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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
7
News brief from Graettinger and nearby towns recounts residents visiting Emmetsburg Estherville Colfax Clinton and other centers. It mentions political results in Ohio Roosevelt Taft events at Windsor Motel Dorcas Bazaar and upcoming concerts and nurse training plans along with community notices and social visits.
John Mowitt visited Ringsted on business while a Saturday Olsons dance drew a good crowd. Numerous residents, including L Lippold and Miss Kate Barnheart, were seen at homes and events. May 29 invites for Ladies Aid, and a week of visiting family and neighbors is recorded along with several travel notes and a church service recap.
High Lake and nearby towns see a parade of visits and visits. Amos and Johnie Hanson show a fine new irritante while J M Wolden spent Friday and Saturday in Estherville. Miss Manda Johnson visits the O Anderson home this week and Miss Nita Walden spends Sunday in Estherville. John, Frank and Chatey Griffith visit their parents in Estherville as Chris Anderson works at the elevator in Waldenford this week. Mrs Chas Blakely and child return home from Town Falls after a week with friends and relatives.
Miram Williams has a sprained back from Lost Island. Elmer Olsen and family visited Graettinger Friday. Sheffield and family spent Sunday with H. V. Brady. H. H. Sandvick and family visited Ruthven. Henry Hague reports a new well being drilled by Gjerde. C. H. Berdin and daughter Agnes visited Simonson family. Venetta Sandvick to spend week with aunt in Ruthven. Danish Ladies Aid members meet with C. H. Berdin and daughter. May 16 16 a surprise party for Miss Maybell Thors sixteenth birthday.
Olesen installs a King ventilator in barn while Julius Skow aids his brother Jim with field work this week. Miss Clara Larsen of Graettinger visits locals. Mrs Olesen hosts Lutheran Ladies Aid. Maple Grove dominants Fallow in last Sunday’s ball game as Lost Island Creamery installs a new cream opener due to limited plane capacity.
The deepest cost pit shaft in the world at Wearmouth colliery is finished. It reaches 820 fathoms in depth and is 16 feet wide, marking a record for mining scale and engineering.
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