Washington D C Man Returns to Graettinger Visit
Washington D C resident Mr Hidsness, who has served seventeen years in the capital, visited Graettinger last week. He holds a chief clerk position in the agricultural department and reported his son Lars married last summer. He plans to visit Story City before returning home.
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Washington
D. C
Graettinger
Mrr
Hidsness
Captol
Lars Hidsness
Agricultural Department
Bidsness
Story City
Wilson Claims Majority Of Votes
The election results show Wilson leading with 278 electoral votes, Minnesota included, signaling a likely re election for President Wilson. Governor Harding won by 125000, and Graettinger supervisor Westergard defeated Suss with margins across North Walnut Lost Island South Walnut. County officers favored Republicans amid scarce type today. A buggy accident east of town injured no one, four Smith children escaping harm as a horse ran away. Fleming’s auto waited to pass.
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Wilson
Minnesota
Harding
Graettinger
Westergard
Suss
North Walnut
Lost Island
South Walnut
Poxti
Bernard Smith
Ja“Fleming
Halloween party delights rooms two and more
The Second, Third and Fourth grades held a Hallowe'en party in Room two last Tuesday. A grand march with Victrola music followed by stories, songs, poems, contests, and fortunes entertained the children who wore caps and bonnets and carried jack o lanterns. Clifford Pierson of the fourth grade is undergoing eye treatment at Iowa City and is improving but needs one or two more operations.
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Clifford
Pierson
Iowa Cty
Celebrated 25th Anniversary For Simonsons At Home
Mrs Hans Simonson of Lost Island town ship hosts visit from her father and mother Mr and Mrs Thomas Jorgen from Chicago They arrived Friday morning Friday was the 26th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Simonson A large number of friends gathered at their home to assist them in properly observing the occasion They celebrated their new wedding anniversary twenty second one half years ago
See Some Travel Or Two And This T
The fragmentary note references travel or two items and a time tag. Readable portions mention a trip or two planned events and a date context. Further details are unclear in the OCR snippet but indicate a brief clerical or transit item within a local paper.
Auction sale ads and notices in Graettinger Elmore
Short local items list an auction sale of household goods by Mrs Thomas Jensen next Saturday and Pierson’s first annual Chester White hog sale at Graettinger with 23 head. It notes Dr E B Ballheim’s Graettinger visit, residents travel, a Woodman lodge opening night with an oyster supper, and utility/town news including Blue Earth county court action delaying electric service in Elmore and a clash with telephone lines.
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Thos. Jensen
Pierson
Chester
Graettinger
E. B. Ballheim
Mason City
Graettnger
Windsor Hotel
Franklin
Chicago
John Mahan
D. H. Westergard
Emmetsburg
Ellis
Wallingford
Alfred Rude
McGregor
Minnesota
Rock Island
Woodman Lodge
Kornes
Des Moines
Dwight G. McCarty
Peter Miller
Graetinger
Kneerlef
Attorney Davidson
Geil
Elmore
Blue Earth
Blue Earth Valley Telephone Company
Commonwealth Utilities Company
Commonwealth Company
Elmore Eye
Heartless mother vanishes with husband’s savings
A Madrid area report tells of Mrs. Ben Stenich leaving with about 200 dollars belonging to her husband and 300 to 400 dollars deposited in Farmers Savings Bank Madrid in her name. The couple, last seen near Zook Spur, may have traveled to Des Moines and beyond. Four children under seven were left behind. Stenich, seeking his wife, obtained a warrant for her arrest but she remains at large.
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Zook Spur
Ben Stenich
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
Madrid
Stenich
Des Moines
Senich
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Boxholm News
Duties of County Agent in Palo Alto County
Bert L. France outlines plans for Palo Alto County as the new county agricultural agent. He emphasizes cooperative Farm Improvement Associations, countywide citizen cooperation, and a staged plan starting with a county survey of soil, crops, livestock, and rural groups to guide standardized future work and data collection.
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Bert L. France
Palo Alto County
Permanent Program for Palo Alto County Agriculture
A county agent outlines a long term plan for Palo Alto County focusing on a permanent agricultural program, detailing office hours, field work, and public visits. He invites resident input, plans year by year work, and stresses readiness to help individuals outside scheduled calls. The second fragment notes rising living costs and a growing homeless children home, urging donations to cover winter expenses as more children arrive.
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Farm Improvement Association
Association
Palo Alto County
High Prices Affect Orphanage In Iowa
H R Lemen, manager of the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa, writes the paper about rising living costs. He notes the home has struggled to meet current needs for four years and that this fall presents a serious financial challenge due to high prices for basic necessities.
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H. R. Lemen
Christian Home Orphanage
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Christian Home Eenanage
Adits Igithi
Sale Dates and Local Auctions List
Auction notices list dates and locations around Graettinger Wallingford and nearby towns. Names include Wildman Ofte Appel Brekke Jensen Olson Skokw Thos Jensen Lillard Anderson Pierson and Ches ter White hog sale details with dates in November and December.
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J. ‘J. Wildman
Graettinger
Appel
Wallingford
T. J. Brekke
L. C. ‘Jensen
Fallow
Olson
Nels Skokw and Son
Thos
Anderson-Hanson couple to wed on groom's farm
Miss Eilén Hanson daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hanson of this place and the groom plan to establish their home on the groom’s farm near the community. The couple’s betrothal surprised many friends who learned of the news after several days. They are regarded as esteemed young people in the city and locality.
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Eilén Hanson
John 'E. ‘Hanson
Times
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Palo Alto
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Colfax
Fort . Dodge
Fahnestock
Alice Wildey
Gilmore City
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