungon. Fifth grade decorates room with tulips from each class.
Humorous fragment references a fire fight, a new song hit, a suspicious wife, and odd lines about baking powder and face powder. Contains brief asides about fortune tellers, a dark man, a wary motorist, and a quote about not giving up the ship attributed to Mr Atnoy. Multiple stray names appear with no clear narrative.
A fragment references a father son exchange about earning and owning a store, mentions Remarkable Grocery Prices and a Farm Repair Week in Iowa, urging readers to check farming equipment and perform repairs as prices are very low. The excerpt is partial and lacks full context.
Church notes list Tingish services next Sunday at 2 00 in Methodist church led by Rev Otis T Lang with changes due to weather Special communion service postponed Trust Sunday marks last before Palm Sunday Lutheran and Norwegian church meetings held Graettinger Graettinger First Lutheran Church Norsk service led by Cart Shaw Lent series begin at 2 pm daily through March 18 with prayers fasting and meditation Graettinger Lenten Welcome meeting begins Sunday at 2 pm with prayer Friday March 18 10 am and verse from Isaiah 1 18 cited.
Schedule of March 11 12 shows Graettinger girls beating Dal lver Ruthven Curlew Ayrshire and Went Bend with high scores while Graettinger dominates in boys matches. note also local updates on Graettinger wrestling and community notices including park events and license plate plans.
In northern Iowa Kon auth county townships several pheasants released years ago were found. a bird near Labotr was leg-banded and believed nineteen years old. The band indicated it had dodged hunters since 1918, yet the bird remains alive, hale, but shaky in zero weather, leading to its capture.
Friday incident near Graettinger left Ed Bradley with elbow and hip injuries as wagon top struck him while he hauled corn. He was treated by Dr McManus in Graettinger and later moved to Emmetsburg hospital where he is recovering at home. Grain Show in Emmetsburg March 26 Sponsored by Farm Bureau invites county high schools to attend. write county agent for details. Dusty air from distant source coats snow and offices with fine dust covering drifts. Car demolished at Ruthven crossing as C H Entaminger of Mitchell SD escaped injury by leaping to safety before a passenger train.
Swen City passes an ordinance banning fireworks within city limits amid prior fire concerns. Household goods sale held at the Rierson property in Grad finger, with some items selling strongly and others weak. I J Bergeson seeks state senate nomination in Linux City district and is a former local resident. B C Neary of Emmetsbury dies, funeral set Friday morning. Spencer city plans new paying, overdue improvements. Charley Jensen runs a Vega separators drive offering 25 in trade for old machines.
Henry Wallace argues that farmers increasingly dominate economic outcomes as other classes misjudge the wartime aftermath. He warns of rising mortgage debt foreclosures and tenancy, portraying farmers as a resilient yet oppressed group capable of producing most of what they consume even under hardship.
The author argues for robust exchange between farms and cities to raise living standards, warning that poor city leadership could force a retreat to simple living, which would threaten industrial civilization. He advocates intelligent leadership to push toward higher prosperity and satisfaction.
In 1920 the National Safety Council reports 99 000 accidental deaths in the United States, with motor vehicle tolls at 33 000 and home deaths at 30 000. It notes three billion dollars in direct costs and urges personal safety education, praising declines among children under 15. Each person must act to curb the toll.
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