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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
5
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A fragmented page lists contacts and addresses for businesses and residents around Windsor Hotel and area. Names include Ganfield Bros Hardware, Larson’s Meat Market, Spies Meat Market, Harrison & Bradley Hardware, Osher’s Store, post office, residences, livery barns, creameries, and depots. Addresses span Central, Rock Island Depot, and multiple numbered locations with numerous individuals and firms. The OCR shows a long roster of names with scattered occupations and places, typical of a community directory fragment.
The text references various beauty practices including tooth filing and nose rings in different cultures, mentioning the Sandal Islanders, African princes, and other unnamed groups. It also alludes to John Milton and a great descent, within a fragmented, interrupted passage on aesthetics and atmosphere.
Fragmented ad dense page notes new cough syrup claims for Novwrren's Prisco and Borg's Sweet Laxative Chips with claims of cures and prices. Also mentions gallery bargains, subscription offers to Trans Hay and The Times, dressmaking room opening, and a farmers' institute advertisement. Contains names TD Collins Gotline Co and Liza Grab Otencu er.
A Dakota era ad offers a postpaid colored map of the Red Lake Indian Reservation nine miles east of St. Hilaire Minnesota. The document promises 256 152 acres open for homestead with quality notes on every quarter. It cites Rock Island rates and a Davenport event May 10 13 with transport and savings on certificate plans.
The Totheran Conference is held in the church east of town this week. About thirty preachers attend and more come. Neighbors discuss the event amid local notices of farming, roads, and creamery dissatisfaction.
Colonists head to Washington Oregon and nearby cities as the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway advertises daily one way excursion tickets to Portland Seattle Spokane Helena Butte and other Northwest points at very low rates. Trains to St Paul and Minneapolis run daily with direct Coast connections from Union Depot. Rates and details available from agents or at address A Booth GP fat Minneapolis MN.
Readable reads list of price items including coffee 8c up to 0¢, corn starch 5c, salmon 10c, herring new Prim Ost per pound, kerosene 12h per gallon, Dakota hard wheat flour at 1.10, and Made shoes with 26 percent savings. Emphasizes cash and credit price parity and Northwest line availability.
A brief notice lists Chris Larson offering ladies calling cards and three work horses for sale. It mentions Foy Arig and a price described as a belt, with locations Mauan and Graettinger.
Tickets go on sale every Tuesday during April May and June for Homeseekery events in St Paul and nearby markets. Enthusiasts may attend at designated venues in Minneapolis and adjacent areas to view property listings and plan future purchases with schedule details to be announced locally.
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