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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
7
Local column notes visitors and social contacts as residents welcome guests at home or plan visits to neighboring or distant points. The piece emphasizes sharing upcoming visits and community spirit in Graettinger and surrounding communities.
A flood of short items reports travelers passing through Emmetsburg and nearby towns. People greet relatives between trains, attend lectures, visit hotels, register in counties, and plan farm purchases. The piece notes a missionary meeting, school terms ending, and upcoming public sale bills, with weathered IDs like Bathavill, Emmetsburg, and Graettinger.
A vendor offers hot lunches on the grounds of a farm sale, promising grant savings for the farmer and household. He proposes serving meals from a wagon to hungry attendees, urging Mr. Fanswen to allow participation and asking the printer to advertise the lunch wagon on sale bills.
J H Brennan of Graettinger Iowa is mentioned amid a string of short notices. Several residents including Miss Mary Peterson Mrs Knut Johnson and Mr Cohoon are noted as visiting returning or traveling. Names such as John Smith Mae Rafferty and Miss Williams appear with brief movements between towns like Emmetsburg Wallingford and Aberdeen.
Notice records the death of a baby girl born Sept 30 who died Oct 26 after a brief illness. It expresses community sympathy and cites a Bible verse. The text then shifts to local social notes including visitors, church activities, travels, and small updates from Estherville and nearby towns, with names and places scattered throughout.
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