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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
3
A terse notice from Lewis Lippold of Graettinger Iowa seeks landowners willing to list property for sale. The call asks interested sellers to contact the agent to arrange listing details and potential sale. The brief emphasizes prompt engagement and local land availability.
Auction notice for the Palmers Co Operative Creamery house. Work will be let on Saturday December 80. All bids must be emailed to the undersigned not later than December 29. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Jorgen Anderson, Secretary.
We express heartfelt appreciation to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and good will shown during the illness and death of our husband and father. We also extend thanks for floral gifts presented. Mrs. Thomas McDonald and children.
Walter Matsen returns home from Story City on Saturday with Clifford Weir and others in tow. Christmas gatherings fill the weekend as families visit, attend a Roseland school tree program, and residents travel between Graettinger Baron and local homes.
Program details for the 1916 17 Parent Teachers Meetings list December Story Telling for Children with committees led by Miss Mont Montgomery and others, January Diseases of Children with Mrs Reidy and others, February Social Needs of Young People with committee members cited, noting community betterment efforts.
English farmers were advised by local trade that buying American binder twine could save the nation 1.25 million dollars and add 10 000 tons of cargo space for food shipments. Twine is bulky and occupies more space than deadweight. Despite high mill female employment and strong American supply, orders favored the United States and British farmers largely ignored the appeal.
An exchange recounts overhearing a man respond to a neighbor about family expenses. He claimed his costs are light by listing his wife’s needs and company manners, joking that household items like a furnace, refrigerator, and tongue fill the year with expense.
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