30 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
1
Friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Brekke to honor twenty five years of marriage. The couple, well respected in the community, hosted a gathering at their farm home with old friends sharing stories and refreshments. Guests presented silver knives and forks as a keepsake.
A promotional pitch for a one year subscription to The Youth's Companion at 1.70, highlighting benefits for boys and girls, activities, household advice, and extra gifts including a 1912 calendar. Encourages new subscribers with sample copies and announced price increase on January 1, 1912. Describes articles by experts, storytelling, and general uplift for families.
The Fenton Reporter notes GC Meurer husked 124 bushels in a day, a feat few can match in the first crop. John Munch reportedly husked 140 bushels in a week. Whittle plans a trial near Spencer after a cord of corn was husked in three days yielding 180 and 175 bushels on successive days.
The Chicago Stock Show will feature sheep dog trials as a new exhibit. Scottish collie dogs from Highlands will demonstrate guiding a flock through pens and gates, showing how dogs assist shepherds and save time and labor. This demonstration aims to attract attention from sheep owners and herdsmen nationwide.
A list of late balloting titles prepared for distribution includes No. 445 Marketing Eggs Through the Creamery No. 456 Bud Clovar No. 460 James as an actor in Truck Growing No. 401 The Use of Cometa on the Mori No. 40d The raedication of Quack Grass Also suggested are Potato Culture The Dairy Herd Practical Suggestions for Farm Buildings Meat on the Farm Butchering Curing and Keeping No. 229 The Production of Good Seed Corn No. 438 Hog Houses Representative pledges to supply copies on request until allotment is exhausted.
The Democra t notes GG Gardner and Alex Johnson have optioned the Crim corner and Rhodes lots for a proposed 50 room hotel at about $60,000. Stock subscriptions include Crim for 1,000 in kind, Rhodes 2,000, Gardner 5,000, Johnson 5,000, with others signing for 1,000 each. Promoters plan to raise 80,000 in stock plus a 20,000 loan, hoping to start construction soon and spur another hotel on the European site. Es terville could then be well supplied with hotels.
Henri Henrickson suffered injuries after clothes were snagged by a shaft at the tile factory. He was spun by the machine, clothes torn, but no broken bones. He remains confined at home, gradually recovering, with friends hopeful he will regain full health.
A Washington letter reports a party travel rate for ten or more people from Gravttinger Town to Washington, D. C. The General Passenger Agent quoted $28.80 per person and separate Pullman rates of $7.00 for a lower berth and $5.70 for an upper berth in each direction. The note also mentions Mike’s recovery from typhoid fever and family concern during his siege.
The town schools reopened on Monday after a five week hiatus due to diphtheria. Teachers are returning to duties, with Miss Gallaway from Ithurville taking over classes. Despite past progress setbacks, students are urged to apply themselves to studies.
An exchange emphasizes that any business is more respectable than loafing. A young man should sell clams by the sea instead of lingering at public resorts and business places, wasting time and harming his reputation.
Had excellent crops then reports from Tamburg Sas Katchewan claim a renter destroyed 15,000 bushels and 2,800 bushels of wheat plus 1,100 bushels of Hux with more grain in the stack. The season was wet and up to 40,000,000 bushels may be ruined as grain flows toward the Gold region. Democrats
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