Thanksgiving reflections and local community worries
A nostalgic Thanksgiving message thanks Americans for freedoms and service members while urging unity to combat empty buildings and rural decline. It recalls local history from the Hawkeye era, notes community support for merchants, and highlights the role of churches, the opera house, and the Farmer Institute in town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Far East
Red China
Cuba
United States
Hawkeye
Tim
Tae
Farmer Institute
Graettinger News Delays and Local Sports Open Season
Weather across Graettinger shifts from light snow to slush with icy roads on Highway 17 during the November storm. Graettinger High School prepares for a 1945-46 basketball triple header Friday with promising players for and against Ayrshire. Local obituaries note Mrs. Peter Hansen 65, dead after a heart attack. Military and family updates include Cave Lloyd Appleton’s arrival, Lieut. and Mrs. Warren visiting, Sgt. Leo Wikert now a civilian, Kenneth Neilsen on leave, AC Carl Bonstead’s Norman, Oklahoma, visit, and Pfc. Kenneth Jensen’s discharge at Camp Grant.
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Graettinger
Highway 17
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Northwest
Palo Alto
Estherville
Spencep
SPIP
IT Lake
Sheldon
Sibley
Court House
ER. G. Louscher
DR. Mg, Louscher
Emmetsburg
Iowa
DR. Aln, Kruse
Broadway
Decre Borth of Lows Trust and
Sevinge Bane
A. H. Hobson
Terry J. Anderson
Optometrisy
North 7Th Street
K. L. Johnson
James J. Roberts
Optometrists
North Sixth Street
Bratland Jewelry
Princess Diamonds
W. G. Rients
Fuhrman Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Frank Furhman
Graettinger Coop Grain CO
Ted Knudytson
Scheen
GLASS
Graettinger, Igwa
Paul G
Larsen
Central Ave
Pg. Mn
Peter Hansen
J. Ponce Manus
Cave Lloyd Appleton
West Point
Appleton
Linda Spies
Carl Spies
Francis E. Warren
Memphis
Tennessee
Leo A. Wikert
Ray Wikert
Sioux Falls Army Air Base
Leo
Pacific
Kenneth Neilsen
U.S. Navy
Mrs
George Neilsen
Carl Bonstead
Norman
Oklahoma
C. S. Bonstead
Kenneth Jensen
Kenny
Camp Grant
Graettinger Cooperative Telephone Association
America
State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Palo Alto County
City Library
Graettinger Times
Third Reich
Albert Speer
Spandau
Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Jean Kerr
Jean Ker
Fifty Club
Tim Carlin
John Carlin
Rusty Harris
Clifford Harris
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
VFW Post
Dick’s
Church of Our Choice
Graettinger Municipal Gas System
Graettinger Municipal Light Plant
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!