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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
4
One copy one year in advance one copy six months in advance. If not paid in advance. Advertisements and changes will not be received later than Tuesday noon. The notice appears under Graettinger Times by E F Klugkhohn.
Sunday notes from Osgood Iowa with births races and new work. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs L Sullivan on Sunday morning June 13. C B Larson returned from Chamberlain South Dakota reporting encouraging prospects and a $25 000 Indian school project. Various local ads visit Kent Millinery and other shops. The Palo Alto normal institute opens August 16 at Emmetsburg with instructors Bes sie Larsen and others. Community events include Woodmen initiation, church notices and weather predictions for June. Local personalities and property updates fill the week’s notes.
A vintage advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure for catarrh with a $100 reward claim. It cites J J Cheney Co as manufacturers in Toledo and includes testimonials from W. W. Use & Truax Marvin druggists and Waldang Kinnan. The text asserts the cure works internally for the blood and promises testimony free.
An advertisement notes a three part program titled An Evening of dollity featuring a Minstrel show an Old Folks concert and a humorous farce Faith care or Pat's trouble as a doctor Tom Tollifson returns from Cedar Rapids Business College for vacation and will resume studies. Farmers meet at Good Templar hall to form the Warmers Co operative Creamery of Graettinger securing 2000 in stock and electing John Nelson F L Lambe A O Bergeson H Tos tenson and Pat Montgomery directors. They may buy the old creamery and note Little Rock and Thompson started local creameries urging rapid action.
The Good Templar lodge presents a jovial unique program in Graettinger on June 26 1897. The program features a minstrel performance by ladies and gentlemen jokes by the Endmen and Interlocuter comic songs sentimental ballads plantation melodies topical hits and more.
Rev T S and family depart tomorrow to visit parents in Blairstown. Bassett plans a return next week then heads to see brothers before missionary work in Mexico starting July 1. Good Templars from the area plan to attend the district lodge in Mallard. An April report from Fenton and Wairville creameries is promised. Sidewalk construction progresses slowly with delays noted in many locations.
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