1921 Model Shooteer and Old-Time Wedding Attire Parade
The piece recalls Abe Christiansen and Bob Jensen in vintage garb driving a 1904 Sears auto with a crank start, while noting Helen Kirkegaard and W. Earl Hall of Mason City receiving a 1954 Mutual of Omaha Criss Award. It also mentions Labor Day visitors signing the Times register with fanciful names and a light, reflective tone on safety discourse and public service.
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Abe Christiansen
Sears Auto
Bob Jensen
Abe
Tucker
Sears
Robbins
Bob
Ste
Helen
Jens) Kirkegaard
Mutual of Omaha
America
Hall
Mr. Hall
Times
Wigeacres
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Joe Dimaggio
Rex
the Wonder Dog
P. A
Night school eyed for October start at adult program
The article notes the upcoming adult night school starting October 13 with several subjects and a nominal fee. About 100 community members attended last year, with Margaret Pratt teaching and Don Rix overseeing the agriculture night school. Details of courses appear in this week's Times.
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Margaret. Pratt
Don Rix
Triplets Born at Eldora Memorial Hospital
Eldora's Memorial hospital welcomed its first triplets on September 8. Sally Jo, Sheryl Belle, and Sandra Anna are daughters of Mr and Mrs Herbert Smuck of Alden.
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Eldora’s Memorial Hospital
Sally Jo
Sheryl Belle
Sandra Anna
Herbert Smuck
Alden
Rest and Quiet At Elgin Wedding Ends in Collapse
Paul Smith collapsed just after his Elgin wedding ceremony as his physician advised rest and quiet. He had been ill for several days preceding the event.
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Elgin
Paul Smith
Why Job Probes Life Suffering in Biblical Wisdom
In the uniform series Sunday school lessons for the next three months the writings of Job, Proverbs, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes are explored. Job, a model of virtue, asks why good people suffer while his friends insist sin causes pain. The piece urges reading these books from start to finish to confront life’s hard questions and the mystery of God’s ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Sitory
Job
Gannet
Thera
Wesley Window Cut Ray Muller Injures Arm
Mrs Ray Muller attempted to open a window at Wesley when her right arm went through the glass. She required eleven stitches for the injury.
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Wesley
Local Graettinger Officials and Contacts Listed
An OCR snippet lists optometrist and dentist offices at 123 North 6th, 152 ESTHERVILLE DR, with a range of city and county roles. Names appear for mayor treasurer clerk council members sheriff recorder auditor coroner attorney engineer and school superintendent, plus church and telephone references.
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Optometrist
North 6Th
Estherville
Martin Thompson
Thompson
Richard Miller
Ellen Brereton
Ry Martin
Mercer Richter
L. A
Prichard
J. R. Hyde
Graettinger News Highlights Bond Vote and Local Events
Yesterday Graettinger voters approved a 4000 bond for a new fire station by 79 to 69 with a construction vote at 79 to 67 amid a light turnout. KR W Nanamaker purchased the 4H Overland tank wagon and supplies. Also noted were a Graettinger Spencer High football win 21 0, two local marriages, and obituaries for Miss Jennie Gabrielson and Mrs Trucks.
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KR. W. Nanamaker
Graettinger
CG. A. Jensen
Armand Larsen
L. C. Larsen
Mary Frandsen
Caroline Frandsen
Battle Creek
Iowa
Little Brown
the Vale
Nashua
Spencer High
Graettinger High
Clay County
Jennie Gabrielson
Randall
Trucks
Coon Rapida
Weekend brings double grandparent joy for Cejkas
Mr and Mrs Robert Cejka welcomed grandparents twice over the weekend as two of their sons became fathers. One son celebrated the birth of a boy and another welcomed a girl, marking a joyful family moment with new arrivals and shared happiness.
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Robert Cejka
Hampshire gilt farrows two litters near Bedford
At the Glen Mick farm near Bedford a Hampshire gilt farrowed 10 pigs, a week later she produced 11 more. The second litter did not survive, leaving the total loss noted in the farm record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Mick
Bedford
Hampshire
Indian Axe Found Weighing Seven Pounds In Glenwood
Larry Simmons reports a Glenwood discovery of an Indian axe carved from black granite. The relic weighs seven pounds and measures ten inches in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Simmons
Glenwood
Tennessee man and Town Falls woman wed at Eldora
A marriage license was issued at Eldora to T. H. Richardson of Tennessee and Marie Larsen of Town Falls. He is 78 and she is 72.
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Eldora
T. H. Richardson
Tennessee
Marie Larsen
Town Falls
She
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