Thrilling Graettinger Baseball Season Highlights
Graettinger High School crushed Cylinder 14-3 on Cylinder diamond last Friday as eleven players batted in the first inning. Potter hit a homer in the third inning and McWilliams joined the local battery. Earlier, Graettinger fell 7-6 in extra innings to Ruthven on Ruthven’s field, with multiple hits led by McCombs, Glazier, Lancaster, Potter, Young, and Herum. The team was set to play Terris on Thursday and drew Lone Rock in the sectional tournament starting Saturday at Whittemore.
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Graettinger High School
Cylinder Boys
Cylinder
Graettinger Boys
Potter
McWilliams
Graetting
Ruthven
Cedarholm
Rutven
McCombs
Glazier
Lancaster
Young
Phillip Herum
Frick
Terris
Lone Rock
Whittemore
New Fireproof Shingles On Cabinet Shop Adjoining Theatre
Albert Suss laid new fireproof shingles on his cabinet shop adjoining the Watson Theatre with Ernie Andresen assisting.
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Albert Suss
Watson Theatre
Ernie Andresen
Mr. Suss
Couple buys cottage at Pillsbury Point Okoboji
Mr and Mrs Wm Hossack have purchased a cottage at Pillsbury Point Okoboji located a few blocks northwest of the monument. This is a choice location.
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Wm. Hossack
Pillsbury Point
Okoboji
Monument
Household Goods Sale Slated for May 18
Mrs. H. R. Horswell announces a sale of household goods to be held Saturday May 18 on the Times sale lot. A fuller listing will follow.
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H. R. Horswell
Times
Olson couple relocate from Ottumwa to Hutchinson Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Wm Olson move from Ottumwa Iowa to Hutchinson Minnesota after selling their Ottumwa home and buying a Hutchinson residence. He is a former Ringsted grocer and now holds a traveling position.
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Wm. Olson
W. C. Olson
Graettinger
Ottumwa
Iowa
Hutchinson
Minnesota
Olson
Ringsted
New Play Ground Seeded Near Water Tower Grounds
Albert Jensen seeded the new play round two weeks ago after ground prep and leveling last fall. The plots east of the water tower were prepared for seeding and should germinate when rains arrive.
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Albert Jensen
E bond value increases over a decade to full maturity
The text notes a $1,000 FE bond growing in value over ten years from $755 in year one to $1,000 in year ten, highlighting patriotic bonding and steady gains. It also reports service station petroleum product sales rising rapidly since wartime rationing ended, nearly reaching 1941 peak levels despite fewer cars in service.
Practice Game On Local Diamond Next Sunday
A Sunday afternoon game at the Graettinger diamond features Ruthven versus Graettinger, both Palo Alto County League members, but not a league contest. No admission, all welcome, with players asked to arrive early for practice before 2:30 pm.
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Graettinger
Ruthven
Palo Alto County League
Vandervelde Re elected Palo Alto County Fair Leader
Andrew Vandervelde of Jemmersburg township was re elected president of the Palo Alto County Fair Association at the annual meeting in the County Court Room on Friday evening April 26. B G Brekeland and Harold Barringer were re elected vice president and secretary treasurer. The 1946 show dates were set for August 19 20 and 21. The grounds rental policy was reaffirmed that grounds be used solely for fair purposes, a policy in place since 1926 when 4 H grounds were leased to the association.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto-Kossuth
Palo Alto County League
Raymond Suss
Graettinger
Suss
James Conway
Eimmetsburg
Gruettinger
Jemmersburg
West Bend
Rodman
Ruthven
Mallard
Havelock
Laurens
Spencer
Bud Hamilton
Vandervelde
Andrew Vandervelde
Palo Alto
Association
State Sports Festival The 1944 Rebound
The Town Farm Bureau plans the return of the State Sports Festival after a four year wartime lay-off. The festival, once labelled the biggest sports event west of the Mississippi with 8600 entries in 1941, may feature Palo Alto entries and a 4-H softball event. A county plan for a pre state festival and an all star or Junior Farm Bureau team is discussed as community preparation continues in Spokesman.
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Town Farm Bureau
Mississippi
Palo Alto
Time Changes All Things in Postwar Economy
Humboldt Republican recalls postwar prosperity and predicts a tightening cycle. Merchants and farmers who thrived on easy profits must cut costs and raise efficiency as demand cools. The piece warns of a coming survival-of-the-fittest era where competence and prudent planning determine winners and losers.
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Iowa
Faust
Roosevelt
Less Sugar Means More of Americas Favorite
USDA reports ice cream production rose from 125 million gallons in late 1944 to about 181 million gallons in the same period of 1945. The shift suggests fewer sherbets and ices due to lower sugar needs, enabling more servings per person while ice cream remains a nutritious milk-based product. In New London, Fritz Preugs uses a flashlight on his lawnmower to mow after sundown.
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America
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
National Dairy Council
Fritz Preugs
New London
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C. A. Jensen
Butternut
Folgers
Maxwell House
HILLS
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TONE
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YANX
RITZ
Humboldt
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