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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
5
An old advertisement promotes Silver Creek Splint coal as a cleaner, hotter option than cheap soft coal for cooking. It claims less stove and pipe fuss and urges buyers to switch to West Virginia Splint and Kentucky hard coals to please their wives and heat homes through winter.
A scrambled excerpt notes demand for a health kit or remedy amid confusion. It mentions nervousness, vitality, and blood-related items, with unclear references to names or places. The readable bits hint at a medical aid context and a need for a solution.
Sherson left last week for Hieron Lake Minn where the former was operated on last Thursday and is recovering. Sandvick and Miss Anna Etmes visited at the Albert Thorson home Tuesday. Mrs Simmonson and son Arthur left Monday for two weeks with her sons in North Dakota. Charley Lande entertaining sister from Colorado Miss Hannah Roseland visited the H H Sandvick home Saturday. Ernest Paton and family attended church at Graettinger Sunday afternoon. Miss Ruth Osher and Lucius Harrington of Graettinger visited Lorene Sheffield Sunday. Miss Anna Hines left Monday for Rochester Minn. The Meng family on section 4 are quarantined for scarlet fever. WANTED LAND LIST Anyone having land to dispose of may list it with Lewis Lipp. TO TRADE A seven room house in Graettinger for a farm.
Osgood A. H. Thompson nears corn husking as farmers discuss hogs and remaining stock. The mayor reports a pleasant trip north while C N Clark family visited Dickinson home. D A McConnell’s sale drew crowds but stock sold low. A box social at Osgood school invites all. Train 420 may skip Fridays to help teachers travel home. Rock Island company installed a new pump at the stock yards. Grumbling grows over road conditions from Graettinger to Emmetsburg. possible county damage suit discussed. Clark boys began husking. Clark still in Rochester awaiting return.
Notice shows a farm sale or trade for a larger farm near Graettinger with splendid improvements and directions to call at the office for particulars. Also a debt settlement notice from Mrs N J Merriman asking all who owe her money to call and settle promptly due to needing funds.
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