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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
5
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as nonsticking to iron and offers 16 oz per package at 10 cents, claiming rival 4-pound packs cost the same. It argues grocers push substitutes to clear stock and urges buyers to demand Defiance for chemical free formula and efficiency.
Wanted several industrial workers in each state to travel for Boise area operations. Permanent engagement with weekly salary plus travel and hotel advances. Experience not necessary. Include self addressed envelope to The National, 234 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Rev. Lewis Fossum of Slayton Minnesota visited this week. A dance will be held at the M W A Hall in December with tickets selling at the last event. The Star mail route from Wa ingford to Hoprig is discontinued and Hoprig post office will be abandoned for rural delivery from Graettinger. John Heidecker is ill with cancer of the stomach and bedridden. At 3 o’clock this afternoon wedding of Miss Thea Larson and L Nelson will take place with close relatives present. They plan to move to North Dakota next week. For sale a new house and quarter block with barn and well on Gradlinger, Al so a rental house. The Times urges payment of long overdue subscriptions as harvest improves.
Rock Island System offers one fare plus fifty cents on certificate plan from all Iowa points for the Iowa State Teachers Meeting in Des Moines from December 26 to 30. Details and full information available from the nearest ticket agent.
From Minneapolis to California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana routes on sale daily September 14 to October 7. Through Christ at San Jas elio every Thursday. Call agent for rates A B Cults G P K A. Minneapolis Minnesota.
Property listing notes a house with barn and good well, priced as a bargain for quick sale. Inquiries directed to Hugh Stewart, Graettinger.
The Times and Weekly Into Ocean are offered together for one year at a price of 1.50 dollars.
Quain mew Walden and Wallingford sell reduced round trip tickets through Minneapolis and St Louis Railway to Northwest West Southwest South and Southeast regions at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid twenty one days from sale with stopovers allowed. Call agents for full details or address G P A and T A Minneapolis. Order 1904 calendar at The Times office.
Farmers and others may write John G. Farmer, Cedar Rapids Iowa for the booklet The Cand of Now. Special round trip fares via Minneapolis St. Paul railroad for various events and encampments with specific dates. Call agents or address A B Caves G P T A L Minneapolis Minnesota for particulars.
Fragmentary OCR mentions routes via M. and St L. to Louisiana and Oklahoma New Mexico. References to individuals or places such as Rutea, Oullon, Cotte, Gap, and A.S.Minneapolta appear garbled with no clear event or date.
A compact advertisement by Chris Larson lists discounted grocery items and goods. Graduated sugar 17 lbs for 1, soda crackers 10c per lb now 7c, Japan rice ib. now 5c per pound, roasted coffee train price up to 80c, good corn starch per package, new salmon 10c to 20c, 8K Norway herring 10c, prim ost 10c per pound, kerosene oil 124 L, Dakota hard wheat flour $1.10, hand made shoes offered with 25 percent savings, cash prices equal credit. Larson promotes Northwest stock and urges customers to inspect his line.
Farmers urged to subscribe to The Iowa Home Aid Special Farmer's Institute Billions and The Poultry Farmer plus local news in Qupar for four papers a year at 150. The package includes The Iowa Homestead and The Poultry Farmer noted for practical farming content with broad Western circulation.
Fragment reads as a dated public notice from an office urging caution and truth in claiming rights. It mentions a private avenue and a wish to ensure correct throats. The garbled text references natives and publication timing, urging responsibility.
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