Graettinger Labor Day Socials and Visits Highlight Rural Life
Estherville residents and visitors mingle in Labor Day activities across Graettinger and nearby towns. Notables include Eugene Foster visiting his mother, Wm Brown moving to Minneapolis for defense plant work, Adelaide Nichols touring Graettinger, and multiple families from Minnesota and North Dakota sharing with Graettinger households. Also noted are J C Jensen visiting from Newell, Iowa, and Charley Jensen slowly recovering from illness, with residents recounting travels and past connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Foster
Estherville
W. C. Foster
Wm. Brown
WR. Brown
Minneapolis
Adelaide Nichols
Ruthven
John Helvie
Heyneros
A. Helvig
John Helvig
Woodrow Wilson
Fargo
North Dakoaturday
Graettinper
Fitherville
Graettinger Labor Day visitors and misc. trips noted
Graettinger hosted many Labor Day visitors from Al Rona Waterloo Emmetsburg Armstong Mallard Cylinder and Windom and others and locals visited relatives in Graettinger. Visitors included Mr and Mrs George Singer Mr and Mrs Alfred McCombs Mr and Mrs Orville Masters and family Miss Louise Grady and Frank Conway plus multiple family stops and a fishing trip to Leech Lake. A note on Miss Grady’s vacation with her mother Mrs J L Grady and a nurse from St Joseph's Hospital Sioux City appears alongside community greetings and local travel mentions. The piece ends with a brief plug for The American Weekly crime reminiscence The Case of the Singing Skull and its related companion feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Godden
al- Rona
Graettinger
Floyd Masters
Waterloo
Marry Hughes
Emmetsbore
George Singer
Alfred McCombs
Leech Lake
Orville Masters
Marie
Tommy
Dakota Ci
Louise Grady
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
J. L. Grady
Fran Conway
James Conway
Cylinder
Vandel
Whittemore
Jakes
Mallard
J. W. Herman
Warner
Henry Schmidt
Armstrong
Labor Day
Schmidt
Greettinger
T C. 'Truar
Wamser
Bob
John Goeders
J. P. Wagner
Clarence Lande
Windom
Minnesota
Labor Dex
Lante
Helen Crowley
Milwaukee
Don Veonard
Metrovolt
Wisconsin
Art Myhre
Teddy
Sandra
Cedar. Falls
Martin Myhre
Art
Town Highways Commission
Cedar Falls
Leo Grady
Pennsylvania
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers Grain Co
Iowa
Phillip Johnson
Toon
Donald Jones
Algona
J. J. Paulsen
Milfor
Charley Jensen
Ruby Luchsinger
Elizabeth Cosgrove
Pittsburg
Ruby
Pines
L. R. Luchsinger
Mrs. Luchsinger
Des Moines
Miss Cospriove
Waacs
Mittchell’s Food Market
Clint
Moon Rose
McCarty’s Grocery
Graham
Monarch
BEE Eines
TN Pai
Corbin’s
Ade
Swerl
C. A. Jensen
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