Fatalities rise in six months of 1929 automibile deaths
In a Graettinger Times report the six months to mid 1929 saw 231 automobile fatalities in the state, up from 112 in the same period the previous year, a rise of over 100 percent. Lost Island area notes tell of local visits, a wheel chair user, and community happenings as residents discuss water scarcity and recent travels.
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Lost Island
Harry Baley
Iowa City
Geo. Baley
Lost Island Lake
Seth Smith
J. J.smith
Ethel
Spencer
John Johnson
Graettinger
Summer Social Notes Tie Townspeople Together
A sprawling recap details visits and gatherings across Ruthven, Graettinger, Langdon, Wallingford, and surrounding areas. Families like Emerson, Olson, Reed, Barringer, and Strand attend picnics, dinners, and Sunday visits while neighbors host guests from Ruthven to Des Moines. A hot Sunday draws hundreds to Lost Island for relief, with multiple road trips and civic talks filling the weekend.
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Lost Island
Leon Olson
Jensen
Wallingford
O. M. Olson
Roy Glover
Terris
John Nilson
Dickens
Elmer Simingtom Martin Simonson
Spencer
Joe Eaton
Mercedes
Calif
I.E. Barringer
E. J. Brown
Eaton
Barringer
Anton Swanson
Iver Oppedahl
Elmer Phellman
Graettinger
E. P. Barringer
Fred Smith
A. I
Seth Smith
Everett DeGuse
Charley Lande
Tobin Peterson
USA
Emmet Johnson
C. John Carlson
Des Moines
Rev. Draper of
Ruthven
Capener
Will
Alfred Hansen
Poppenheimer
Lewis Capener
Nelson
Estherville
Harry Friscus
Anna Thoreson
Martin Simonson
California
Misa- Anna Sandanger
Lewisville
Andrew Sadanger
Lewis Hauge
Gertrude Oppedahl
Harry Fiscus
Margaret Gleason
Jamestown
Dak
Anna Donlon
L. H. Spaulding
Willard Spaulding
State
Wieetric Parks
Clifford Lacker
Willie
Misa Myrtle
Story City
Towa
Joyce Hall
Ames
Flogate Bairdin
Blairsburg
George Peters
Ruth
Renwick
Max Kent
Grover
Paul Goff
H. A. Anderson
Ratherville Hosts Visit At Seth Smith Home
Ratherville Iowa residents were Sunday guests at the Seth Smith home with Mrs George Slocher of Ruthvon joining for a weeklong visit with her daughter.
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Ratherville
Iowa
Seth Smith
George Slocher
Ruthvon
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Pere
Crown Overall Mfg. Co
Serges
Maes
Baumgartner’s
Graettinger, Iowa
the Graettinger Times
John J. Sullivan
Greettinger, In
Herbert Hoover
Associated Charities of
San Francisco
Palo Alto County
State Park
M. Emerson
Syliva Christenson
Henry Rierson
Fenny Olson
Mis
Jester Reed
Harrison Goff
Rogers Silverware
Globe
Atl
America
The
Jensen Hardware
OWA Public
Gilbert Olgon
Jake Frick
Spirit Lake
Halliq
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