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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
3
The Graettinger Times lists John J. Sullivan as publisher and notes postal entry as second class mail matter. Subscription rates are shown as one year for $2.00 and six months for $1.00. The issue is dated Thursday October 1, 1925.
A Hardin County farmer near Eldora, Wm. Kekler, shares cow testing results showing half-blood Holstein daughters outproducing beef dams in fat and butterfat. Figures include 320 pounds fat for a Holstein daughter and 408 pounds fat for another, with multiple dam and daughter comparisons cited.
Local notes report relatives visiting in Estherville and surrounding towns including Ed Murphy home visitors, Father McNerney and Father Kelly guests, and Millen men visiting Carty homes. Social events include Glauner meeting planned October 6 and card club gathering with Five Hundred. A stock fair drew West residents to Sioux City and Roy Young seeks more eye treatment at Town City. A Pinkerton agent’s absence and a clock throwing incident close the items.
Free Methodist Church notes report revival meetings in Tuthven Iowa led by Rev Ki Ballenger and wife with nightly 8 pm services and two Sunday services through October 18. Sunday School at 8 pm, no morning worship during conference at Le Mars, Epworth League 7 15, Danish Lutheran and Norwegian Lutheran notices list multiple Sunday and weekday services, mission meetings October 9 10 11, minister ordination and installation, language services in Danish English and Norwegian.
Sunday visits and travel report changes as residents move to new homes and attend events. Bert Montgomery spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs Myrtle Allen traveled to Emmetsburg for a funeral. Louis Knutson recuperates from rheumatism and pleurisy. Stephen Hester plans farming. local society meetings and card parties are noted along with threshing progress in Starkweather and Graettinger regions.
Multiple ads announce sales including cattle, dairy cows and a bull with specific breeders and locations in Iowa. Also listed are rental notice near Rock Island depot, an appointment of executor in the Petersen estate, and farm grain product promotions from Parmners Grain Co and Farmer s Grain Co. Historical date and names presented with addresses in Wallingford and Terril.
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