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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
7
Estherville residents share time with friends at Eetherville while neighboring families from Forest City visit Graetlinger relatives. Local shoppers attend community events as discussions begin on reopening the Town Savings with capital options following a depositor meeting.
An Estherville notice offers payment for services and claims easy access to a telephone line. The wording is unclear and appears as a solicitous advertisement urging quick response before a stated deadline.
Graettinger and surrounding towns report numerous travels and visits. Albert Luke, Jowhecyute business elder, and many residents including McCarty, Thompson family, Howard Horswell, Carl Spies clan, and Mrs. Joe Barry with baby checked in from various locales. Funeral attendance, auctions, market trips, and a planned road improvement linking Graettinger to Mallon are noted along with party gatherings and personal updates.
A fragmentary rural note mentions Aon Krutson born to Mr and Mrs R S Krutson of Fallow Sunday and a wedding shower for Mrs Sloniker hosted by Miss Marie Thompson and Helen Love. The text also oddly recounts a bridge replacement plan near Milwaukee and a humorous cash transaction over postage money order and expressage fees amid a mispriced sale.
A city woman visits her married sister on a farm and frets about provisions for threshers. The sister consoles her as dinner is served with nut shaped sandwiches, a chicken patty, two sweets, ice cream, and coffee.
A fragmented clip describes a Missouri Farmers Association gathering with a state agriculture board discussing a program to standardize and inspect farm goods. The tale extends to a darkly satirical note on commerce and mail order practices, ending with a quip about not doing business via mail order.
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