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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
8
The advertisement details a successful auctioneer sale focused on hogs, listing contact and time details. It references RTES and KEATOR and includes a phone contact and location clues. The text emphasizes live stock auctioning and hogs as a specialty.
Wallingford pioneer Sevat Sevatson dies at his Washington home after years in the community. Born June 20 1860 in Eppingdahl Norway he came to the United States at age ten and lived on a farm north west of Wallingford before moving east of the river and later to Washington. He leaves a wife six daughters and four sons in Iowa Nebraska and Washington. Funeral at Riverside church with Rev Hanson officiating and interment in the cemetery.
Graettinger area notes report visits and calls, sickness, and a family death from pneumonia. Obituaries mention little Aldin Clare, aged one year and a few days. Advertisements include livestock hauling, baby chicks, eggs for hatching, land listings, and legal notices for the Collins estate with executrix Elizabeth Collins.
A mixed notices parcel includes a proof hearing date for the last will of Andres Jacobson and Paul Paulsen to be heard April 12, 1921, in Palo Alto County. Executrix Maren Jensen named in Neils Jensen estate. Cornelius Larsen travels to Rochester seeking Mayo care. Ray Hall promotes the grand Easter ball in Graettinger on March 29 as this season’s premier dance event.
A petition is on file with Palo Alto County Auditor to establish a secondary road district to surface Graettinger Hoping A B C and Hoping Fenton A B C D with gravel, including described real estate.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a hearing mention with "5 son" and "WB SRIBGnR" as possible party or reference. Details are unreadable. no clear date, place, or outcome.
Henry Hansen the local butter maker predicts a 25 percent rise in dairy products this year and a continuing increase for several years as money tightens. With lower grain prices farmers will pay more attention to cattle and hogs. Milch cows and hogs have long been farm money makers on Jawa farms, but this sector has suffered neglect in the past five years.
The Spencer city council last week ordered the city engineer to draft plans and specifications for relaying the Main street sewer. The project is estimated to cost 65 000 dollars. Es therville Democrat reports. F. Sheffield returned from Story City after visiting relatives. John Waldron traveled to Estherville Wednesday evening after visiting his sister. Mrs Ed Anderson and daughter Thelma came back from Story City after a few days with relatives.
J A Spies came back from St Louis Wednesday evening after attending to business matters there. Iowa reports 126 196 000 dollars in annual grain sales, ranking second in the nation behind Illinois at 188 364 000 and ahead of Kansas at 102 096 000.
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