Bad Fire Destroys Mrs J P Mahan Home South of Graettinger
A Thursday night fire consumed the J P Mahan residence south of Graettinger while the family slept. Mrs Mahan rescued with help from neighbors as furniture was moved out. Police estimate the kitchen chimney caused the blaze. insurance listed includes 500 on the house and 200 on furniture. The community offers sympathy to the family. The article also discusses a local gas well interest near Ringsted with promoters planning leases to test for oil or mineral wealth.
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J. P. Mahan
Graettinger
Ringsted
Armstrong Journal
John A. Orb
Chicago
R. B. Young
Buffalo Center
Prumorers
Estherville alderman Graaf controls single theatre
Thinks he monopolizes the town. Estherville owner of the only moving picture theatre in the county seat is an alderman. The council recently rejected two parties seeking to run picture shows, but his position should not grant him monopoly. Ringsted Dispatch notes the potential conflict of interests.
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H. Graaf
Estherville
Graaf
Ringsted Dispatch
Spirit Lake senator married in New York ceremony
A. B. Funk of Spirit Lake, former state senator and state board of education member, wed last Sunday in New York to Miss Mattie Sawyer formerly of Spirit Lake who has worked in settlement work. Funk was a Republican candidate against Senator Kenyon.
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A. B. Funk
Mattie Sawyer
New York
Sawyer
Spirit Lake
Funk
Senate
Kenyon
State Board of Education
Citizens caucus selects mayor and council slates
A Citizens caucus met at the Hawkeye to nominate spring election candidates. Wm Penn tops mayor ballots with 78 of 129 votes, while Jorgen Andersen leads council races in several rounds. McCarty, Tolberson and Thompson win council nominations as others fail to secure majorities. Reporter notes financial strain on papers amid scarce newspaper resources.
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Hawkeye
C. S. George
J. P. Jensen
A.vanney
Wm. Penn
D. W. Cameron
Penn
Cameron
P. J. McCarty
Jorgen Andersen
Andersen
McCarty
Peter Tolberson
Tolberson
E. M. Thompson
Thompson
C. A. Vannoy
Vannoy
Charley Jensen
Jensen
J. H. Herberger
A. J. Johnson
Herberger
Joe Gabrielson
Frank Madigan
Graettinger Times Adopts Intertype Casting Machine
Editor Merriman of Graettinger installs an Intertype typesetting machine signaling progressiveness. The move sparks comments from several papers praising the device as a modern and popular printing aid that may soon spread to many county seats across the state.
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Graettinger Times
The
Times
Titanica
Merriman
Graettinger
Ringsted Dispatch
Lake Park News
Palo Alto Reporter
Fenton
Ringsted Cement Factory Rebuilding Underway
Ringsted reports the cement plant destroyed by fire last August is being rebuilt. Wind damage tore roof sections from drying sheds. doors and walls are being replaced. Main building planned 30 by 80 feet and 14 feet high with fireproof block construction. Overhauls to machinery damaged by the fire will begin, with new equipment added as needed.
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Ringsted
Waterloo Papers Consolidate Into Evening Courier
Waterloo Daily Reporter once run by Matt Parrott and his sons has been purchased by the Waterloo Evening Courier. The Reporter’s last issue appeared last Friday and consolidation by the W. H. Hartman Company follows for business reasons. Printing will move to the Courier office while the Parrotts stay in job department work. W F and J B Parrott may join Hartman company board of directors.
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Waterloo Daily Reporter
Matt Parrott
Waterloo Evening Courier
W. H. Hartman Company
Courier
Parrotts
W.F
J. 8
J. 8. Parrott
The
Hartman Company
Marriage of Henry Grodland and Jennie Nefrets at Emmetsburg
The couple, both from Illinois, wed Tuesday at the M E parsonage in Emmetsburg at high noon. Henry Grodland is the brother of local auctioneer M O Grodland. They will reside on the groom’s mother’s farm in High Lake township. The Times extends congratulations and welcomes the newlyweds.
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M. E. Parsonage
Emmetsburg
Henry Grodland
Jennie Nefrets
Illinois
M. O. Grodland
High Lake Township
Janey
Denmark Creamery Fire Prompts Move Debate
A fire destroyed part of the old Denmark creamery east of Ringsted on March 5. The blaze, starting in the roof above the boiler room, left a ten foot square hole. Local sympathy favors relocating the creamery into town, with discussions of building a new, fireproof facility and achieving parity with neighboring creameries.
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Denmark
Ringsted
Denmark Township
Ole Knudtson Dead in Lost Island Community
The Graettinger resident Ole Knudtson died on Thursday morning March 19 after a period of illness. Services were held at his home and at Lost Island church with Revered Sande officiating. He was born October 1, 1865 in Dane County Wisconsin and lived on a Lost Island farm before moving to town. He leaves wife Christina Asleson and siblings John, Peter, and a sister. Numerous out of town mourners attended the funeral.
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Ole Knudtson
Graettinger
Lost Island
Sande
Martin Myhre
Louis Thorson
Carl Folgero
Iver Christianson
Hans
Daniel Westergaard
Dane County
Wisconsin
Christina Asleson
Calander
Iowa
Lost Island Township
Lost Island Lutheran Church
John
Windsor
Wis
Peter
de Forest
John Knudtson
Wm. Hillckson
Richard
John Rierson
Torkel Opstdal
Madison
Andrew Jacobson
Calendar, Ia
Ole Asleson
Bancroft
Dexheimer
St. James, Minn
Ole Anderson
Gowrey
Ten Years Fight Against Tuberculosis In Iowa
A. E. Kepford summarizes a decade of Iowa tuberculosis work at the state conference. He cites strong progress through education, sanatoria expansion to 289 beds, and social reforms. Oakdale and other counties serve as models while isolation, hospital care, and public health boards shape policy.
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Iowa
A. EK. Kepford
Orkdale
Boulder-Lodge
Polk County
Cherokee
Mt. Pleasant
Scott County
Oakdale
Linn County
Aining
Keokuk
Ottumway Commercial Exchange
Dubuque
Mason City
Creston
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Newton
Burlington
Muscatine
Clinton
Thirtythird General Assembly
Washington
Jefferson
Woodbury
Board of Supervisors
Thirty-third General Assembly
Dr. Kepford
Says Amen But It Hurts The Courier
Fragmentary editorials discuss loyalty to the Wilson administration amid a proposed marriage of Eleanor Wilson to Secretary McAdoo. The piece muses on political fealty and the strains of national policy within the context of a newspaper column.
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Eleanor
McAdoo
Treasury
Wilsons
Thore
Loys
Algona
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Orb
Young
Oklahoma
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Waterloo
Ole Knutson
Lost Island Church
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