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Graettinger Local Notes Highlight Wide Range of Visits
Graettinger residents host relatives from Emmetsburg and Story City while many townsfolk travel to Chicago and West Bend for fairs and family visits. Local births, hospital updates, and community events intermingle with travel to the Century of Progress and railroad news from Port Arthur.
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John Hansen
Estherville
Ben F. Reeves
Emmetsburg
Carl Petergon
Sheldon
George Leary
Cylinder
Graettinger
Robert Bosold
Martin Myhre
Chris Henningsen
Baumgartners
Kenneth Hargraves
Algona
Edmund F. Carmody
Vincent Kelly
Sioux City
M. d. Reidy
Harry Fink
Kennth Swift
Chicago
Henry Larsen
James Anderson
John Hester
Blanche Hester
Hester Raymer
West Bend
J. J. Sullivan
Vivian and
Mary Sullivan
J. P. O’brien
Esther Simonsen
Century of Progress
Arthur Simonsen
Tipton
Iowa
Charles Spis
Quentin Jengen
Marie
Alys
Thorson
Cedar Falls
Garner
Miss Thelma
T. S. Sullivan
Port Arthur
Canada
Sullivan
Canadian National Railway
Vivian Kelly
Pearl Thompson
Glarys Harrington
Jeannette Reeves
Loretta Swift
J.P. O'Brien