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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
2
Lost Island School started the week after a two weeks break in district No 2 with students returning for the new term. Local residents including Frank Peton, Lewis Peterson, Esther Simonson, Ida Merklin, and many neighbors were noted in weekend visits and arrivals from nearby towns. Community members reported visits, absences, and local activities as residents resumed classes and daily routines after the holiday period.
Sunday visits and family gatherings are reported across Graettinger and nearby towns. J W Oakes and family spent Sunday at Sam Spear’s. Miss Nellie Blair visited Depew. Birkland sisters hosted Emmetsburg friends for dinner. Arthur Bergum and Lewie Christensen worked on the church. Leduc family confined at home with grip. Lawrence Birkland returned from Ft Dodge. Mac Oakes dined with Ellis family. Gus Peterson visited Emmetsburg and Bosold and Mowitt families. Alva Birkland resigned as Kelly schoolteacher. Irwin Lawrence and family spent time with John Wiehtern.
Jack Creek items recount visits from Estherville and Dakota visitors. Several residents travel to Hamburg and Joliet, with Folk in the area noting kinship visits. A rowdy horse accident injures Homer Smith. Bert Anderson ships stock to Chicago. Community members attend dances and social calls. baby born to Zubler and wife.
Mr and Mrs D F Thayer observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Ruthven on Friday December 31 with about twenty guests. The event featured a gold decorated place card souvenir and a dinner served by Gladys Monsell.
Sad Christmas and New Year for the E A Huskamp family as the entire clan suffers measles with B A Huskamp tending to all, and one young daughter in critical condition. John Gappa, son of John Gappa, is mentioned in the report.
I J Weisbrod, local harness dealer, now owner of the picture theatre after a deal last Monday. A free show was held last Wednesday by the new proprietor. Ro1an Weisbrod is reported doing fine. Miss Trene Weisbrod left for Sioux Falls to resume school duties after holidays. I E Beck returned home from a southern state trip with an visiting uncle. Miss Matilda Newel arrived from Nome North Dakota for a two week vacation. she is engaged as a teacher.
The article reports that five to six years ago about a hundred thousand farmers from Iowa and Nebraska moved to Western Canada to take homesteads. Now many are returning to the U.S. to avoid conscription, with stories of crossing the border secretly, buying round trip tickets, and asking family for money to return. Some fear loss of property and Canadian taxation, while others plan to stay in the United States after peace.
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