Accidents Mar Celebration at Wallingford Fair
A crowded public celebration in Wallingford ends safely overall but a rear boarded cellar walk collapses under weight, sending eight to ten people into a hole. Mrs Mike Zelinsky suffers a broken ankle and bone exposed, taken home for care. Irwin Robinson bears three flesh wounds above the elbow. Weir of Twelve Mile Lake suffers a minor push ball injury with a late recovery.
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Wallingford
Mike Zelinsky
Irwin Robinson
Weir
Twelve Mile Lake
Estherville Enterprise
Accidenty on the road injures two boys
In the late Monday incident Max Soeth and Emil Hanson on a motorcycle collided with Mrs. Chas Levell near the Skattebo farm. Soeth suffered a broken arm and severe bruising while Hanson broke a leg below the knee. They were treated at Estherville city hospital and Anderson hospital respectively and were improving.
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Max Soeth
Emil Hanson
Max
Chas. Levell
Skattebo Farm
Emil Hansen
Maxi
City Hospital
Estherville
Emil
Anderson Hospital
Estherville Enterprise
Corn Growing Rates Observe As Stake Measures Growth
John P. Bigley, not a corn grower, stakes a hill and measures stalk height. Friday to Saturday he reports a rise of six and a half inches in twenty four hours. Weather was favorable for crops with ninety percent of the corn crop knee high.
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John P. Bigley
Fourth of July Accidents Reported in Local Lake Event
A girl was reportedly drowned at Lost Island lake on July Fourth but details are unclear and likely erroneous. At the celebration a child was run over by a car, and there was a roller rink incident. Rev. A R Cuthbert notes an eighteen year old girl was struck by a car, died the next day. The driver claimed brakes failed. Several Wallingford accidents occurred on July Fourth and the previous day.
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Lost Island Lake
A. R. Cuthbert
the Lakes
Wallingford
Rain In Minnesota Weather Notes From Benson And Graettinger
Larson of Larson Realty with Knudston and Ingvards returned from Swift and Stevens counties by auto. Crops and conditions in those counties looked promising. Benson saw two and a half inches of rain Wednesday night, with Graettinger recording a heavy rain at the same time.
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Minnesota
Larson
Larson Realty Company
Peter Knudston
This Place
Dave
Carl Ingvard
Estherville
Swift
Stevens
Benson
Graettinger
Soldiers Parade Through Graettinger On July Fourth Remembrance
A company of soldiers arrived in Graettinger Monday morning and split into detachments of 24. The event evoked patriotic pomp as honoring veterans expected to have been interred on July Fourth. The scene occurred amid unusually warm weather described with humorous praise of the heat.
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Graettinger
Bath tub question provokes Iowa economic debate
Dr John Ise of Iowa State College asks should a man buy an automobile without a bath tub, presenting a provocative hypothetical. He estimates Iowa has far more cars than bath tubs, highlighting a contrast between modern joy riding and household bathing devices in a concise economic quip.
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John Ise
Department of Economics
Iowa State College
Ise
Iowa
Graettinger Sees 107 Cars Parked Saturday Night
M O Grodland counted 107 automobiles on Graettinger Main Street at 9 30 Saturday night. The lot represents an investment of over 80000 dollars. A traveling man staying overnight called Graettinger one of the busiest small towns in his territory.
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M. O. Grodland
Graettinger
Anderson Honored in North Dakota Commercial Club
Mr. Anderson who clerked in Mr. Wildey’s store and later moved to Driscoll North Dakota to pursue business was elected treasurer of a newly formed Commercial club there. He is enjoying a very good business at Driscoll. As a rule Mr. Wildey’s clerks prove to be successful merchants.
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Anderson
J. J. Anderson
Mr. Wildey
Driscoll
North Dakota
Truck Joins Local Drag Line in Rolando Iowa
W C Foster announced receipt of a two ton truck recently purchased in Rolando Iowa to aid his drag business. He notes the vehicle will streamline freight handling and reduce costs, addressing a heavy load of daily operations and bolstering convenience for his work.
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W. C. Foster
Roland
Iowa
Foster
Graettinger Trade Center Shines In Butter And Egg Trade
The Graettinger market handles about $4,800 weekly in butter and eggs from the Lost Island creamery and local dairies. Weekly butter shipments total 200 tubs worth $3,600 and eggs average $1,200, with May and April egg values $4,900 and $5,300 respectively. The town’s merchants promote local trade and cheaper groceries, attracting farmers seeking better returns. In Truman Minnesota a farmer, William Luebke, was shot by former worker Henry Jablinski after a dispute over a daughter. Luebke survived with wounds, while Jablinski died by suicide, a family long marked by tragedy.
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Graettinger
A. J. Johnson
Lost Island
Graettinger Creamery
A. J. Johnson & Co
Messrs. Johnson and Jensen
Grachtinger
Too Much Speed Ends in Tragic Crash at Charles City
At 11:30 p m two young men sped a Buick six on a joy ride. Arthur Miller, an electrician, died from a crushed head and neck injuries after the crash. His companion, driving the car, was critically hurt and murmured that he was driving too fast as the vehicle shattered, leaving three wheels and the car body ground to splinters.
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Charles City
Arthur Miller
Miller
Johnson Brother Dies in Wisconsin
Mr Johnson and family learned of Carl Johnson s death Friday morning in Stoughton Wisconsin He was 28 and had been ill for years He had recently returned from California The funeral was held Monday afternoon in Stoughton His death saddens Graettinger friends who recall his brief stay here years ago and extend sympathy to the Johnson family.
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A. J. Johnson
Stoughton
Wisconsin
Johnson
Graettinger
Be Honest Father’s Day Plea For Quiet Rest
In Behalf Of Father Now they are going to have a fathers day. What in thunder can we do for father. If they make any expense father will have to foot the bill. If they get anything extra for dinner father will have to pay for it. The best thing to do for father is to let him alone, let him sleep as long as he wants to in the morning and let nature take its course. The old man has enough to bear without being shoved into a biled shirt and sit an hour in an oak pew while some one tells him he has been over looked in the shuffle of life, while his liver is warped and his back bone crooked from being bottle washer in a thousand shuffles. Let father alone and give the banquets to the kids and the flummy-diddles to the young folks. Pop, don't want a darned thing, but rest.
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Father
Britt Tribune
Speeding joyride ends in tragedy leaves two injured
Theodore Rowe of Des Moines tells friends he wants to speed up. On a joyride night crash follows as the car speeded to about sixty miles per hour and overturned into a ditch. Rowe is dead and another rider seriously hurt. two others escape. Report from Story City Herald.
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Theodore
Rowe
Des Moinnes Mondey
City Herald
summons to appear of United States Rifle Club members
Graettinger Iowa July 12 1916 head officer issues summons to appear at the presidents office Wednesday night. 48 riflemen in Graettinger club drilling for defense must attend roll call and transact business. list of summoned officers and members given. local editorial urges nationwide strict driving laws with jail penalties for drunken drivers. paragraph closes with Towner News note.
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United States Government Rifle Club
Fourth of July Celebrations Draw Citizens Across Towns
Good Time Graetinger citizens scattered in every direction Tuesday to spend the Fourth of July. Many went to Wallingford Lost Island lake Arnolds Park and to the Danish celebration in Emmetsburg township. Representative gatherings enjoyed the day at all of the above named places. The entertainment was first class.
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Graetinger
Wallingford
Lost Island Lake
Arnolds Park
Emmetsburg
The Agent Was Sarcastic During a Railroad Strike
A young man, a green engineer, was put on a train during a railroad strike. On his first trip he went beyond the stop and backing up he went past the other way. The station master cried, Stay where you are and we’ll move the station, as the tale reports from City Herald.
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City. Herald
Booze on Wheels Trouble Humboldt Officials
Humboldt Republicans report a wagon on wheels causing police trouble by serving fake bug juice whiskey to patrons. Empty bottles and circular bottle marks reveal substitution of bottled-in-bond whiskey with toxic bug-juice, with occupants often seen staggering. Several arrests followed as inspectors found widespread counterfeit liquor.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Republican
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J. C. Molison
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M. Weinholzer, Jr
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Don Show
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Theo. Petersen
J. M. Bolstad
Ray E. Hall
Art Bergum
A.C. Hunter
Clarence V. Kipping
Albert Jensen
F. G. Maddigan
A. H. Shaver
W. M. Rauschmayer
L. P. C. Larson
G. M. Gabrielson
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J.C. Molison
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