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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
3
Publication notes for subscriptions and advertising. One year term payments in advance required. Copy for ads due Tuesday for publication and billing is monthly. Second class mail matter indicates Bree advertising and public notices.
Practical tips cover feeding, housing, and care for cows pigs and fowls, plus crop guidance. Emphasizes healthy flocks, proper water, soil drainage, and avoiding overfat livestock while noting pest control, planting windows, and simple preservation methods.
The George Nursery firm completed a nursery packing house last week named by B S George. The 20040 bed structure lies on the hillside east of the nursery grounds with a cement block construction. Though not the largest, it is said to be among the least equipped packing houses in the state. The George Nursery firm is advancing a substantial business through fair dealing.
Outside Comment reports rapid progress on Graettinger’s new 810000 opera house known as the Phe fawk aye. Constructed of pressed brick with colored trim, it measures 40 by 80 feet, with 14 foot ceilings. Built by sixty leading citizens, it awaits Senator Kenyon’s possible opening address if he can arrange duties in Washington.
Frank Sheffield's father left for Story City last Monday. Lite Deny Willen is improving rapidly after a recent operation. Mrs. Rither from Graettinger visited Monday. A strong Sunday night wind destroyed H. Gerdin's wind mill. Mr. Gla Halvig is on the alek list. Dr. Baldwin of Ruthven attends her. Mrs. Sheffield visited Mrs. H. H. Sandvick Monday afternoon.
The note states that Nov 230 places Woelgiman adjacent to the town of Graottinger from the west. It reads like a geographic marker, indicating boundary alignment or local land description within the mapped area.
An international engine four horsepower is noted for use on trucks, with a pond feature described as new. The listing mentions driving horses and doggy liquors at the office for further particulars, under Corther details.
A numismatist tests a copper cent by heating with a coal shovel and a hot iron, revealing legible 1794 obverse and United States of America one cent on the reverse. The method, though rare, uncovers inscriptions unseen to the unaided eye.
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