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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
5
Sunday gatherings and visits fill the week with social activity. L L Larson and sister attended events in Estherville while neighbors report housecleaning help, visits, and family time near Terril. Spring Grove Country Club held a well attended meet with new officers and monthly summer meetings.
The Gravel Pit notes list A C Jensen youths Jacob Amdall and Herman Larson attending a Literary Country club event at Spring Grove. Neighbors visit Amdall home, Jensen calls at Jensen home, and Dora Jensen returns from Emmet Moore. Several social League gatherings occur at Ressell's, Maple Hill school visits noted, and multiple family visits among Jensen, Maher, Christiansen, Larson, and Osher households are recorded with absent students and weekend excursions.
Mr and Mrs H E Wahidieck of Hingster spent time with B F Lillard in a local items column citing short social notes about residents and their acquaintances.
Rochester man scheduled for surgery as family members travel to join him Saturday night for support and care during the medical procedure.
The Missionary Society met with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hermanson on Thursday May 6. Simonsen visited relatives in Noonan North Dakota on Monday. Mrs. Weir returned from Story City and will stay at the Sheffield home. Mrs. Sheffield is reported ill. Oliver Lande Clarence Lande Theodore Thoreson planned Estherville visit Saturday. Cecil Twait works in Estherville garage. Mrs. S P Duhn and daughter Elvina left for Wilmar Minnesota to visit her daughter.
A local note of frequent social visits and small events. Mrs. Ralph Dewall, Mr. and Mrs. C Thorson, and Earl Maths with Louie Kober nus attended dances at Trimble and Terris lakes. E. T. Jacobson visited Mrs. Martin Braland. C Maths shelling corn and oats progress noted.
A. Ricch and Ira Overholt travel from Estherville and Graettinger visits occur as residents mingle. Mr and Mrs Iver Nelson wed Ella Wolden at the bride’s mother's home. John Nelson and Miss Eiguma Ertson marry at the bride’s home. Mrs Merklin travels for rheumatism treatment in Colfax. Gus Hauz ships stock to Chicago. Lloyd Crim rents a newly built house from Osher. Community members attend lodge and visit friends in Graettinger and Superior.
In Estherville C P Smith visited Thursday and Mr and Mrs Fred Rokenbrodt shopped there last Friday. Mrs Simmons of Ledyard came for the Ss M Keating funeral. Heidecker and Ande Babe attended from nearby towns. Sodar plans to care for a very ill person in Waukee. Wes Kenline's remains were taken to Hum joldt for burial, joining his old home nearby.
In Estherville the Fisher vs Johnson case held that bi bidders can affect sale prices. Johnson bought a pony team for 242 dollars then balked at payment, claiming overpricing. The judge instructed for the defendant, noting presence of one or two bidders and warning against use of helpers to inflate bids.
An 84 year old man, known as Grandpa Wampole, suffered severe burns when kerosene used to start a kitchen fire caused an explosion as live coals ignited. Hot ashes and flame burned his head neck and face but caps saved most hair and stove fuel minimized damage. Reported by Lalke Park News.
Sheriff Tom Nevison escorted Peter Monticello to Anamosa after a court sentenced him to one year in the penitentiary for slashing another Italian near Dolliver months earlier. Monticello, confined in the county jail, spoke calmly of the act, showed no remorse, and claimed the victim owed him ten dollars, a motive he deemed worth the crime.
Fairview led a Saturday vote by eighteen of Buffalo township sections, half the township, to consolidate schools. Most eligible residents voted while some farmers who moved in after March 1 and had not resided sixty days were excluded. Auto transport carried voters as supporters and opponents urged turnout. center and west end areas now have a consolidated school. The Buffalo township School Board will call an election in the district for directors at an early date in Titonka Topic.
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