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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
8
Repair barns and sheds to protect cattle during winter urges H H Kildee of Iowa State College. Emphasizes dry, well lit barns with ventilation and proper windows to reduce drafts and boost herd production. notes recent local events and births in Graettinger community.
Zwatling visits Harvey Bolstad in Lake Mills while Chris Larson trades for a new Dodge. Hog raisers attend a swine show in Milford. Archie Myhre plans farming next year and rows on his father's Esther Ville farm. Emmett Hurd, youngest son of L D Hurd, fractures a leg in a hay chute. C C Olson renovates town property as his sons prepare to move from the farm. Main road graded, needs graveled for spring use. Art Anderson sprains his wrist cranking a Ford. runs an auto repair shop in Amdahl. Baumank boy injured by a train near Dunnell. truck smashed. Geo Truesdell to operate a farm now occupied by Nes Matsen. Matsen family unsure of location. Twelve Mile Lake Townships board discusses road improvements. Geo Anderson spruces up cemetery with Julius assisting. About seventy five friends shower Mr and Mrs Lewis Sevatson with a social visit and lunch. J A Haring finds shoes stolen after a break in. thief used a glass door and latch to access store room. Norwegian Ladies Aid meets Oct 12 at Mrs Albert Christiansen’s. Mr and Mrs Albert Christiansen and family visit Joseph Omundson. Severin Tonderum of Hatherville visits. Severin Tonderum and Ole C Tonderum return home after a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Thiel hosted ladies on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs Ralph McCollough of Des Moines visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Cleve Race. Mr and Mrs B C Dickinson of Algona visited their farm north of Hoping. Mr and Mrs Brian Evans joined Mr and Mrs Amos Tomilson for Sunday, as Mr Evans and Mrs John Evans spent Sunday with the latter's mother while M Oakes went to Rock Rapids.
Central Lost Island and North Lost Island columns recap Sunday visits across Graettinger Ruthven Terris and surrounding towns. Families including Smiths Hauge Brekke Rierson Peton Holte Roseland Thorson and Christiansen are repeatedly hosting and visiting relatives and friends, with surprise parties and birthday celebrations noted.
A petition filed in Palo Alto County seeks the establishment of a gravel surfacing district for sections F G H I and J of the Ruthven Graettinger road. The Board of Supervisors will hear the matter October 28 1921 at the Courthouse Emmetsburg Iowa.
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