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Local and Personal Roundup of Holiday Visits
A long list of residents and relatives travel for Christmas and New Year visits. Families including Sewell, McGrew, Sandren, Wood, Johnson, Lawrence, Naue, Logan, Warne Pierce, Whittern, Crammer, Egeland, Roesen, Booth, Scholtes, Tremper, Pierce, O’Keefe, Smith, Brown, Donovan, Anderson, Hatch, Conklin, Nivison, and many others visit Emmetsburg, Graettinger, Estherville, Spirit Lake, and nearby towns. Messages note trips to Des Moines, Chicago, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, and Detroit, plus funerals, hospital stays, and welcome home moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Booth
Graettinger
E. B. Westfall
Grundy, Center
L. Martinsen
Mildred
Emmetsburg
Romaine Martinsen
Mary Walker
Long Beach
California
Estherville
Armstrong
Carl Albertson
D. E. Miller
Rockford
Ewen
Miller
C. N. Bradfield
Blanche
Spirit Lake
Andrew Smith
Lee Brown
A. C. Brown
Mra. C. W. Cook
Emmet
Thalia
Mra. L. P. Stillman
Dolliver
Emmetaburg
Hugh Anderson
Reinbeck
Josephine Scholtes
Manley
Ellinor Pihl
Minneapolia
Matt Donovan
Mr. Donovan
B. B. Anderson
Terris
Mort
John Wycoff
Jossephine Wycoff
Blanche Harper
Ames
Neil May
May
W. G. Anderson
Glenville
Minnesota
Jack Hatch
Sheldon
M. L. Hatch
Grover
Will Conklin
Altyona
Maude Taylor
Helen Platt
Rowe Scholtes
Milbank
South Dakota
Marian Howard
Dr. Knipe
Margaret O'Connor
Tom Nivison
Eliza Bemis
Hazel
Wells
L. O. Patterson
Gillette Grove
Roy French
Henry Fritz
Mr. Fritz
18Th Engineers
Chicago
Myrtle Peterson
Ba“therville
W. E. Peterson
Coleman Hospital