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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
2
The readable speech fragment lists names and pricing for personal notices and classifieds, mentioning Nettie Rath tinger and Vicki Wile Sutinger with per word charges and minimums. It references a hospital and Mis. Wm, Me snersburg, but details are largely garbled.
Multiple local classified items describe houses for sale with details on bedrooms, basements, gas systems, and contact numbers. Also included are ads for farm and business lots, household appliances, pest killer, and a few miscellaneous items such as hens and stoves with prices and dates. Addresses and phone numbers appear with several entries.
A roundup of social contacts includes Marl Vispard Judd’s home gathering with Iowa City residents, visits by the Gjerde and Anderson families to relatives in California and Iowa, and attendees at the Iowa Bankers convention in Des Moines. Obituary notes Howard Girsch, 62, former Graettinger teacher, who died after a stroke at Waukon HS.
Expressions of gratitude from the Rosary Society of Inmaculate Conception church for patronage and help at a chicken dinner, hospital visits, and funeral support. List of thanks to doctors, hospital staff, parish priests, neighbors, and friends, with mentions of gifts and spiritual bouquets.
Mrs. Carl Wilks thanks Grachtinger merchants for a $25 Bucks T prize from Saturday drawing. Banbie Mammen sends thanks to Ron and Evan Sheathers for quick hospital assistance and for cards and visits after a fall.
Short notices include WANTED corn picking by Zitterich Bros with phone contact, TRAPPERS supplies and future trapping updates from S&W Fur Co Gracttinger, a FOR RENT listing for a furnished or unfurnished 4 bedroom house via Lloyd C Peters en Grayttinger, WANTED TO HIRE one or more men starting at $2 per hour by Tom Guess, a Dex-A-Diet weight loss ad at Christy Drugs, and Fred and Hay Bunks offerings from Graettinger Lumber Co with a note about keeping freedom in your midst.
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