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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
3
A collection of quotations and satirical remarks from The Graetting Times including a lawyer’s courtroom tirade on character and libel, comment on Carrie Nation, and a Minnesota farmer questioning corn loss due to protected prairie chickens. The items reflect editorial voice and local curiosities of the era.
A man arrested in Washington City for uttering Hebrew profanity faced no punishment as police justice ruled that swearing in a foreign language does not violate law. The decision centers on language rather than conduct and upholds free expression in this case.
The Rosebud reservation bill signed by the president opens 416000 acres to settlers at 2.50 per acre for later entries. Some tracts valued at 20 dollars per acre, with half at 10 dollars. Roosevelt told senators and representatives goodbye that he wants a short clear national convention platform with no ambiguity.
Advertised in The National Chicago seeks industrious individuals in each state to travel for a year and call on merchants and agents. A large capital is required with weekly salary of 618 plus traveling expenses and hotel bills advanced in cash. Experience not essential, reference and self addressed envelope to The National, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Informational pamphlet offer from Forbes Locating Agency Bonesteel South Dakota. The 48 page guide covers how to obtain home on the Rosebud Reservation with official map and full locating instructions. Send 25 cents for the guide.
A housekeeper guide touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as saving time and preventing iron sticking. Each 16 ounce package is a full pound while competitors offer 12 ounce packs at the same 10 cent price. Defiance proclaims chemical free quality and urges buyers to avoid 12 ounce stock.
A limited time offer bundles The Iowa Homestead Special Farmers Institute Editions and The Poultry Farmer with our paper Inca county and general news. Four one year subscriptions cost 1.50 and bring superior reading matter to farm homes. Sample copies available at the office for inspection.
The Eleventh district Republicans cast forty four ballots for congressman yesterday without choice and adjourned until today. Promotional lines tout Hollister's Rockey Mountain Tea with promises of refunds if it fails, along with advertising copy for Tenor tablet form and A Barrel Of Money. Farmers urged to write John G. Farmer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a booklet The Land of Now.
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