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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1969
Page
2
A garbled note mentions Mis Terhill and Mary Terhill with names like Rolfson and Wallington. It references a date in January and an event at Creete and Artha Deen with a Saturday in January 04. Details are unreadable.
A readable hospital admission list shows several patients with names such as Mrs Mary Ayam Lisa Saragine and Mrs Helen Kirkegaard. Dates include Sunday January 12 and Monday January 13 with admissions across multiple days and locations like Palo Alto and Canale Myers.
Local rates list Xc per word for insertions with a 2c per word charge for each insertion after a 25¢ minimum. Keyed ads incur a 25¢ extra fee. Cards of Thanks priced at 10c per line with unclear minimums for some lines.
Multiple sale notices list sows to farm, a modern house in Graettinger with new furnace and cabinets, another 2 bedroom modern home, and an 120 acre farm east of Graettinger. Listings name owners Helena Wolfe estate Fred Wolfe Graettinger John Wolfe Estherville and Speck with contact details and terms. Also organs pianos and adding machine paper offered by local offices.
A stream of visitors and family trips filled the holiday period. Mrs. Christensen hosted at her home with relatives from West Bend and St Paul planning to visit their mother. Margaret Johnson returned from a three week visit to her son’s family in Minnesota. Several others traveled to Arkansas, Texas, and California for holidays, with stops at Houston and Dallas. A Danville area family celebrated a 60th wedding anniversary at Botv’s Diner.
James J. Paoun of Brooklyn earns the Bronze Medal for heroism during ground operations in Vietnam. His actions while engaged against hostile forces were cited in the citation.
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