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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
7
Town tidbits detail farm institute dates and speakers, local sales and auctions, railroad and shipping moves, and civic notes. Mentions Emmetsburg visits, sheriff in town, oil meal deals, new stock shipments, and a tragic arm amputation from an accident. Also notes weather contrast with western regions and evolving militia plans in Estherville.
The article recounts historic Gulf coast storms, notably the 1856 hurricane that flooded the Mississippi and devastated Indianola and Galveston. It mentions the 1875 West Indies hurricane, widespread destruction from Bronsville to Sabine Pass, and the lasting memory in Louisiana communities. It also touches on the uncharted vast region north of the Gulf and a British locomotive built in ten hours at Stratford works.
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