21 Oct 1897
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
1
In a Union township subdistrict school the fall term water supply showed many pupils with white lips. Cleanout revealed badly decayed rattlesnake remains in the well. No one was seriously harmed though teacher Miss Lula Grandall was ill for days.
J D Charleston returned from Minnesota about a week ago. Miss Olson of Jack Creek visits the Knutson family. Miss Emma Hanson is with her sister Mrs Bergeson for dressmaking. Oscar Olson drove to Emmetsburg last Saturday. Helen and Hannah Johnson accompanied him home. Hattie McCulla visited family in Jisberville. Mr and Mrs A O Bergeson visited relatives in Jack Creek. Mr and Mrs O S Myhlire of Mille Lake spent Sunday at Myles. Martin Jared went to Beaton Co to attend his brother's reading.
Local notes report a marriage of John O’Neil and Eva Smith on Thursday the 14th, plus varied town news. Prices drop due to competition as merchants and blacksmiths draw trade. Albert Dickinson and a pony travel to Femmeraburg. KU and Reed families return from an eastern trip. residents attend a Graetting Church dedication. Dr. Adams and Winter consider a California winter sejour. O Olson canvasses county for school superintendent. Capgood school opens with Nina Wells. L D Butler’s new residence nears completion. ladies meet at Z F Dickinson’s residence next Wednesday. The community notes feel the strain of illness on HM Dickinson and rumor spreads about continued travel and county matters.
C P Bennet reports the week’s record cattle shipment to the county, totaling five hundred cows with calves and a notable number of steers. The herd, bought mostly from the Flathead Indian reservation in western Montana and Dickinson North Dakota, is well bred and unruly to civilized life. intended for Bennett’s Silver Lake Spirit Lake farm.
A fragment from the Buffalo Gazette contrasts life with eternity and critiques greed and ambition while noting Christ's teachings. The piece lists trial jurors for the November term reporting November 6 at 10 o'clock, including AJ Bay Emmetsburg and multiple others from Ayrshire Ruthven Emmetsburg Graettinger and surrounding towns.
Grain markets show barley and stock prices slipping as noted market activity falters. Traders watch Plax and Barley Butchéta shifts while local firms adjust inventories amid uncertain demand.
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