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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dated reference to corn grown and a claim about cups won in an exchange or contest. The readable words include numbers and phrases suggesting a agricultural or local fair context with possible prices or prizes.
Features discuss manure storage methods to retain soil fertility advised by Iowa State College experts. Also reports on 1917 Iowa children in garden clubs, need for leaders, and upcoming six week course at Town State college. Local notes mention milk price boost for Floyd county producers, Army artillery men studying motors at Camp Dodge, and social events near Gruettinger.
A fragmented advertisement lists canned goods and dry foods with prices: corn ten cents per can, salmon from Eola twenty cents per quantity, Mother's Wheat Hearts cereal, Postum large package twenty cents, dried peas forty four cents per pound, and large pumpkin two for a price unclear. Also includes Bunker Hill brand pork and beans large can two for unspecified.
The annual meeting of Lost Island creamery company shareholders will be held on Monday January 7 at 1 p m at the Susa school house Lost Island township to elect officers and transact other business A G Christiansen secretary. Also notices for sales and land offers appear including irrigated land in Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas and real estate tax sale notice for Palo Alto County Iowa with details on redemption and treasurer's deed yada yada.
For sale a few good Jersey bears from registered stock. Also for sale single Rhode Island Red pullets. Full blood Duroc bears available. Contacts include H. George, G. W. Kinsman four miles south of Emmetsburg, and Lewis Lippold in Graettinger. WANTED land to list. call or visit to list with Lewis Lippold.
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