Local Winter Events and Goods Talking Points
A fragile OCR fragment outlines local purchases of patent flour and hard winter wheat at $2.10 per bag, plus a New Year dinner hosted by Mrs. Frits with neighbors such as Frank Gehring and Dr. L. Hutchinnon. It notes winter activities including coasting and an ice harvest as several hundred loads are stored for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shree Ae
Waterloo-Cedar Fadls MMM Co
Gusiantéad
John Yimat
Inva
Andre
Oldtime market prices and small town notices mixed
The clipping records varied notes from a rural community: sale totals around eight thousand dollars for cattle with a price per dozen at twenty five cents and later two fifty per dozen. It mentions grandparents visits, illness of Gruver, the Echo newspaper delay, a gas leak incident, a depot scare with a truck and freight engine, Christmas visits, and legal notes including James LaVera’s seven year sentence for selling stock. Names include Arthur Mixhler, Ed Olson, Nannie Frits, Israel Shaffer, and Luther Wines, with locations in Oelwein Weston and Gel weith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Gilson
Oelwein
Weston Bus
Arthur Mixhler
Edwin
Taton
Nannie Frits
Israel Shaffer
Shaffer
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