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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
7
Christmas Lutefish offered with orders for trees toys and gifts. Local shoppers hear of visitors from Emmetsburg Estherville and Ruthven. sale notices for nuts candies oranges fruit and groceries. Red Cross auction set for December 29. school closes for the holidays and returns January 7. many local names and events noted.
Community round up with subscription reminders and holiday greetings. C A Jensen and R W Andrews are on the sick list last week. Rev M McNerney visited from Emmetsburg. G H Gammon and Mrs Gammon were at Emmetsburg. Roland George and Clara Susa returned from Ames for the holidays. Reidy and Weinholzer installed a hot water heating system in their new building. M C Largon visited the Times office to pay a subscription good until December 26, 1919. Miss Rene Bergum now teaching at Kimlude Idaho after South Dakota teaching. Lawrence Morrison stationed in Philadelphia and met Alvin Hangon, a Gracttinger Memorial Day veteran, in navy service.
A notice from P J Paulsen of Graettinger Iowa requests any owed accounts be paid before January 1 1918. The letter urges payment if the debtor has time and money to settle the debt promptly.
Notice to stockholders and debtors. The Farmers Grain Co and Armora Creamery Co announce annual meetings at Graettinger on January 5 and January 7 respectively to elect officers and conduct routine business. Creditors urged to settle accounts by January 1. Sorgen Andergen, secretary.
In Alberta Dr. B T Osher visited Ole Albertson and family formerly of Ruthven now farming 2000 acres with 15000 dollars of machinery and a threshing outfit He harvested 32000 bushels of wheat this year from his land and a 440 acre block broken up last spring yielded 15125 bushels at 203 per bushel No 2 a total around 30708 75 on part of his farm Albertsons own two gas tractors large steam outfit and a threshing system He and his six boys run the place like a well oiled machine They are pleased with Canada F W Stone returned from Roseburg Oregon to see his mother and traveled via Portland and San Francisco Crossing the mountains the railway stands 7017 feet above sea level with a 60 minute stop for sightseeing He brought back apples prunes and English walnuts from Roseburg including Spitzenberg and Newtown apples and Silver brand prunes The samples were shown before processing and Stone shared many west coast notes including a mountain auto road near Roseburg and the need for careful braking on steep turns Roseburg men will spend 126000 this year to improve highways Stone’s return involved ferries and trains with engine inspections and giant locomotives for the ferry trip
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