Cedar Rapids Route Cavagney A at $16
Fragmentary item notes a Cedar Rapids route and a price of 16 dollars with unclear context and names.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
7
Fragmentary item notes a Cedar Rapids route and a price of 16 dollars with unclear context and names.
Local notices recount frequent travel by residents including John Leonard, B J Bergeson, and T D Collings while I A Ferguson is reappointed marshal. New steamer planned for West Okoboji, April storms forecast, and numerous visits between Emmetsburg, Estherville, Ruthven, and Spirit Lake with business, bids, and social events noted.
Local report notes two nearby schools shut due to scarlet fever. Mrs John Mowitt visited to see woodmen play. Roads are poor, preventing some from visiting partners, while east and west routes are abandoned or traveling here. A jockey cap purchased in Chicago hints at racing plans as track conditions dry.
D. W. Cameron promotes fire lightning and tornado insurance with stock and mutual company options. He urges buyers to compare rates, avoid blanket policies and non resident agents, and promises to adjust losses fairly and provide value.
In stock bug spr springs wagon and buggy nuts piles and shaft singletrees and nackyokes two three and four horse eveners and devizes for sale at a bargain. Addressed to readers by M Jenswoid seeking blacksmithing attention and inventory.
An advertisement promoting DeWitts Little Barly Risers claiming to cleanse the body as a laxative remedy. It emphasizes that perfect health and rosy aging require a clean liver and bowels, presenting the product as a gentle, non-griping option from T. D. Collina & Co.
The Western Hull Mutual Insurance Company reports the smallest assessment of 1900 and paid all losses within thirty days of the September 2 1900 assessment. It claims high standing among agents and strong hail business. The year closed with no unpaid losses due to careful task selection and prompt payments. Risks are limited to 160 acres per section, spreading risk across a large area. The December 31 1900 statement lists risks written 247231, risks expired 1875, in force 245550.
Ellendale, Minn, newly opened for business, lies midway between Albert Lea and Owatonna on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern line. The company aims to make Ellendale the town with no intermediate towns, boasting a larger, richer territory to support growth. Prospective residents and merchants are invited to inquire through T J Dobell, local agent, and Thos A Brown, general agent, with further details from the railroad line office.
A damaged excerpt details a raging flood washing away a telegram line and a person named Chas. Eliss of Ligbon Ia enduring waist-deep water. The text shifts to a terrible cold and cough worsening daily, with doctors from Oakland, Bob, Sioux City, and Omaha stating consumption and a short life prognosis, then praising Dr Ring’s New Discovery as curing by six hotties, guaranteed for coughs colds and lung troubles from TD Collink & Co.
In an unusual brief, authorities issued a terse abort notice with orders directed to Broaature and Henry Anfineon concerning the handling of a dehorning operation. The fragment suggests active enforcement actions and designated responders.
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