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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
3
A workshop offering tin work and repair services announces years of experience. Located in the Ed Duhn Machine Shop, the craftsman provides skilled tin repair and fabrication for various needs.
A fragment recounts LaPlos traveling by auto with Mrs Wildey and daughter, time spent out West, and mentions of a big auction market day sale in Graettinger. Frances Hendricks Mary Nolan and Marie Lavéhlin returned from Emmeburg after a teachers meeting, Barbara Gilman visiting the Netans at their home.
Graettinger area notes report Sherburne defeating Pocahontas 12 to 5 with 2,000 fans attending. Laurens pitchers Paulsen and Reeves helped Laurens win 18 to 4 the next day. Local social notes list multiple Graettinger residents visiting, dancing crowds, and Sunday gatherings. Arson birth listed for Oliver T Lande. Sunday school and church events noted in the Graettinger vicinity.
Henry Lammers and daughter Miles Lucy returned from Wilton Wisconsin Monday visiting Mrs Lammerty and Myra Leo Kerr. A number from here were out hands Parke Sunday. The dance at Roy Lowmans Saturday night was well attended. There will be another dance next Saturday night September 27.
An ad notes a lunch wagon at farm sales with satisfaction guaranteed and music by the Great Finger Orchestra. Nearby items report Miss Emma Andersen visiting Ringsted, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson returning to Des Moines, Opal Johnson’s Des Moines trip, R. E. Meiners family dinner at Art Miner’s, Ole Wicks filling silo, Henry Thiel building a hog house, and Mrs. B. H. Leary visiting relatives. Weather brings daily showers and threshing resumes. Overholt Kennedy hosts at J. C. Overholt home in a pretty scene.
Florence Kennedy and Le land Kennedy wed Friday with only close family present. The ceremony at First Methodist was conducted by Dr. Fred N. Willis. Attendants included Miss Orphanague and Wm Overholt. After a three course luncheon, the couple planned a Detroit residence after a Great Lakes trip.
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