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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
5
The Praettinger Times lists subscription prices by year and half year with advance payment discounts. One copy costs 1.00 per year in advance, six months 80 cents. if not paid in advance, the price is 1.25. By E. F. Kluckhohn is the periodical’s author credit.
Local items report Farmers' Creamery incorporation on another page. N J Evanson paints at a large house for a BCR N Ry master mechanic in Hstherville. L A Bergeson family visited Lost Island lake. Mr and Mrs W S George and Misses Miller and Vfaas spent Sunday at High Gate. Mrs Burdick traveled to Emmets with Miss Peterson. Tollifson plans Cedar Rapids Business College entry next Monday. He is regarded as one of Emmet counties brightest young men.
A 1897 letter urges Swine Breeders and Feeders to shift toward light Bacon Hogs to meet consumer demand for quality bacon and hams. It notes Canadian farmers export success with peas roots and potatoes, with Canadian bacon at 5.80 to 6.00 and Chicago at 3.85 to 3.92, underscoring profit differences and urging American farmers to adjust breeding and feeding to capture a growing export market.
Local notes describe Sunday services for two new churches in Graettinger with morning and evening devotion, music by a noted orchestra, and guest speakers from Morningside College. A later Sept 26 milestone plans the corner stone for a Norwegian Lutheran church, plus various town happenings and farming news.
Gam mon and Spurrier offer screen doors at 75 cents each. Barn for sale or rent by Sacre or Rent-Windsor. A good opportunity for the right party inquiries at the Windsor Hotel.
Notice sets bid deadline for erection of a school house in Hersom subdistrict Walnut district township Palo Alto county. Plans and specifications viewable at the Walnut office until 1 PM Monday Sept 20 1897. Contract awarded to lowest responsible bidder. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. Sullivan secretary of the board of directors.
Local notices cover political bid by B Lambi for Palo Alto County treasurer pending Democratic county action. The column also reports on Graettinger land surveying, employment moves at Windsor Hotel, Miss Miller of Milford joining Graettinger school as primary teacher, Rev Bassett attending Sheldon district conference with Bishop Walden, a new foundry start at Wallingford, business expansion by Chris Larson, and N H Dickinson returning as Wallingford principal for another year after prior teaching success.
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