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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
5
An advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water starch for laundry noting it never sticks to iron, offers 16 oz per package at 10 cents, and contrasts with competitors in price and packaging. It urges demand for Defiance and warns grocers against stocking other brands. Also seeking industrious travelers with weekly pay and hotel advances, for National employment ads.
Mrs. C. O. Hurd of Musc day reports Dr Miles Heart Cure relieved nervous indigestion headaches sleeplessness and heat pain after La Grippe left her weak. Her son’s heart trouble improved after Miles remedies. Alice Mead of Buffalo Mo also testifies to swift relief. Sent for free booklet from Dey Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
The Wallingford local column notes Mr Person south of Lown sold land to parties in the southern state region. Q C Refsen reports several sheep killed by wolves, a recurring pest across the county. Calls for hunts or control are implied.
The Times reports many subscribers with overdue payments causing hard sledding for the publisher. With a poor harvest, the paper asks all owing readers to settle promptly. Do not assume small amounts are insignificant. over 60,000 small dues add up to a substantial total.
Local notes report lambe ill and Mrs HV Clark visiting family, plans for retirement home, and a new top buggy for Philip Johnson. Socials include a Ben Weir dance, church attendance, Katie Masters visiting A J Henderson, and Fred Masters visiting Jat Ratherville. A public sale at Oxcar Brickyon is announced for January 2000. Baby born to Mr and Mrs Chas Moltz in Muskrat.
I have the largest aid best herd of thoroughbred Poland China hogs in northern Iowa. I offer 85 choice boars bred sows and young pigs for sale. For details write or call E. McAdoren Emmetburg Iowa or yabie Callan.
A notice from Des Moines outlines a fare schedule for the Rick Island System covering Iowa points with a standard rate plus fifty cents on certificate and a reduced one third on the certificate plan where applicable. For full information contact the regional agent.
The text outlines wartime neutrality principles, including prohibitions on aiding belligerents and obligations to avoid actions that could provoke or sustain conflict. It describes limits on selling supplies and abstaining from assisting hostile powers, with emphasis on preventing war escalation through controlled trade and maritime conduct.
A mid page ad touts discounts on sugar crackers coffee and flour with diverse items including Norway hearth baking and kerosene oil. It promises big savings on hand made shoes and claims to carry the best line in the Northwest all day.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month the Minneapolis and St. Toula RR offers special homeseekers round trip excursion tickets to Northwest West Southwest South and Southeast at one fare plus two dollars. Return limit twenty one days from sale date with stopovers allowed. Address A B O uts, Minneapolis, Minn for details. Order 1904 calendars from The Times office.
Farmers welcomed a special clubbing deal that bundles The Iowa Home Journal, Special Farmers' Institute Editions, and The Poultry Farmer with own county papers for a one year price of $1.50. The offer promises practical farming guidance and broad Westwide distribution.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions interest ads and naming procedures for public records, referencing notices published and the aims to save time while listing names. The readable parts imply a policy about access to records and notices, though many words are obscured.
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