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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
28
Local interest roundup notes visitors at homes and discussions of nearby events. Mentions various community greetings, travel, and social moments in Graettinger area.
A crowded list of residents and visitors across Emmetsburg and surrounding towns with movements between Estherville Wallingford and Gowrie. Many names delivered as social calls, business trips, farm matters, and upcoming community events including a masked ball and a large Sunday School convention.
Ambitious young men and women can enter wire less and railway telegraphy fields as 8 hour law expands. Wireless stations spread nationwide creating telegraphers demand. Beginner pay ranges from 70 to 90 dollars monthly with strong advancement prospects through the National Telegraph Institute which operates six official Institutes.
America under supervision of R A and Wireless Officials places all graduates into positions. It urges writing for full details at Davenport Iowa Cincinnati Portland Oregon or Memphis Tenn.
The Times announces a subscription contest with prizes worth the effort. Young ladies have secured many subscriptions in a few days, showing the ease of winning votes. Each dollar collected yields 600 votes for new and renewals, plus 500 votes for new subscribers found among old ones.
A list of candidates includes Lillian Suss Graett Flossie Hutchings Beulah Sanding Lorene Sheffield Nettie McCullough Mary Smith Nora Clark Bertha Axelton Marian Ketchen Alma Merklin Elizabeth Weigman Anna Keane Marguerite Guerdett Nora M Olson Mabe Amdahl Wallingford Mabe Anderson Florence Kasa Ada Storhow Sarah Nelson Lida Osher Lara Ferguson Marguerite Bryan Clara Kennedy Estherville Lillie Miller Ringsted Ida Truesdell Isabel Welch. Citizens are urged to support their preferred candidate by mailing votes to the paper with the candidate name clearly written or delivering to the candidate.
Local notes report Mrs Charles Moltz traveling to Broadland Dakota to visit a gravely ill father and Mrs Fred Moltz. Ralph Fox of Estherville visited Frank Johnson. Alex Allen of Armstrong spent weekend with Bryan neighbors. Funeral attendance for Mr Rogerson in Depew. Mrs H Wahlcheck visited relatives in Western Dakota. Mrs Andrew Wilson and child visited sister near Fenton. Miss Mabelle Matilda joined Stub Wolf family in Hoping. Tile haulers from Graettinger Cement Factory questioned under new Sunday law. Mr Luke Schmidt returned from Minnesota and Dakota trip. Miss Ethel Wilds left for Jefferson to stay with Aunt Mrs John Paugh. Somes Robingon revisited Story County home.
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