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Local notes recall gatherings and family visits this week
The report lists numerous neighbors from Graettinger and Ruthven visiting kin across towns including Em m, Spaulding, Dickens, and Des Moines. It notes illnesses, birthday events for Mrs. Nyborg, Legion auxiliary attendance, and various dinners, dances, and hospital plans among residents like Olson, Christianson, Westfall, and Johnson with broad ties to Graettinger and Ruthven communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Baedke
Howard Mason
Floyd Smith
Roy Glover
Gon
Terril
Alfred Hanegen
Henry Biergen
Oscar Christianson
Wm. Went
Alfred Hensen
Chris Hansen
Groettinger
Charley Westfall
John Nisson
Sivert Rierson
Des Moines
Albert
Hendrick
Spent
Blanche Phillips
Dickens
Lost Island News
Ed Ruthven
Erma of Ruthven
Clarence Peterson
O'Neal Lande
Albert Thu
Andrew Sandanger
Melvin
Gertrude Oppedahl
John Johnson
Graetstinger
Mies Velma Johnson
Fred Anthoney
Oscar Johnson
Seth Smith
Homer
Edgar Bowls
American Legion Auxiliary
Ruthven
Harry Madsen
Lake Center
Iowa City
Anna Donlon
Mary
David Burger
Lyman Barringer
Henry Wiener
Mra Francis Snyder
Spencer
Ralph Koch
Waukon
Martin Besuercamper
Davenport
J. J. Smith
Free Methodist Mission Circle
Walter Johnson
Long Prairie
Minnesota
John Carlson
Johnson
Carlson
H.l Marxen
Ana
Clara
Graettinger
Estherville
Bert Smith
Bowbells
North Dakota
Adrian Gleason
Howe
Montana
Elmer Simington
Joe Nyborg
C. B. Jackson
Mra
Carl Christianson
M. Thrundrum