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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
5
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Local notes report C C Thomson building a larger farm house after a previous fire. Fred Simonson injured on a Hal vor Jensen project, expected to recover. Mabel Mozart returns to Rock Valley, Grace Gammon travels to Jewell for a month. Visits by J B Lambe from Tim inetsburg and Rev C W Kennedy at Hin inetsburg. A hall dance is planned for Friday June 17. Trading in Gradlinger and Hoprig includes several local residents. Several newly started buildings near completion.
A meeting is called at the Berndorfner hall on Saturday evening June 18 to arrange a union Fourth of July celebration in Graettinger. The notice urges everyone to attend to help ensure a successful event and hopes for a large turnout.
The L A S of the M church invites all to an ice cream and cake social on the school grounds Friday evening June 17. Each dish costs 10 cents. Secure secretary notes attendees.
Fragmentary prose critiques wealth and asceticism as causes of longevity while noting the obscure control guiding life prospects. It contrasts Russia’s calendar with Western systems, then touches on adopting standardized measures and the unsettled pace of modernization in the United States and Britain.
A rural chronicle reports Halvor Jensen moving a partial autumn build onto his land and continuing work amid a mild cold snap. Miss Falk visits from West Bend, Jas Gammon travels to Eatherville, and a daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. George. Local residents attend church events, surveys near Graettinger proceed, and hall construction progresses.
A vintage ad claims J. C. Kent offers money to lean on for renal estate security while touting Iood's Sarsaparte as the sole nerve tonic to cleanse and enrich blood. It promotes Toad's Sarsapartis as the only pills to take, claiming cures for Hyverils and nervous ailments.
Mis-spelled notes claim deafness stems from inflamed hearing tube and catarrh. Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures by this remedy, mentions Cheney & Co Toledo and sale of Hall's Pills. Also a local hay sale notice for Grachtlager Barber Shop seeks upland hay.
The Christiansen family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and help during the illness and death of their husband and father, expressing gratitude for support.
A fishing party toured Lost Island for three days but details of success were not provided. The Harris Tent Show visited from Hmmmetsburg on Thursday but rain limited attendance. One evening the tent area was abandoned and the hall underused. A half interest was sold to Mr Barringer and tomorrow they plan to proceed to Worthmart.
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