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Local notes from Graettinger and surrounding towns
Ames guest John Schula visits Graettinger friends while Burkhead & Co advertises dresses and overalls. Numerous small items report on residents, visitors, school notes, church events, upcoming meetings, farming and weather, with local names like Conw ay Estherville Ayrshire Spirit Lake and Ringsted appearing amid routine notices.
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John Schula
Ames
Graettinger
Burkhead & Co
J. P. Conway
Estherville
Ayrshire
W. G. Foster
Spirit Lake
John Christiansen
West of Town
Pete Dunn
E. J. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
John Granttinger
Catholic Ladies Aid Society
Gertrude Thornwall
Mkmmetburg
Granttinger
Vincent Kelly
Harry McCulloch
Jefferson
Louis Sevatson
Wallingford
P. Duhn
P. Montgomery
Bert
J. B. Lambe
Ruthven
Edward J. Shaw
Valley Junction
Frank Briggs
Shaw
Rock Island
Chris Hansen
Louis Grady
Algona
Scott
Mapleton
Tony Sullivan
Olga
Alviny Duhn
Sears Roebuck Company
Chicaggo
Chicago
TR. B. Crone
Near Grover
Motherville Democrat
Norwegian Ladies’ Aid Society
Martin Myhre
Jorgen Anderson
Myhre
Lewis Grady
J. L. Grady
Mondlay
Grady
Ias
Msrex Ecirs
B. Hetzler
Fimnetshire
Woodman Hall
In. Jones
Mason
C. K. Pierson
Rebecca
Esther Christiansen
Albert Lea
Minnesota
A. H. Shaver
Emmetsburg
Clifford Spear
G. P.s Larsen
L. P. CG. Larsen
Bemmersburg
Recyce
Grachtinger
Misa Matilda Baedke
Ronald Anderson
W. G. Wilson
Inlaw
BR. G. Wilson
West Bend
Hans Simonsen
Simonsen
Noane