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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
3
A writer reflects on the ache of parents as their children graduate and leave home. The piece contemplates homes ties loosening and the emotional pull of starting a new stage in life as young graduates step into the future.
A miscellany of vintage sales patter and jokes features a crooning catalog of farm equipment from McCormick Deering, Farmall and cultivators, plus humorous quips about customers and a Detroit girl. It closes with bargains on second hand cultivators and a slogan about making a good farmer better.
A home hearth column discusses 1929 youth temptations and parental moral training amid commencement season, paired with a feature praising U S railroads for safety gains. It cites safety investments cutting rail fatalities from 79 in 1926 to 16 in 1928 and notes auto deaths vastly exceed rail deaths. Local notices mention Lost Island event details and a program at Martin Simonsen Home with readings, music, and a talk on voluntary preparation.
Camels contain such tobaccos and such blending as have never been offered in any other cigarette. They are made of the choicest Turkish and American tobaccos grown. Camels are always smooth and mild. Camel quality is jealously maintained by the world's largest organization of expert tobacco men. it never varies, Smoke Camels as liberally as yore choose , they will never tire your taste. Nor do they ever leave an unpleasant after-taste.
Christian services and discussions led by Martin and Mrs Simonsen feature duets by Opal Hampson and Leola Christianson. The parish outlines upcoming events including election of delegates, Danish service times, parochial school start dates, confirmation instructions, and revival preaching by Rev Reque and Rev M Mandsager with references to Iowa District meeting June 7 to 11 at Eagle Grove.
First Lutheran will hold an English language service at 11 with Sunday school at 40. Confirmands will meet for study and discussion, continuing preparations for upcoming confirmations.
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