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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
6
Local news from Aettinger and vicinity notes a March 20 sale in Graettinger via Auctioneer Grodland. Items include farm happenings, road meetings, weather impacts, and visits by residents like Misses Sullivan, Mahan, and Emily Christianson.
An exchange claims onions cooked weekly can prevent diphtheria and scarlet fever, noting invigoration and prophylaxis for children. Meanwhile Swea City faces pamphlet attacks on Odd Fellows and Masons by the National Christian Association of Chicago, sparking controversy. Sunday a neighborly surprise party at the Wm. Fishers’ home in Emmetsburg township ends with a silverware gift as they prepare to move to the Mr. Brown farm near Burns bridge.
Mason City eye specialist Herve E Ballheim, who has treated many patients, announces in this issue that he will be at the Hotel Windsor next Monday the 24th. Ady.
In a letter from Arm strong Journal the editor complains that newspaper pirates fail to credit items. He urges censorship of editors who take items from other papers and notes many dispatches are reused from country exchanges. Readers care about news, not origin, he says.
A plain record of social visits and local happenings on Lost Island. Mrs. Anna Berdin spent Sunday at home while neighbors entertain guests, and several households host gatherings Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Updates include health notes on Mrs. Christensen and baby, illnesses of Fred Levell and Mrs. Perkins assisting, a Salmon poisoning incident near Wallingford, and community movements such as new barn construction and hardware stock changes.
Assistant Cathier Nelson attended to business in Estherville Thursday. Johnie Wee came down. Estherville and friends heard Fant Heidecker arrived home from Chicago. Miss Ella Walden was in Estherville visiting her sister Mrs. Chris Donaldson. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sando were from Graettinger visiting his parents. Andrew Anderson went to Estherville for a funeral. Miss Clara Levi arrived from Jackson to visit her sisters. Mrs. Tom Hepp of Estherville visited her father J. Kennedy. Mrs. M. S. Segatson visited sisters Mrs. Barlow and Miss Mabel Bloomquist. Albert Soeffing arrived from Nevada after appendicitis surgery. Tom Bigley from Graettinger was buying cattle.
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