This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
1
The Graettinger Times announces its publication by John J. Sullivan publisher with an office in Graettinger Iowa. The notice states the paper is entered as second class mail matter and carries the motto The Paper That Makes News Interesting.
President Roosevelt announces Sunday September 8 1940 as a day of prayer urging all Americans to seek divine blessing for the republic and for a just enduring peace. He calls on people of all creeds to pray in churches homes or shores as they face global tribulations and war.
We thank all for sympathy and help during illness and death of our sister and cousin. Grateful for Rev Mandsager visit and prayers. Thanks to Mrs Carl Spiep and Mrs Duhn for care of Mrs Sandviz. Appreciation for flowers from Lena Knutson and Miss Bertha Boletad.
The issue blends a period fashion summary with local athletic updates. It describes tailored fall styles emphasizing natural lines, high necks, and hip length jackets, plus accessories like large purses and pompadour hair trends. It also credits Alfred McCombs, Raymon Suss, and Chat Torreston for maintaining softball games, and notes threshing finishing this week with flax losses due to rain.
Church notes list Graettinger and First Lutheran services on Sunday with sermon by Rev. Verner N. Varlsen and Rev. M. Mandsager. Includes Sunday School times, choir, Luther League, mission sermon by Mr. Gran, and a National Prayer Day observance. Also announces proof of will hearing for Bertha Landvig, and a public land sale by Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors on September 16 1949 with property details.
Central Minnesota listings show two dairy and mixed farms for sale near Park Rapids Sebeka and surrounding areas. One near Park Rapids offers 70 acres of cultivated land and pasture with a bungalow home, round roof barn and outbuildings at 25 per acre. The Sebeka area listing covers 200 acres for dairy farming with 60 acres plowable 22 acres bottom land and 60x80 hip roof barn with sheds at 18 per acre. Interested buyers are invited to contact for touring.
Ed Herke, Charles Hickey, Elbert Powers, Alfred Hurlburt, Alfred Lammers and Edwin Herke returned from Leech Lake Minnesota Friday after a week there. They caught two muskies weighing 11 and nothing pounds. Northern pike were plentiful, but wall-eyes did not bite.
The August weather lingered cold and damp before September brought hot and dry days ideal for corn. The piece follows local notices about Tom Gannaway 81 years old seeking work in Mt Ayr after 55 years on the road, Doris Maxson recovering from a chicken bone removal in Rochester, Minn, and Mary and her lamb touching on Curtis Schmidt of Pomeroy who spotted a deer. Life’s present race is not so much the initial cost as the keep up.
The Social Items note an auxiliary meeting set for September 10 at the Legion hall with hostesses Mrs A H Cameron Mrs Glene Jacobson and Mrs Anna Jorgensen inviting all members. A brief social notice calls for attendance.
A collage of humor and anecdotes from the Dallas News era includes Finnie and Duff on saving, a caller claiming illness, a quip about the world’s work, a mortgage pursuit, a joke on automobiles and telephones, and brief courtesy of a juror’s kinship.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.