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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
10
The Iowa health official warns the monoxide danger rises with cold weather and urges car owners to inspect exhausts, heaters, and mufflers before winter driving. He notes auto exhaust leaks caused many deaths last year and stresses keeping garages open when warming up engines.
Mr and Mrs John Farmer journeyed to LaSalle Illinois on Sunday to attend the funeral of friend Mr Horner a farmer who owned lands east of Osgood He was well known here and mourned by many In-town visits and travels were reported as neighbors and relatives kept up with events A O Hankey attended a Farm Bureau meeting in Emmeteburg and the Lundgren family visited Dayton and Farnhamville over the weekend Mae Lane of Chicago arrived to spend several days with her niece Mrs C E Moffitt and family
Notice in Palo Alto County Iowa lists appointments of Executors and Administrators for estates of Christena Sorengen and Bertha Sandvig. It requests immediate payment of debts and filing of claims with the District Court Clerk, with attorneys Burt and Davidson and Carl L Spies acting as counsel. Dated October 1940.
The column notes Earl Lavette in Chicago enjoying Labor Day with his parents in Clarion and avoids a Lavettesville Va airliner crash. Everett Crane’s team collides with a train, leaving horses bruised but wagon wrecked. A. F. Van Pelt in Wheatland handles 513 sheep mis-shipped, later corrected. Cedex County fairground blaze requires cutting down a tree believed set by boys hunting squirrels. George Ham of Dyersville airs a tomato growth method with 17 foot stakes yielding bushel baskets per vine.
Mrs. Lawrence Brennan of Emmetsburg died at the local hospital after childbirth and complications from a caesarean. Her infant Mary Helen, born October 8, survives. funeral services are set for Saturday at Assumption Church with burial at St. John's Cemetery.
160 acre dairy farm in Minnesota’s agricultural region six miles from Deer Creek. Two story dwelling with additions, basement, barn, granary and intact outbuildings. 60 acres plowed, 60 acres upland meadow, 10 acres timber, 22 acres sheep and cattle pasture. Heavy soil, price 26 per acre, good terms. Call to see the farm.
Seed Corn Don't buy seed corn until you make inquiry at the Farmers Grain Co. in Graettinger Iowa. Four Chariton boys were stopped by a highway patrolman near Dyersville for driving 80 mph. Tom Johnson of Duluth and his dog were reunited at Belmond after the dog was Run over. Dr. Coe saved the dog's life and restored it to assistance.
The session details several fund allocations with warrants drawn for payments to numerous individuals and organizations including groceries, medical aid, rent, and supplies. Names such as Mrs J Saucy, Mrs C Grubh, Mra Anderson, Mrs John, and Dr P Czrtzmeyer appear among multiple vendors and county farm needs. City Meat Market advertises groceries and meats at the end.
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