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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1927
Page
5
Thomas Larson recalls the first settlement of High Lake township by Norwegians and Irish pioneers around 1656, noting hardships, early markets and rail links, the emergence of Wallingford and High Lake stations, and the rise and decline of local businesses and schools as generations passed.
A dated travelogue from Racine Wisconsin writer Thos Larson recounts a Mankato to Wisconsin tour with Adrian age nine. Highlights include dairy regions east of LaCrosse, Tunnel City railroad tunnel, Kilbourne Dells, Fox Lake family visit, Beaver Dam Hartford Holy Hill Shrine, Milwaukee factories and suburbs Cudahy South Milwaukee Racine Kenosha Zion City and peculiar observations about local life and a broadcasting station run by Overseer Vodva
Director Dan H Otis describes rising productivity across industries since 1914 and urges farmer and livestock improvements. He cites potential national savings of over two billion dollars by enhancing livestock production, breeding, and trading, reducing slaughter numbers, and increasing output per head to maintain current dairy, beef, sheep, and pork supplies.
A humorous early car description names the Linford after Abraham Lincoln and Henry Fort as maker. It lists standard running gear, four wheels, radiator, gasoline tank, seats with cushions, a front windshield serving as a barometer, steering wheel, doors, and various "doodads" like spark plugs and pneumatic tires, ending with a note that breadwinners in a family are those who get the dough.
Church notices from Methodist Episcopal and St Pauls Lutheran detail service times Sunday school confirmations and gatherings. Fremont Faul and Rev Axel M Anderson invite parishioners to attend worship and church activities with details for times and dates.
The Lutheran church schedules a 11 o clock divine service with Rev Hjelmeland preaching and a Sunday school rally this week. Confirmands meet Saturday at 9 30 and an adult class, teachers training, and junior choir sessions occur on November 7 at Graettinger. The Ladies Aid bazaar is set for November 11 in Hawkeye basement. Rev Mandsager is pastor.
The speaker urges countering belittling with facts about Iowa’s industrial might. Waterloo hosts the largest cream separator factory in the United States, Burlington the largest furniture and basket factories, Dubuque the largest sash and door factory, and Musen tine houses the largest button machinery factory in the United States.
A listing claims Davenport hosts the world’s largest macaroni and broom factories, Red Oak leads in the calendar plant, Cedar Rapids in cereal, Keokuk in hydro power, Marshalltown drain tiles, Centerville an alump puller plant, Charles City a motor tractor maker, Sioux City a creamery, Fort Dodge a wall plaster mill, Bettendorf a steel car factory, and Newton a washing machine plant, with notes on Town leadership across fields.
A fragmentary poem and chatter from a small town scene celebrating local pride and boosting community spirit. It urges residents to defend the town's reputation, trade locally, and share boosterism while joking about marriage, weather, and a rural couple’s banter.
Public Relations Commission piece argues many firms fail from mismanagement, not fraud, urging investors to thoroughly vet managers, seek facts, and consult bankers or Better Business Bureaus. It contrasts the Get-Rich-Quick Express with safer routes and cites studies showing high failure rates for promoter-driven investments.
Noted rupture expert H Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia will be at the Tangney hotel in Spencer Thursday November 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. He claims the Spenmatic Shield can close ruptures in about 10 days in most cases without surgery, injections, or prescriptions. Seeley warns against elastic trusses and notes government documents support his claims.
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