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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
6
Jorgen Anderson, secretary, notes the annual meeting to elect officers and transact other business. Land listings and sales inquiries encouraged, with notices left at First National Bank for contact.
A jumble of small ads and notices lists bids for an ice house project due December 29, selling or leasing plots in Graettinger and Lost Island township, livestock for sale including Chester White boars and Rose Comb white Wyandotte cockerels, a 200 acre farm for sale near Center school house, Duroc Jersey boars for sale, shoe repair services, and a brief shop ad. Names include Jorgen Anderson, E. S. George, C K Pierson, Mrs. Louis Christensen, and W. I. Stevens. Locations Graettinger Iowa and Lost Island township.
Miss Hazel Crim of Water is visiting her sister Miss Bihel Misener. She spent a few days at Estherville with relatives and is continuing travel.
We express heartfelt appreciation to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father. Thanks for floral gifts presented. — Mrs Thomas McDonald and children.
Walter Matsen returned home from Story City Saturday, accompanied by Clayton Weir and friends. Misses Ethel Irma and Lorene Sheffield and Miss Ida Peton were noted visiting at Christmas. Mrs C S Moltz returned to Baron Wisconsin after visiting her relatives Earnest Peton Sam Bondhus and Herman Worland spent Christmas with Lawrence Thorsen. The Roseland school Christmas tree was well attended. Paul Peton was a Graettinger caller Saturday evening. Vegal Jacobson and Miss Clara and Anna Berden attended the Christmas Tree program Saturday evening. Will and Gilbert Olsen visited Graettinger Thursday. Albert Johnson and family of Graettinger spent Christmas at the Peton home.
Calendar of Parent-Teachers meetings for 1916 17 includes December Story Telling for Children led by Committee Miss Mont Montgomery and others. January features Diseases of Children session by Christian Committee led by Mrs Reid Nate and Darting. February highlights Social No Young People Community Ment Ment with Committee Mrs Jac Mrs Fahnestock and Miss Helming plus Mike Graettinger and others.
An appeal to English farmers claimed buying local binder twine would save the nation about 1,260,000 and free 10,000 tons of cargo space for food. It argued British mills are well positioned with high stocks and female labor, yet orders favor Americans. Dealers handling American implements complicate stocking American twine.
An exchange recalls a man making a crude remark about domestic expenses. He jokes that heating a wife’s temper, a refrigerator, and company manners costs little, implying his own expenses are light for the rest of the year.
Fragmentary notice from Wallingford Iowa offers a lunch deal with seasonal price and beverages. Reads unclear due to OCR artifacts but mentions hot lunch and phone contact. Possible promotion for a local event or service.
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