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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
7
Local society notes list visits at Grodland and Knutson homes, church meetings moved, and clubs like Hoping Ladies Aid and Busy Bees scheduling gatherings. Words of thanks to Graettinger ladies and bachelors for gifts, farm reports on corn yield, and intercity travels to Sioux City and Huron. Public events include auctions, Red Cross knitting, and endowment fundraising.
Miss Pearl Kent teaches in Ha fa school this year in Indianola. Mrs. E. J. Newhall advertises private sale of household goods. Three Ames children die from a stomach illness. Frost signals bee packing time. Auto counts in Iowa show one for every eleven people. Many local visits and moves in Emmet county, Burt, Graettinger, and Emmetsburg. Weather, park visits, and farm life fill the column with family arrivals and travel.
Remember the John Nelson sale in this city Saturday September 29. Mr and Mrs Hans Westergaard returned from Goldfield Tuesday evening. They attended the funeral of Mrs Fred Clausen at that place. Rev and Mrs S C Sande entertained the Lost Island Young Peoples Missionary Society with the Graettinger youths at their home Thursday evening. A devotional and social time followed with refreshments. Wm Franklin went to West Bend Monday evening for widg relatives before departure for Camp Dodge. Rev and Mrs A R Cali Rew went to Estherville Tuesday evening to see Gerry Schmieg who left for Camp Dodge fafa Miss Freda Peterser of Aliesit Lea Minnesota is a guest of fi land Mrs L P Larsen of tig teity. She is a niece of Mrs ae sen. She arrived Saturday. Rev and Mrs McLaughlin Des Moines were guests at the home of E H Moraine early this week. Mrs McLaughlin is Mrs Moraine’s aunt.
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