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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1916

Page

6

Graettinger News in Brief Hints of Local Happenings

Miss Bertha Fogde spent Friday at Ammetshburg. Charles City to open a municipal bathing beach. Frank Gotch is at Humboldt with a broken leg. Ringsted area sees land sales and electrification plans. A major fire incident avoided. a kerosene stove exploded causing no injuries. Local nurse trainee from Des Moines. Emmetsburg circus visits and various travel notes. Graettinger residents attend events, weddings, and trips to Lost Island and Arnold Park. Future home plans for Johan Jackman couple.

Bertha Fogde Ammetshburg Charles City Prank Gotch Humboldt Robert Selvoley Katherville Doatere Fort Dodge Martin Mortensen Ringsted Minnesota H. W. Jensen J. M. Resh the Times D.C. Tipp Teft Cedar Rapids Grachtinger Susan Bosold Des Moines Miss Bosold Mercy Hospital Jennie Gabrielson Randall Iowa Anna Gabrielson P. G. Peterson Luther League Jewell C. A. Vianney Town Falls Joseph Sullivan Estherville Guilford Paulsen Algona Miss Welcome Johnson Council Bluffs Hawarden Bernard Smith Emmetsburg Chariton Jefferson Highway Harry Dubuque C.0 Mydye Wallingford Graettinger Charles Backne Tgre,ts Morey Hospital Davenport McCarty Himmelsburg Democratic County Committee Atte McMarty J. Mitchell John J. Sullivan Nefsted Arnolds Park BE. J. Mitchell Lost Island Gerten Franklin A. J Langdon Town C. S. George Grinnell Ole Johnson Misses Rose Jennie Wilson Ed Arnette Loretta Mahan J. W. Robbins Little ‘Boy Netherville Jertson Tenneson Peterson B. Franklin Gerten Will Franklin Lost Island Lake Mayme Sullivan Suss John Jensen Lizzie Jensen Mary Larsen Bertha Axelton Clara Anderson Grodland H. F. Petersen High Lake John Mahan B. Frenklin P. Montgomery West Bend Wheeler Brothers Yellowstone Park Graettiniger

For Sale Local farm items and livestock listed

For sale entries include white clover honey in sections, a one yearling thoroughbred O. T. Chester White Boar sired by Victor Boy No. 23757 and White Model No. 81878 weighing 400 pounds, a Steel Range with 6 holes and large reservoir, a T H C Hay Baler with 33 horsepower engine, and a request to buy fresh milk cows. Contact K. Pierson at phone 9.

O. T. Chester T. H.C K. Pierson

Cool Dinners For Hot Weather

A breezy guide lists easy meals ideal for heat. Recipes emphasize light ingredients, quick preparation, and minimal cooking time to help readers stay comfortable during hot days.

Local notes from Emmetsburg and surrounding towns

Daily roundup of community news including school consolidation score 25 to 24 at Curlew and multiple travels to Estherville Armstrong and Muscatine. Mentions include John Thorsen visiting Lost Island, threshing season updates, new Studebaker auto purchase by John Bondhus, and a successful lawn social by the M E Ladies Aid with ice cream and cake.

Lucille Lambe Blue Earth Minnesota Curlew J. J. O’rouke Estherville Mildred Mahan Mayme Sullivan Armstrong Wm. Fuller H. N. Osher Mabel Muscatine John Thorsen Glenwood Lost Island Halvor Knudison Story City Thomas Bigley Julian Montgomery Whittemore Eugene Foster Davenport Knights of Columbus Peter Geil Francis Swanson Wm. Sullivan Algona Court House Emmetsburg Iawa John Bondhus Studebak

Mystery of Ancient Burts cave find shocks Maquoketa

Maquoketa residents buzz over two mummified bodies uncovered in Burts cave northwest of town. Illinois miners had been prospecting the area for weeks seeking ore when the discovery occurred last Sunday.

Maquoketa Burts Cave Illinois

Special Saturday Prices on Fruits and Pants

A compact sale note lists peaches raspberries and hominy per can with a price of 5 hikes or 35 cents for boys pants. The fragment suggests a local grocery or general store ad with limited legible details and no clear dates or store name.

Explorers Uncover Well-Preserved Mummified Indian Mother and Child

Jensen and Bolstad, exploring a narrow passage, forced open a doorway to a larger chamber and found mummified bodies of an Indian woman and a child. The pair lay in a state of preservation with hair and teeth intact. miners wrapped the bodies in a blanket before removal.

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Gragttinger Viginity MD Ryan Mary Larson Art Gordon Bert Hierrum Dr. Grigsby Perry Ehunal Henningsen Emmetshire Dr. Janssen Martin Myhre M. C. Thomason Plover Lillian Suss T. D. Collins Secretary of State Victor Ingwold W. 1 Lorts Goldfield Lutheran Ladies’ Aid O I. C Lars Gegesos Gammon's Armour Pete E Tee R. C. U. Store George Robbins Kelly Granada Barnhart Emdmetsburg Lake Crystal Guinnesl Majestic Charley Jensen Lars Egesos Society of the M. E Opera House
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