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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
5
A fragmented Ames item notes an incident in which a tree limb or blast caused injury to Anna Ruth Vicars. An onlooker allegedly scattered large-headed nails in an alley, with Sam Long recovering four nails from a tire. Six pounds of nails have reportedly been collected so far.
Local notices list visits and travels among Emmetsburg, Graettinger, Cylinder, and Milford residents. Names such as Floyd Fleming Misa Clara Suss and families like the Resh, Wolfe, Thoreson, and Petersen appear with holiday and New Year references. A Roy Huntley auction sale is noted for January 13 in The Times.
The Times records several birth announcements including a ten pound son for Mr and Mrs Harry Keller of Ida Grove born Tuesday evening December 31 and a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs H L Thoreton on January 5. Also noted are teaching moves for Marie and Alys Thoregon and a bake sale by Catholic Ladies Aid at Mitchell Fool Market. Multiple households and visits are listed along with health updates on two ill children and remarks on a new serial in The American Weekly.
Colleen Hood married a Algona man in a church ceremony with family present. Attendants included Miss Maxine Hood and Mrs. R. C. Berrie of Mason City. After a two month trip to the west coast, the couple will live in Algona where the groom works with his father.
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