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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
10
Miss Gladys Johnson returns from the Lakes Monday evening. Local residents attend visits with relatives in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota. Sports highlight: Whittemore defeats Estherville. locals travel for threshing work and church duties while several families host and travel for weeklong visits.
Mr and Mrs 3 H Horswell and Ma and Mrs doe Swift hosted at Mr and Mrs A Petersen Ringsted Tuesday evening. Mes Ray Hall and children returned to Des Moines Thursday after visiting Mrs Hall's mother Mrs Thomas McDonald. S M Anderson of south town injured left hand Saturday removing an elevator. expect a period of handicap. Evelyn Jones marked her ninth birthday with a party for friends. hostess praised as entertaining. Mrs Monck of Nebraska visiting her mother Mrs Hans Jensen. Miss Ruth Mitchell visiting her parents after staying with sister in McGregor. Mayme Thompson returned from Lake City Minnesota. George Wilson and son Arnold of Sibney with Doris VanCleve of Ooheyedan and Gladys Hansen of Cedar Rapids visiting Horswell residence. Joe Oakes and J T Gammon returned from a motor trip to eastern Iowa and Illinois. trip described as splendid.
Wm Franklin and others from Chicago and Minnesota visit, neighbors host Embroidery Club, and various residents travel to Mapleton, Armstrong, and Ventura. Advertisements tout Early Ohio potatoes, Wolverine Horschida work shoes, and farm supplies. legal action cited as Mrs. Lowman sues Estherville for injuries from icy walk.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Andrew Petersen deceased was produced opened and read. The date set for hearing proof is Tuesday September 8 1926. Official signature of BR M Thompson Clerk District Court and L W Frost Deputy.
A mixed ad page notes improv tricks like four in hand neck ties as belt options, chicken houses by Lewis Sanding with expected egg crop rise, and a forecast of rain. It promotes asphalt shingles, rot and fire guaranteed wood posts, oak and hickory timber, and a roof health check. A joke about apples ends with a classroom tease.
Henry Badke and Vincent Kelly head a busy week with calls and travels including Mrs. Vincent Kelly to Emmetsburg to visit a ill mother. Olson family and Guthrie Center visitors. teachers and new hires in Norwood, Minnesota. weddings and farewells in Gractin ger. Others plan jobs in Cedar Rapids and Chicago while Northwood crops look good. Marshalltown musicians tour and a Mn Rochester trip rounds out a week of social and work travel across Emmetsburg Estherville Norwood Jackson and surrounding communities.
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