Graettinger Local News And Visitors Highlights
Graettinger and surrounding towns feature a long list of weekend and weekday visitors. Residents include Mr. and Mrs. Lundgren and many others from Ayrshire Emmetsburg Garner Des Moines and Chicago with notes on travels, sick relatives, and community events within the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ver Oppelahl
Erri
A. TL Lundgren
Iowa City Hospital
Willis Shoberg
Marvin Peterson
Stratford
A. T. Lundgren
Floyd Hill
Helen
Leonard Wigdahl
Ayrshire
W. BR. Petersen
Janice
Omaha
P. F. Petersen
C. 4
Thoreson
Mason
Emmetsburg
Keane
Estherville
Kane
Ruthven
Father Hurley
Graettinger
Howard Horswell
Des Moines
Mary Leduc
Julius Skow
James Robinson
Wstherville
Barnett Jackman
Michael
Mary Murphy
Dan Donovan
Charles Duhigg
Emmetsbore
Steve Hamilton
Council Bluffs
Eugene Foster
D. KE. McCarty
Ed Weeden
Fort Dodge
Anna McCarty
Betty Wechler
Francis McCarty
Pomeroy
McCarty
Bob Mulroney
Bert Montgomery
Fd Thompson
Martin Thompson
D. J. McCarty
Tuewday
J. M. Welly
J. Jd. Sullivan
Wolf Weeden
Sberville
Jacob Brekke
Ray Glazier
Don Graettinger
Leach Lake
Minnesota
Anna Henningsen
Hilmer Jespersen
Racine
Wisconsin
Gil Kundgson
Gardston
Extherville
John Leonard
Frank O’connor
Defense
Hastings
Nebraska
Marian McDonald
Cincinnati
Ohio
McDowell
Jean
Beth
Chicago
George
Roy Masters
Fred
Wayne Masters
Sam
Rainy Thursday Brings Fall Season Start in 1945
A cloudy day turned to a cold rain on Thursday afternoon as autumn began officially the fall of 1945 with the season’s start dated Sunday, September 22, slightly later than typical.
Puerto Rico Rationing Sets Daily Cigarette Limit
A wartime order limits individual cigarette rations in Puerto Rico to a fixed daily quantity. The rule applies to servicemen and local residents under new national price and tax guidelines. Authorities emphasize strict adherence and indicate penalties for violations.
Stabilization board urged to steer postwar construction
Engineer Charles M. Upman of the American Road Builders' Association argued for a stabilization board representing all construction agencies. The board would regulate public investment to keep a 12 percent share of national income for construction, coordinating with Congress to smooth cycles between prosperity and downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Upman
American Road Builders’ Association
Congress
Lmy Federal Public Works
Industrial Research Shapes Futuristic Jet Propulsion
The Shell Oil Company says industry must meet rapid changes as jet propulsion engines advance. The piece notes jet propelled planes becoming a reality and atomic bomb forces expanding beyond imagination, prompting questions about tomorrow’s world.
Banquet Advice Leads to Comical Domestic Mixup
Two men dine well and exchange a cautious bedtime tip. The adviser’s caution backfires as one follows instructions and reaches the top of the stairs to find the punchline, revealing a mistaken identity and playful misunderstanding at the heart of a harmless joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.’ Station
Thrift Campaign Recalled In Odd Ancestral Tale
A Fort Warren Sentinel item compares a Save Your Waste Paper drive to a fateful story of four men who died in one day. An author left five dollars, a bookseller fifty, a publisher six hundred, and a wastepaper chant fifty thousand. Sardines joke about crowds and transport while a husband and wife exchange banal plans and a shirt button request.
Man of purpose urged to persevere through discouragement
The speaker stresses relentless forward motion like a steamer, pushing through discouragement to deliver cargo and reach the port. A rugged ethic of effort is urged, with the idea that a man who sheds blood for his oath is owed nothing more than square dealing thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Ri
Quotable Nuggets and Jests from Old Sayings and Fables
A collage of aphorisms and quips from the past includes lines on happiness and discretion. Witty exchanges touch on laziness, moderation, and social habits, ending with a miscellaneous collection of proverbs and a note on thinking as inner discourse.
E Bond Investment Colors Patriotism and Growth
An E bond carries patriotic appeal and steady value growth over ten years. If you buy a $1,000 Ho bond and hold it, the yearly values rise from 765 in year one and year two to 780, 800, 820, 840, 850, 920, 960, and reaching 1,000 in year ten.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. A. Jensen Graettinger
Iowa
WL Lye Ae
Bup A
Kraft Dinner
Curtiss
Russell Mitott
Tommy
C. L. Thoseton
Charles Guy
H. Hewit
Clinton
Berniece
St. Cloud
L. H. Thoreson
Hewit
Wm. C. Schow
Garner Town
John Osues
Clear Lake
Town
Ole Paulson
Allentown
Pennsylvania
C. L. Thoreson
Schow
Martin Baedke
Windom
Bagdke
Joe Abel
Joe
St. Paul
Set
Europe
Abel
A. H. Mills
Lloyd Elred
Oscar Oregon
Elrod
Raymond Tindall
Tindall
Herald-American
L. R. Luchsinger
Cpl
Norman Luchsinger
Ruby Luchsinger
Arthura
New Glarus
Luch- Singer
Ruby
Arthurs
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
SEC
Federal Power Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Jones
Bill Brown
Via Charter Coach Company
Laurens
Havelock
Mallard
Spirit Lake Superior
Wallingford
Pocahontas
Gilmore City- Humboldt
Badger Corner
Sioux City
LE Mars
Remsen Marcus Cleghorn
Meriden
Cherokee Aurelia
Alta Storm Lake Truesdale
Rembrandt
Marathon
Spirit Lake
Olga
Puerto Rico
Crow Creek
Cheyenne
Sawim
Fort Warren
Joseph Adhison
Robert
Joseph Hall
Pather
Etter
Nietache
Brass
Ralph
Pat
Pluto
Tam
Pfister
Highland Townships
M. W. Brennan
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