27 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
1
Official notices list multiple church services with times and churches named. Lutheran and M B churches hold Sunday services around 10:00 AM. Bible readings and pastor mentions appear, with Sunday school at 10:00? AM and regular worship.
The town faces a dog bite series with The Dog Again and Joe Maloney's dog linked to injuries. A recent bite on a child by Grand ma Andrews' dog marks the fourth incident, prompting Graettinger council to consider a town wide ordinance on dogs at large.
The Rockwell Iowa case shows a prosperous town decayed after the Farmers' Cooperative Society expanded from grain and coal to farm machinery and other trades. Merchants failed, land values fell from 90 to 100 dollars per acre to 60 or 70, and real estate activity ceased as settlers stayed away. The era’s policy shifted wealth from merchants to farm interests, destroying the town.
The Rock Island System offers a fare of one third on certificate plan for travel to the Towa Christian Endeavor State Convention in Newton Iowa from all Iowa points Aug 25 to 27 Call your nearest ticket agent for full information.
Des Moines Captain H M Pickel is assigned to lead a Rock Island Line charter to Denver. Depart Des Moines at 2:00 p m September 4 and Omaha at 7:80 p m September 5, arriving Denver September 8 at 11:00 a m. The train carries chair cars and Pullman sleepers from Iowa points and runs through to Denver with Women’s Relief Corps staff aboard.
In a playful note Mrs. Lottie Comers mislaid a ten dollar bill in a Bible. Mrs. King located it during the search, sparking a cautionary quip from Dickens Senate that Lottie should not hide money in sacred books again.
Reports in daily papers show Abrams struggling to enforce the prohibitory law in Buchanan county. In Quasqueton his buggy was stolen and thrown into the river, and in a nearby town he was arrested and fined for carrying concealed weapons. He has filed a $40,000 damage suit against the Register and Leader over its reporting.
A newly issued atlas by Northern Pacific Railway in joint effort with the Burlington Route and Great Northern Railway covers Northwestern, Western, and Middle Western states with maps of island possessions, Asia, and the world. It details boundaries, history, population, statistics, school data, instations, families, farms, manufactures, railway mileage, post offices, minerals, and state governments, offering a mine of information for $1. A. M. Cleland, General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, St Paul, Minn.
On that date the Rock Island System runs a popular excursion to Spirit Lake and return, leaving Graettinger at 6:40 arriving Spirit Lake at 8:15 and returning from Okoboji Station at 7:00 p m. Round trip ticket priced at 1 cent. The Lakes peak season brings ample amusements for all with large steamers on West Okoboji meeting the train at the new Okoboji Station. Don’t miss this outing.
Jans Thompson warns parties not to trespass on his farm located in section 33 and 86 of Twelve Mile Lake Township. This public notice cautions against entry and potential legal action for trespass.
An advertisement offers a “posive cure” for frost man, balt rhwom, erysipelati piles and akindigaugea with instant relief. The notice urges readers to write F. W. Williams at 460 Manhattan Ave New York for the remedy.
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