Bee Stung Foot Sends Avery Bonstead Off Duty
Local note recalls Avery Bonstead nearly stung by a bee last week. He recovered quickly, though the incident sparked jokes among colleagues. Also updates on Graettinger football plans and two fatalities: 14 year old Bancroft boy Cletus Menke dies after belt accident. Colfax workers Harold Wharff and Walter Henry killed when a truck boom contacts a high voltage line.
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Avery Bonstead
Avery
Bancroft
Cletus Menke
Colfax
Harold Wharff
Walter Henry
Graettinger Labor Day events and local notices
The monster canvas top for the Bowery dance will be shipped to Ruthven then trucked to town for the Labor Day celebration which opens Saturday night with a bowery dance and closes the next Saturday with another. Graettinger kitten ball team won 15 to 10 at Emmetsburg. Local residents M. E. Grodland and G. W. Christianson head to Des Moines for Citizens Military Training Camp. Gus Merklin family visits from Iowa Falls and Wallingford. Mrs Jorgen Paulsen hosted a gathering of ladies Monday.
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Ruthven
M. E. Grodland
G. W. Christianson
Des Moines
Cits
Citizens Military Training
Fort Des Moines
Graettinger
Emmetsburg
Gus Merklin
Iowa Falls
M. O. Grodland
Charles Heidecker
Wallingford
Jorgen Paulsen
Afternoon visits and travel notes from Storden area
Mrs K M Paulsen of Storden Minnesota visits locally. Mrs Flagan arrives from St Louis to visit daughter Mrs Charles Spies. Mrs John McDonald from Emmetsburg visits daughter Mrs Frank Elsenbast. A H Henningsen travels to Chicago to see the White Sox and for business. Mr and Mrs Jake Holland of Independence Iowa guests of Jorgen Andersen. T S Sullivan and sons Billy and Bobby arrive from Winnipeg to spend summer with parents. Hans Duur and son Henry in Ames with Mr Godfrey who spoke there. Albert Rierson undergoes appendicitis surgery at Emmetsburg hospital. Nine year old Henry Behrens of Near Victory killed when tractor accident.
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K. M. Paulsen
Storden
Minnesota
Flagan
St. Louis
Charles Spies
John McDonald
Emmetsburg
Frank Elsenbast
A. H. Henningsen
Chicago
White Sox
Jake Holland
Independence
Iowa
Jorgen Andersen
T. S. Sullivan
Billy
Bobby
Winnipeg
Canada
T. Sullivan
Hans Duur
Henry
Ames
Godfrey
Algona
Duus
Albert Rierson
Emmetsburg Hospital
The Highway Story By Bob Hullihan
A regional column notes rising weekend fatalities on Iowa highways and the public’s waning response to frightening death tolls. It recounts driver behavior after an accident and low uptake for travel advisory letters, then highlights Nashua’s 96th birthday of Clara Eastman and a subscription reminder.
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Iowa
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P. T. Cody
Graattinger
Palo Alto
Goa
Lad
Bob Held
Graettinger High
Pirates
Michigan
Estherville
Spencer
Graettinger State Bank
By Robert Osborn
Valars Safety
the Times
RADIO
Fairbanks Morse
Phono Records
Grein Electric
Lewa
C. R. Eitchen
Optometrist
North 6Th St
C. A. Shiley
Pelephone No
House Graettinger
J. Emmett Martin Funeral Service
Phone
R. W
Cameron
Insurance Town & Farm
Graettinger, IA
Albert Suss
Pittsburg
Olene Jacobson
Terry I. Anderson
B.C. Biggs
Emmette
State
Eatherville
Nelson Palo Alto County Abstract Co
A. H. Hobson
Broadway Pesce Sa Prometrist
Neteburg
B. E
Dappen
Telephone
Gragttinger
Henry Behrens
Near Victory
Donahue Tire
Ted Knudtson’s Cabinet
Bob Hullihan
Safety Department
Nashua
Clara Eastman
Pan
Reqear
Thoreson’s Hardware
Graettinger Times Office
Ike
GreameryGo
Grarttinger
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