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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
Verholt reports Owen Overholt of Ouslaw visiting the J. O Overholt family south of town. Merchants enjoy solid holiday trade for the town with Rev S Strand and wife arriving from Springfield Minnesota for a sister’s death and burial in Blooming Prairie Minnesota.
The Catholic Ladies Aid Society holds a bazaar in Berndormers Halls on December 30. The repaired hall hosts a 40 minute program starting at 1:30 PM with piano duets and vocal solos by local performers, an admission of 10 cents, a Christmas tree, and a grand ball in the evening. Santa will greet children. all are invited.
Oscar Reteell visiting Red Wing with parents. Andrew Amdal from Dallas Wis. visited Geo Amdal home with uncle. Tom Larson and John Brennan of Graettinger called on friends. Geo HE Markiey of Schaller visited. Mrs 8 Osgood and children left for Marseilles Illinois to visit her parents. Mr and Mrs O Larson welcomed a baby girl Monday Dec 18. Ida Monson married William Nelson in a ceremony by Rev. Alice of Isberville. Mrs Arthur Carr and baby from Hardy visiting J O Overholt family. Adolph Sandren of Tappen N D visiting relatives. Mrs Ira Overholt went to Essherville to see her mother. J O Kasa returned from Omaha after convention. Mrs O T Akre and children of Fulda Minn visiting mother Mrs Parson. Ira Overholt clerking at Myhre and Gunderson's during holidays. Ven Maines of Witherville spent Sunday with S T Shirley. Mr and Mrs O T Johnson of
Gibbon Neb December 18 a brief note reports an event labeled Brisk of the Farmers. Details are fragmentary but indicate local rural economic activity and community engagement in the area.
Additional Loeis Dr Powers consults with Pr Hession on Bert Master’s sick girl who is improving. Joe Patronese mails from California for winter. Miss Isabella Walsh visits from Emmetsburg. For rent a four room house via Mrs J K Flowing. The Des Moines Register offers special pricing through 1908 and 1910 for new subscribers. The paper touts exclusive features and wide delivery across town and rural routes.
A disturbing report from Dunnell describes a woman slain by a knife attack in a small local neighborhood. The incident appears tied to a domestic quarrel involving a man named James Landing and a family woman, with limited readable details available from the fragment.
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