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Emmetsburg items recount births sales and visits
Community notes from Emmetsburg feature a February closing sale by Mrs. Margaret Nefstead and an auction planned by Oncar Hauge on February 17. Local residents visit, return from camps, and attend meetings while the paper notes births, illnesses, and social events among residents like the Spies family and Dr. None’s Busy Bees gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Spies
Wm. Matters
Estherville
Aemo Peter Knutson
Emmetaburg
Margaret Nefstead
Robert Wilson
Amruz-Andrew
Henningsen
Emmetsburg Friends
Oncar Hauge
J. W. Anderson
Dickens
Times
M. L. Brown
Hart
Emmeteburg
J. A. Spies
Louis
Adolph
John Jackman
Des Moines
Ted Suss
Camp Pike
Rock Island
Turner
Joe Turner
Rodman
Grachtinger
Board of Supervisors
Emmetsburg
M. McNerney
J. G. Murtagh
Father Kelly
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Gammon
Busy Bees
Th. J
John Roseland
St James
Minnesota
Ben. F. Reeves
Spencer
Harold Rowsch
Honolulu
Woodman Hall
Woodman
L. B. Richardson
Winterset
Richardson
Alfred Cameron
U. S. Naval Service
Tuesaday
Graettinger
New York
Yeoman Service
Navy
J. A. Jensen
Mr. Jensen
Husky
Fred Rubink
Mr. Peters
O'Rourke
Lamotte
George Graettinger
Michael McCarty
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
John Mitchell
Fort Dodge
First National Bank
Charles Iverson
Jorgen Koltvid
U. S
Mr. Koltvid
Imien
Norway
J. BR. Skow
Mr. Skow
Helvig Farm
Gracttinger