Armistice Day Tilt Between Graettinger Teams Draws Crowds
Graettinger High School meets Alumni on Elsenbast Field at 2 30 with a curtain raiser between High Grade Ramblers and Ninth Grade Tigers. Alumni line includes Spies Bonstead Sturdevant Moehler Petersen Doerning Stavin Merklin Rosboro Horswell Craven Lancaster Wikert with possible Jones and Coach Arney. Admission 25 1 0 cents benefits school football, followed by a weather note on pleasant days and early frosts.
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Graetinger
Graettinger
Elsenbast Field
Ramblers
Tigers
Oys
Kurt Spies
Gerald Bonstead
Pete Sturdevant
Harold Moehler
Elmer Petersen
Clarence Doerning
Donald Stavin
Leonard Merklin
Clayton Rosboro
Howard Horswell
Bud Craven
Bud Lancaster
Emmet Farmer Stricken By Heart Failure
Emmet Farmer A G Valen a Huntington neighborhood farmer was stricken with heart failure Saturday afternoon. The funeral was held at Wallingford yesterday afternoon with Rev Peter Nordsletten officiating. Attended Conference At Humboldt Mrs Fremont Faul Mrs O R Gardner and Miss Clara J Suse attended a conference meeting of the W H M S at Humboldt Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Paul and Miss Suss are officers of the organization.
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Emmet
A. G Valen
Huntington
Wallingford
Peter Nordsletten
Humboldt
Fremont Faul
0. R. Gardner
Clara J. Suse
W.H. M.S
Paul
Miss Suss
Card Party at Woodman Hall Thursday Night
Catholic LadiesAid society hosts a card party at Woodman Hall Thursday evening November 12. Bridge and Five Hundred will be played with games starting at 8:16 p.m. Supper at eleven o'clock. Tickets set at 2 0 6 cents. All invited.
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Woodman Hall
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
Des Moines Firm Loading Evergreens for New Cemetery
Des Moines firm Grasttinger Nursery, run by George Grasttinger, operates a crew loading evergreens for shipment to Des Moines. They recently supplied trees for a Beat Haven cemetery near Valley Junction, a new 80 acre site with 40 acres to be finished this fall and the rest next year. The cemetery will feature shrubs, a small artificial lake, and extensive landscaping as the Rest Haven company expands across several states.
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George
Grasttinger Nursery
Des Moines
Beat Haven
Valley Junction
Neve
Graettinger Market Report November 5 1931
Market notes list prices for eggs butter and poultry items. Eggs straight run trade at 19 cents per dozen eyed eggs 21 cents per dozen. Heavy spring chicks under and over four pounds priced around 12 cents. light hens and leghorns about 9 to 12 cents. Dairy butter quoted at 6 cents per pound.
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Graettinger
Terril Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
A Herman D Terceen farm home at Terril burned Tuesday morning between two and three o clock. The fire consumed the entire second story and attic with the piano saved from the first floor. Two boys escaped by leaping from second story windows as neighbors alerted the family.
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Herman D. Terceen
Terril
Secon
Open Season On Pheasants Opens November Six Seven
The yearly pheasant season starts Friday at sunrise and runs to sunset on Friday and Saturday across 23 counties including Emmet, Kossuth and Clay. Bag limit is three roosters per day, with warnings against shooting hens and Hungarian partridges. Deputies will patrol to enforce rules and protect game birds. Separately, Maguire Tank Repairing Co of Milford works this week in Grachtinger to repair the water tank with safety platforms, new ladder, tightened hoops, and interior fixes.
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Seadown
Emmet
Kossuth
Clay
The
Game Commission
Maguire Tank Repairing Co
Milford
Grachtinger
Eldora St Marys Armistice Day Observance Planned
Eldora and St Marys join in Armistice Day events with a 2 PM parade from Candy Kitchen to St Marys grounds for a St Marys versus Town Industrial School Eldova football game. Tickets cost 60 and 25 cents. A Legion dance in the St Marys gym follows with music by the Legion band.
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Emmetsbirg
Leonard-Rea-O’brien
American Legion
Wadnealay
Candy Kitchen
St. Mary's
Eldova
Grand Legion
Churches and Business Men Aid Needy in Community Drive
A local effort to organize unemployment relief under Hoover plan held a Friday meeting at the barn. Rev. Fremont Faul was named chairman and C A Jensen treasurer. Church representatives and city leaders formed a committee to collect and distribute clothing and aid, each church to care for its own members while coordinating with the central committee.
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Hoover
Fremont Faul
C. A. Jensen
Community Fund
Father Kelly
Christensen
Mandidger
Faul
Commercial Club
Rev
C, A, Jensen
Tremont Faw
Alumni Hinenp Meet: Habi tant High School Lads Preview
The Graettinger school territory prepares for a thriller as Leonard Merklin Hud Lan caster Harold Mochler and others on the Alumni team face the Habitant High School lads on Esenbat Field Arm...
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Leonard Merklin
Hud Lancaster
Harold Mochler
Hnenp
Esenbaat Pield Armiaties
Graettinger
Red Cross Golden Drive Starts November 11
The American Red Cross Golden Drive marks its 80th anniversary with membership efforts led by sub-directors Mrs. Te, George Graetlinger, and North Walnut area, plus regional volunteers including Mrs. M. O. Smith in Osgood and South Walnut, Mrs. Chas Christiansen in Lost Island, Lyle Logan in Ruthven and Highland, and Mrs. W. R. Schroedar in Freedom and Vernon.
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American Red Cross
George
Legion Members Elected Officers
John Nelson Post of the American Legion held officer elections for the coming year with Earl Lehigh as commander Ralph Masters as adjutant Dr B E Cappen as treasurer Dr Olene Jacobson as chaplain and an executive committee of Don Brokke Alfred McCombs and Viggo Jacobsen A committee including T I Lewison Dr Olene Jacobson and Bert Montgomery will interview business leaders about placing a Christmas tree on Benile Avenue for the holiday season.
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John Nelson
Amercan Legion
Earl Lehigh
Ralph Masters
B. E. Cappen
Olene Jacobson
Don Brokke
Alfred McCombs
Viggo Jacobsen
TI. T. Lewison
Bert Montgomery
Benile Avenue
Old Dobbin Now A Sub On New Machine Team
The automotive industry argues against a return to horse power, saying 4,500,000 workers sustain a $1.5 billion market benefiting farmers. A shift to autos has converted 22 million people away from farming competitors, expanded markets for farm products, and improved profit margins. The piece asserts horses won’t rebound as power sources and praises the auto sector’s role in expanding demand for agricultural goods.
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Dobbin
United States
Automotive Industres
School Nurse Hired For Wal nut Township
At the annual meeting of the local Red Cross chapter at City Hall last Friday evening, the decision was made to retain the Wal nut Township school nurse for another year. The nurse has led Graettinger school health services for several years. Officers for the new year were elected: A. H. Henningson chairman, Mrs. M. J. Reidy treasurer, Mrs. P. J. Paulsen secretary, and Mrs. E. S. George vice.
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the Red Cross
Graettinger
A. H. Henningson
M. J. Reidy
P. J. Paulsen
E. 8
George
Auto Crash Injures Clifford Kathman Near Graettinger
Clifford Kathman suffered bruises and cuts when his car struck a hobbled horse on the state road south of Graettinger Saturday night. The car left the road and rolled into a ditch causing heavy damage. Kathman escaped serious injury.
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Clifford Kathman
Graettinger
St Mary's Defeats Trinity College in Sioux City 9 to 8
St Marys of Emmetsburg defeated Trinity College of Sioux City 9 to 8 Friday night. Sioux City recorded a safety and a conversion in the first half, while St Marys scored a touchdown, converted the extra point, and added a second safety.
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St. Mary's
Trinity College
Emmetsburg
Sioux City
St. Mary’s
Closing Hours In Graettinger Armistice Day
Graettinger shops will close Armistice Day at 10 20 a m with usual evening closure not possible. The post office and The First National Bank will observe holiday hours and close all day on Wednesday.
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Pastaltice
Graettinger
First National Bank
Card Party At Woodman Hall Friday Evening 1931
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts the first public card party of the year on Friday November 6 at Woodman Hall. Progressive Five Hundred and Bridge will be played with refreshments served. Admission is 25 cents per person.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Woodman Hall
Zaveryone
Woodmen Hall
the Auxiliary
Corn Prices Rise as Market Optimism Grows
The week sees corn prices advancing with hopes of further gains. Observers note price increases and expect continued market strength toward higher levels unseen this season.
Williams Singers Delight Graettinger Audience Monday
The Williams Colored Singers presented an outstanding program in Graettinger on Monday under the M. E. Ladies Aid society. Despite a smaller crowd, the performance was praised as one of the city’s best and the audience attendance considered satisfactory under present conditions.
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Hawkeye
Williams Colored
Graettinger
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Raleigh to Return Home Soon After Operation
Postmaster O H Raleigh is recovering well from a serious operation performed at Emmanuel hospital in Mankato two weeks ago Sunday. He has a good appetite and feels fine and expects to return home within a week or so. Friends express pleasure at the news.
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Prasa
Mra
EL A
Bergum
Raleigh
Inmanuel Hospital
Mankato
Locals Hold State Champions To 19 Points Today
Emmetsburg St Marys defeated Graettinger 19 to 0 on Emmetsburg field. Graettinger fought hard led by coach Laughlin, but a disputed grounding call and two turnovers shaped the game. St Marys used Jackson in most plays and with a strong defense kept Graettinger from scoring. A separate note reports a light frost Monday morning that damaged strawberries and vines but spared most vegetation.
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St. Mary's High School
Graettinger
Graetlinger
St. Mary’s
Eymmersburg
Lloyd Jenswold
Jsenswold
Emmetsburg
St. Mary's
Laughlin
Jackson
Des Moines
Gaettinger
Graettinger Boys
St. ‘Mary’s
Bancroft Man Loses Arm In Passing Truck
The Bancroft Register notes Fred Beckay, formerly of Bancroft and now with a Mason City packing company, lost his arm in a foggy night accident when he leaned from the window to see ahead and a truck passed, crushing his arm at the elbow.
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Bancroft Register
Fred Beckay
Mason City
Skowe
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Armistice Tilt
Eldora
Graetdnger
Red Cross
Legion
Old Dobbin
New Machine Team
Ft. Dodge Daily Messenger
Walnut Township
Williams Singers
O. H. Raleigh
Graettinger High School
Bancroft
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