Poppy sales and fishing notes from local column
A playful column details American Legion Auxiliary poppy fundraising and veterans support, then shifts to fishing trips and local anglers. It recalls nicknames like Cut-Foot Weber and Spinning Red Manchester, notes northern pike limits at Trumbull lake, and a morning wakeup tip from a Clear Lake physician. It also recounts Dr Green chasing his son Kirk outside a clinic.
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American Legion ‘Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Winni
Notice to Bidders for Graettinger Water Tank Work
Sealed bids will be received by the Graettinger Town Clerk until noon on June 6 1955 for cleaning and painting the water tank and tower at Graettinger Iowa. Specifications cover interior cleaning and flushing and exterior painting. Complete specs available at the clerk's office. The town council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Graettinger
Iowa
Grachtinger Town
Local Business Directory Fragments Emmetsb urg Iowa
Short excerpt shows multiple business names and services including welding drilling repair water systems tires optometrist offices and various local organizations such as churches Lions Club and American Legion. It lists phone numbers and names like Tobin Building Emmetsburg W M Rode and Father E S Maynard among others.
Victories of Faith In War And In Life
Reflections on divine aid sustaining a crippled American carrier at Leyte and honoring small battalions. The piece cites Hezekiah, the Maccabees, and Hezekiah’s defense efforts, plus John Woolman and Walter Rauschenbusch, to illustrate how God works through small forces and proactive human action.
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Leyte
God
Napoleon
Egypt
Hezekiah
Assyria
John Woolman
Mr. Woolman
Walter Rauschenbusch
Rauschenbusch
Auto crash injures Merville Olson on Robbins Avenue corner
Thursday May 22 1930 report recounts Merville Olson badly hurt in a one o'clock Wednesday crash with Oscar Craven Chevrolet driven by Thomas Craven at Robbins Avenue and State road. Olson sustained a broken collar bone fractured nose several scalp wounds and two light skull fractures. U K Venema 45 of Graettinger killed Friday morning when his car was struck by a M& St L gas electric train at Bendizen corner near tempi. Jorgen Andersen and Martin Myhre attended Norwegian Lutheran church convention in Minneapolis. Frost damaged garden crops. potatoes above ground suffered setbacks. Edward Stewart died at his brother Martins northeast of Graettinger Thursday night. T A Hersleff of Wallingford severely injured Tuesday repairing an ammonia pump.
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Merville Olson
Robbins Avenue
State Road
Oscar Craven
Thomas Craven
Merville
U. K. Venema
Peter Andrea
Graettinger
Bendizen Corner
Terri
Jorgen Andersen
Martin Myhre
Minneapolis
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Edward Stewart
Martin
Gracttinger
T. A. Hersleff
Wallingford
Mr. Hersleff
Printing needs advertised by The Times 154
Classified notice urges readers to call The Times at 154 for letterheads envelopes or other printing services. It emphasizes quick service and local availability with a brisk, promotional tone.
Down Library Lane Book Loans At Town Hall Saturday
Town Hall opens 2 to 6 PM Saturday for loan of multiple titles. Notable reads include Wheel on the School by De Jong, How the storks were brought back to a Dutch village, and Song of Ruth by Slaughter. Also Caravan to Xanadu and Golden Admiral appear on Farm Bureau and Woman's Club lists.
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de Jong
Bithynia
Slaughter
Luke
Paul
Thecla
Xanadu
Edison Marshall
Marco Polo
van Wyck Mason
Sir Francis Drake
Willie
Giles
Piney Ridge
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Aber
Fac c Associatiion
the Graettinger Times
T. Cody
Palo Alto
Emimet
Fenton
Territ
Albert Suss
Cabinet Shop
Leland McInttre
Pocahontas County
Trumbull Lake Creek
Merle Stllian
Pete Hersleff
Clear Lake Mirror
Ed Herke
al Speck
Arnie Masters
Bart Long
Dalton
Minn
Sam Place
Trumbull Lake
Dr. Green
Kirk
Estherville
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Emmet County
Edward Duling
Sucessor
John T. Ryan
Don C. Green
C. R. Kitchen
Optometrist
North 6Th
C. A. Shiley
Entiat
Grachtinger
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist Vision
Gardston
Bidg
Emmett Martin
Olene Jacobson
Bam Watson
Gegion Auiliary Seorgeeee
Mira
Mabal
Thomas Thomson Leo Hughes
Arthur Anderson
Tobin Bldg
Bud Craven
John DeVries
Alan Hersleff
Jens Kirkegaard
Virgil Olesen
Police—Streets Dept
Albert Jensen
Robert Murray
Joe Grady
Wale
W. M. Rode
Uraettinger
A. A. Hobson
Broadway
Emmetaburg
Directory OF County Officials
Martin Thompson
Lloyd W. Front
Richard Miller
Alice Yoch
Dick Love Mercer Richter
Jay Duhigg
J. R. Hyde
A. Bargman
Joe Joyce
William Fogarty Coos
Wm. McConnell
Rickless
FB. Nappen
G. H. Frye
Terry I. Anderson
Optometrist Emmet CO
Donabue Tire
Mommersbure
J. E. Smith
Immaculate Conception
E. S. Maynard
RK. E. Hodgkin
Lutheran and Our Savior’s Lutheran
Paul G
St. Paul's
Casper
CAP
Nelson Palo Alto County Abstract Co
Ted Knudtson
Scheen — Glass
Lions Club
Csttocenses
Francia Heidecker
American Legion
Iee
George Drown
C.g. Carter
Nneth J
Foreman
Isaiah
Spain
T. J. Conway
Mallard
Mrs. J, BP. Conway
TIMES
City Librarian
Town Hall
Eskimos
Helmericks
de Hartog
Holland
England
Ruth
Naomi
Boaz
Strong Bank
State Bank
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