This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
3
The newspaper item mix includes a murder verdict for Joby Dietz with life in prison, family births, a bear incident involving Ruthven residents, and local opinion pieces urging civic boosters. Also notes on advertising deadlines, local prosperity pitches, and community reflections from Titania Topia.
A local editor retorts to a man seeking free advertising while Iowa State College announces a two year agricultural course at the State Village designed for farm youth lacking high school training. Enrollment to four year programs exceeds seven hundred as the legislature allocates twenty six thousand dollars for the two year course amid strong support from a special committee urging practical farming training.
The State College at Ames plans a Summer School June 12 4 offering courses in agriculture cooking sewing manual training and teacher certification. Experts and regular faculty teach subjects from livestock to soils fruits and vegetables plus arithmetic reading physics and algebra. A Rural Life Week includes conferences and addresses by prominent figures with excursions and entertainments to enliven the program. Anyone may enter and choose from offered subjects.
A lost gold necklace with brilliants and rubies was taken between W. J. Marriman's millinery shop and Sun Briggs residence along the road. Pinder asked to be informed if found.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a two year old horse named Notico in a Grade event at Arnett Iowa. Mentions stalling and a season, with figures like $8.0 for insurance and warnings about inspection of a schultion. Details are garbled and uncertain.
A special meeting of the town council in Magyar Cam dren's office at 8 p m on May 23 1911 will receive bids for the construction of sidewalks and crossings for the season. All bids must be sealed and arrive before the stated cut off. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.