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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
3
A veteran recounts fighting at Apremont Forest Pont Mogsont on the Meuse and other fronts. He remembers the thickest fighting, no trenches, and heavy shell bursts nearby. The speaker notes German losses, victory, and taking many prisoners, while questioning life at the front.
A wounded World War I-era letter describes shattered villages in No Man’s Land, mined fields, and exhausted march days in November. Soldiers bunk in a French village with heaters and baths, missing duck hunting, while a letter from Lt. Westphal to Ray Lambe’s parents honors a fallen soldier and recalls Chateau Thierry. A big closing-out sale by W. Donaghy, 480 acres, 145 head, and a farm move near Windom, Minnesota conclude the notices.
Local Woodman lodge hosts a program and modal hop at Woodman hall on Friday evening January 24 with refreshments and invitation to all. Mrs T Sullivan recently returned from Chicago after the death of her niece Miss Mary Rowan aged 14 from gas asphyxiation. The Humboldt Republican notes community news and a humorous street exchange about whiskey prices in Emmetsburg, urging readers to share news items with the paper.
Government notices extend half fare to ministers for rail travel, restoring the old rate after a temporary three cent mile rate. Local items report Red Cross meeting, market prices for shelled corn, a bank financial notice, and a string of local sales ads and social notes from Graettinger Times.
Tewis Lippoldy of Graettinger Iowa requests land to list for sale. He can be reached at R F D 2 to coordinate a listing.
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