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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
6
A humorous verse recounts Kaiser Bill’s dream of death and afterlife adventures. He encounters St Peter at the gate who sends him downstairs, while in hell Old Nick warns that the Kaiser would threaten order if admitted, leaving the Kaiser puzzled by the Devil’s own job concerns.
A fantastical dream sequence opens with a devil denying entry for riches and ends with a surprised wake. A wartime-style snippet shows tough luck with army rejection and a rural gossip-filled scene of residents visiting Ruthven and Gractinger locales. A Food Administration notice warns grocers against sugar and flour hoarding, detailing penalties and enforcement.
Anderson left Thursday morning to attend the funeral of his aunt Petersen at Moorhead. Mrs. Rustade and others were seen in Be therville. Mr. Heppler of Chicago visited the poultry bar. Mrs. Peterson left for Watherville to stay with her daughter. The Merklin and Gredland families spent Sunday visiting at Estherville hospital with a sister.
Local notes report the Lutheran Sunday school planning a large Christmas program and favorable weather expectations. Also covered are obituaries, sickness, and a wave of deaths in Mobridge South Dakota with funeral plans and Cross sewing society activity. The article shifts to Dubuque Iowa 1917 tax guidance announcing the government will assign officers to assist taxpayers in filing 1917 income tax returns with districts and county focus.
Notice of expiration to A J Struthers for tax sale of the described real estate in Palo Alto County Iowa. The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 31 township 94 range 31 was sold December 7 1914 to T F Rutledge. The certificate of sale is owned by Rutledge and redemption must occur within ninety days of service. a Treasurer's Deed will be made. Also: Hogs for sale by C K Pierson with two bunches of feeding shoots and Chester White boars offered.
FOR SALE Good used casings and inner tubes and various auto parts. Come and get at your own price by G G Coolidge. FOR SALE One Holstein bull coming two with papers furnished by John Lippert Route 6 Easterville Iowa. LOST Three Duroc Jersey hogs by Hans Duus. FOR SALE Pure bred Jersey male pigs by Elmer Olson November 29, 1911.
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