Ruthven Wins First in Tourney at Ayrshire Gym
The Palo Alto County boys basketball tournament at Ayrshire March 17 was sparse due to bad roads and a blizzard. Ruthven defeated Emmetsburg 45 to 9 in the final after earlier upsets, with Mallard and Graettinger sharing tight play in the semifinals and round robin.
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Palo Alto
Ayrshire
Graettinger
West Bend
Vedar Funs
Mallard
Emmetsburg
Curlew
Cylinder
Ruthven
Graettinger-Mallard
Gracttinger
Graettinger Market Report March 22 1923 Chickens Eggs Butter
Graettinger and Wallingford market notes list prices for poultry eggs and butter with Chris text, dated Thursday March 22 1923. Market sales are noted as held on Saturday and include references to local sellers and price ranges.
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Graettinger
High School Notes Debate On Insurance Law
A Friday afternoon assembly in the high school featured six Senior sociology students debating whether the United States should enact legislation modeled on the German Industrial Insurance Law for industrial accident compensation. Judges included Miss Gowans Miss Wells and Mr White. Miss Duhigg coached. The decision was Affirmative two to Negative one amid lively rebuttals. Also reported are Graettinger Telephone Directory updates, printed in book form with local business advertising and an index on the first inside page, available at the central office.
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United States
Miss Gowans
Miss Wells
Mr. White
Miss Duhigg
White
Graettinger Telephone
Times Office
Graettinger
Walnut Township Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed to March 23
The Walnut township Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for March 9 at Conway school has been postponed to Friday, March 23 due to sickness and poor roads. All are urged to attend. Read in the Times.
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Farm Bureau
Walnut Township Farm Bureau
Conway School
R. M. Young
Worst Storm In Thirty Five Years Hits Graettinger Area
March storms bring record severity with a forty mile wind and twelve below zero. Snow and cold paralyze traffic. trains delayed from Chicago reach Graettinger Monday morning. Longer term, officials warn of severe weather but anticipate a bumper crop. Sullivan and Reed win bouts at Emmetsburg with local fighters Higgins and Reed prevailing in the undercard.
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Iowa
Graettinger
Aid Society Meetings Post Small Town Notices
The Norwegian Lutheran Ladies' Aid will meet at Mrs. Nelson's home on Wednesday March 28. The M F E Ladies' Aid will gather at Mrs. Paulsen's home on Thursday March 29 with Mrs. Paulsen and Mrs. Baumerartner hosting. A cordial invitation is extended for all to attend. Ronander the Wweetlinger and Wallingford Markey dated Saturday.
Market Day Sales At Graettinger And Wallingford
Reeves and Keator plan the season’s last Market Day sale in Graettinger on Saturday March 24 listing horses cattle milch cows young stock brood sows fall pigs and machinery plus seed potatoes and other goods A Titan tractor may be brought in if roads permit Clerks from both banks will officiate under usual sale terms.
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Reeves & Keator
Graettinger
Mail Order Catalogues Clogging The Mails In Humboldt
The Humboldt Republican notes mail order catalogues clogging stations along the state and slowing trains. One train halted twelve minutes at Hampton to unload catalogs while clerks labored. Local merchants are urged to defend home trade against distant rivals, with outsiders spending more to draw Humboldt buyers than locals to keep business local. Also reported, two slayers of Handsome Joe Lanus, a Chicago auto salesman and Poeshontas native, have been sentenced to death with a third given life imprisonment after an eleventh hour attack.
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Hampton
Ackley
Ft. Dodge
Des Moines
Chicago
Humboldt
Poeshontas
Joe Lanus
Poenhontas
PTA Meeting Postponed After Winter Vacation
The next scheduled PTA meeting is postponed due to the winter vacation break. Officials request parents and members to watch for new date announcements and check bulletin boards for updates.
Mrs. Frank Sullivan Dies After Illness
The sudden death of Mrs. Frank Sullivan occurred last evening around ten after a hospital stay for flu related complications. She had surgery on Tuesday but could not withstand the shock. An active Catholic parishioner with many friends in Estherville, she will be laid to rest Friday at ten in the Catholic church, with interment at Ruthven cemetery.
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Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Ruthven Cemetery
Estherville
Immense Stock Of Implements At Farmers Supply Co
A. J. Johnson showcases two story display room filled with new agricultural implements. Old prices apply as stock bought before ten percent rise. Company reports three more carloads coming, total cost around 17000 dollars. Poultry and eggs business last year reached about 50000 dollars. Farmers Institute officers meeting set for March 24 postponed indefinitely.
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A. J. Johnson
Farmers Supply Co
Times
Johnson
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Farmers’ Supply Company
Northwest
Ows
Marion Kerr and Lucy Lammers Wed in Wisconsin Home
Marion Kerr of Glenwood Wisconsin and Lucy Lammers of east of town were united in marriage at the bride’s father Henry Lammers home on Thursday March 16 officiated by Rev C J Mekkel gon of Groettinge M E church. A wedding dinner followed. The couple will reside in Glenwood Wisconsin. The bride is praised for her popularity and social grace. The groom is described as a capable industrious farmer with many friends. The Times wishes them a long happy marriage.
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Marion Kerr
Glenwood
Wisconsin
Lucy Lammers
Henry Lammers
C. J. Mekkel‘gon
M. E. Church of
Groettinge
East of Town
Grachtinger
the Times
Large egg reported from Palo Alto County farm
Mrs C J Miller of Freedom Township near Emmetsburg brought a six and a quarter by eight and a half inch egg to County Agent Fred F Clark. The egg, from Rose Combed Rhode Island Red chickens, is larger than previously published egg stories and reflects growing interest in egg sizes nationwide.
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Register
C. J. Miller
Palo Alto County Farm Bureau
Fred F. Clark
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Ake
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Reed
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Ringsted
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Malland
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Renatt
Lewis Higgins
Emmetsburg J
Gerald Reed
Lo Faly Shade
Rononder
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Wallingford Markey
Norwegian Ladies’ Aid Society
Billy
Grodland & Hepp
J. A. Nelson
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