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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
3
Our readers discuss weathered equipment and risk from leaving implements outside. Mr and Mrs J B Lambe visited Emmetsburg on Tuesday. A little care in greasing and storing tools now may prevent spring troubles and bad language during the rush. The outdoor shed is roomy but offers little else for the farmer.
Miss Julia Tucker of Willow township, Iowa, demonstrates poultry farming profitability. Starting in spring 1896 with eggs worth 38 dollars in the first year, she has sold 80 dollars of eggs through October and maintains a flock of about 800 chickens. She expects at least 25 cents per bird and, with eggs sold, to exceed 300 dollars for 1897. She feeds oats soaked in water, helps at home, and pursues painting and sewing lessons, preferring poultry work to teaching.
A fragment from the Lionisville Post recalls outlaw Jesse James in Kentucky’s Red River country long ago. An old gray haired man on a train recounts a tale of James drawing a pistol, firing, and completing a job, with vague details and broken phrasing.
Public school teachers report amusing and sad stories from city classrooms including a Boston kindergarten tale where a nurse tries an exam on a sick child named Katie. The child’s flannel layers reveal a mix of care and mischief as a mother’s reaction looms.
Local government rolls list Louis Hans O G and Dan Graettinger along with council members L A Ferguson E A Baumgartner Paulson A B Burdick Jens Olson H A Harrison and A O Berg as mayor recorder and assistant roles in a municipal roster.
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