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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
7
Local notes from Graettinger and vicinity recount visitors, dances, school starts, farming updates, and town comings and goings. Entries mention residents from Estherville, Emmetsburg, Ruthven, and neighboring towns, with weather, livestock, and construction updates plus social events and community announcements.
The text lists teachers for the high school grammar and intermediate rooms and notes attendance figures: 80 in the high school 28 in grammar 36 in the intermediate and 6 in the primary. It urges the school board to appoint a truant officer to ensure all town children attend school regularly and prevent delinquency.
Miss Christine Collins and H W Blair wed at the bride’s sister’s home in Estherville on Wednesday morning September 2. They left for Beach North Dakota where Blair is station agent, with best wishes from The Times. The note includes a tongue in cheek aside about a buttercup prank and a risqué medical warning about buttercups.
Fragmented notice lists various church services and times including Methodist church service at 7 80 pm and Catholic service at 10 00 am with additional Sunday morning and evening references. The legibility is partial but indicates multiple denominations and service slots.
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