Graettinger Plans Big Labor Day Celebration
A Friday Graettinger meeting at Larson Realty Co. arranged the annual Labor Day events for September 3. Committees were formed for finance, program, sports and advertising, with plans for a recognized speaker, a ball game and a full day of street sports and attractions to draw crowds from Graettinger and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson Realty Co
Graettinger
A. J. Johnson
Vincent Kelly
J. 0. Jertson
W. L. O’connor
P. J. Paulsen
Fritz Wiegmann
J. P. Jensen
J. J. Sullivan
Chris Jensen
E. A. Baumgartner
E. S. George
Public reception to honor county men joining the service
The Council of Defense will host a public reception in Emmetsburg on Thursday evening August 30 to honor the county’s young men going to serve. Citizens are invited. committees handle arrangements. refreshments will be served to the guests of the evening with a small fee for others. Guests include Mrs. M. C. Grier, Harry Pfiffner, Robert Laughlin, Mrs. W. E. G. Saunders, Mrs. E. J. Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Defense
Emmetsburg
M. C. Grier
Harry Pfiffner
Robert Laughlin
W. E. G. Saunders
E.J. Higgins
Labor Day Play by Perry's Peerless at Graettinger
Perry's Peerless Players tour their 15th season with Kidnapped for a Mii- Fon at Graettinger on Labor Day September 3. Miss Wessie Perry leads as Dollie Weston with Pauline Perry as Tillie Tilsen and Miss Jine Perry dances in Native costume. The show features Hawaiian dance, society dances, and a comic turn by Pepper. Prices 75 50 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Perry
Perry Sisters
Haantiful Society Temmerance
Wessie Perry
Dollie Weston
Pauline Perry
Tillie ‘Tilsen
Jine Perry
Flossie Periy
Harry Lee
Cooke
DeGarmo
Marie Mond
Eugene H. Per
Howard Bran
Inspected Tile Factory Visited by Concrete Tile Association
Graettinger Cement Tile Works in Graettinger Iowa hosted an American Concrete Pipe and Tile Association excursion on Friday August 9. Members from Illinois Minnesota Indiana Iowa and Nebraska toured the plant praised manufacturing methods and were briefed by local manager. The association promotes tours field meetings and conventions to advance concrete pipe and tile production nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettingzer Cement Tile Works
Graettinger
Iowa
American Concrete Fire Association
United States
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Nebraska
Graettinger Co
J. H. Libberton
Chicago
Association
Lawrence Molison Home After Great Lakes Training Return
Lawrence Molison arrived home from the Great Lakes Training station Sunday morning to see his ill mother and greet Graettinger friends. He appears well and plans to return to Chicago Friday evening, with two months more training possible. The Estherville Red Cross organized a Hoping branch chapter Wednesday with officers elected and musical numbers by local girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Molison
Great Lakes
Als
Chicago
Estherville
the Red Cross
Morse
J. W.morse
M. J. Groves
Ethel Walker
J. W. Morse
W. Oxenford
Tillie Carlson
Three Couples United for Life in Norwegian Lutheran Rite
Young Christianson Roy McKinley Young weds Lizzie Marie Christianson at Norwegian Lutheran church Tuesday at 7:30 PM Rev S O Sande officiates Miss Eline Gunderson Rivermore is bridesmaid Juowell Young brother of groom best man Bride wore white Pussy Willow silk and Georgette crepe gown. bridesmaid in white voile with silk trim Groom in blue serge After ceremony the party dined at the bride’s parents home and will honeymoon in Des Moines and Messina Iowa The bride’s parents Mons Christianson and Mrs Christianson reside here The couple are praised for teaching and steadiness The Times offers congratulations and wishes for a happy married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Christianson
Roy McKinley Young
Lizzie Marie Christianson
S. O. Sande
Ting
Eline Gunderson
Rivermore
Juowell Young
Des ‘Moines
Messina
Iowa
Mons Christianson
R. Young
Young
Geil and Hanson Unite in Norwegian Lutheran Ceremony
Mr Peter Geil and Miss Josephine Hanson wed at the Norwegian Lutheran church on Wednesday at four. Rev O Sande officiated. The bride wore a Pussy Willow gown and carried white roses. The groom wore black. A wedding dinner followed at the bride's home. Relatives and friends attended the church ceremony and reception. The couple will live in Graettinger where the groom runs an automobile business. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Tanson. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs Bartel Geil. The Times extends best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Geil
Josephine Hanson
O. Sande
Gill
Geil
Graettinger
J. E.tanson
Joe Jackman
Osgood
J.D. McCarty
Ither Burg Yesterady
R. W. Andrews
Mason City
Lars Waldee
Times
Henry Clemetsen
P. J. Hession
Joe Hession
Ayrshire
Wm. Kelly
Burg
Veronica Higgins
Emmetsburg
M. L. Murphy
Mary Magan
William
Ford
Fleming
Des ‘Moines
Floyd
Deming
New Mexico
Willard Thorsness
Cumberland
Wis
Meggers Mitchells Bride wed in Waukegan church
Miss Caroline Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Mitchell Graettinger learns of marriage to Dr Edward K Meggers of Walker Iowa The ceremony was held Monday August 18 at St Benedicts church Waukegan Illinois The bride will reside in Waukegan while the groom serves at the Great Lakes training camp The Times extends hearty congratulations to the couple
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meggers-Mitchell
Graettinger
Caroline Mitchell
E. J. Mitchell
Edward IC. Meggers
Walker
Iowa
Meggers
Great Lakes
Waukegan
Illinois
St. Benedict’s Church
Trrances
Britt
Floyd
Sioux City
the Times
Mrs. Meggers
Dempsey Family Tours the West on Road Trip
Dr. Gideon Dempsey of Grafton Illinois Mrs. Gideon Dempsey and Miss Helen Richardson of Marine Illinois with aunt Mrs. Preston Fahnestock on a five week 3400 mile western auto tour in a seven passenger Studebaker Six bar. They traveled through Kansas City Colorado Springs Manitou Yellowstone Park Denver and more enjoying sights and roads with inventive camp gear and a stylish sunburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Dempsey
Grafton
Illinois
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Yellowstone Park
Denver
Lieutenant Hession Arrives for Visit from Sioux Falls
Lieutenant Hession and Mrs. Hession arrived from Sioux Falls South Dakota Sunday evening to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hession. Joe will enter a special training school for officers of the quartermasters corps and is a second lieutenant now but likely to become captain after the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hession
Joe Hession
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Joe
Graettinger Eyes City Park Plan and Local News
Graettinger may secure a city park on Main Street stretching from J. T. Michaels residence to the water tank near the M. E. church grounds. A subscription has raised 680 dollars toward an estimated 800 dollar cost for the lots. The item notes civic improvements, resident visits, births, and local social events including visits by Miss Veronica Higgins and Anna McCarty, a Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting, and updates on residents’ travels and car purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Main Street
J. T. Michaels
M. E
J. A. Suss
Warn Against Land Sharks Threatens California and Oregon Lands
The Interior Department cautions that California and Oregon railroad lands recently reverted to the United States are not yet open for settlement. Locators are warned that a small fee cannot secure preferred rights, and no filing method grants prior rights until lands are classified and publicly announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the ‘Interior
Washington
California and
Oregon
United States
Home Talent Play What Happened to Jones at Opera House
A home talent production of What Happened to Jones was staged at the Graettinger opera house last evening. A threatening rain kept many away but attendance was good and receipts near 100 dollars will fund electric lighting for the Catholic church. The cast, led by Misses Matde Montgomery Josie Wilson Lulu Montgomery Rosalie Mahan Elizabeth Spies and Mrs John Jackman and Charles Spies M O Grodland Matt Murphy Leo Mimbach Frank O Connor and Adolph Spies, was praised as exceptionally clever. Training was by Mrs W B McCarty of Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Opera House
Graettinger
Matde Montgomery
Josie Wilson
Lulu Montgomery
Rosalie Mahan
Elizabeth Spies
John Jackman
Glasness Visits For Young Christianson Wedding
Mrs. L. S. Glasness and her daughter Selma from Mankato Minnesota arrived Tuesday evening to attend the Young Christianson wedding and stay briefly. Glasness is a cousin of Mrs. Christianson.
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Fred Rubink
Frankfort
Datkota
Maxwell
Jas. A. Smith
Osage
Royal Lumber Company
Mr.Green
Albert Luke
Mutual
Hail Storm Association of
D. W. Cameron
Mr. Luke
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