Graettinger Times reads of holiday social and business visits
Residents and visitors appear in a steady stream with numerous business callers in Emmetsburg Estherville Graettinger and surrounding towns. Notes include Mrs LaChance visiting Rock Rapids and Betherville relatives, Endre Worland in Immetsburg, Miss Duus from Altona and Miss Montgomery from Ames spending holidays, along with local auctions sales plans and acknowledgments of births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olene Jacobson
Lars Exexos
Cear Craven
Lawrence Tharson
Empetsburg
Horswell
Julius Sevdy
Manmeteburg
Andrew Sandanger and Son
Lammersburg
Millie Knutson
Emmetsburg
Schurmann
Robert Schooley
Estherville
M. C. Gradland
Montany
Oscar Hauge
Graettinger
Bartlem
Louie Graettinger
Hayfield
Iowa
Albert Thu
the Times
Lloyd Joynt
A. D. Moraine
Des Moines
Maude Montgomery
Ames
Alvin Birkland
J. J. Birkland
Irishman in Court Tries Round With Fat Juror
A humorous courtroom moment records a little Irishman’s reply to a judge’s question. He admits not being in training but suggests he could trade blows with the large juror in the corner.
He Was No Liar He Had Bad Luck Fishing Trip
A man with bad luck on a fishing trip visits a butcher shop and asks the dealer to throw him five of the biggest trout so he can tell his family he caught them. He admits he is a poor fisherman but not a liar.
The Wrong Kind A Swede Drinks Old Crow in Saloon
A Swede asks for squirrel whisky but is offered Old Crow whiskey instead. He reacts with a humorous exclamation. A Sunny school superintendent asks all children who want to go to heaven to rise, but one boy, Sammy Seruges, stays seated saying not yet.
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Sammy Seruges
Sammy
One Shy Brown and the Sinking Boat Joke
In a humorous Bindery Talk snippet, Miss Smart and Mr. Bore discuss neighborly visits across the river. A fishing trip adds a comic moment as One Shy Brown asks for prayers while the boat sinks and Jones volunteers to pray as others strap on life belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bore
Miss Smart
Cuban sugar cargo arrives in New York harbor
The wall prompt leads to a quarrel as a decorator reveals the wife placed the paper. Pa calms, noting the first cargo of the new Cuban sugar crop, 24,000 bags, has reached New York harbor on Monday.
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New York Harbor
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Merry Christmas
First National Bank
Lowa
Sohn O. Jertson
Victor Ingvall
Betherville
PP. Petersen
City
Er. P. Dulin
Grachtinger
John Jackman
Dulin
Myrle Carnahan
E. Schurmann
Adv
Barney Elsenbast
Son Robert
Clara Paulsen
Sioux City
Mrs
P. J. Paulsen
KK. M.thompson
Santa Claus
Grattinger
Mr. Winshaw
Spirit Lake
Long Beach
Californe
California
George Jenkins
Denison
Jenkins
Katiayn Mahan
J. P. Mahan
Osgood
Dan Larson
Carlyle
Montana
United States
Whittemore Champion
Cairy
Middle West
Christ
J.H. Gammon Estate
A. H. Cameron Dyer
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Tno
P. Kirby
Vincent Kelly
OWA
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