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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
5
Emmet County news notes the corner stone ceremony held last Friday with P I McClenahan, state high school inspector, delivering a speech. The item covers local politics, hotel expansion, poultry business plans, and county election results with names and vote tallies.
Mrs J A Herobison mourns loss of life child who died Monday morning. Mrs Herbison visiting from Hoopis Illinois with brother Lee Foshier family. Remains to be shipped to Illinois for burial. Several local notes on farming and visits including Johl hauling potatoes to Estherville, 385 tents per bushel, and other residents traveling or visiting through Estherville and nearby towns.
High Lake report shows Mr and Mrs Menry DeLaw yer attending church at Graet tinger on Sunday. Walden Brothers completed concrete work for P S McCarty last week. O S [lanson and M D Grod land agreed to Graver for a day on business. Mr Ed Anderson of Walling-
A London court heard of a man who took 226 004 pills over 20 years starting with 292 daily, rising to 78 daily during the stomach ailment. He consumed 40,000 bottles of various mixtures and elixirs before dying at 85, likely from the medicine.
A fragmented notice describes Russians starting frog hunting to export salted frogs to France, inspired by Minnesota's frog trade that earned thousands of dollars. The piece hallucinates regional details and uses odd phrasing, but centers on a potential export craze and its economic lure.
A brief note on preventing dampness in a bed suggests removing the blanket before night and leaving a Dankat on top after it is made to keep the bed dry and safe during a week or two of inactivity.
A long list names many party affiliations and districts from Polk to Wright with candidates such as Jensen Des Moines or Lenocker Oakland in a rare election-like roll. An Aberdeenshire Scotland auction tale ends with an amused ox disrupting the scene as officials flee and the auctioneer grins at the chaos.
A speech excerpt reflects on human initiative shaping life opportunities. Bishop Spalding notes that individuals create chances and institutions turn those chances into service, urging responsibility and proactive effort among communities.
The greatest exhibition of live stock in the world invites families to attend this year. Chicago offers numerous attractions and seasonal pleasures at the fair, with a reminder not to delay outings until next year.
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