Brereton and Bauck win county gravelling contracts
The Board of Supervisors awarded Brereton and Bauck contracts for gravel work on The Times Highway and county roads. They plan to start within weeks using Ford trucks for two shifts, aiming to complete the project by fall. The work will improve roads north, west, and toward the county line, with significant progress noted for Palo Alto county.
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Brereton & Bouck
Board of Supervisors
Brereton and Bauck
Times
Grachtinger
Clay County
Dent Island Township
Independence Township
Alex Likewald
Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg
Darling Dies in Colorado After Relapse and Illness
BE. D. Darling dies suddenly in Boulder Colorado after a prolonged illness. Born 1885 in Sac County Iowa, he moved from Gruattsinger to Estherville after marriage and was a respected community member. Survived by wife four sons two brothers and a sister with services planned in Boulder.
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BE. D. Darling
Boulder
Colorado
Eugene D. Darling
John D. Darling
Mr. Darling
Denver
Myra
Darling
Lytton
Charles
Patl
Hugh
Robert
Jas
John D
Amd
Antuball Galviel
Henry
JL Taterment
Sae County
Towa
Gruattsinger
Estherville
Veeasurer Ani
Toy Hin
Esteam
Card Of Thanks To Neighbors And Friends
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and help after the death of our husband and father. Grateful for floral offerings and choir assistance. Mrs. John Nelson and the Nelson Children. The Thompson Children.
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John Nelson
Nelson
Thompson
Trotzky in Caucasus Won’t Change His Flapdoodla Fame
Trotzky remains the chief purveyor of flapdoodla, despite a Caucasus sojourn, underscoring his unchanged role as the era’s quirky bracket of theatrical or nonsensical whimsy.
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Trotzky
Caucasus
For Sale Poultry Tonic and Farm Notices
For sale Parker’s tonic claims to purge mites and lice from poultry without tainting meat or eggs. Sold by Collins Drug Store. Auction of a dog with bobbed ears and tail offers reward via V. Reeves, Grad linger, Tow a. Potatoes for sale by T Sullivan. Harvest season soon, rye cutting started, oats nearly ready. Hind’s Park hosts big baseball day with three colored teams. A display ad and a note on saving money appear in this Times.
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Parkers
Collins’ Drug Store
Hand's Park
Hind's Park
Clarion petitions seek Sunday pool hall openings for drinks and shoes
The piece notes two petitions in Clarion to keep pool halls open Sundays for selling soft drinks and shiny shoes. Rev. A English of Irvington spoke on How To Be Happy Though Marriel, implying a broad audience. The writer laments decline of old fashioned visits as people drive everywhere and stay home less in bad weather.
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Clarion
A. English
Irvington
Marriel
Benedicts
Iced Tea Dilemma Sparks Camp Quip
An ex blacksmith tied to a camp fort scene. A battery cook, hot about camp routine, pours ice water and tea leaves from a G I can. A mess sergeant questions the method and the cook retorts that boiling would melt the ice. The exchange ends with humorous stubbornness.
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G. I
Two superfluous words removed puzzle clue
Readable text hints at finding two superfluous words within a garbled note about a cashier confessing to some mix up involving a Ford car.
Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals remark stirs crowd
A newsboy shouts Henry Ford’s got Muscle Shoals as he squeezes through a crowded aisle on a Monday afternoon. A girl asks what Muscle Shoals is, another answers it may be rheumatism, and she notes Ford works hard.
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Bert Barrett
Clemensa
Mr. Barrett
Nate Bartlawan
Clemenson
Fred Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Henry
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ford
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McCormick-Deering
Farmers Supply Co
Graettinger, Iowa
Fahnestock
KR. Reeves
Heping-Penton Road
Sul Will Presbyterian Church
Tala
Vindicator & Republican
Rock’ Island
Rock Island
Yellowstone
Golden State
California
Rocky Mountain
B. H. Hopewell
Graettinger
Dea Moines
Mr. Farmer
Falmers Grain Co
First National
Davis
Kansas City
Geo. Smith, Grad
Linger
Jena
Farmers Grain Co
Adv
Hull
V. BR. Reeves
Gradlinger
T. Sullivan
Headling
Ilvertowns
Axelton Motor Co
Charley Jensen
Gracttinger
the Times
Twine
D. E, McCarty
Cnll
Graettinger Telephone Co. T. 0, Thompson, Mgr
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