Graettinger Times in Graettinger, Iowa

Obituary Sketch and Newspaper Oddities From a Western Arizona Paper

A fragmentary reminiscence recounts an Arizona obituary and local paper quirks. An aging editor recalls the death of pioneer Samuel Sampson and the town’s reaction, interlaced with whimsical anecdotes about the newspaper’s office, advertisers, and residents. The piece notes the struggle to publish the obituary and the colonel’s long reminiscence of Sampson’s life, war service, law career, and social quirks.