Graettinger area notices and travels headline
Local brief mentions consolidations, visits, funerals and weather notes across Graettinger and surrounding towns. Highlights include Elmer Jones and Hanvik family guests, P. C. Fogde funeral attendance, various travels to Emmetsburg and Des Moines, and local efforts to secure water. Community events, accidents, and small town commerce are noted with regional names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ornge
Ann
Grachtinger
Elmer Jones
Timmersburg
Rey, Hanvik
Borle
P. C. Fogde
Mra
Hanvik
Mra. Fogde
Leon Moraine
Tex Movies
Keith Moraine
Germany
Pattqs
Harvey Peterson
Belmond
Lown
Fairmont
Clarke
Nell Lyman
Des Moines
A. B. Gilbaugh
Lyman
Gilbaugh
Jamon [Pederson
Minneapolis
P.C
Peterson
Eatherville
Menton
Eagle Grove
Fox Lake
Minnetota
Fenton
Joe Bidwell
Spencer
H. M. True
Sioux Falls
Don Toye
Sanborn
P. C. Togde
Rolfson
P C Fogde Dies After Long Iowa Years
Obituary notes the death of P C Fogde a Wallingford Graettinger resident aged many years He emigrated from Denmark at 21 worked as a foreman in pier and dock construction later farmed and built the Lutheran church at Prairie Queen He is survived by wife six children three grandchildren and siblings in Denmark and Colorado The article honors his thrift faith and community service and recalls his strong character and family ties.
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John Wagner
Emmetsberg
E. M.thompson
Emmetsburg
Grarttinger
Fremont Paul
South Dakota
Minnesota
Marion Nano
Eather Larson
Tabherville
Mort Dade Tobin Business College
Mercury
Des Moines Tuewlay
Grnettinger
Merriman
Minneapolis
N. J. Merriman
Emmetaburg
A. H. Henningsen
Doris
Victor Henningsen
Elkhorn
John Carlson
Petty
Gladden
Frank Rathman
Estherville Hospital
Gamble
Kimmanaburg
Lews
C. A. Jensen
Thompson
George Robinson
Grunty Center
Graettinger
C. A
Algona
Pocahontas County
Donald Fessler
Fort Dodge
Jefferson Academy
Peking
China
Jefferson Territory
Chicago
Clarence Miller
Wm. Heilrick
Laverne
Clinton Noll
Noll
Virginia
Charles Blair
Ringsted Dispatch
Swea City
Estherville
Maple Hill
H. Blair
Beach
North Dakota
Blair
Dorothy Gerhards
John Gerhards
Burt
Gerhards
Arthur Fogde
St. Louis
Grachtingjor
Greene County
Br. Blair
Legion
Fourteenth Brigade
Seventh Corps Army Area
Omaha
Twin Cities
George Singer
Singer
Elizabeth Harbaugh
J.B Foghier
Long Beach
California
Wm, Fogshier
Foshier
George Tree
Algona Hospital
Atlantic States
Free
Denmark
United States
Miner
Lake County
Prairie Queen
Elia Bergum
Parairie Queen
M. Shirly
Fogde
Wallingford
Iowa
Marre
Marie
Bertha Fogde
Arthur
Missouri
Conrad
Myron
Henry
Eagle
Colorado
Gracttinger
Graattinger
Pogde
Faogde
Eay
Reduction In Local Light Rate in Graettinger
The Town Public Service Co lowers residential and commercial lighting rates effective immediately. New tariffs: First 25 kwh at 10.8¢, next 25 at 10¢, next 150 at 6¢, next 800 at 5¢, balance at 4¢. minimum $1.00 monthly. Domestic power: First 50 kwh $4.00 net, balance 3¢ per kwh. minimum $4. The vice-president cites better costs and patronage as basis for this adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Public Service Co
Graettinger
Neal
Busy threshing week yields mixed oats across region
This week sees many threshers in action with scores of machines operating since Monday. Grasshoppers may threaten the grain yet. Oats yields vary, averaging 35 to 40 bushels per acre, with quality better than expected.
Muscovites to Move HQ to Okohoji Lake Region
The Imperial Order of Muscovites plans to relocate its headquarters from Sioux Falls to the Okohoji lake region within two years. A site will be purchased this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okohojis
Imperial Order of Muscovites
The
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Sioux Falls
Okohoji Lake
Water ban tightens through August for city
The city announces a water conservation order effective starting Saturday August 1 until further notice. No washing cars, sprinkling lawns, or watering gardens except 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Use hoses with nozzle spray attachments. open hoses not allowed. City Mayor Fred Spies signs the order.
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Fred Spies
Des Moines River Hits Record Low Amid Dry Spell
Des Moines River at the bridge is under three feet wide and mere inches deep, the lowest level ever recorded. The note recalls a year of extreme heat with 110 degrees in the shade, and lists fire losses at T. W. Doyle farm Ruthven and Simonsen Bros. incidents, plus oat and grain losses, hospital return, and a Commercial Club banquet turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Takery
Mercury
T. W. Doyle
Robert Elsenbast
Ruthven
Simonsen Bros
Tra Oddson
Welr
Estherville
Knoll
High Lake
Edwin Graattinger
Coleman Hospital
Commercial Club
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Roy Bartleman
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