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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1927
Page
20
Graettinger residents report a lively week with visits from Dan Burns of Emmetsburg and J. Duffy to LaCrosse to see a father, plus hospitality at Gleaners lunches and the Danish Ladies Aid. January shipments show 68 head of livestock, while Holstein herd development grows among local farmers.
A series of brief items notes residents traveling for business and visiting relatives, with several outings described. Includes John Hester and John Ingebritson as business callers, Mrs. Laughlin visiting Estherville, Miss Wvelyyn Thoresan returning from Wallingford, and A. He Henningsen returning from Chicago after market purchases. J M Resh slips and sprains his thumb. Joe Swift hosts a Progressive Five Hundred party. Mrs. P. Montgomery ill with neuritis. Plans shift as Albert Jensen and Westergard change residences, and Mrs. Trucks suffers paralysis at 84. Woodmen and Royal Neighbor host an old-time dance with Iowa Trio orchestra. refreshments and socializing noted.
A new lunch room has opened in the building east of Paulsen Furniture, offering meals and lunches with home cooking. Patrons are urged to visit for a good lunch or home cooked meal and to show support for the new venture.
Bert Barrett, John and Lloyd Carney returned from Rochester Minnesota where Lloyd had seventeen radium treatments and will need regular visits for years. Mr and Mrs W F Tressler moved to St James Minnesota. Tressler will work for J H Nichtern on a 1000 acre farm with a modern $6000 house. L T Petersen of Jackson Minnesota greeted friends in Graettinger and spoke of good crops despite a 1000 bushel corn loss from a September wind storm. Barney Hassel returned from Ottawa Illinois.
A testimonial from Mys. 2B Binkley praises Adierika for removing gas and improving sleep after years of stomach discomfort. The note asserts one spoonful relieves bloating and releases waste, calling Adlevika wonderful for chronic constipation and naming Frick Drug Store as supplier.
In Kadoka, South Dakota, the Munger brothers report steady profits since 124. They pasture 206 hogs on alfalfa, finish on corn, and raise oats barley potatoes flax and cane for fodder on 14 sections. They cultivate a diverse farm with hogs cattle chickens and milking cows and highlight daily mail telephone, good water, and nearby churches. Contact Agricultural Agent H. F. Hunter in Chicago for interested leads.
John C. Jertson of Boone called Thursday while George Stamp of Rockwell City visited Mrs. G C Coolidge. Mr and Mrs T C Traog of Mallard and daughter and Mrs Willard Kerbs of Havelock visited the Wagners. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs George Frick Sunday January 30 at Coleman hospital Estherville. Mrs A C Brown of Estherville was a guest at the Fleming home. A card party at Woodman hall under Catholic Ladies Aid had lively attendance. Mrs Lottie Hendricks and others led, 11 30 launch served, Mrs A V Bormann won honors.
Prick's Specials traveled Tuesday to Emmetsburg for a return meeting and fell by 40 pins in a three game series finishing 2062. Emmetsburg claimed the first game by 52 pins, the second by 4, and Graettinger won the final by 2. Lineups list Hilton, Thoman, Brown, Worland, Drake, Turner, DeLawyer, Sullivan with scores spanning 826 to 792 in individual games and 2312 total.
Hansen’s Warriors defeated Frick’s Specials by four pins in a three game series at Duhn alley. High scores marked the night yet totals were low for both sides, with Frick’s nearly four hundred pins behind their prior Tuesday score with Hmmetsburg. Lineup highlights include J. Duhn 186 188 145 489 and B. Michaels 159 178 178 515. Frick’s featured Sullivan 126 173 160 459 and DeLawyer 165 172 228 565.
Mr Carl Spies and Mrs Spies with their son Nichard traveled to Ventura on Saturday to visit Otto Spies and his family. Otto Spies serves as leader in the creamery at the town’s dairy plant.
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