Local News Items and Social Notes from Graettinger
Local briefs report Tom Sullivan's Chicago trip. Spencer and Graettinger visits. flu illness of Fred Masters. Emmetsburg business matters. weddings and funerals. musical entertainment at Farm Bureau kickoff. new birth at Holy Family hospital Mottville. veterans and service discharge news. travel to Algona and Sioux City for family events. property moves and farm retirements. a note on Dr. Raymond Simonsen's golden wedding. and a feature lead about a distant crime and a future publication in The American Weekly.
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W. L. Hively
Bain- Metsbure
Graettinger
Gh Revdson
Enmmetshure Democcsit
Mallard High School
Daniel Resh
B. I. Severson
Jens Kirkegaard
Warren Stanley
Emmetsburg
Graettinger Mondaay
Pacific
Henry Westergard
Merle Hankey
Farm Bureau
Eldon Aanons
Holy Family Hospital
Motherville
the Times
Frank Herke
Graettinrer
Richard Fitzpatrick
Dan Fitzpatrick
Richard
Omaha
D. J. Sullivan
Tom
Mary Paulette
D. Ke McCarty
VY. J. O'Connor
Immersburg
Paulette
Sioux City
Hiere
Bert I’. Montgomery
Raymond Simonsen
Davenport
Simonsen
Rive Halverson
Dr. Simonsen
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Dorothy MacDonald
Denver
Colorado
Anna MacDonald
New Orleans
D. BE. McCarty
J. J. Sullivan
Tom Sullivan
Lb. O'Connor
Algona
J. J. Dooley
Willads Bisward
Jack Jackson
Mitchell
Estherville
E. C. Jackman
Kingsway
Peter Levins
American Weekly
Chicago Sunday Herald-American
Wisconsin at War Boosts Production and Labor Shifts
Wisconsin loosened labor rules to let women work nights and 17 year olds in canneries. Strikes fell from 65 in 1941 to negligible levels, while safety improved. The state canned more peas, grew hemp, and kept dairy herds strong, signaling industrial growth behind every War Bond. U.S. Treasury Department
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Wisconsin
America
U.S. Treasury Department
Correction issued for Graettinger school fund totals
The Graettinger Independent School District notes a transposition error in the quarterly financial statement published in the Times two weeks ago. The school house fund and general fund totals were swapped. the correction is being issued to fix the figures.
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Graettinger Independent
Times
Water industry backs War Bonds in North Carolina
More than 4 million dollars of water products are taken yearly from the barrier reef along North Carolina. The region spans 3,000 square miles of fresh and salt water and supports thousands of fishermen from 28 kinds of food fish plus 150 million pounds of menhaden yearly. Menhaden is used for fertilizer and oil, illustrating the nation’s real resources backing U.S. war efforts.
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Barrier Reef
North Carolina
U.S. Treasury Department
Firsts of 1946 Spark Early Spring Hints and Beaver Record
Reports from Plymouth County and Woodbury County highlight early 1946 signs with sightings of a robin, a three foot bullsnake, and a snapping turtle near LeMars and Burlington. Hank Behrens traps Iowa’s largest beaver on the Little Sioux River at 87 pounds, surpassing the 81 pound prior record. Obituary notes deaths of Mrs. Henry G. Menke at Bancroft aged 84, born 1861, survived by husband, nine children, 45 grandchildren, and 52 great grandchildren, with nine predeceased.
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Lloyd Laughton
LeMars
Plymouth County
Louise Giebrich
Burlington
J. I. Case Co
Iowa
Little Sioux River
Woodbury County
L. Caton
Hank Behrens
Anthon
W. W. Trussel
Sioux City
Missouri River
Henry G. Menke
Bancroft
Petersburg
Notice of Appointment of Administrator in Iowa
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Peter Christensen, deceased, Palo Alto County. All persons indebted must pay promptly and those with claims must file with the Clerk of the District Court, duly authenticated, for allowance. Dated January 15, 1946.
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State OF Iowa
Palo Alto County
Peter Christensen
State OF
Iowa
Mary Paulsen
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Emmetsbure
J. J. Show
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Wm. Truesdell
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Grachtinger State Bank
M. D. Grodland
Graettinger State Bank
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Jensen Barber Shop
Gerhard. Jensen
Basia
Jensen Drug Store Graettinger
Farmers Grain CO
Raymond Tindall
Berg Hee
Robert Simonsen
Prop
Walnut Merry Maids
Kirkegaard
Mary Anne Kirkegaard
Rolfe Lundgren
LeRoy Brigham
Embroidery Club
Adolph Spies
Grachtinger Ladies’ Embroidery Club
Esther Simonsen
Vernon
Walnut Townships
Osgood School
Walnut Township Farm Bureau
Gladys Cameron
A. H. Cameron
Gladys
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Lost Island Township
Ronald Johnson
Conrad Johnson
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Geo. Taylor
Harry Cogdill
St. Mary’s
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Lake Center
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Kenneth du von
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Groetken
Texas
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Naval
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Elmer Masters
Burt & Davidson
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Mid-West
Live Stock Commission
Beroy
For
D-X
C. L. Torreson Oil Co
F. R
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Phone
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Ont ‘Hansen
Statin Ferm Raettinger
Palo Alto
Carl L. Spies
Harry Anderson Graettinger
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