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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
5
Publication item by E F Klugkhon lists subscription price one year in advance and rate for single copy. It notes that ads and changes won’t be accepted after Tuesday moon and includes pricing details for different delivery options.
Local notes describe Miss Vivien Sartoris, Grant granddaughter, as a notable Washington debutante abroad with refined manners. Baroness Hirach donated to Temple Nar Israel in Columbus after a letter from Mrs. Gabriel of Columbus, president of the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society. An old Frohman photo circulates in papers while Prince Nicholas’ daughter receives counsel on happiness, work, and duty in a historic New Haven trip anecdote.
The article offers practical advice on kitchen care and household management, including heating dishes with lard or tallow, heating then rubbing with cornmeal, lining tables with zinc, choosing durable aprons, and using a market basket for transport. It also discusses maintaining textiles, dust prevention, and garment care, stressing cleanliness and simplicity.
Mr Stamp of Strawberry Point is visiting his sister, Mrs GC Coolidge, for a few days. The note records a short family visit and locality.
Market notes show Hog prices at 32.80 and 3 09 Ontario entries with weekly corrections. Wheat ranges 60 to 62 and 14 to 17 for Barley. Butter and other stock terms appear, though legible data is limited.
Carl Spies attended a Tuesday evening dance at Masterson's and a surprise visit to Mr and Mrs Tipp's. The Good Templars announce a public program Beb: 12th. B. C. R. & N. R. offers low rate excursion tickets to northern western and southern cities on specific dates with return within 21 days. J Morros Cedar Rapids Iowa, G. P. & T. A. 4-23.
Offenders of high rank at the Kussian court faced severe mockery while Anne on the throne devised a strange punishment turning a prince into a hen with a nest of eggs to endure daily cackling. In New Zealand Maori practice a child selects an ancestral name by sneezing or crying at a spoken list.
A garbled OCR page mentions a tropical fish catching method, laundry schedules to Cedar Rapids, a grand dance at Berndorfner hall with free tickets, a restaurant lease to Mr Tedford of Ayrshire, possession by Oscar Myhre, Chas Lande business, Burns Day celebration in Imelimsburg, and Scottish references.
On deck to give you a clean shave and smooth haircut Al Falb the barber announces his services with ready availability for patrons seeking grooming.
All persons owing on book accounts are urged to call and settle this month. Unpaid balances will be placed for collection at month end. Jens Olson. Dance every Friday night at the Berndorfiner hall, Come.
A brief health ad warns that coughing signals foreign matter and urges calm with Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil. It claims the product strengthens the body to fight disease rather than just ease symptoms. A free book on prevention is offered to readers.
An old advertisement asserts deafness arises from a blocked Eustachian tube and chronic catarrh. It claims only constitutional remedies work, offers one thousand dollars for cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills with nationwide sales through druggists at two dollars and fifty cents in advance.
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