Residents visit relatives across Iowa and beyond
A string of short notes records visits and stays by local residents. Mr GC He Brown travels to Davenport to see relatives, Mrs GC E Norris stays with kin, and Mrs J I Grady spends weeks with her sister in LeMars. Others include Clare Clemmenson at Lake Okoboji, Arnold Girres family at Kort Dodge, and many hosting or visiting trips among Graettinger Estherville Wallingford Hutchinson and San Pedro areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He Brown
Davenport
E. Norris
Tajrin
Town
J. I. Grady
LeMars
Clarance Clemmenson
Lake Okoboji
Meg
Arnold Girres
Paby
Kort Dodge
Father Kane
Ruthven
D. K. Hurley
Grachtinger
Br. Will
van Nuys
California
Almon Youn
Gary Wallman
Sioux City
A. H. Milla
Emmetsburg
O. J. Thoreson
Jacob Brekke
Janes Nelson
Robert Elsenbuast
Elmer Iverson
Iversons
A. I. Reed
Reed Potter
Estherville
Wayne Potter
Graettinger
McDonald
Chicago
Mary Swift
W. C. Olson
Bert Olson
John Iverson
Norman Iverson
Wallingford
Wm. Olson
Hutchinson
Minnesota
Oil Progress Day recalls Kier and the birth of kerosene
A Pittsburgh area tale recalls Samuel M Kier stirring a vile patent medicine in a crude still, discovering kerosene when a dribble from the improvised setup lit a lamp. From those early days oil evolved into vast pipelines, tankers, service stations, and hundreds of oil products powering daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Kier
Pittsburgh
Kier
Sam
America
Local News Items From Graettinger Area Gathered
Local items note moves, visits, and births in Graettinger Estherville Ayrshire Ruthven Ringsted and surrounding areas. Bert Anderson and family bought a residence from Mrs Brekke. Mrs Brekke moved to Illinois. Arson Russell Jones born September 29 in India Iowa. Clarence Christiansen now employed at Martin furniture Estherville. Several visits and small family events noted including Patricia Ann Stewart Ruthven Graettinger visitor and a Chicago birth. Postmaster A L Andersen and Dina Morck of Denver visit Graettinger and Lost Island for a chicken dinner and sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Anderson
Ringsted
Jacob Brekke
Brecke
Illinois
Doyle
Ayrshire
Frank Mahon
Netherville
Eliver Miner
Estherville
Graettinger
Patricia Ann
John A. Fish
Ames
Tom Russell
Chicago
Times
Russell
Minerva Paulsen
H. E. Blood
Glennon
South Dakota
Walt Hamilton
Hamilton
Waller
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Quinten Jensen
Jensen
Charles Sandvig
Des
Chicago Herald-American
Anna MacDonald
R. Ni
Sioux City
St. Joseph's Mercys Hospital
MacDonald
Church Notices From Local Congregations
The Methodist Church led by Rev J Hobor Miller lists 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship and 7:00 Youth Fellowship. Immaculate Conception notes 8:00 and 10:00 masses with confessions on first and third Saturdays 4:00 6:00 and 7:80 8:80 p m. Pauls Lutheran to Missa idlon meetings Thursday and Friday 8 200 p m in Town Church Harvest Festival services Sunday October 17 at 9:30 a m South Walnut Church speaker Jeraild of Chicago. Sunday school 10:00 in the main church and 10:80 a m in South Walnut church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
J. Hobor Miller
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Immaculate Conception Church
D. K. Hurley
I Paul's
Misa Idlon
Bouth Walnut
Ne Jeraild
Chicago
P. L. Mark
Ladies’ Aid
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Estherville
Wallingford Lutheran Church
P. J. Mark Sn
Knutgen
Clarence Christianson
Wallingford Lutheran
B.gugderson
Te Paves
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
C. B. Gunderson
Johan
Wallingford
Estherville area church events and meetings brief
Community churches list multiple activities including adult instruction classes at 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays at parsonages, confirmation classes Saturdays, choir practices, and Bible studies. Fall circuit meetings at Wallingford and Immanuel Church feature Rev. P L Mark as speaker with sessions at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. plus Moody Bible Institute motion pictures. Mrs Clara Bruck became a grandmother four times within five days with two sons and a daughter delivering grandsons including twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherville
Wallingford
Thera
P.L
Mark of
Radcliff
Moody Bible Institute
Immanuel Church
P. L. Mark
Radeliff
Moody ‘Bible: Institute
Wallingford Clrch
Clara Bruck
Harlan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thoreson Hardware
Feneral
Pubick Weir
John Mills
Erickson’s Grocery
Graet
Mooney
Iowa
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