Graettinger Social Notes and Local Visits
A raft of visitors and residents are noted in Graettinger and nearby towns. Freddie Maurstad of Armstrong, Northwestern student, stayed with Graettinger friends while Bert Masters reports Waterloo conditions are prosperous and crops will yield abundantly. Mrs. Lee Kerr and daughter visit from Wisconsin. several families move or travel for visits, vacations, and illness, plus a note on an upcoming Lorimer frame-up feature in The American Weekly attached to the Chicago Sunday Herald American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Maurstad
Armstrong
Graettinger
Freddie
Northwestern University
L. J. Thoreson
Waterloo
Lee Kerr
Glenwood City
Wisconsin
Oscar Kildahl
Woodville
Bert Masters
Frank Mammen
John Hester
Art Montgomery
H. A. Elsenbast
Cedar Rapids
Oscar J. Elsenbast
Buthven
C. White
Spencer
Graecttinger
Charles Jones
Emmetsborg
Robert Orcutt
Holy Family Hospital
Aivs
South Bend
Indiana
Ruby Ellen
Hilton Harris
Bertina Berge
Sylvia
Wallingford
John Helvin
C. FE. Burr
George Henderson
Bernard
Walker
Iowa
Hendersons
John Washington
Mary
Ruthven
John Rathman
C. O. Wikert
Sioux City
Gary Wallman
Wallman
Mildred Wikert
John Poland
Texas
Reginald Schubbe
Jackson
Minnesota
Schubbes
Henry Schubbe
Joe Rathman
Francis Flanagan
M. Mandiager
Ruth
Miriam
Marietta
Mandsayer
Lost Island
Montana
Richard Spies
San Antonio
R. L. Spies
Spies
Las Vegas
Joe Swift
Gentle Avenger
Underworld
American Weekly
Chicago Sunday Herald American
Emmetsburg Local Visitors and Guests Attends Homes
Anna MacDonald a visiting nurse from Emmetsburg joined several guests from Estherville Michigan Illinois and Chicago area at Mrs Brobsts home last week. Bar ney Hassell and family spent Saturday evening with local friends while Gave Fink and wife from Chicago visited I B Fink's family before returning to Phoenix. Graettinger hosts welcomed Coonan Morling and daughters with ties to Emmetsburg. A McCarty family and Marjorie Schumacher visited Graettinger. their kinship to Mrs Sullivan noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna MacDonald
R. N
Emmetsburg
Nina Moffitt
Estherville
Mildred Moffit
Michigan
Illinois
Maxine Ferris
Mrs. Brobst
Barney Hassell
Gave Fink
Chicago
I. B. Fink
Phoenix
Martin Coonan
Milton Morling
Rheumatism and Arthritis Patient Seeks Information
T suffered for years and am so thankful that I am free from pain and able to do my work that I will gladly answer anyone writing me for information. Mia. Anna Pautz, P.O. Box 825, Vancouver, Wash. Pd. Adv.-NUE-OVO Laboratories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Anna Pautz
P.O
Vancouver
Wash
Nue-Ovo Laboratories
Waste fats urged by Palo Alto County housewives
Lawrence D. Brennan of the Palo Alto County AAA Committee calls on residents to save every ounce of waste fats to ease a fats and oils shortage. He notes fats are needed for domestic use and famine relief shipments, with 13 percent of last year's U S civilian soap derived from waste fats and current shortages in retail stores and industrial uses. Residents should bring disposal or pickup issues to the AAA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto County
Lawrence D. Brennan
AAA Committee
United States
AAA
In The Same Boat on Oil Industry Unity
A Jacobsen argues that independents and majors share more common interests than they clash over. Despite competitive tensions, conditions that boost prosperity or dampen mood affect both groups similarly, and fundamental common ground outweighs rival viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Jacobsen
Mr and Mrs Bob Jensen Visit Minneapolis and St Paul
Mr and Mrs Bob Jensen spent the first part of the week in Minneapolis and St Paul visiting new offices and local sights. They planned further engagements in the Twin Cities area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jensen
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Your War Bond E Bond Investment Worths Over Ten Years
The piece argues patriotic bond buying and presents a $1,000 E bond's yearly values over ten years. Yearly values rise from 755 in year one to 1000 in year ten, illustrating a steady increase and final full maturity payoff.
Death of Louisa County's oldest resident Augusta Ruppert
Mrs. Augusta Strub Ruppert aged 99 died at her Morning Sun home. She passed away just after her 99th birthday, two hours after turning the milestone. Her death marks the end of a long life in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa County
Augusta Strub Ruppert
Ruppert
Iowa
Newell welcomes veteran Spike the Marine Doberman
Newell Iowa reports Spike a Marine kennel corps Doberman has arrived to stay with Howard Shaw and Herb Wright. Spike served overseas three years and now calls Newell home. In nearby West Liberty Herb Wright recently found a huge jaw bone on a river-bank site, tentatively identified as a prehistoric elephant. Floyd Larson near Soldier reports a 10 acre oats field yielded 1150 bushels or 115 per acre, an all time high for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Iowa
Spike
United States Marines Kennel Corps
Marine Corps
Howard Shaw
Herb Wright
West Liberty
Floyd Larson
Near Soldier
Pinkie George Buys Milo Motor for Weekly Paper
Des Moines promoter Pinkie George fulfills dream by purchasing the Milo Motor from Jo Anne Roberts, launching a weekly paper venture. The move elevates local sports promotion and signals a new publishing effort in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkie George
Des Moines
Milo Motor
Jo Anne Roberts
Panhandler Tap Shocks West Des Moines Resident
Phil Blaufuss of West Des Moines woke at 4 00 a m to a stranger tapping his bathroom window asking for 10 cents for carfare. The incident shows panhandlers can appear even at home and in any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Blaufuss
West Des Moines
Subscription Rates in Graettinger Area Announced
The rates in effect since January 1, 1945 set Graettinger and local trade at 2.00 per year while outside trade territory the rate is 2.50 annually. Service subscriptions since 1945 remain 2.00 per year. A local picnic honored the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Anna Turog and Joe Schwint with family from Emmetsburg and Graettinger joining Mrs. Lizzie Wagner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Mallard
Joe Schwint
Emmetsburg
Lizzie Wagner
Adrian Barber
Glen Sanders
Anna Traog
Everett Reinders
Anna Turog
Motorist Family Injured in Sherburne County Crash
Ringsted Dispatch reports Mrs Reuben Petersens father C E Eastman aged 83 and her brother aged 40 were injured Sunday in an automobile accident near Sherburne Minnesota. Mrs Petersen says her fathers con-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringsted Dispatch
Reuben Petersen
C. E. Eastman
Sherburne
Minnesota
Farm accident injures boy and needs hospital care
In Estherville a 12 year old nephew of Scott DeSart, Boyd Baude, suffered serious injuries from a farm accident while riding on a load of bundles driven by Darrell Dreyer. The wagon turned in a washout, a pitch fork pierced his abdomen and arm, and he received first aid before hospitalization at Algona General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Boyd Baude
Scott DeSart
Darrell Dreyer
Boyd
There is a little homely philosophy on loans
Humboldt Republican cites a homely loan philosophy noting that the person who owes you money or favors and does not want to pay is the one who hates you most. It warns against lending to everyone and chasing payments, urging readers to remember that the debtor may bear the strongest resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt Republican
Auto collision near town after dusk on gravel road
Ayrshire Chronicle reports a head on crash one mile north of town near the Bob Dyer farm. Harlan Moodie driving west and Hank Williamson in an empty stock truck traveling east collided after Moodie turned off the pavement. Moodie scratched chin. Williamson uninjured. Believed loose gravel caused the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
Bob Dyer
Harlan Moodie
Hank Williamson
Moodie
Williamson
Terril Record Ad Boom Sparks Local Buzz
The Terril Record notes a surge of classified ads from locals and outsiders, placed via phone with quick payment. Advertisers range from regular clients to one-off notices, stirring local curiosity about soon departed advertisers and the town’s map presence.
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Thoreson’s Hardware
A. J. Johnson
J. H. Gammon
San Marino
California
Johnson
Lakeshore
B. Merriman
Farmers Grain Co
Erickson’s Cash Grocery
Triumph
Bartlett
Maurice
Morton House
Clinton
Terril
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