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Thanksgiving Day guests fill Hodgell estate in Bernard Ricklefs home
Readable fragments show Thanksgiving Day gatherings across Iowa families including Harris, Ricklefs, Brase, Juhl, and Taylor clans. Guests from Chicago, Humboldt, Manson, Des Moines, Rochester, Omaha attended meals and overnight visits at multiple homes in Nashua, Waverly, Emmetsburg, and nearby towns with extended family celebrations.
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Nancy
Card
Brase
Waverly
Bernard Rickilefs
Susan
Myrtle Ricklefs
Tim Ricklefs
Virgil Rickelfs
Jon Sedlacek
Omaha
Steven Graeber
Minneapolis
Merlin
Rick- Jefs
Rochester
Minn
al Sedlaceks
Gerald Grater
Bend
Emmetsburg
Joe ‘Taylor
Barenty
Francis” Shekeys
Rear Bateland
Louis Junkman
Gene
Bates
Anya
Garry
Pearson
Manson
Famman