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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
7
A brief Graettinger Times note by T Larson appears with fragmented text about movement to and from, leaving key details unclear yet indicating local interest and community focus.
Numerous visits and movements among residents and visitors in Emmetsburg and nearby towns. People from Wal lingford, Bereford, and Mallard travel for meetings, sales, and church events while a corn contest and institute draw local interest. several ads and notices highlight sales, goods, and social gatherings.
The notice invites attendance at the Farmers Institute from Thursday to Saturday February 1 to 3 at Dalen for Worsted goods and souvenirs, plus a post event sale by Preston Fahnestock & Co offering three cans of peas for 2c and tomatoes for 2c. Other items include a birth, travel notices, and local ads noting promises of savings.
At 10 30 this morning Mr James Jacobson and Miss Minnie Jensen were invited in marriage at the bride’s home in Emmetsburg Rev Krough officiated. The couple will reside in Kenmar North Dakota. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Rasmus Jensen and a bright, worthy young lady. The groom’s parents live at Grasttinger. May the life be filled with happiness, joy and prosperity. Tribune
For sale 40 boar pigs and 80 ows eligible to register type A. W. McAllister, Emmetsburg, Town. Also promotes Wollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic and beautifier priced 35 cents per tea or tablets from D. D. Collins & Co.
The snippet notes an overshoe quality by Royal Blue Rubber and a sales pitch for corn, plus a report that First National Bank directors held their annual meeting on a Thursday. It mentions Meredith's Barn offering stalls and hay for 10c, and lists various poultry items and a Mrs. 8. Wella in Osgood Iowa.
T D Cousins calls on anyone owing money to settle accounts promptly. He advertises top prices for chickens at A J Johnson and urges all debtors big or small to pay. The notice emphasizes pride, dignity, and friendship, and states money is needed now.
A public auction near Graettinger offers a farm sale on Tuesday January 23 1906 at 10 30 a m. The listing includes five work horses 29 cattle and assorted farm equipment such as Deering binder Champion mower and various plows harrows and wagons. Terms include cash up to $10 and credit on bankable notes at 8 percent with removal required after settlement. Auctioneer H Ek Shartle and clerk O W George oversee the sale.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases with possible names and dates but no clear event, location, or outcome. Readers cannot identify definite persons, organizations, or actions from the damaged source.
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