Chautauqua Opens Monday July 17 in Graettinger
Graettinger Chautauqua opens Monday July 17, running through July 21 on the hill behind west Main street. Band Day on July 17 features Victor's Venetian Marine band. Daily attractions include Miss Nanah Rense, Pamahasika animals, Gov. G A Buchtel lecture, Mason Jubilee Singers, Hugh Anderson Opera Company, and Mormonism talk by Mrs. J Redding Cole. Season tickets offer sizable savings. prices rise after Monday.
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Graettinger Chautauqua
West Main Street
Chautauqua
The
Times
Chautauqua Week
Victor’s
Venetian Marine Band
Npv
Nanah Rense
Kentucky
Miss Rense
H. V. Adams
Josephine Dominick
Gov. G. A. Buchtel
America
Hugh Anderson
Chautauqua Tickets On Sale At Higher Price After Opening
A Chautauqua committee meeting Friday evening drew a large crowd with Graeitinger ladies pledging to sell 175 dollars in tickets. Beginning the next day ticket price rises to two dollars from the opening day rate of 1.50. Tickets available from the ladies or local businesses.
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Graetlinger
Chautauqua
Graettinger
Opening Day in Graettinger for Higgins Pharmacy
Joe Higgins of Emmetsburg visited Graettinger for the formal opening of the T Higgins Pharmacy Company. Souvenirs of candy cigars and soft drinks were shared with callers as Higgins renewed old acquaintances with local residents.
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Joe Higgins
Emmetsburg
T Higgins Pharmacy Company
Higgins
Graettinger
Mrs Walier Dead Sister of Local Residents
Mrs Walier sister of Mrs Preston Fahnestock and J A Spies of this place died at her St Louis home Tuesday evening after a year long illness. The funeral will be held in St Louis tomorrow. Survived by a Wichita sister and a St Louis brother, with Mrs Fahnestock and Mr Spies at her bedside.
Splendid Showing At The First National Bank
The Times highlights the bank’s condition as splendid and notes its strength and prosperity. The First National Bank is described as one of the strongest institutions in the Northwest.
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First National Bank
Times
First National
Northwest
Auto Races Planned To Top Of Pike's Peak
H N Osher returns from Colorado trip recounting snow at the Peak and a drive to near the summit in an automobile with the last 1500 feet walked. A road to the top is to be completed in late July or early August and preparations for auto races from the base to the summit are underway. Osher also visited Colorado Springs and Pueblo during the trip.
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H. N. Osher
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Iowa
Mercury
Ford
Mr. Osher
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
False news of Professor Kent death circulated near Brownsville
A dispatch claimed Professor D A Kent died at his ranch near Brownsville Texas. His daughter Mrs J H Gammon wired for details. a day later a reply denied the report as erroneous. The Kent family, living near Brownsville close to the Mexican border, faced border tensions and threats amid uprisings and bandit activity along the line.
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D. A. Kent
Brownsville
Texas
J. H. Gammon
Gammon
Joe Oakes
Ole Oleson
Kent
Mexico
Texas Rangers
International Boundary Line
Crop Situation: Iowa July 1 Crop Forecasts
The Iowa July crop report from the Bureau of Crop Estimates U S Department of Agriculture shows corn forecast at 20,000,000 bushels above last year oats 12,000,000 bushels below, barley 1,000,000 bushels below and potatoes 1,820,000.
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Iowa
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture and crop price summary July 1
Reported hay crop at 95 percent of normal, pastures at 104 percent, vs eight and ten year averages of 83 and 87. Apple forecast 1.92 million barrels, last year 3.22 million. Iowa crop prices July 1: wheat 94 cents, corn 69 cents, oats 36 cents, potatoes $1.10, hay $9.50 per ton, eggs 1 cent, vs year ago figures.
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Iowa
Funeral notices for N H Kent and relatives
Funeral of N H Kent was held in Ramona South Dakota where he died after being stung by bees while tending a swarm. His brother EF Kent of Indianola Iowa and Prof D A Kent of Brownsville Texas are named. The Times extends sympathy to the Kent family and relatives in Graettinger.
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J. H. Gammon
Joe Oakes
Ramona
South Dakota
N. H. Kent
Gammon
Oakes
Oleson
Times
Mr. Kent
Kent
EF. C. Kent
Indianola
Towa
D. A. Kent
Brownsville
Texas
Graettinger
Jensen Auto Co Reports June and July Sales Mix
Have Sold Many Cars The Jensen Auto Company reports June and early July sales including Fords to Charles Bonstead Harry Rowe Lars Rierson J A Suss Arnett Simonson Brothers Charles Mrieckson Floyd Eaton and C A Vanney Overland cars to T D Collins J O Jert son Sam Christensen Louis Hansen R A Halverson J O Overholtz Martin Stewart and J C Molison Overland Six to Charles Christensen and a Willys Knight to Sam Briggs A total of twenty sales in five weeks and a Ford at 465 dollars is a quick seller Jensen notes equal Overland and Ford volumes.
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Jensen Auto Company
Fords
Charles Bonstead
Harry Rowe
Lars Rierson
J. A. Suss
Arnett
Simonson Brothers
Charles Mrieckson
Floyd Eaton
C. A. Vanney
Overland
T. D. Collins
J. O. Jertson
Sam Christensen
Louis Ansen
R. A. Halverson
J. O. Overholtz
Martin Stewart
J. C. Molison
Appel Brothers buy O D Barrett Sons auto livery firm
Appel Brothers purchased the auto and team livery business and equipment of O. D. Barrett & Son. They will operate from City Livery. Barrett sold to focus on other matters, and Appel Brothers are praised as energetic and accommodating.
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O. D. Barrett
Appel Brothers
O. D. Barrett & Son
Messrs
Appel
City
the Times
Barrett
Thermometer at First National Bank Faulty on Sundays
Last week’s Times noted the thermometer on the First National Bank building showed 112 on Sunday while others read 99. Cashier Mr Jertson says it is reliable except on Sundays when the bank is closed and the sun directly shines on it, raising the mercury.
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First National Bank
Jertson
Intervention advocated to restore order in Mexico says Rock
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports T D Rock who spent 17 years in Mexico argues for American intervention. He criticizes Carranza and praises Huerta, cites economic collapse, hunger, and American aid as inevitable. Rock notes Tampico incidents and oil interests. mentions his family in Tampico and Mrs Rock's brother as counsellor.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mexico
T. D. Rock
Carranza
Mr. Rock
Hie
Diaz
Mexico City
Tampico
Tuxpan
The Birth of a Nation Screening in Emmetsburg
A local ad promotes The Birth of a Nation at the Iowa Theater in Emmetsburg Iowa showing on Wednesday and Thursday July 19 and 20 at 2 15 and 8 15 daily. The notice urges study of the film as a living witness of the past and criticizes those who support jingoist politics.
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Southland
Iowa Theater
Emmetsburg
Iowa
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