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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
11
The school building on the southwest quarter of section 13 in Jack Creek township will be sold at auction to the highest bidder for cash on Saturday May 22 1924 at 2 p m. The sale will be held on the school grounds. J W Oakes Secretary.
Advertising in this week’s Times promotes Star cars from Clemmensen and Masters. The dealership reports several sales this season and invites readers to read the advertisement for details.
The Graettinger town ball team will play Elk Lake at Silver Lake Sunday. Local players have been busy practicing and aim to deliver strong performance in the upcoming game.
Market notes from Graettinger dated May 6 1926 show hogs and hens trading with Chicago prices and varied demand. Report mentions chicken, hog, and egg movements with local price observations and receipts guiding bids.
The Palo Alto county music memory contest for rural and town school children will be held at Emmetsburg on Friday afternoon and evening. The Jefferson orchestra will play. Afternoon program begins 3 PM for rural children. evening program 8 PM for town children with prizes. A special program features the Gratinger High School Girl's Glee Club and Miss Elizabeth Spies singing Valley of Laughter.
W. 1. Stevens asks Graettinger residents to lend funds to O C McAllister of North Carolina so he can return to Graettinger and repay. McAllister, once a Graettinger resident, is out of work, his wife is ill, and he seeks a temporary loan, not a donation, with Stevens and McAllister guaranteeing repayment.
The south bound evening passenger train runs one hour and five minutes late starting Sunday May 16. The train departs Greattinger at 6 40 p m. The change aims to compete with Illinois Central. Connections to Des Moines are unaffected.
Eugene McCarty of the east outskirts had 106 ears tested at Grachtinger Seed House. One ear proved 100 percent corn with six kernel test, 11 ears labeled 5s, five kernels grew from these ears, and one ear showed a four with no outs. The seed testing company members congratulate Mr. McCarty on his good judgment in selecting seed corn.
Graettinger High School senior class stages the comedy drama Only Me at the Hawkeye theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings next week. Tickets from senior members or reserve at Windsor Hotel Friday 4 p m for first show and all day Wednesday for the second. Choice seats benefit from Friday 4 p m hotel reservations. An synopsis and character costs were in last week's Times.
The Phantom of the Opera will be shown at the Hawkeye theatre on May 13 14 15. Lon Chaney reprises the Phantom role bringing horror make up and dramatic range from light to tragedy. See him in this greatest motion picture play of the world.
Tess Of the Storm Country will be presented at Hawkeye Theatre Friday and Saturday evenings this week. The Friday show is on request of business people and employees who cannot attend Saturday. The production has attracted audiences coast to coast, with Grachtinger residents invited to witness the May 7 and 8 performances.
A brick Farmers and Merchants State Bank building at a four corner location is described as ideal for a post office, a Groettinger creamery site, or other lines of business. The examiner in charge, Mr. Porkina, invites interested parties to consult.
A legal notice to depositors and creditors outlines a hearing on the classification, correction and allowance of claims and rejected claims. A hearing is set for May 18 at Emmetsburg Court House. If approved, a dividend to creditors will follow, with about thirty days to prepare checks by the state banking department.
The Gruettinger Public School music organizations present a music program in the Hawkeye Theater on May 20 at 8 15 p m to offer the community an evening of music and to showcase students yearlong work. See program in next week’s Times and remember the date May 20. Movie actors may shun accidents but not the publicity.
Buttermaker Nelson of the Fallow creamery reports patron earnings at Lost Island Creamery with Olson Brothers topping a list of those receiving $100 or more last month. Jens Rasmussen ranks twelfth while a $17 gap separates twelfth from seventh as Charles Henningsen and S. W. Duhn contend with C. M. Nolan for position. Other names and amounts: Reynolds & O Conner $175.59, O. Cy Olson $161.68, Chris Christiansen $144.47, Frank Garney $1945.74, Simon Simonsen $141.60, Franz Swansen $119.75, R. M. Nolan $111,971, Chas Henningsen $110.59, IR Skow $108.33. The United States is praised as a good place to live with a sugar per capita of 105 pounds versus 5 pounds worldwide and 21,000,000 autos compared to 3,600,000 elsewhere. The entire U.S. population could ride in automobiles at once.
This cleanup season calls on property owners and renters to remove ashes cans and debris from their property and adjoining streets and alleys. City authorities seek cooperation to make this a real cleanup year. Mayor L L Lindsey signs the notice dated May 6 2.
Friday evening social dance at Woodman hall with Iowa Trio orchestra providing music. Tickets cost 60 cents, ladies admitted free, offering a popular entertainment option for the week.
A gentle soaker fell across Grachtinger and surrounding territory on Saturday night. Moderate rainfall with a little lightning accompanied the storm and covered the region in a calming, widespread shower.
Senator Smith W Brookhart spoke to a large Emmetsburg Sunday afternoon crowd as he campaigned in Palo Alto area. Supporters hail the talk as one of his best and predict strong GOP showing in the primaries, with Cummins and Howard Clarke as main opponents.
The Misses Josephine and Margaret McBride have added a third chair in their city barber shops. Gractiinger now operates two three chair shops to meet demand as customers travel from surrounding towns for services.
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