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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
3
A local lumber dealer emphasizes their guidance to prospective builders who are sincere in placing orders. They stress careful lumber selection and drying quality, noting baked wood becomes brittle while slow dried lumber preserves natural life, and invite customers to prove their claims with the best products.
FOR SALE A Holstein heifer calf Inquire of George 11-7-3 ES. FOR SALE Cabbage car roots parsnips beets rumbag es etc Call at the house soon 10-31-2-p C K Pierson WANTED Several good farms to list Inquire Lewis Lippold 20-35-p Poland China Boar Pigs Big litter big boned kind 20 to 25 Also supply Shropshire rams Pedigrees furnished James Welsh Halfa Ia 10-10-10-p
At Shelleld Western Australia on a recent Saturday night Miss Gertrude Hingham sang while a noisy man in the gallery ignored remonstrances. Prof Fenton Cross, a clever sketch artist, drew a quick portrait of the disturbance, a donkey figure, amid audience laughter and renewed quiet.
A Guest at a seaside hotel unable to swim cried for help. The German landlord rushed to the veranda, watched the guest sink, and then returned inside to fetch five beers as the man disappeared. Simeon Fard.
An experiment at Pau in Northern France paired a typist with his typewriter to write impressions in the air at a height of 1,500 feet, creating a unique airborne typing demonstration.
Dialogue from a host show where a mother urges a daughter to marry for money. The response laughs off the idea, predicting a future with less wealth and hinting at social comedy.
The Graettinger Times lists subscription terms and rates: one year in advance $1.50, six months 75 cents. Notices include free advertising for public meetings, and cards of thanks or sympathy are 1.00 per line. Ads must be in by Tuesday for publication.
The Osgood Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Lewis Olds on Wednesday. Wells family young folks were surprised by visits Saturday evening and a jolly time was reported. Mrs Arthur Olds accompanied her grandmother Mrs H F Giddings to Jacksonville Florida, leaving Tuesday evening. Mrs A Thompson spent Saturday with Mrs C S Wells. South Walnut folks busy gathering corn.
Miss Clara Anderson and Lorene Sheffield visited in Graettinger over Sunday. Mrs Hauge and son Joseph attended confirmation services. Grant Smith family called at Sheffield home. Mr and Mrs Sam Roseland visited Emmetsburg for Lutheran meetings. Larson of Fenton visited C H Berdin home. Annette Brady and sister Alice had dinner at Sheffield. Maude Smith honored at home before departing to college at Wessington Springs. S Oak Bertha and Ottis Hague visited Ethel Sheffield. District No 3 school closed. Miss Maude Welch taught. Seth Smith building a new farm set. Lewis Thorson Sam Sandvig and Ole Olson installed grain elevators on farms. Mr and Mrs Rob Rierson visited Graettinger.
A vintage ad touts Solace as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and headaches with money-back guarantees. It claims purifying, root-removing effects and cites testimonials from various individuals and a Chicago banker, urging readers to request a free box from the Solace Remedy Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
Judge Bradshaw of the Des Moines district court ruled that proposed insurance rate changes by the M V A are null and void. Rates were adopted by Chicago head camp last June amid insurgent furor and likely to reach the supreme court. The ruling strikes against two thirds vote and existing contracts, signaling ongoing legal action.
The article reports Democratic gains nationally with Woodrow Wilson securing nearly 400 electoral votes. It lists precinct tallies for president, governor, U S representative, treasurer, superintendent, supervisor, justice of the peace, township officials, and notes Democrats winning several county offices while Republicans claimed others. The piece includes a separate incident from Everly News about five boys who found and exploded a signal torpedo on railroad tracks, causing injuries including a severely injured eye.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Brekke traveled to Lake Crystal Minnesota on Wednesday morning to tend to their property and inspect their residence there.
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