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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
24
A stream of social notices lists residents and guests traveling to Emmetsburg Estherville and nearby towns for Thanksgiving plays shopping and visits. Names include P J Hession Father Kelley Jorgen Andersen Marie Pingery Elbert Hunt Sam Briggs Nora Clary and many more with appearances at farms, churches, and the county seat.
A Rochester New York mail-order offer promises 10 imported colored Christmas post cards free to Graettinger Times readers. Cards are non advertising and come at manufacturers price for those who mail 4 cents for postage.
A social event titled Two of a Kind will be held at Hoping School on Friday evening December 9th. Everyone is invited. Ladies are asked to bring lunch in a shoe box. Lura Ferguson is the teacher.
M D Grodl and Auctioneer advertises sales across areas. He claims five years experience after graduating Missouri Auction School. Specializes in stock, real estate and farm sales. Dates available at The Times Office or by writing or phoning at his expense.
A sales notice from The Carver School of Practical Photography promotes home study by mail for amateurs and professionals. It advertises twenty complete practical courses, emphasizes affordable costs, and offers free information from Waterloo To, Lock Box 604.
Messrs John and Chas from Bair visited Estherville on Sunday. Harry Young returned Tuesday from a week with relatives in Oskaloosa. Jessie Bigelow of Esther ville spent a week with friends at the Lorimer and Nivison homes. Raymond Scoville came up from Garwin Friday to see his father and friends and to learn of a baby boy. The Hoping school teachers and pupils plan a shoe-box social on December 10 at the schoolhouse. Hattie Bosold of Granttinger visited her brother John and friends. Thanksgiving church dinner and supper was well attended, raising over $30 with bazaar proceeds totaling nearly $50. Mr. and Mrs Chris Hansen and children of Fenton visited Andrew Wilson’s home Friday to Sunday and will farm the Scoville place for the next year. Rev. and Mrs Rundell, Dr. and Mrs Bossingham. Mr. and Mrs Robb and Mr. and Mrs Harry Wahldeick of Ringsted attended Thanksgiving services at the church. James Jerimy of Primersburg visited his sister Mrs Julius Jensen last week. L. Gordon returned home to Reinbeck Saturday. Effa Waylor came from Estherville Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with her parents.
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