Gypsies Touched Oscar Hauge For $17 In Cash
Oscar Hauge, manager of the Sinclair Oil station, reported a theft of $17 after gypsies, a group including several women and one man, visited for gas. While filling the tank the women entered the office and later asked for a road map. The money drawer was tapped and the cash taken. Marshal Blom followed the gypsies toward Estherville but could not locate them. Earlier, carloads of wanderers camped at Estherville and dispersed the next day. Other northwest Town stations reported similar losses of $65 and $35 in the same manner.
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Oscar Hauge
Sinclair Oil
Marshal Blom
Mr. Hauge
Estherville
Northwest Town
Skippy Comes to Gradlinger and Hawkeye Show
J. H W. Thomas of the Dominions warns America faces hardship from vast gold reserves. Skippy the motion picture arrives at Graettingar and Hawkeye as manager Johnson plans showings. The duck season is shortened by the migratory bird law with open dates October 1 to December 41, starting September 15.
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Slippy
Gradlinger
Skippy
Graettingar
Johnson
The
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Goon
Banks to Close for May 21 District Meeting
Palo Alto county banks will close all day Thursday May 21. Cashier Elsenbast of First National says he and his employer will attend the district meeting of bankers. May devotions at the Catholic Church occur every Wednesday and Friday evening during the present oath, a Graettinger custom for many years.
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Palo Alto County
Bankera
Elsenbast
First National
Graettinger
Srabptinger Market Report May 14 1991
Market report from Srabptinger dated May 14 1991 shows poultry prices with Leghorn Hens and Roosters listed along with old roosters and heavy hens. The readable entries indicate hens and roosters pricing but many lines are garbled.
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Srabptinger
Wharsday
Pyeecrervnccerneerisnaerer
Leghorn Springs
Tleayy Springs
Hawkeye Theatre Shows Raes Then The Man Who Came Back
The Hawkeye Theatre will screen Raes a grant mystery on Saturday night with no Sunday show due to baccalaureate exercises. Next Wednesday manager Johnson will present The Man Who Came Back, a dramatic film highly recommended by the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Theatre
Raes
the Hawkeye
Johnson
Twin girls born see mother die after cesarean
Mrs. J. E. Maloney of Escanaba Michigan died at Coleman hospital Estherville Monday after a cesarean section for twin girls. Mildred Truesdell, born August 11 1907, was wife of J. Z. Maloney. Funeral held in Estherville. many Graettinger residents attend. obituary to appear next week. Mr and Mrs L P C Larsen plan to move to California for treatment after Mayo visit. residence leased to Mr and Mrs A H Mauratad.
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J. E. Maloney
Mscanaba
Michigan
W. 'T. Truesdell
Coleman Hospital
Estherville
Graettinger
California
Lincoln Robbery Figures Grow To 2 800 000
Readers recall a Lincoln Nebraska bank theft from about a year ago with officials first stating 400 000 then unofficially 4 400 000. Officials now admit 2 800 000 was taken making it the largest bank robbery in U S history. Household goods sale planned for May 25 due to health relocation to California includes garden tools a Ford coupe and an Atwater Kent radio by Larsen GraettingerTimes.
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Times
Lincoln
Nebraska
United States
Graattinger
California
Atwater Kent
Yr C
Larsen
Graettinger
Graettinger High School Band Performs at Estherville Festival
Graettinger High School students including the girls club sextette and the school band joined the Estherville music festival Tuesday. Fort Dodge musician Carl King led the band ensemble with many local residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger High School
Estherville
Carl King
Fort Dodge
Rainy spell boosts planting as corn goes in
The wet spell brings ample moisture for farming as about half the corn crop is planted. Wednesday and Thursday looked fine, and the countryside anticipates a strong season. A Country Club dance is planned at Woodman hall in Graettinger on Friday night, May 16, with the Country Club orchestra providing music and promising a good time for attendees.
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Country Club
Country Club Orchestra
Woodman Hall
Graettinger
Poppy Day Preparations by Legion Auxiliary Members
The Legion Auxiliary announces readiness to sell poppies prepared by disabled veterans. Each hundred poppies yields one dollar to aid families, with the poppy symbolizing sacrifice and memory of World War I. Proceeds support welfare, widowed mothers, and veterans, promoting Memorial Day observance on May 23 under Mrs Franz Swanson’s guidance.
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God
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Ant Auxiliary
Franz Swanson
President
Legion Auxiliary
Coach Dunmire Leaves Graettinger for Titanics
Coach I A Dunmire of the Graettinger schools resigns after three successful years overseeing athletics and teaching. He will take a higher salary as coach in the Titanics schools, with Graettinger people expressing regret and goodwill for his family’s move. A separate Port Dodge note reports a marriage license fraud case involving Miss Fay Swanson and Francis Rank, with a staged witness and a fabricated name Bill Spaffence.
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Dunmire
Titonia
I. A. Dunmire
Graettinger
Thonka
Port Dodge
Swanson
Francis Rank
Fort Dodge
Ranke
Adebeah Habhab
Bill Spaffence
Bill
Mise
Fay Swanson
Bank Robbing Pleas and Sentences Across Iowa
Robbing Banka Is Poor Business. Harl Trumbull and Harald Jacobin pleaded guilty at Decorah to robbing the Burr Ock bank April 22. They were sentenced to its imprisonment. Frank Curtin was found guilty of bank robbing by a jury at Fort Madison. Life imprisonment was recommended. Kenneth and Wendell Eldred and Lloyd Havana, all of Iowa Falls, were given 26 years for the Steamboat Rock robbery. Walter J. Freland was given 80 years for the Leeds bank robbery. Bank robbing is poor business in Iowa.
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Banka
Harl Trumbull
Harald Jacobin
Decorah
Burr Ock
Frank Curtin
Fort Madison
Kenneth
Wendell Eldred
Lloyd Havana
Iowa Falls
Walter J. Freland
Leeds
Iowa
Tuffy Griffith to Referee at St Marys Card
Tuffy Griffith of Sioux City, a contender for the world heavyweight title, will referee a boxing show at Emmetsburg Friday evening May 16. The 38 rounds feature Trinity Preps of Sioux City versus St. Marys of Emmetsburg with St. Marys having two previous wins. Show starts at 8 30 p m with a lineup of local bouts and a 75 cent general admission, Buffy Griffith among headliners.
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Tuffy Griffith
Sioux City
Emmetsburg
Trinity Preps
St. Mary's
Ememtsburg
St. Mary’s
Des Moines
Coon Rapids
St. Mary's Gym
Leonard Herber
Jack Jackson
Emmetshare
Urban Kramer
Wm. Pet»ttt
Dbmmetsbureg
Edward Herber
Gordon Prodigan
Vincent McMahon
Ray Neary
Mmetsburg
Arthur Barrett
Donald Donovan
Wm. Macouistic
John Cahill
Emmetsaburg
Arthur Kerwin
Clyie Braily
James Boyle
Francis Callahan
Bud Kerwin
Joe Phillips
Buffy Griffith
Iowa
Graettinger
Baccalaureate and Commencement at Craubinger High School
Seniors of Craubinger High School prepare for baccalaureate at Hawkeye Theatre on May 11 with Rev. Vremont Paul delivering the sermon. May 19 features the class play and May 21 the commencement addressed by Williams of Des Moines. Diploma awards for 14 seniors. Junior Senior banquet set for Thursday with 90 places. Next week expected busy for students and teachers.
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Craubinger High School
Hawkeye Theatre
Vremont Paul
M, BE
Brpf. Williams of
Des Moines
Cyaettinger
Plater
Music Contest Visit to Mt Vernon and Cornell Ties
Mrs George and daughter Marian drove to Mt Vernon to attend a music festival where the Chicago Symphony performed with renowned pianist Joseph Hofmann. Alice George studies at Cornell College. family visits Helen George in West Union on the return trip. A. G. Morrison of El Rano Oklahoma, cousin of Mrs Mitchell, has died. Morrison and his family were part of a shared legal family business.
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S. George
Marian
Mt. Vernon
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cornall Collage
Joseph Hofmann
Alice George
Cornell College
Better Times Ahead as Auto Output Surges
Automobile makers report a substantial rise in new car production with Eastern factories reopening and many workers returning. This should boost demand for food stuffs and push prices up for producers, signaling better times ahead.
Correction prompts reader correspondence on old town article
G C Coolidge notes errors in the Thirty-Five Years Ago write up. He cites the north hotel building being erected first and claims a 1600 acre Dr Graettinger farm east of town. Readers are invited to send letters about the article as work begins on a fifty years ago piece.
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G. C. Coolidge
Tiarney Elsenbaat
John Mowttt
Ole Jacobson
Dr. Graettinger
Darkly Wells
Mrs Thomas Marshall Dies After Illness At 75
Mrs. Thomas Marshall died Saturday morning at her daughter Mrs J R Webb’s home west of Osgood after a long illness. Funeral services were Sunday at Graettinger M E church with Rev. Fremont Fall officiating. Interment was in the cemetery east of town. Nannie Fields born July 20 1865 in Holly Springs Mississippi married Thomas Marshall July 8 1881. One child Lulu May now Mrs Webb. Survived by two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The Times extends sympathy to the relatives.
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Thomas Marshall
J. R. Webb
West of Osgood
M. BE
Graettinger
Fremont Falll
Nannie Fields
Holly Springs
Mississippi
Soul
Texas
Lulu May
Webb
Welless
Times
Sermon by Father Cassady at Sunday Mass
Rev Father Charles Cassady will deliver a sermon at the Catholic church on Sunday May 17 at the 10 o clock mass. He is noted as a highly able speaker and has had two decades of successful missionary work. The report urges that as many as possible attend. Also notes a garage equipment auction in Graettinger Tuesday with strong turnout and higher than expected prices. Hansen Essex coach sold for 355 dollars. Grodland Reeves handled the auction with H A Elsenbast as clerk. sale considered very successful.
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Father Charles Cassady
Grachtinger
Inez Call
Charles
United States
Graettinger
Hansen
Essex
Grodland & Reeves
H. A. Elsenbast
Miss Mary McManus Places Second in State English Meet
Miss Mary McManus of Graettinger, a Cherokee Academy student, took second in English at the state academic meet held recently. Local friends are pleased by her success as she is noted as a bright student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McManus
Graettinger
Cherokee Academy
McManna
Wisconsin Lumber Co Announces Yard Manager Reductions
The Wisconsin Lumber Co, operating fourteen years in Iowa, will release all assistant yard managers on June 1 due to retrenchment. Gruettinger yard in Ross Gibbaugh, assistant to Manager C E Norris, is affected by the change.
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Wisconsin Lumber Co
Iowa
Gruettinger
Ross Gilbaugh
C. E. Norris
The Family Upstairs Here Tuesday Night
Senior class to present a three act comedy The Family Upstairs at Hawkeye Theatre Tuesday May 19 The cast includes Heller siblings Petersen Swift Larsen and Duffy with Arlene as Miss Callahan The plot follows Joe and Louise Heller and an engagement that faces bluffs from both families ending happily Also Victor Henningsen lands a new job and moves to Newark New Jersey in August a Graettinger High School and Iowa University graduate with Rhoades scholarship potential.
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Hawkeye Theatre
Jon Heller
Elmer Petersen
Emma Heller
Marian George Louise Heller
Varna Grodl
Annabelle Heller
Loretta Swift
Withe Heller
Trygve Larsen
Charles Grant
Kurt Spies
Grant
Ghdys Bratrud Merbort c
Kenneth Swift
Miss Callahan
Arlene Duffy
Joe Heller
Louise
Willie
Annabelle
Laouise
Mother
Newark
New Jersey
Victor Henningsen
Chris Henningsen
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Newsark
Vic
Graettin«per High School
Iowa University
Iowa City
Rhoades
the Times
Graetting Ger
Henningsen
Prudential
Shipmates at Iowa Theatre Next Sunday May 17
The Iowa Theatre in Emmetsburg presents Shipmates next Sunday May 17 featuring Robert Montgomery in a naval romance role praised for engaging performance and sincere characterization. Bring the family for an evening of drama and public entertainment. Melody Masters Dance Monday Night at Woodman Hall Grasttinger May 18 promises a good time for all attendees.
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Iowa Theatre
Towa Theatre
Emmetsburg
Robert Montgomery
Soa
Montgomery
Leonard Merklin
Melody Masters
Woodman Hall
Grasttinger
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Sinclair Oil Station
Fisgs
Lehigh
American Legion
Fairmont
Minnesota
Pearl Jensen
Thas
Fairmont High School
Wilma Wobbe
Henry Wobbe
Wilma
W. L. McAfee
Charles Blair
Town City
LeRoy
Blair
Towa City
England
J. H W. Thomas
Dominions
America
Mt, Arnait
Father Cassady
Frick Drug Store
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