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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
7
Read about daily movements, visits, and events from Emmetsburg to Wallingford. Local residents John Paulsen, 2M.T. Axellson, and others travel, conduct business, or attend gatherings. social visits, political activity, and upcoming sales and fairs are noted along with piano sales, church events, and farming notices.
An OCR read mixes land sale inquiry for Graettinger with unrelated medical and patent medicine references. It mentions a land feature, a Misspelt office reference, and various product names like Kennedy's Laxative Honey and a generic cough remedy. The readable items include addresses, company names, and a consumer health focus amid garbled text.
A note from G Warmer Cedar Rapids dated September 1 invites readers planning travel to Missouri to request a booklet. The Rock Island line aims to gather information about the state, promising the booklet titled Injtha Bonet of Missouri will be sent upon application.
Ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promising a wrinkle free face and cheerful appearance. The muddled copy mentions counts, products, and distributors while listing various dubious items and contact hints in a dated style.
Ad reads a pleasant tasting syrup laxative from T. D Coiling & Co. stating it contains no opiates and is sold as a gentle remedy for children.
A con artist and accomplice jailed a clerk by using a forged ten dollar bill and a note claiming ownership. The first visitor certified the ten as real, while the second man pressed for the note’s return, exposing the scam. The proprietor confronted the would be payer, leading to a reprimand and the con artist’s exposure.
In Curlew near Emmetsburg Will Muerler of Spencer shot his wife and his mother in law then killed himself Sunday evening. Mrs. Muerler was wounded twice and is in serious but stable condition. The gun was an automatic magazine model. The tragedy occurred after a visit by Mrs. Fisk to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fisk, with neighbors and local townsfolk reacting to the shocking event.
Advertises hiring across the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad district for men to harvest crops. Daily wages from $1.75 to $3.40 with board, rates vary by location. agents available for full particulars and contact A G Owers in Minneapolis Minnesota.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets for Sunday, August 26, from Hibberville to New Ulm and return. Train leaves Hibberville at 6 a.m. and arrives New Ulm at 8 10. Returning from New Ulm at 9 87 p.m. Flyers or an agent offer further particulars.
The Famous Cherokee Indian Base Ball Club travels in a 910000 pollmin car to perform two daily games, afternoon and night, hailed as undisputed champions of the West. Big novelty event promises sensational entertainment featuring Redskins from Western Plains and Reservations. Mark August 10 for the date.
Notice from P. S. McCarty that two yearling bulls have been taken up. Owner must prove property and pay expenses for the native cattle.
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