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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
7
The passage notes many women delay medical care by relying on self diagnosis and avoiding examinations. It argues local treatment and examinations are unnecessary until all other options fail, suggesting hesitation allows illness to worsen.
A fragment from an old ad notes remedies for coughs and throat ailments. It mentions gold at $1.00 a bottle by vorvuggists and includes brief, jumbled lines about group and whooping cough as child terrors. The text is garbled but references a coughing cure marketed by Colling a Go.
The report covers multiple local items: Knoxville marshal height, Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church contract, Centerville counterfeiters trial in Council Bluffs, Julius Lischke injury claim against Sioux City, Muscatine promoters courting Waterloo for a button factory, Lulu Kline elopement and marriage in Omaha, Nothing Cheer fire engine failure and municipal dispute, Clear Lake water rise of 27 inches, Des Moines street labor wages cut, Newton Shields arrested near Lenox after pursuit for chicken theft, state dairy industry hit by mud blockade, sugarbeet trials near St Ansgar, and night sessions due to busy federal court minutes.
The state Laundarymen's association held its annual meeting in Des Moines this week. The Iowa delegation in Congress is reported to have recommended twenty persons from the state for consulships. Superintendent Sabin set April 23 as Arbor Day and will soon issue a school program. The water works chief at Sioux City urges more wells to boost supply. An 800 acre estate at Ida Grove recently sold at auction to heirs, with all property bringing good prices.
The prohibition state committee announces the state convention will occur in early June to nominate a full-state ticket. J A Bushnell of Sioux City, working with a pile driving crew between Calliope and Hudson, slipped and drowned in the Sioux River. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as a popular purifier. Rev B O Aylesworth, former Drake University president, has taken a church call at Lonsville contingent on his wife's health. An $80,000 river sand bar removal appropriation for Dubuque will not be available until July and work likely starts in August. An Independence estate settlement follows long presumed death with renewed inquiries.
A historical note reports the official survey of the town shows the western boundary of the state at 365 miles long and the western 366 miles 47 chains. The average surface elevation is about 409 feet, with Keokuk at 444 feet as the lowest point and a site near Spirit Lake at about 1,700 feet as the highest. Some claim Alto in Buena Vista County is the highest point in the state.
An early 20th century column notes Hall's Catarrh Cure claims internal efficacy and lists price and origins. It also reports rising county costs from tramp arrests and jail boardings, citing 133 convictions since February 1 and total expenses about 1500 dollars, urging public sentiment to curb perceived abuse.
Last week in Osgood residents reported grain sowing by Mr Hee nan and wheat sowing by Z F Dickinson. P Brennan and J P Conway were active with care of grade repairs and milk delivery. School resumed under Mr Littleton. literary society held a strong final meeting with Mrs Ried and Miss Jones cited, Mr Ried’s song praised. Hog shipments by Mr Barrick, Rev Bassett visited Dickinson home, preaching by Rev Bagnell at the schoolhouse Sunday at 3 pm, Sunday school at 2 pm. H S Dickinson toured Burg visiting schools and friends. Dogs outnumbered few towns, nearly fifty on the streets. Lund and Maron sow oats. J C Freemont spoke on The Sunny South at the schoolhouse. attendance limited by bad roads.
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