Local News Items From Spirit Lake Area
Fibers of small town life appear in this readable fragment noting residents like Mrs. Frank Payton entering Holy Family Hospital for medical treatment and Mrs. Rose Harris moving to the Solheim Estate in east Graettinger. It mentions several hospital stays, moves, and employments including Virgil Togstad moving to Eastville and the Montgomerys returning to City after summer in Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank’ Payton
Holy Family Hospital
Rose Harris
Johnny
Solheim
East Graettinger
C.H. Brown
Harold
Antone Christiansen
University Hospital
Priendy Hope
Virgil Togatad
Eatherville
Margaret Walters
Ray
Montgomery
T City
Graettinger
Webster City
Frontier links and home life noted in Emmetsburg column
Local notes record soldiers awaiting discharge and settling near Spirit Lake. Families relocate to Emmetsburg, Chicago trips, hospital stays, a birth in New Haven, and extended community events including a plowing bee and a church dinner. Names include McBreen Bisgard Graettinger O’Brien and Lammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
McBreen
James Anderson
Virginia Bisgard
Bob Cowden
Des Moines
Einer Bisgard
Bisgards
Fort Dodge
Ida Whitman
Helen Yaeger
Holy Family Hospital
Adolph Spies
Chicago
Gary Richard
Richard Graettinger
New Haven
Times
Martin . Thompson Gud
Usgan
Emmetsburg
Ware
Graottinger
All Sane
Wart
Plowing Bee At Martinsons Still Neighborly Act
Friends and neighbors gathered at the Martinsons farm near Graettinger to help with fall plowing after a car accident left Leaver Martinson in a Maryville hospital. The neighborly event demonstrated community support in the big farm northwest of Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinson
Maryville
LeRoy Paulsen
Maftinson
Dick Wermersen
Lawrence Rathman
William Leduc, Jr
Petar Duus
Roland Lammers
Henry Jensen
Frank Haisman
Elwood Hyatt
Cyrus Guinn
Willis Leduc
Lammers
Lester Grace
Cyrun Guinn
Don Graettinger
Jack Platter
Lara Thompson
William Leduc
Martinsons
Graettinger
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Jack’s
Iowa
Tokay
Omar
Wheaties
Florida
Aloa
Sturgeon Bay
Hunt
Prunes
Adam
Rosedale
Butternut Coffee
Jensen’s
Crisco
RINSO
Bacon
Duncan Hines
G. W.C. Catsup
Prince Albert Velvet
CAL Jensen & Son
Harpole
Adv
Floyd Hill
Ayreshire
Ellen Lundgren
Lyle Bonatead
Alend
Marengo
Tanah
Lake
Ady
Mia
Cimarron George
Bolds
American Weekly
Great Color
Chicago Herald-American
Homer Croy
Marshall
Chicago Herald-Americart
J. P. O'Brien
J. J. Sullivan
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