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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
6
Graettinger Bachelors club to hold a public dance at Woodman hall Friday evening February 28 with Bartlemann orchestra providing music. The event is expected to attract a full house as the season’s hop and is likely the last before Lent. Tickets urged to be bought early.
Public sale planned in Berlin to auction a severely damaged horse named Bill and its offspring. The lot includes 800 harness sets and a damaged tug or sleever device, described as badly soiled with Belgian blood. The auction notes the animal’s history of breaking to grip and single or double in the past year under U.S. government scrutiny. Proceeds to be offered to the Allied Commission of the World.
A chaotic wartime notice mix describes a character called Von Hende Bird and a plan to sell birds described as Germans stuffed for years, with an Easter sale angle and Red Cross auction details. It shifts to warnings about weed seed mixtures sold as clover and timothy, noting low grade seed risks and urging farmers to verify seed quality per Ames agricultural reports.
Last Inland News reports Miss Grace Matsen and brother Frank hosted by friends. Nes Matsen at Knutson home. Nyborgs shopping in Graettinger. Hannah Roseland at Sheffield. farewell for Roseland on way to St James Minnesota. Roselands visiting Ruthven. Nels Smith moved to section five. Hangen moving. Fred Beadke at Knute Twitness. I B Duhn visiting from Vining. O M Olson improving after arm injury. Irma Sheffield at home over Sunday. Ida Peton left for Huron South Dakota to visit John and Mrs Moltz. Hans Holte driving a Ford. Theodore Thorson at Graettinger. Martin Simonsen visiting Sheffield.
Stray notes report a flu illness improving Mrs John Sytsma and local residents sharing visits and activities. The itemized notes cover social events school days showings, farm trades, visits to Forest City Graettinger Ringsted and Graettinger shows, and routine sickness and host gatherings across High Lake Iverson Hoping and Masters areas.
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