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| Obituary: Mary Ann Gibson 1921
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| Obituary: Teophiel Graff 1921
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| Obituary: Emily Graff 1915
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| Teophiel Graff suffering from cancer 1921 "Teophiel Graff, who has been suffering for some time with cancer of the bladder, is very critically ill at this writing. His son, Jacob Graff, is here from California to assist in caring for him." Teophiel died shortly after this article, on 6 Nov 1921. |
| Graff Bakery ad 1912 Frank Graff routinely ran ads like this for his bakery. |
| Graff Bakery ad 1913 Frank Graff routinely ran ads like this for his bakery. |
| F T Graff buys Bloom bldg 1913
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| Graff celebrate 28th wedding anniversary 1912 "Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graff celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on the night of July 1st by entertaining at their home the following guests: Mrs. Hazleton and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Marcum and son, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Hole, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jones, J. S. Dickason and wife, Misses Effie and Lottie Waller, and Ethel Dickason, Mrs. Swan, Mrs. Howard, and Messrs K. F. Clem, Lee and Leonard Swan." |
| Turon, KS fire 1912 Describes big fire in downtown Turon. Frank Graff mentioned - "After the fire was checked, Messrs. Graft, Allmon and Les Eiy provided a lunch counter in front of the bakery, where the weary people were invited to partake of hot coffee, sandwiches, which was greatly appreciated by all." |
| Graff and Sanders buy city bakery grocery 1914 "William Straight has sold the city bakery and grocery to Graft and Sanders. The new proprietors are not new to the business. Mr. Graff was former owner of the business and Mr. Sanders has been employed as baker there for the past four years." |
| Sanders buys out F. T. Graff 1915
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| Frank Graff buys City Bakery 1916 Frank gets back into the bakery business: "Frank Graff has bought the fixtures belonging to the City Bakery and moved them to his grocery across the street." |
| Sanders rents bakery from Graff 1917 Franks Graff's frequent partner B. F. Sanders rents bakery from Graff: "B. F. Sanders has rented the bakery fixtures of F. T. Graff and is again in charge of the bakery here..." |
| Frank Graff buys east side meat market 1919 "H. P. Pederson, who has been first a partner and then sole owner of the east side meat market, has sold the business to Frank Graff. Mr. Graff has taken into partnership Mack Russell, Mr. Pederson's former partner, and the business of the meat market will be attended to by Mr. Russell while Mr. Graff will continue to look after the grocery." |
| Frank Graff sells property to move to Arkansas 1922 "Frank Graff closed a deal last week whereby he exchanged his residence property and a couple of vacant lots in the east part of town for a quarter-section farm near Bergman, Ark....Mr. and Mrs. Graff expect to leave in December for their new home..." |
| Martha Graff runs for office 1917 Interesting to see the candidates including for mayor are mostly women. Re Martha: for "Police Judge-Mrs. F. T. Graff" |
| Martha Graff runs ice cream station 1919 "Mrs. Frank Graff has taken charge of the Merritt-Schweir cream station until another appointment can be made." She must have loved ice cream. |
| Teophiel Graff to winter with son in CA 1916 "Teophiel Graff left, Saturday morning for Calexico, California. He expects to spend the winter there and at Los Angeles." |
| Teophiel Graff sick w pneumonia 1918 "Teophiel Graft' who makes his home here with his son, Frank Graff, is quite sick, threatened with an attack of pneumonia." |
| Belle Firestone visits Turon, KS 1919 "Mrs. Belle Firestone of Carbondale, Kans., came, Wednesday evening of last week, for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank Graff, and their mother, Mrs. Mary Hover, who celebrated her ninety-second birthday anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 22nd. |
| Mary Hover spends winter with Graffs 1914 "Mrs. Mary Hover of Burleygame (Burlingame), Kansas, is here to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. F. T. Graff." Mary did this several winters late in her life. |
| Mrs. J. C. Fisher visits 1918 "Mrs. J. C. Fisher of Burlingame, Kans., came last Thursday evening for a few few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Ella Graff. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Hover, who has been spending the winter at Burlingame, came with her and will make her home here with Mrs. Graff for a time." Note Ella Graff and Mary Hover are not her true mother and sister, but instead by marriage. |
| W. S. Fisher to move to Turon 1920 "Hans Nielson of Las Animas, Colo., sold his residence property here to W. S. Fisher of Oklahoma, who will move his family here about the first of August. Mr. Fisher is a brother of Mrs. Frank Graff of this place." |