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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
15
Graettinger and surrounding towns celebrated Labor Day with parades and events. The report lists numerous visitors and residents traveling from Chicago, Mason City, Sioux Falls, Estherville, Newton, Emmetsburg, and Algona, including families, students, and workers. It notes route consolidations, local banking moves, college enrollments, and community notices.
Sheriff John M. Lidman reports an early Tuesday morning robbery at a hamburger stand near the Arnolds Park motion picture theater. A boy and a girl, dressed in khaki, brandished a gun and threatened to shoot unless the money was handed over. The couple, described as young, appeared in Spencer's Hatfield, but an alibi was later found. The loss was a little over $100.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe hard vine yield and flax threshing with Ruth connections. Mentions acres of flax and 104 bushels yield, earning two dollars eight cents per bushel, noting good paying crop. References to Monk Waueed and Tax rowed, with scattered garbled terms.
Ringsted residents see kitten ball draw attention as local teams from Lakota Graettinger Algona Whittemore and Emmetsburg consider scheduling buiten games this fall. A clash between east and west end business clubs is noted in the Ringsted Dispatch.
Bandits posing as law officers stopped cars leaving Jackson and charged drivers fines for not halting before crossing Milwaukee tracks. Drivers who protested were tagged and ordered to report to the courthouse for trial next morning. Nearby Ringsted Dispatch recalls Labor Day picnic in Groetteringer started by A. A. Wells who handed out melons to crowds before the event grew too large to sustain freebies.
Years ago but Labor Day celebrations in Graettinger still 0 on Emmetsburg Reporter. Fostoria Gas Station Robbed The Night Bank gas station on the Air Line road just east of Fostoria was held up and robbed early last Friday morning of $55 in cash by two men and a woman. The woman wore overalls. Also $16 in cash taken from Haylan Eggers, who was there with attendant Ervil Allen. The woman gave instructions on how to handle the faffsh. Terril Tribune notes. Wanta $100,000 Bonds For Hospital Deeistur to circulate petition in Clay county asking a $100,000 bond issue at November election for county hospital. Meeting held Wednesday evening with representatives from civic organizations in Spencer American Legion rooms. Newa-Herald.
John Kelly arrived home this week from Minneapore after a month at the Citizens Military Training Camp. He made a rapid advancement in training and will soon resume his school duties at Dubuque Ayrshire Chronicle.
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