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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
5
Local notes from Coolidge and Son show ongoing city activity. Paul Pailson relocates near Spring Grove while C Berdall plans a new farm residence. Myhre sells 400 bushels of corn and Bergeson was ill last week. Elmer Olsen remains distracted by minor neck boil symptoms. Destinati akuowit.
Residents around Twelve Mile Lake report wishes for warmer weather. Peter Christenson shouts corn Thursday. H B Banfield operates a windmill and well but cannot fetch water due to cold. Martin Smyth and Water Monkey Pete Weit are noted. A party at Mr Tuesday last Saturday failed. Carl Christenson injured. best girl did not recognize him in town. John Onwick visits Hans Landvig for two weeks. AY Bierman returns from Ledyard to town.
Local notes report Ee P. McEvoy remains ill with uncertain attendance at the Farmers Institute session. L. C. Barnum was found nearly insensible, cared for, then partly paralyzed but expected to improve slowly. C H Giddings’s thermometer joke aside, C R Conway of Garner battles pneumonia while A D Dickinson returns to Emmetsburg.
County voters will decide on adopting a uniform series of textbooks. More than half of the county sub-directors filed a petition with the county superintendent requesting the adoption. The board of education met last Friday to prepare ballots for the annual meeting on the second Monday in March.
Thos H Riersen advertises a stock of ground feed and Prairie Queen flour at Riersen Bros store in Graettinger and vicinity. Subscription offer to Skandinaven and The Times for $2.50 per year with a fif cent premium, subscription satisfaction guaranteed.
The undersigned states he has disposed of his interests in the paper and directs all subscribers with outstanding debts to call at once and settle accounts before he leaves. He notes that every paid up subscription includes a condensed code of the Law of Iowa.
Excursion dates January 17 February 7 21 March 7 and more allow sale of excursion tickets by B B N agents to many northern western and southern cities at one fare plus four dollars round trip. Tickets valid twenty one days. For rates and information contact BG BR N agents or Morton G P T A Gedac Rapida Ta Farm for rent 150 acres near Depew with good buildings and windmill cash rent two dollars per acre.
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