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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
12
Local residents and visitors from Chicago, Mason City, Newton, Sioux City, and Des Moines attended Labor Day celebrations in Graettinger. Reports detail moves to Pocahontas and St Thomas College, college enrollments, a county fair growth, and various family visits.
Sheriff John M Lidman received a call from Mrs Geo Hatfield of Spencer reporting a hold up at her hamburger stand near the Arnolds Park motion picture theater. A boy and a girl brandished a gun and demanded all the money, fleeing with just over $100 between one and two in the morning. The suspects were described as young and khaki dressed. initial inquiries yielded alibis from locals matching the description.
The editor notes a summer visit from his daughter Helen in Memphis. She describes extreme heat and a peculiar hotel practice in the south where room charges are said to be calculated by the number of fans requested. She reports fans placed under and along the bed, and comments on labor practices involving African Americans.
An early Ruthe von Tusaday note describes Had Fine yields from eight acres of flax with 104 bushels threshed and two dollars per bushel, noting widespread threshed flax showing promising prices and strong returns, as reported by a Himinotshurg reporter.
Ringsted residents show interest in kitten ball as teams from Lakota Graettinger Algona Whittemore and Emmetsburg may visit for fall games. East and west end teams square off this week as locals plan matches with outside squads amid hopes of arranging several contests.
Years ago but Graettinger keeps Labor Day tradition alive with ongoing community events and festivities, as reported by the Emmetsburg Reporter.
At a Wednesday meeting in the American Legion rooms in Spencer, representatives from civic groups urged circulating a petition to place a special question on the November ballot. The measure asks voters to approve a $100,000 bond to fund a county hospital. The proposal aims to run alongside the general election.
John Kelly arrived home the first of the week from Minneapolis where he attended Citizens Military Training Camp for two months. He made rapid progress in his military training and is now a commissioned officer. He will soon return to his regular work at Dubuque.
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