Local folk ferry stories and Army service notes
Hereld Jensen and Wm Knudtsen spent Sunday at the lakes while W L O’Connor and Mike Weinholzer attended K C initiation in Algona. Several residents traveled to visit relatives, attend events, or report family updates including J V West’s trip to New Hampton, Joe Kiegl’s home visit, and Emmetsburg outing to see Empey go over the top. Roy Klieg’s leg was broken again near Cylinder, taken to Rochester for treatment. Clarence Axelton, home from Camp Dodge, reports army life going well as he attends motor school with Peter Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereld Jensen
Wm. Knudtsen
the Lakes
W. L. O'Connor
Mike Weinholzer
Algona
K. C
Chet Wells
J. P. Wagner
Union County
J. V. West
Royal Lumber Yard
New Hampton
Jim Spotts
France
Joe Kiegl
Emmetsburg
Empey
Central City
Jones
Wv. L
Cylinder
Rochester
Woodbridge
Clarence Axelton
Camp Dodge
Field Artillery Service
Peter Hand
Clarence
Graettinger News Informs Of War Times And Local Activities
Graettinger weekly notes residents at Emmetsburg and nearby towns. War bond payments, draft updates, and troop movements loom as locals report travel, family visits, and new purchases such as Overland cars. Community scenes include park visits, cinema plans, and various errands amid wartime shortages.
Bartleman Orchestra To Play Dance At Lost Island Lake
The Bartleman orchestra will perform for a dance at Lost Island Lake Friday evening this week. James Jensen returned from a North Dakota trip Tuesday evening and reports a splendid vacation. Mrs Preston Fahnestock and granddaughter Alice Wildey returned from Rochester Minnesota Tuesday evening for Mayo consultations. County coal dealers formed a county organization at Emmetsburg to aid handling and distribution. Ice cream shops may not sell cones on Mondays and Wednesdays wheatless days, nor after five p.m. on other days. Miss Mable Aderson visiting Ayrshire. Herbert Thwaite bought a used Overland from Jensen Auto. Misses Josephine Walsh and Mayme Sullivan visited from Emmetsburg Sunday. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs J H Zitterick Sunday. mother and baby doing nicely. Times extends congratulations. Alexander Arlton returned from Madison with a Master of Science. next year head of Biology at Carthage College, Illinois. will spend summer with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mahan
Emmetsburg
T. Jacobson
Jewell
Viola Michaela
Wallingford
Walther Ravachmayer
Ayrshire
Clara Thompson
Mimbach
West Hend
Blair
Hoping
Iowa
J. A. Rethermel
West Bend
Tdobberstein
E. J. Mitchell
Edward
Fort Dodge
L. Christopher
Marshelltown
Gerald Thoresen
U Fing
Jensen Auto Company
Lamberton
Ray Tingsten
Belleville
Kansas
Tingsten
Times
Peter Miller
Nicollett
Minnesota
Miller
New Ulm
St. James
E. S. George
Father Dobberstein
George
John Paulsen
Berlin
Glenn Michaels
Estherville
Rock Island
Jacob Brekke
Judith
Lake Crystal
Graeitinger
Antone Guerdet
Francis
Armstrong
Sullivan
St. Paul
U. S
Overland Company
Jensen
Graettinger
H. J. Helmer
Twin Cities
New York City
Mr. Lambe
Lottie Hendricks
John Jackman
Colfax
Emmetsburge
Chicago
Charles
Fort Sheridan
John Buck
J. T. Michaels
Jerry Fiske
T. S. Sullivan
Little Son
Greet Western
Camp Lewis
Washington
Bartleman Orchestra
Lost Island Lake
James Jensen
North Dakota
Preston Fahnestock
Alice Wildey
Rochester
Mayo
Mable Aderson
Herbert Thwaite
Josephine Walsh
Mayme Sullivan
Emmiesburg
J. H. Zitterick
Babe
Alexander Arlton
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin University
Carthage
Illinois
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Ruthven, Iowa
F. & Caldwell
Jubilee Singers
Charles Taggart
DeKoven Quartet
Dominick
Ginger
Columbia
United States
Chevrolet
Jensen Auto Co
R. C.U. Store
Johnson
P. G. Johnson & Co
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