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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
3
A garbled passage discusses flags on public buildings and weather impacts on schools and roads. It references a request to study effects on property value and farmer travel to town, mentioning wages, marriages, birthdays, and first jobs in a didactic, diary-like fragment. It ends with a price note of 1.50.
Fragmentary report shows a quoted claim about Friedmann denying cure, with references to a friend from Germany, a sick relative, and accusations of false statements. It mentions Ormert, Aurora, and government considerations while detailing skeptical remarks about medical efficacy and public reception.
Multiple short notices including FOR SALE choice early Ohio seed potatoes by T Sullivan at $1-2. FOR SALE a 10x16 garage built last fall via Charley Jensen. FOUND money description required. FOR RENT seventeen acres plow land near Graettinger. WANTED horses and cattle to pasture in Avery pasture southeast of Graettinger with season rates. inquiries to C W Clair Jewell Iowa or C K Pierson Graettinger.
A former Aurora man recounts paying Friedmann $500 in cash for a serum cure that required only brief consultations and a single injection. After Friedmann sailed to America, the sick man and his relative returned home disgusted, blaming American press syndicates for amplifying the tale as a grand Christmas gift that fueled Friedmann’s fortune.
An advertisement touts Silver Creek Splint coal for cooking and heating, claiming higher heat per pound, cleaner burning, and no soot. It promises it will please wives and reduce stove nuisances, urging use of West Virginia Splint and Kentucky hard coal for heating stoves.
To whom it may concern, the book accounts of Peter Donlon and Donlom and Larset have been left with PL J. McCarty for collection. All parties knowing themselves indebted are urged to call and settle without further notice.
Bids are invited for remodeling and veneering of the Catholic Church at Graettinger Iowa per plans and specifications by W F Keefe Architect St Paul Mint. Bids to be received by the Committee at Graettinger Till 2 PM May 20 1913 Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Bed Merch?avai: cat.
A fragmented historical note describes Mexico’s stone and house baths cooled by running water, and cites 16th century Paris butchers warned to treat women and maids with decorum. It contemplates tides and tidal waves affecting coastal regions, from Tahiti to Scotland, noting unusual daily or once-a-day patterns and speculative causes.
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