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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
7
Community notes from Graettinger area reporters recount visits from Paul Walluit and others, upcoming rail excursions, school reorganization, yard and garden chores, and local business chatter. Mentions of Mr. Widsness, Miss Ryan, Professor Dawson, and Emmetsburg activity amid a flood of small town updates, ads, and notices.
Includes a mix of notices and ads such as lost items a sow stray and requests for portraits at Peterson's, travel rates on the Rock Island System, and a legal notice for Gunild Halvorson with a May 3 date and May Bist hearing in Palo Alto County Iowa. partial names and dates appear amid faded OCR.
Seed corn offering about 50 bushels of choice seed corn grown in Iowa, described as grand and extra early. White cap, bright yellow kernels, matures in 80 to 88 days, smooth and husked, 6 to 7 inches ears, about 64 to 70 pounds per cob. Limited stock. orders should be placed early. Harrison and Bradley
Excursion to St Paul and Minneapolis aboard the Minneapolis & St Louis RRB departs Spencer at 10 AM on Saturday May 20. Arrives in Minneapolis 4 15 PM and St Paul 5 55 PM with return valid until Monday. Fare is $2.50. Parks and city attractions promise a grand outing with baseball games in both cities.
Fence dealer advertises American Fence at 20c per rod for 20 inch and 60c per rod for 47 inch with one price for all. Also offers Barred Plymouth Book Epes at 50c for a set of 15 and a special quantity price. Contact F Lillard in Grusttinger Ia.
Notice announces pasture south of town opened again for cattle and horses. Prices are 2.60 per head for cattle and 3.50 per head for horses for the season. J A Pleming in charge this season. contact him for details.
A garbled notice announces a Grand Lodge meeting at Gedar Rapide from May 9 to 11. The text also references requests and a farm amid unclear details, mentioning Andrew Jacobsen and cattle, including fifteen head of yearlings and two year olds, to pasture.
All kinds of eating and seed potatoes including Early Ohio and Barry-Rose seed. Also corn seed barley flax millet Hungarian wheat clover rape seed and more. Listings mention routes from Minneapolis St Louis to California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and sales agents in Minnesota. Also houses lots and rental notices with terms and real estate ads plus travel rates for trains to Nebraska Kansas Missouri and beyond with stopovers.
Advertisement by T. Becker offering Palo Alto County farms for sale or trade. Emphasizes cheap Minnesota lands with small down payments and 1 to 10 year financing at low interest. Encourages readers to visit and list assets to trade or sell.
To land against this advance notice the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad will sell daily during the summer months round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to certain northern Minnesota and Dakota points. Limited return October. Low round trip tickets also on sale to St Paul and Minneapolis after June 1st. For particulars call agents or address A. B. Gutta GP&T A. Minneapolis Minnesota.
Announcement states a low fare policy across Rock Island stations with a one fare plus for train trips. For full information contact the nearest ticket agent or Jno G Farmer Division Passenger Agent Cedar Rapids lowr.
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