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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
3
A historical piece criticizes lodge sessions for focusing on abstinence lectures rather than mission. It lists lodge aims to recruit, educate, bond, entertain, and foster unselfishness, noting March 16 as a recruitment day tied to John B Pinch and the International Supreme Lodge plans.
Seventeen states have voted up to amend the constitution to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages, signaling momentum for prohibition era policy.
An analysis praises the Order of Good Templars for aiding the wounded during temperance struggles. It notes collaboration with the Gourd of England Temperance Society and the bon conformat Temperance Society in spreading temperance work, and reflects on the Bible’s role within the order. The piece recalls anglophone temperance growth and American influence on the movement.
A garbled OCR fragment presents jumbled terms and misspellings. It references a person named DA Witt and mentions a “Little Barly Peers” along with scattered phrases about pills and editing. The readable content is disjoint and lacks a coherent event or date.
A detailed social notes item lists Maud Montgomery and guests from the country and town celebrating her twelfth birthday. Names include Alice Dinan Ida Trousdale Sadie OConner Ella OConner Hattie Craven Liveie Craven Cynthia Cameron Mary Reno Bertha Daten Anna Iverson Lena Jensen Mina Jensen Lara Ferguson and others. Supper at 730 followed by games songs and solos and a literary program with several participants. Miss Montgomery receives many presents and guests depart at 11 pm wishing more happy birthdays. Also mentions Rev T S Bassett temperance discourse next Sunday and various local notices about auctions and church fundraising events.
A garbled survey of public figures. Queen Moarghe of Laly is labeled an elite player while Mae doht Hare, the Mngnsh aciar, is described as yoally Mev. Preacher Crispi is cited as mndersolag of course of suk foths meae Dudu. The piece references Abd Abbas of Egypt on the verge of abdication and a polemical editor Beb ranifl Madibarh visiting lona. It notes W G Grace and a Sussex match, amid chaotic, incongruent fragments.
Fragmentary OCR lists names such as Damen, Paulson, Berg, Olson and titles Mayor Recorder suggesting a municipal government notice or political slate. Details are unreadable, but the fragment indicates city officials or candidates connected to a local governance matter.
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