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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1908
Page
3
A garbled passage describes an exhibit with animals and a circus setting. It mentions a lama, baboons, and curious visitors, with incomplete sentences about smells, bars, and daily entries. No clear names, dates, or locations are identifiable.
Fragmentary text mentions tears and a catarrh remedy used by someone, no coherent event or attribution. Contains stray phrases and lacks identifiable persons or organizations. Further readable context needed for a proper card.
Mr Lawton, temper frayed by heat, complains of rude farmers on the Greenham turnpike and envy of others hair fashion, while his wife probes his irritation. A New York visitor learns hair styling in shops. shopgirls guide fashion more than costly gowns, exposing local ways.
An elderly Jersey farmer visits a circus for the first time and fixates on a dromedary. He studies its odd features in silent awe, then mutters disbelief and leaves after fifteen minutes, while a joke about digestion overlapping a separate cartoon caption appears.
A fragment notes a comparison of the power of lights in lighthouses, mentioning French sources and related observations. The text is incomplete, limiting precise details about locations, dates, or outcomes. It indicates an evaluative study rather than a report of a specific event.
A hotel clerk explains how guest signatures in the register reveal traveler type, distinguishing a touring traveler from a local or casual visitor, with examples like Chicago and Pittsburg mentions and even Bearton born clues. An engaged girl story follows, then notes on Indian woven cloths and regional clothing customs.
Estimates show pig iron 25,807,000 long tons valued at 505,700,000 dollars, aluminum 14,100,000 pounds at 4,285,000 dollars, cement 51,000,445 barrels valued at 55,503,000 dollars. Port land cement accounts for 46,463,424 barrels at 52,447,000 dollars. grindstones valued at 45,000 dollars and whetstones plus efh stones at 268,000 dollars.
A New York businessman with broad experience notes a clear difference between federal and city employees. The fragment hints at graft pressures and a perceived cabinet role, suggesting a critique of official conduct while urging scrutiny of public service and graft allegations.
An applicant asks staunch Republican veterans to support his bid for the party nomination to the state Senate. He urges voters to back him in the June primary, citing long service in the party and dedication to Republican principles. He signs as DL i. WANS.
The message announces H W Tension as a candidate for the office of county treasurer, subject to the decision of Republican voters at the primary election in June. Support from the party is requested.
The legislature debates house and senate bills to spend five million dollars on permanent roads under a highway commission. Also mentions Kodol as a stomach remedy sold by T. D. Owins and a Vernon township farm for rent by S. J. Guerdet, reflecting miscellaneous notices in the same edition.
For Sale A Trucke Wagon in sale. For Sale A good holding ted cheap. Inquire at this office About Wanted A bright boy or girl to learn type setting at the Times office. Try a load of our Petroleum Coke for your range and stove. Royal Lumber Co For Rent A well improved half station farm. Will give a grid dive to the right party Of George Wanted All kind of Purr and Hides See Mr. Agelton
Twelve Mile Lake area in Home County is restricted to hunting or trapping. Jea s Thompson, aged 49, is noted in the notice with the location and prohibition details.
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