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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
1
City officials and council members listed amid a garbled section. Maraopist church services are scheduled Sundays at the Methodist church, 10:09 AM and 7:30 PM.
A smooth Indiana man swindled several county farmers by selling patent Union Jacks with a territory bait. Buyers signed notes for 220 each to pay for 120 jacks and territory. An Algona banker declined to purchase the notes, estimating the fraud totals around eight thousand dollars.
D E Collins thanks Republican voters of Palo Alto County for nominating him for clerk of court in the late primary. He asks voters to ratify their choice on November 6 and pledges to devote his best efforts and merit the confidence placed in him.
Palo Alto county fair managers push to make the 1906 fair the county’s best, with Floral hall moved and remodeled, a new bog house, refreshed cattle barns, and free attractions. The race program lists a 2:20 trot and 2:18 pace on Friday September 21, plus a half mile dash. Ball games feature Navada versus Hmmelsburg with a $50 purse.
Working men are needed in San Francisco and colonist ticket sales will start August 27. The Rock Island Railway has arranged travel for this through tourist car line, claimed to be the best in the country. Jno G Farmer Division Passenger Agent Cedar Rapids offers full information and folders.
Thousands of men are needed at once to harvest crops in Minnesota and Dakota. Tow rates apply from all points on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. Tickets on sale daily August 1 to 31, 1906. Wages range from 1.75 to 3.00 per day including board. War rates available. contact agents for full details. Address A B Cuirs GP TA, Minneapolis, Minn. August 30.
Classified style items advertise hiring drivers and buggies from W H Meredith and rail expansion into South Dakota with Thomas A Way as Townsite Agent Water town. Also mentions Missouri information drive by Rock Island officials and a brochure titled In the Heart of Missouri available from John G Farmer Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A garbled note touts a so called remedy promising relief for cold symptoms headaches fever constipation and nervous distress. It claims to use a full dose to cure a wide range of ailments and urges readers to buy the product at low prices with bold but unclear wording.
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