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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
5
Egg hatchery notice offering eggs from high quality rose comb Rhode Island Reds. Cockerels described as cherry plum age and prize winner egg producing strain with recognition from Madison Square Chicago and Cincinnati. Prices lower this year. orders for future deliveries encouraged. terms available. Graettinger.
Dr A W Stagge, the eye specialist from Estherville, will make his next regular Graettinger visit on Monday. This outreach brings eye care to residents of Graettinger and surrounding areas.
Ole Osher returns to North Dakota after visiting parents at Gravel Pit. The community records birthdays, illnesses, visits, and social gatherings with neighbors attending the Spring Brook Literary Society meeting and various calls on Graettinger friends. Several locals travel to Estherville and Ruthven, while housekeeping and kinship notes fill the week.
Frank Sheffield and daughters Lorene and Irma left Thursday for Story City to attend a golden wedding anniversary. Mrs Peter C Jensen and son Arthur visited relatives at Ruthven Friday. Miss Francis Oleson spends a week with aunt Mrs Joe Amdahl in Emmet county. Mr and Mrs Chris Carlson departed Friday for their new home in Mason City. Mr and Mrs Peter Duhn rejoice over the arrival of a baby girl since March 18. Lars Duhn is very ill at his daughter Mrs Lars Rasmussen home. Dr Walker from Emmetsburg visited Monday. Gerald Thoreson and Miss Cora Nyborg went to Estherville Saturday.
Miss Mable Hauge is very ill with pneumonia and under Dr Baldwin care. Mrs Carl Ingvald and Mrs Mary Norris attend the Cle rknuts funeral. Mrs Sheffield visited Elmer Oleson home. Miss Eulah Miles stayed with Sheffield. Will Olesen hosted his sister from Jackson Minn. Norma Thorson visiting Aunt Mrs Albert Thorson. Nes Matsen hosted a large gathering.
Charley Barnhart returned from Minnesota while Lewis Lippold left for Owattawa Ill on a business trip. Lawrence Birkland and siblings Alva and Florence visited Emmetsburg. Charley Weir’s horse show progress. Mrs BE Wahldeick ill but improving. Lammers family at Ben Weir home. Ralph McCullouch with home folks. Freda Knutson helps at Wahldeick home during illness. Carl Lill Ivick reception and gifts. Dan Jackson from Nebraska joins B F Lillard’s staff.
Mr and Mrs Chris England and P B Anderson spent Tuesday at the Ole England home. Mrs O O Refsell and daughter Olga spent Sunday at Terris. Ole England and daughter Amanda were Estherville visitors Saturday. Miss Clara Rokne and Mrs O O Refsell attended the ladies aid at A J Anderson's Thursday. Miss Flossie Zenore visited Graettinger friends Sunday. Jens England and Ole England were Estherville on business Monday.
Graettinger will welcome George T. Smith a graduate of Kansas City Veterinary College on April 9 who plans to practice here by April 10 He is expected to find a good field given Graettinger’s need for a veterinarian The note ends with a cautionary tale about a Missouri woman who advertised for a husband paid $9 and lost him to army service leaving her with $3,000 life insurance and a widow’s pension.
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