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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
5
The passage discusses how people fixate on future misfortune and the weight of present troubles. It contrasts real challenges with imagined fears, urging acceptance of current hardship and recognizing that past and future worries amplify today’s burden. It emphasizes that people often bear three kinds of trouble at once.
A scrambled OCR sample shows old time ads offering sale items and services. Prominent lines include suits sold cheap, bathing suits reduced, a bulldog for sale, a room for a gentleman, delivery boy duties, skirts laundered in the rear, and numerous small product prices. The text reflects a crowded shop window of bargains and odd requests from a bygone era.
A. P. Thom of the Southern railway outlines reforms for federal regulation of securities national control of stocks and bonds. He urges federal incorporation for railroads, a split of powers between the Interstate Commerce Commission and a proposed Federal Railroad Commission, regional boards, and railroad regulation at the federal level to ensure better service and future facilities.
Iowa debates practical Farm Loan Act effects but agrees on locating the federal bank in the state. The Greater Town Association promotes a letter to the Farm Loan Board from farmers seeking loans under the act. The proposal envisions low interest, terms from five to forty years, with annual payments designed to repay principal and interest.
A resident of Iowa asks the Federal Farm Loan Board for full information and blanks to organize a local association under the act. The letter notes a goal of negotiating a loan at advantageous rates and must reach the Board by December 10.
Walnut Camp No 2762 Modern Woodmen of America passes condolences for two deaths in October 1916. Resolutions express sympathy to the surviving relatives, order minutes to record the actions, and request copies to the bereaved and to the Graettinger Times for publication. Committee members L C Christopher Otto Tenneson John J Sullivan.
The Hoping Aid Society met with Mrs. Martinson last Tuesday and hosted a Thanksgiving supper and program at the Hoping church to a large, pleased crowd. Families including the Bosolds, Penns, and Lippolds shared meals. Wm Blom and Lewis Johnson visited J R Brown’s home. A church bazaar is planned for Friday night December 16 with a supper and social. Jim Nielson died at Estherville city hospital. services were held at home.
Ole Egeland plans farm improvments. appraised sale Friday. many neighbors attend events in Berg Jackson and Estherville. No school Thursday and Friday. Roy Young home from Estherville hospital. Strid school social raises funds. Bur Oak residents attend Thanksgiving gatherings in Osher’s and Jackson. Burr Oak and Iverson schools share visit. Spring Grove Literary Club to present December 14 program with songs readings and jokes.
Wallingford notes include the birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hanson on November 26 with Julius smiling. Thanksgiving visits feature Miss Claribel Pieper of Estherville with Ethel Misener, and Georgana Durkee’s return from a trip. Local events report a carpet rag social at Strict school drawing $30, plus staff news with Helen Jensen teaching.
Fragmentary text notes Mr and Mig spending time with the Truesdell family. details are unclear due to damaged OCR. No concrete actions, dates, or locations can be confirmed from the readable fragments.
Mr and Mrs Chris Jensen Rataniky celebrate an anniversary. Frank Sheffield Clifton Weir and Walter Matsen attend court in Emmetsburg. Mrs C H Berdin visits daughter Mrs Ole Petersen. Sam Sandvig family share Sunday at Lewis Sandvig home. Lewis Petersen Harvey Petersen and families dine at Nes Matsen. Lawrence Thorson hosts surprise for Leona Mason on eighteenth birthday. Beulah Sandvick entertained friends Florence Hamlin Adaline Joseph Bertha Hauge Carl Christiansen Lars Roseland Hannah Roseland Lorene Sheffield. Leona Mason and son visit Graettinger. Paul Peton also visits. Chris Hanson attends sale at M Mason's. Charley Vannoy and Graettinger visit Sheffield. For sale White Wyandotte roosters by E Bergeson five miles west of Fenton. Use Fenton telephone.
An old time ad promotes oysters in sanitary air tight cans and stews with water fried options. It lists a large grocery assortment including pears apples oranges bananas, salted peanuts and a variety of groceries, cigars, tobacco, temperance drinks, meals, short orders and lunches, inviting patronage.
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