Ruthven Notes and Local News Update
Ruthven residents engage in visits and travel to Des Moines and Jamestown. A lightning struck barn burned at Will Currans farm with substantial loss but insured. Iowa delegates named to Northwestern Road Congress, joining Rev. Wigdahl in state honors.
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Florence King
Maria Hendricksen
Des Moines T
Drake University
W. F. Hendeyrson
Graettinger
Buckeye
Maxwell
Margarret Gleason
Mary Donlon
Jamestown
N. C
Wm. Hayden
Sioux City
Roy Cannon
Cedar Rapids
Ruthven
Wigdahl
Will Currans
Thought He Was Mad The Count de Lesseps and the travelers
The late Count de Lesseps traveled in a French railway compartment with two commercial travelers who misunderstood his words. He replied with a quip introducing ship enands, startling the travelers who feared they faced capture, yet he soon put them at ease.
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de Lesseps
Cheering Him Up in Farcical Exchange
A quirky dialogue centers on aging and marriage with playful jests about looks and hat wear. The overheard banter features phrases about being sixty, looking young, and light ribbing between speakers, all reflecting a humorous street scene.
Hig Finish. Winnor-T fear Briges got into trouble
The Denver News reports on a late night gossip item about a couple's troubled relationship ending in marriage. No clear names or verifiable details are provided.
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Winnor
Briges
Soph
Denver News
Doubter Questions Meaning of Bested and Improved
A pithy aside contrasts bettered and bested with a play on words. The speaker hints that improvement is a positive change while being bested is a harsher hit to pride, suggesting linguistic nuance in struggle and success.
Spies Bros to Close by October End Sell Everything at Cost
Notice urges customers with Spies Bros accounts to pay by month end as business closes October 1. Goods remain in stock and will be sold at cost in final days. Also lists various farm sales and livestock for sale or inquiry in Graettinger Iowa, including Chester White boars, Duroc Jersey boars, and Shorthorn bulls, with contacts and dates.
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Spies Bros
Farrow
E. D. Darling
Graettinger
Quieting Title Suit In Graettinger Iowa
In Palo Alto County Iowa Mary E. Leonard sues to quiet her fee simple title to Lots five and six in block fifteen of Graettinger seeking to bar defendants Bessie C Chase Ben Chase Lewis Chase Elsie Chase Edwin Chase Julia Chase Tamma Chase Albert Chase and Hazel Chase from any adverse claim The Oct term of 1915 court at Emmetsburg opens Oct 11 with default if defendants fail to appear by noon the second day of the term Attorneys for Plaintiff Davidson Burt
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Bessie C. Chase
Ben Chase
Lewis Chase
Elsie Chase
Edwin Chase
Julia Chase
Tamma Chase
Albert Chase
Hazel Chase
A. D
District Court
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Graettinger
Emmetsburg
Davidson & Burt
Notice to Settle from Albert F. Johnson in Graettinger
Albert F. Johnson of Graettinger announces the sale of his feed shed to Appel Bros and asks all debtors to call and settle promptly. The notice is dated September 28.
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Appel Bros
Albert F. Johnson
Lost yearling steer notice in pasture inquiry
Inquire at this office. Lost from the Jacobsen pasture a yearling steer with the left hip brand described as byand A. Please notify 9-30 to E. M. Carnahan and relatives listed as those who saw the animal. message mentions M. Latsén and a child.
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Jacobsen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graettinger Tile Works
Fred Spies
T. D. Collins
Sherwin-Williams
Theo, Peterson
Jonn Bondhuer
Pres
Coon
Farmers’ Brain Co
Grarttinger
A. H. Shaver, Prop
Graettinger, Lowa
Fiess
Marie Kranzen Leff
Marna
Ettinger
Ray Moore
Wallingford
George Grant
Des Moines
Clara
Currans
Kae
Turkey
Saoniki
Boston Pransprint
Chester
Henry Schmidt
I. F. Noble
Lewis Lippold
District Court of the
State of Iowa
Mary E. Leonard
Bert Anderson
Latsén
Johnson
Yours Truly
the Times
First National Bank
W. H. Weir, Graettinger
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