Local News Roundup Shows Graettinger Area Visitors
Numerous locals and visitors are listed in Graettinger and nearby towns. Names include Merle Hanson, Luella Sporan, Janice Petersen, Arne Abrahamson, and Edward McCarty, with travels to Spirit Lake, Ruthven, Decorah, and Omaha. One birth announced at Emmetsburg hospital. health concerns noted for Mrs Brekke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dake Andresen
Spirit
Alons Kirkacsard
Dts
Tierville
Merle Hanson
Bennett Thoreson
Minneapolis
Luella Sporan
Decorah
Graettinger and
Ruthven
Thoreson
A. Knutson
Therville
S. G. Rierson
Fort Dodell
Shanes San Fete
Anitewan
Lois
Tisat Place
Dinob Brekke
Fred Spies
Sioux City
Adolph Spies
Mason City
Thompsen
Ceylon
Minnesota
George Graettinger
Fort Dodyre
J. M. Resh
Wetertuys
Mervin Giffin
Lake
George Giffin
Graettinger
Ruby Luchsinger
Pennsylvania
Alfred McContis
Idella Lleming
Fort Dage
Sunch ‘TerVeen
Lake City
TerVeen
Harry Fink
Amy Hornwell
Yacoma
Washington
Armstrong
Edward TY. McCarty
Omaha
McCarty
Creighton
United States
Chicago Herald-American
We Are Well Served By Private Industry In War Time
The text extols the vital role of transportation and express services in 1944, citing Railway Express Agency’s 200,000,000 shipments and 1,500,000 by air. It credits private enterprise for wartime efficiency, describes postwar mobilization logistics, and urges recognition of industry for national security and public welfare. It also critiques labor strikes and discusses freedom, unions, and oil industry tensions amid wartime labor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Express Agency
United States
Oil Workers International Union
Uiregeeternal
West Union melon wagon ties to Stepp family for 50 years
The Stepp melon business in West Union spans over five decades from James Stepp to Ayne and now Wayne Stepp who brings the same wagon and bell into town. A wagon’s wheels show only slight modernization while Mrs. McGinn fears losing her baby during a car visit then retrieves it after tow and a mistaken tow. Housing shortages push newcomers in Indianola to buy land and build temporary houses while awaiting steadier homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Stepp
James Stepp
Ayne
Wayne Stepp
Wayne
Charles McGinn
Waverly
Jerry
Tovington Lime
Indianola
Oscar Raub
Raub
Stami
Weather shifts as heat eases with a late afternoon breeze
A hot Indian summer day prevails with bright sun. The wind from the northwest shifts this afternoon, bringing cooler air and small changes in temperature. Current conditions hint at a brief relief from the peak heat as the day progresses.
Estherville Visitors Include Brrobst and Graettinger Members
Osgood News notes visitors from Estherville and Graettinger over the weekend. George Brobst Janie and Danny of Estherville, Mrs Floyd Brobst Graettinger, Ole Olesen Graettinger, and Lloyd Engers were among those mentioned. Several locals and relatives visited or were callers at various homes Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
George Brobst
Janie
Danny
Estherville
Floyd Brobst
Graettinger
Richard Kinnett
George Stirman
Victor Stigman
Otto Witte
Leo Kinnett
R. F. Laabs
Amanda Schutt
Leo Kinnetz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gertha Ualverson
Arthur Rogness
Jorgen Paulsen
Simon Simonson
Kenneth Sorensen
Fort Dodge
Arne Abrahamson
Emimetsburg Hospital
the Times
Horswell Ins
H. A. Elsenbast
J. J. Skow
George
J. F. Masted
Win Cyylinder
Ted Torreson
Wolf Dap Robe
J. J. Sullivan
Ted Christian- Sirti
Enquire Times Office
Hecorta
Victor
Columbia
Decca, Capital
Spencer Ma
Music Supply
Merle Suss
Prical
Polant
China Spring Board
Lars Rierson
A. P. Thompson
H. A. Elsebast
Duroe Jersey Boars
Hampshire Bucks
Hilmer
Wallingford
Energie
Frank Kempf
Electric Park
Sioux Steel
Lara Thompsen
Graettinger, Iowa
Graettinger Nursery
Town
Graettin
Iowa
Graettinger Times
Johnnie Johnson
Chester
James LeStrange
Terril
Talsa
Mort-O- Dine
Algo Turner
Marley
Poland
Henry Whitford
Gerhardt Jensen
Col
Ben F. Reeves
Grasttinger State Bank
M. O. Grodland Auctioneer
J. J. Show Land Office
Times Office
Fred Lippold
M. Resh
Justice of the Peace
J. Emmet
Martin” Funneral
Tryclubes
Onerator
Graethnger
McManus
M. D
Towa
Dr. C. of
A. Shiley
Pacific
War Department
Association of ‘American Railroads
Association of Association of American Railroads
Gulf
AAR
Transportation Corps
Army
AAF
Japan
DR. 5
E. E. Dappen
Fhe i Spaceinn i
United ‘States
Pei I
Toway
TCC
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Torreson Oil CO
Osgood’ News
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