15 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
1
A large gold nugget worth twenty dollars was found near the Des Moines River in Emmet county this week, with several smaller pieces nearby. The clipping notes a high price for land per acre and mocks claims of rich discoveries along the river.
The Iowa Homemstead, Special Farmers' Institute Editions, and The Poultry Farmer join our paper for local and general news at a four paper yearly price of 1.50. The West’s top agricultural and farming publications promise practical value for farmers, with samples available at the office for inspection.
Retired farmer offers public sale on section 24 in High Lake township 6 miles northeast of Graettinger and 0 miles west of Wallingford on Turapay June 20 1903. Sale includes horses cattle hogs farm implements tools and household goods with terms of ten months on approved notes at 8 percent interest.
A Baltimore Phunny Man who buried himself alive is arrested for disorderly conduct. The gagged jury and jokes about conduct unbecoming a gentleman fill a satirical local page. A juryman cites contending duties as a plea, while a divorce suit hinges on kitchen rights. A farmer father dismisses a son’s plea with a pointed photo need.
For sale a well located restaurant and short order house with good trade plus a residence property. One block from Main Street includes a good house barn coal shed plenty of water and shade trees. One fourth block. Inquire at Dayton RESTAURANT.
A fragmentary compendium of quotes from Emerson, Dryden, Riccobon, Simmons, Johnson, Tillotson and others. It juxtaposes reflections on friendship, virtue, impulse, fortune, money, time, and habit, noting the perils of indolence and the value of prompt refusal, with terse maxims about character and conscience. Named thinkers and aphorisms appear in a scattered, antiquated voice.
A collage of notable names appears from a past era: the Duke of Norfolk famed for heavy spending on building trades, W. B. Truss linked to San Juan Hill heritage as Ezra Hyde’s descendant, and sculptor Daniel Chester French who rose to fame at 24 with the Minute Man. Bryant’s letter recalls early poem earnings, Harris guiding Methodist mission work among Pacific coast Japanese communities, and a Japanese decoration for a Christian clergyman after the 1871 Great Fire as Chicago citizens planned reconstruction amid smoke and ruins.
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