Sipes Wins Shetland Pony in Town Contest
Harry Sipes won the Shetland pony at the PP.G. Johnson store event on Saturday with a total of 2,728,600 votes. Anna Hansen was runner up with 2,618,045 votes. Counting started at nine in the morning and finished around five in the evening, overseen by Supt. Gotke and the Misses Clara Larsen and Cora Christopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sipes
Pp.g. Johnson
Anna Hansen
Supt
Gotke
Clara Larsen
Cora Christopher
Harry
C. Geee Ee
Anna Moline
Ruud Oi
Ceee Eee
Kenneth Swift
Alvin Michael Hers Teech
Freda Geil V.ccereeees
Lawrence Jensen
Henry Hansen
Ceee Yea
Evelyn Horstwell
Homecoming News From Renville and Mayo Hospital Visit
M. E. Mahan returns from Renville Minnesota where Mrs. Fred Jackson hosted him while she recovered from throat growth linked to an injury in childhood. Mrs. Jackson’s nine week Mayo Hospital treatment is followed by a complete recovery. The Yellowstone Trail runs through town with two feet of mud as frost leaves Minnesota. City water samples tested by Iowa University show the water is satisfactory, per school board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Mahan
Renville
Minnesota
Fred Jackson
City Water
Is “O. K
Gorke
Iowa University
Shipping Cattle to Germany by Milwaukee Road
Saturday night 26 carloads of cattle passed through Emmetsburg on the Milwaukee road bound for Germany. The cattle were donated by the farmers of Hutchinson County South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Emmetsburg
Milwaukee Road
Hutchinson County
Sout
Dakota
Tile Works Installing More Power for Gratteing er Tile Works
Mr Gringo manager of the SEm mersburg division of the Electric Light company says a force is busy installing equipment for the Graettinger Tile Works. A 30 hp motor at the pumping station and a 20 hp motor at the tower operate the screens. Water will be pumped from the river to the tower to wash sand and gravel. Power for the drag line will come from a steam engine. The tile works also uses a 27 hp motor at the factory. A heavier line from Emmetsburg to Graettinger was built to carry the load, but the drag line load was refused as too unstable for the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gringo
Semmersburg
The
Electric Light Company
Graettinger Tile Works
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Lumber prices fall 1921 vs 1920 in Royal Lumber ad
Alfred N. Jensen of Royal Lumber Co cites 1921 lumber prices compared with 1920. Reductions range from 36 to 62 percent with plain oak flooring from 250 per thousand to 120 and quarter sawn oak from 300 to 150. Other reductions follow similar proportions. The ad notes it as news for builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred N. Jensen
The
Royal Lumber Co
Methodist Episcopal Church Notice
Regular services next Sunday at usual hours with some to be received into church membership at the morning service. It will be an excellent time to take a stand for Christ. Weather and roads hindered christening last Sunday. if arrangements allow, the pastor will perform the service next Sunday morning. Four children christened last Sunday and three young people received into the church. Rev. J. A. Cunningham, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anch
J. A. &. Cunningham
Boxing card halted by nail. Ringsted pair postponed
Elmer Sullivan of Ringsted stepped on a nail Saturday causing the boxing match with Hans Norrie to be postponed. The two youths are expected to meet in an exhibition soon. A wrestling match between Gerald Reed and Joe Crooks was also postponed until the following Saturday evening, April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Sullivan
Ringsted
Hans Norrie
Gerald Reed
Joe
Crooks
Married at Iowa City Saturday
Mr Wendell D Anderson and Miss Helen S Goundrey were married at Iowa City on March 20. The couple will settle in Graettinger, where the bride teaches, and the groom manages the Grad inger Tile Works. Congratulations pour in from friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell D. Anderson
Helen S. Goundrey
Iowa City
G. G. Benjamin
Barnes
New York
Iowa University
Graettinger
the _ Broom
I. P. Anderson
Epworth
Iowa
Grad‘tinger
Town University
Knife In Eye Injures Boy In Fort Dodge Hospital
Six year old Elliott Smith of Eagle Grove fell while helping his mother hang wallpaper last week. A knife punctured the iris of his eye and he was taken to a Fort Dodge hospital where he rests and doctors assess whether sight can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Smith
Eagle Grove
Fort Dodge
Humiboldt Republican
Farm Management Courses At Town State College
Farm management extension experts at Town State College conducted 100 short courses over four months ending mid March. About 1,757 farmers learned bookkeeping essentials and how to prepare income tax statements and assess profitability on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Whittemore and Terril Papers Adopt New Typograph Machines
The Whittemore and Terril Papers and The Terril Tribune have installed fine new hypo type machines in the past weeks. The Times chronicles this prosperity showing the machines will save time in newspaper work and job printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terril Tribune
Whittemore Champion
the Times
Lost animal pay in whiskey case shocks Humboldt county
A misread advertisement in Humboldt County offered whiskey as payment to the man who returned a lost animal. The next day twelve men arrived with helpers and coerced the advertiser into accepting the reward, then demanded their drinks of whiskey. The incident reflects a chaotic sequence surrounding the notice in the local Republican era coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt - ‘Repubeany
Wrestling Match Saturday Night at Woodman Hall Graettinger
Graettinger and Wallingford fans expect a top bout as George Richards of Wallingford battles Charles Thompson of Clay County at Woodman hall in Graettinger on Saturday April 2 after the first show. In prelims Gerald Reed faces Joe Crooks for Palo Alto county championship, promising a strong evening of wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman Hall
Graettinger
George Richards
Wallingford
Clay County
Charles Thompson
Charlie
Jud
Ben Reeves
Lost Island
Richards
Gerald Reed
Joe Crooks
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Catholic Ladies Aid Elects New Officers
The Catholic Ladies' Aid society met at the parsonage with good attendance and an enjoyable social time. The annual meeting elected officers: D. E. McCarty president, John Jackman vice president, Frank Carney second vice president, Barney Eisenbast third vice president, Reidy secretary, Hendricks assistant secretary, Julia McCarty treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
D. E. McCarty
John Jackman
Frank Carney
Barney Eisenbast
Reidy
Hendricks
Julia McCarty
Their Daughter Is Very Ill in Laverne
The daughter of Supt and Mrs Antone BE Johnson of Laverne is very ill with poor recovery chances. They travelled to Iowa City to consult specialists. Graettinger friends hope for improvement soon. Cecil Samson moved his family to Graettinger after civil service appointment. Local friends wish them luck in the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. the Tittle
Injured Woman Free From Clothes Wringer
Miss Mary Reidy was caught in a clothes wringer last week while operating it. The device had to be dismantled to release her, and she had a close call. John Dooley rode to Emmetsburg Saturday evening. he has been moving a building from the Buste Jacobsen farm toward the McKenzie place east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Reidy
John Dooley
Emmetsburg
Buste Jacobsen
McKenzie Place
Face Powder Economy Amid Social Habits
An old note cites that over 850 million dollars yearly is spent on face powder in the United States. It questions whether the public can endure the drain for cosmetics, cigarettes, and bootleg liquor, suggesting men won’t return to farms because of their wives’ influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Season Advances At Excelsior Springs Missouri
A reader from Excelsior Springs Missouri dated March 28 1921 reports on subscribing for 1922 and notes a fine winter and a garden growing well. The letter mentions the season being ahead of Palo Alto county and that the Times reaches there on Saturdays. Signed Preston Fahnestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Times
Palo Alto County
Preston Fahnestock
Lost Island Township Board to Hold Annual Meeting
The Lost Island township board will meet at Center school house on Monday April 4 1921 to review the assessor's books and arrange road work and handle other business. THOS H RIERSON Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Island Township Board
Center School House
Thos. H. Rierson
Gotke Re-Elected Graettinger School Superintendent
At a school board meeting G. W. Gotke was re elected superintendent for next year with a substantial salary increase. The Graettinger community welcomes the decision praising his leadership during a notably successful past school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Gotke
Graettinger
Gotke
College Widow to Be Shown at Emmetsburg Iowa
Local talent presents A College Widow at the Iowa theatre in Emmetsburg on April 6 and 7 under the Woman's club auspices. The comedy centers on college life and college football and proceeds go to the hospital fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Iowa Theatre
Woman’s Club
May 1921 Prediction Foresees Market Rebound
Byron Gillette, famed for accurate 1921 price forecasts last year, predicts the low point will occur in May. He expects a shift for the better and notes prices for produce, material, and labor will stabilize at about 60 percent above the 1913 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Gillette
Mr. Gillette
A J Johnson's Father Dead In Wisconsin Notice
A J Johnson was called to Stoughton Wisconsin last week by a message announcing his father's death. No further particulars learned. Mrs Johnson accompanied him to Wisconsin. Mr Johnson has the sympathy of his Graettinger friends in his sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Johnson
Stoughton
Wisconsin
Old Fashioned County Fair at Hawkeye Theater
A Friday night event at the Hawkeye theatre on April 1 promises entertainment from a imported three legged woman, a monkey show, a baby show, and chorus acts. Single admission is 9 cents, couples 15 cents, run by the Young People’s Society of the M. K. E. church. Remember the night Friday April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Theatre
Young Peoples’ Society of the
M. KE. Church
April First Entertainment At School
Freshman class members host an evening at the High School gymnasium on Friday April 1 featuring fortune telling airplane rides a chamber of horrors the only living skeleton with his wife boxing fish pond swimming shooting gallery ice cream homemade candy popcorn and the famous minstrels seating and times to be announced local notice for students and families.
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Shetland Pony
Aii
Ako Emec G
Joka
Waukon
Graettinger Times
J.‘L. Holland
Farma
Mr. Gotke
April
Alfred Peats
WM. Franklin
Merchants Bank
John P. ‘Kirby
Vincent’ Kelly
K. B. Stoukes
PY Graettinger
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