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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
7
Dense fragmentary OCR from Emmetsburg area items lists visits, travel, sales, births, appointments, and town notices. Mentions Tim Foyle and others visiting Ayre shire and Sioux City, various residents moving, a new hospital note, council actions, wedding, and market quotes. Includes scattered names, dates, places, and local business references.
Mr and Mrs J Mahan visited from Graettinger sharing memories of pioneer days in the county A note recalls the 1858 massacre victims buried after freezing death while returning from Split Lake The funeral party split with sixteen taking different routes Skeletons found years later by William Shea highlight early settler hardships and recollections urge appreciation of frontier life. For Sale A good team of horses Calion Buster Wanted about 20 head of horses or cattle to pasture Little Burly Risers pills sold by Collins Notice all indebted to me settled at once John Grammels Two good improved farms for rent contact G S George
A local ad touts liberal cash discounts on goods with prices for oil meal, bran, middlings, and flour. The seller claims 6 to 25 percent savings and urges customers to buy cash here to secure the lowest possible cost, saying others offer none or less.
The speaker offers a cash discount from 5 to 25 percent and guarantees meeting the delivered price of any catalogue-quality item, including freight, urging the reader to try the new system to avoid losing.
William Jackson of Osgood Iowa seeks renters for 800 acres of pasture with running water and shade. He can accommodate about 150 head of horses and cattle. Parties wishing to pasture stock should write for details.
In Estherville a seller states a price 80 cents above the going rate for Ceresota flour. The loud price claim draws attention as buyers react to the elevated cost. Local merchants consider market impact and possible price adjustments amid competing brands.
The Sioux City Daily Nieves promotes a new subscriber deal to receive daily papers from now until January 1, 20xx for $1. This offer covers the presidential campaign period with up to date daily issues at a fraction of a cent per day. Subscriptions can be mailed to Sioux City Daily News or given to the editor. Kodol is advertised as a natural digestant for indigestion with guaranteed relief, sold by T. D. Collins.
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