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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
8
Fire at J J Finks large barn Thursday evening began in the southeast corner and proved stubborn. Firefighting lasted over two hours with hay water dousing before the blaze was contained. The new barn suffered extensive damage, but firefighters saved the structure.
The piece extols alfalfa as a transformative crop for sandy soils along western rivers in Nebraska and Kansas, praising its revival of vast desert-like lands. It credits alfalfa with turning waste sand into green productive fields, boosting land value from near-giveaway to substantial profits and supporting headers of the Great West.
The speaker asserts that light and sandy Iowa soils will support growth and thriving, transforming similar tracts into places of beauty and profit, as has been proven in other states. The message emphasizes optimism for land development and agricultural potential.
Miss Pearl Lee of Newa visited Miss Mae Jensen in Estherville Saturday and Sunday. Miss Rose Wilson was in Estherville Wednesday. C. B. Larson and family attended the Estherville fair Wednesday. Dorothy Jensen sewed at the Westfall home this week. No school as teachers and pups tended the county fair at Be therville. Clark and Henry Westfall in Estherville this week for the county fair. A C Jacobson and family attended the Estherville fair on Thursday.
John Moliz returned from a South Dakota trip last Friday. Miss Florence Berdin is in Lake Heron Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Lewis Sanding moved his threshing machine to the Quam men place on Tuesday. Mrs. L. T. Peterson and children were in Graettinger Saturday. Claus Dewall has taken home cattle from Gus Crist pasture.
Iverson school notes report Tuesday visits by Mr and Mrs Lewis Iverson to his uncle Nels Iverson. Mr and Mrs Jay McCarty called on Mr and Mrs Pete Swift last Wednesday. Basie Jacobson had silo fillers Thursday and Friday. Mrs Joe Klingle and sister Lucy Merklin traveled to Town Falls Saturday.
Multiple classified items include an 80 acre farm near Graettinger with reasonable terms and contact I F Noble, a request to list land via Lewis Lippold, Graettinger, Iowa, R F D 2, sale of Duroe Jersey boars with high quality bloodlines and Shorthorn bulls by D Proting one mile west of Graettinger, purebred Poland China Bear pigs via Bert Anderson R R 22, plus a lost red yearling steer bearing brand A on left hip reported by M Carnahan D804 FE M.
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