28 Mar 1957
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
1
Readers report a wet snow event last week with inch to foot totals at the Farmers Coop elevator. Marcus Leil shows an antique milk ticket from Dest Island Creamery for August, price per 100. Marshal Albert Jensen helps with boots after a snow cleanup, while sparrow bands and sunburn anecdotes mark early spring signaling.
Drivers license exams are offered on Mondays at Fisherville and Orange City, Thursdays at Romersburg, Wednesdays at Spencer, Thursdays at Rock Rapids, Fridays at Spirit Lake, and Saturdays at Sibley in the morning only.
Local records list Jens Kirkegaard Virgh Olesen, Albert Jensen Gayton, Duhn, Robert Murray, and Robert Jensen in connection with Tobin Building matters in Emmetsburg Iowa. The note references municipal departments and city addresses.
Devotional note referencing Matthew chapters 24 and 25 with focus on the themes of watchfulness and readiness. The text uses guidance from scripture to encourage spiritual preparedness and reflection on a faithful life.
A terse report notes an event at Thorstay on March 17, 1982. Details are sparse in the readable OCR fragment, but the date and location are clear and suggest a local incident or occurrence captured in a short notice.
A March 31 1957 sermon discusses imperfect human judgments and God’s final all knowing judgment. The talk emphasizes that only God holds complete facts, with Jesus described as the Son of Man on the throne. Separate items note the Gastlinger Commercial Club meeting, a marriage at St Paul’s Lutheran parsonage, a house contract bid near West Bend, and a citizens’ caucus planning mayoral and council races with polling on March 28.
Down Library Lane events at City Hall run Wednesdays and Saturdays with hours listed. New novel Prayers for a Brave Heart by Helen MacInnes features a Swiss setting and a cast including Bill Deming Francesca Keppler Max Meyer and a US newspaper couple in a wartime intrigue about diamonds and communism.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of John Graetlinger deceased was produced opened and read. The day for hearing proof is fixed for April 1957. Witness L W Frost Clerk District Court March 2 1957.
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